All my life’s been auction-wrecked

by Sue Bailey

The Australian man selling his entire life on eBay has cancelled millions of dollars’ worth of bids after being auction-wrecked.

44 year old Ian Usher is selling literally everything after a split with his wife. His house, car, job, motorcycle, jetski and ‘lifestyle’ are all up for sale; he will walk awaywith only the clothes he’s wearing, his wallet and passport, and intends to create a new life with the proceeds of his auction.

Usher’s auction was one of the best pre-publicised I’ve ever seen, so it’s unsurprising that bidding got off to a brisk start. It’s also perhaps inevitable that some less than genuine bidders took an interest in such a high-profile auction. Bids of up to AU$1.85million were cancelled, and the high bid is back down to just AU$390,500, which Usher told reporters is “not even 75% of the value of the house”.

There are three days left to go on the auction which now has pre-approved bidding only.

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Author: Sue Bailey
Posted at: Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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Comments

4 Responses to “All my life’s been auction-wrecked”

  1. Clarky on June 26th, 2008 2:03 pm

    The whole auction has gone by the look of it

  2. Sue Bailey on June 26th, 2008 2:17 pm

    Nah, it’s there - link fixed, thanks Clarky.

  3. Board_Surfer on June 26th, 2008 9:54 pm

    These things always turn into a loonie magnet

    he will be lucky to get a genuine result.

  4. Sue Bailey on June 26th, 2008 9:57 pm

    Must admit, that’s been my thought all along BS. I wish him luck… because he’s going to need it.

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