You know, over the years I’ve seen lots of crazy stuff for sale on eBay. Maybe I’d seen one haunted baby doll or Jesus in a grilled cheese too many, because I thought I’d seen it all. Then I came across this Slashdot post about a man selling his entire life on eBay. The title intrigued me the most – what does “entire life” mean?
I followed the links, and this BBC article was my first stop explaining that after a recent divorce, his is selling his entire house a contents, which include a house, car, and jet ski. Also included is a shot at his job, introductions to his friends – and just about everything except for the wife he divorced! When it’s all said and done he expects to “walk out the front door with wallet in one hand and passport in the other and to get on the train not knowing where I’m going or what the future holds for me…”
This guy is serious, he has a whole web site that’s he’s been posting to for the last 100 days leading up to his eBay auction, which is now up to $311,000 (Australian). The guy definitely has a bit of an adventurous personality anyway, since he has a jet-ski, motorcycle, car, and he parasails. But I sure don’t know many people who would give up ever single thing they owned, including cameras, computers, all household belongings and just walk out with a check. Can you really put a price on everything single thing you own? I think of people I know who’ve lost everything in a house due to fire, and they will be the first to say that you can’t. I wonder if there’s anything he took out of the house in advance, like really personal items or photos, family memorabilia, etc.
What about you – could you sell your entire life and walk away? Could you put a price on it?
