Comments on: For Sale: One Life, Used

For Sale: One Life, Used

batmonkey — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:36:20 -0800

Ian Usher's divorce prompted a decision to sell his entire life to the highest bidder. You can buy his life for A$230,000: clothes, home, vehicles - even his job & friends.

By: DU

DU — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:48:05 -0800

I'm sure the friends are thrilled. I'm not going to hold my breath on their video interviews showing up all that "soon". (Also, the profusion of links for the rug store is a little suspicious.)

By: MNDZ

MNDZ — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:50:07 -0800

I can understand wanting to star a new life, but making myself an internet star is not how I would go about it.

By: Megafly

Megafly — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:57:11 -0800

How much for just the Ex Wife? I don't have one of those....yet.

By: verisimilitude

verisimilitude — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:57:21 -0800

I'm guessing we're supposed to want to read his book.

By: jontyjago

jontyjago — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:07:03 -0800

The rug store: Jenny and Dennis at Jenny Jones Rugs, for their support and understanding when I needed it, and for the brave choice to offer a job as part of this auction. Thank you so much.

By: aramaic

aramaic — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:10:26 -0800

I distinctly recall seeing a documentary about a guy in NYC who did this; the kid who bought his "NYC life" actually found it to be an amazingly worthwhile purchase (new arrival in the city, lonely, buys life, actually becomes friends with people, goes on to enjoy NYC while seller ends up sort of regretting it). ...Google, you have failed me for the last time!

By: arnicae

arnicae — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:00:20 -0800

aramaic, What's the title of the documentary? Anyone? This sounds fascinating!

By: aramaic

aramaic — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:12:18 -0800

Well, I sorta found it. Not the exact documentary I saw, but the stunt it was based on. All My Life For Sale ...the guy who bought the birthday party was, in the video I saw, quite enthusiastic about it. This was juxtaposed with footage of the seller alone in Iowa, talking about how weird it was that his old friends ended up liking the "new guy" and now here he was sitting in Iowa by himself.

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:32:59 -0800

Hm. It seems like the "All My Life for Sale" thing is different from the documentary mentioned - "All My Life for Sale" was a guy in Iowa individually selling each item and culminating in the sale of the domain name to the University of Iowa. I'm extremely interested in knowing more about the documentary described, or even just details on the situation it chronicles.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:47:01 -0800

Sorry, but I've already bought all the friends I can afford.

By: monospace

monospace — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:18:42 -0800

Why would I want to buy this *proven* loser's life?

By: hal9k

hal9k — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:29:55 -0800

~~get~~ buy a life.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:02:10 -0800

wtf - this guy is sellin reel stuff wen i just swoppid cash for isk an apexis cristals???

By: erebora

erebora — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:05:15 -0800

Say what now?

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:34:54 -0800

These stories always make me sad. Men--they're always men, as far as I know--do these publicity stunts after going through divorces or similar events. The point is like, "LOL, my life is such a mess! Woohoo!" but the joke is always really thin and it ends up being just actually sad.

By: A-Train

A-Train — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:09:48 -0800

roll truck roll:

Men--they're always men, as far as I know--do these publicity stunts after going through divorces or similar events. The point is like, "LOL, my life is such a mess! Woohoo!" but the joke is always really thin and it ends up being just actually sad.

Are you sure it's always men? I think we had a recent story where the shoe was on the other foot.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:12:59 -0800

I thought buying a life was outlawed after the Civil War?

By: roll truck roll

roll truck roll — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:30:06 -0800

Actually yeah, you're right, A-Train. I was trying to create a pattern that wasn't there. It's a gender-neutral thing. But it sure seems to happen to just white people. :-) I AM JOKING