Comments on: Broken hearted man to auction his life on eBay

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:29:30 +0000

Okay Lets Be Totally Honest, This Guy Is A Legend :O
Not Many People Was Have The Bottle To DO Such A Thing!
I Must Wish Him All The Best, The Lunatic :P

By: Sheamus

Sheamus — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:51:24 +0000

It’s been done before.

http://www.allmylifeforsale.com/

No sob story with this one, but the point is the same. The guy has a book out, too, which looks a great read.

Using the public/commercial space of the online trading community Ebay in conjunction with his online catalogue Allmylifeforsale.com, John Freyer catalogued and sold nearly everything that he owned, from his kitchen cutlery to his personal hygiene products, his Star Wars sheets and finally even the domain name Allmylifeforsale.com itself.

By: brandon

brandon — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:02:00 +0000

Damn. I was just about to start a fund raising campaign to teach this guy a lesson in proofreading.

Well if i were him id put it an order for some diamond-lined underwear and make the most out of this.

By: John thomas

John thomas — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:58:00 +0000

Wow, I would sell it all, buy me a sailboat and sail off into the sunset!

By: Cindie Thomas

Cindie Thomas — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:51:07 +0000

I’m totally digging on this idea. A fresh start can be a beautiful thing. Sometimes people hold onto stuff too much. Hell not sometimes, a lot of times. I try not to get too sentimental about stuff. People sure. Stuff, no. He’s leaving behind all of this stuff and starting fresh. Good plan.

By: steely banana

steely banana — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:37:48 +0000

I don’t think that you can sell your friends as part of your life… to be honest, if my best friend sold his life away, I would never talk to the guy who replaced him.

By: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:05:12 +0000

I don’t think I would do it. Think about all of the people you’ve met (and maybe not even become close friends) with. Without all of our human connections, it can be a very lonely world. I kind of burned my bridges in HS and I can tell you, the repopulation of friends (and I would assume, stuff) can be a long slow process.

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:45:03 +0000

If you read the actual site linked, you’ll see the following:

“Upon completion and settlement I will walk out of my home for the last time in just the clothes I am wearing, and carrying only my wallet and passport.”

That answers the clothes question.

By: Penguin Pete

Penguin Pete — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:04:38 +0000

“Could you turn your back on your life with only your wallet and passport in your pocket?”

People should try having great tragedies befall them at points in their life. You get to start all over from scratch with no choice to back out of it – and no money to show for it. Wallet? Passport? Pocket?

Yes, it is liberating. Which is why it scares so many.

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:43:08 +0000

That would make for a very interesting situation if somebody decided to really nitpick the wording of his auction. I’m sitting here laughing about your comment but his phrase “I’ll walk away with NOTHING except my wallet and my passport” could be taken VERY literally!

Some rich idiot with too much money and too much time on their hands could decide to win the auction just to force the guy to strip naked.

So I really hope Mr Ian Usher has had a lawyer proofread the auction text otherwise he’ll be walking off into the sunset using his passport and wallet to hide his you-know-what’s.

By: brandon

brandon — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:33:35 +0000

I hope he plans on walking away with a pair of clothes along with his wallet and passport.

By: Srinidhi Venkatesh

Srinidhi Venkatesh — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:08:45 +0000

That’s original. People have taken to auctioning the most insane and random stuff on eBay. At least with this offer, you’re getting something for your money.

Remember that piece of toast with the holy figure on it? Or someone’s attempt to sell his virginity?

Although, a house, and all of that stuff in West Australia would be pretty sweet for 500 grand. Too bad I’m still in highschool.