Australia: Briton selling entire life on eBay

An Australian is hoping to make a fresh start after a failed marriage by putting his entire life up for sale on the auction website eBay according to a report from the Telegraph. Ian Usher, 44, has decided to put everything he owns – including his home, car, and job – up for sale to escape from painful memories.

Bids will start at just one Australian dollar, but Mr Usher is hoping to pocket £230,000 from the sale. Mr Usher emigrated from Scarborough six years ago and became an Australian citizen in 2006. He split from his wife Laura last year after five years of marriage. The split has left Mr Usher desperate for a new life elsewhere, without the prolonged pain of having to sell off their belongings bit by bit.

He said: “My life here is absolutely fantastic, but I just want to make a clean break and start again literally, so I am selling everything lock, stock and barrel, from the contents of my wardrobe to my kettle, and from my cutlery to my car. My aim is to walk away at the end of the eBay auction with my wallet in one pocket and my passport in the other, go to the airport and just jump on the first available plane to anywhere.”

Mr Usher, whose three bedroom, airy open-plan house is a 30-minute train ride from Perth city centre in the leafy suburb of Wellard, is also selling off his 140mph Kawasaki motorcycle, jet ski, surf boards, sky-diving kit, spa and 6ft television screen.

Aside from material goods the successful bidder will also be given access to Mr Usher’s friends and job. His current employer who runs a rug store in Perth, has agreed to take whoever buys the “life” on a two-week trial, with a view to a permanent job.

The bidding for Mr Usher’s “life” opens on June 22 and lasts for a week.