June 30, 2008
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Your Life on Ebay
A man was a little disappointed when he sold his life on eBay and only received about $384,00.
The man had a painful breakup with his wife and decided to sell his whole life on eBay. He was selling his house, car and even his friends. (The person would get an introduction to his friends). Here is the link: Link
If you were to sell your whole life on eBay, how much money do you think you could get?
Comments (92)
Know money, but lots of laughs
Depends who would want to live in a 200 yr old farm house and work the land.
I think that I would get a lot just for the land alone,it is a little piece of heaven here.
Ha. Not much.
But… I don’t have much by way of material posessions, and I’d not sell off my friends for the world.
What a dumb ass.
Me?? Not much. I’m a college student with no money living with her parents. I think my parents would be pissed if I auctioned off our house and cars.
At least a few pesos.
@seedsower - Oooh I’m jealous. I want to live in a farmhouse in the boonies when I get older!
Heh, I really hope the typo in the first comment was … well, you know what. The two options I can come up with for that glaring typo… neither of them are very good.
Unemployed, in the worst state to be unemployed, living in a tiny village with not much to do. Nobody in their right mind would pay for that. If I threw in my husband and daughter, though, they’re priceless.
I think people are getting tired of these eBay stunts.
I heard about that guy. Personally, I think he’s being pretty ridiculous. So desperate for sympathy…
@Kestryl - Yea, I don’t think my friends would be too happy if I sold them.
If I were to sell my life right now on Ebay, I doubt I would get very much. Broke college student is just not as desirable as it sounds. Give me 10 years and a few more degrees and then we’ll talk…
Like nothing.
@lizheartshakespeare - Ha, well. I’d be more concerned with missing them and all.
My life is worth somebody’s old Pokemon card collection.
Who would buy it, I wonder?
zerah dallah.
@mkenyon719 - I saw the story a while ago. His life reminded him too much of things before his painful divorce. Not that I entirely disagree with your assessment.
Really your life is 99% determined by things that can’t be sold, anyhow.
I don’t really own much stuff… I couldn’t sell my spot in law school; Dad owns my vehicle; don’t have my own house; I guess I could sell my clothes, and my computer, and my books…. that’d go for about $600.
My life is worth more than anyone could pay on Ebay–five wonderful children, a husband who cherishes me, a loving and supportive church family, loads of friends, a wonderful house and yard…Nope. Not for sale.
Umm…I’d have to pay people to take it. But I wouldn’t get rid of it anyway. It’s mine and it’s all I have. And I love it anyway.
Somewhere over a million. Almost all for real estate, though. Introductions to my friends? Can’t imagine that being worth all that much.
Family, though, a bit more, but they aren’t supposed to be included, right?
Does this included my Xanga account.
I would not want to sell my life on ebay.
My life is PRICELESS. (Even with all its flaws…) That guy was a moron.
I would never sell myself on Ebay.
@Kestryl - Too true…
No wonder he’s a ‘little disappointed with life’. He thinks his entire life amounts to the tangible things he owns. I’d be depressed too.
Sorry pal – can’t put a price on who we are as human beings. Take that piece of advise to the bank.
Hardly anything at all, but then I would never sell my life on eBay in the first place.
i own nothing
-adieu, stace
I’m in the negative dollars. Nobody would pay money to take on my student debt.
2.7 cents
not for sale.
@aj_mudd - My life is PRICELESS. (Even with all its flaws…)…
No it’s not.
Each of us put a high premium on our own lives. If we were to be selling our “lives,” however, the price would be adjusted to the demand and the perceieved worth by others. If your life were really priceless, then Bill Gates would be happy to trade his fortune for it (it would be a bargin). But I doubt this is a case
@moritheil - I saw it awhile ago too and thought the he was stupid for selling it, lol. I understand though. My grandpa wanted to get rid of my grandma’s possessions right away after she died, which was hard for the rest of us. I guess people deal with losses differently, but selling yourself on the internet is kind of weird. I hope he got therapy.
i’m pretty sure i’d have to pay someone to TAKE my life… i doubt anyone would want to purchase it – unless they were up for a challenge…
HA…I cannot sell me…I’s the slave around here…Scrooge used to “fire” me…and I’d say ya cannot fire me I’m the slave…and the kids would pipe up and yell “Slave for sale…we’ll take a penny”…lol…too funny…smile
but then again I’m the one that gets to do all the dirty work…lol
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard….
Hmmm, Probably not much seeing as I am an 18-year-old kid who never hangs out with her friends since they don’t ever answer the phone, lives with her parents, and works at a craft store….
I believe anyone actually paid anything for his “life.” Any life worth selling really can’t be worth buying. As for me I wouldn’t give up my life for anything. I wouldn’t give up the great people I have in my life.
huginn – That is where u are wrong. Not everyone is driven my money.I have had offers, and temtations, in my life…but I cannot think of anything that would replace the joys that I have. The things that I do not have, that I want out of life cannot be purchased: starting with a cure for my cancer… Maybe if I were a healthy person, and I knew that 100%, without a doubt, I would be here to enjoy my life tomorrow, my opinion would change. Until then, to me, MY life is priceless. (Besides- Who would want it, knowing that I was so quick to part with it?)
I think the stunt is hilarious. And I’d be behind this guy 100% if he hadn’t taken it so seriously himself in being disappointed in what he received. If I had done this it would’ve been to make a point….not to make money.
I’d not sell it at once. You get more money when you offer piece per piece.
i expect 2 mil, no less.
a quarter. maybe two.
Not much. My life is boring.
I suppose that depends on the spin I put on my life, but I’m guessing that with my house and cars, two kids, two cats, a fish, a hamster….or yes, the husband as well; I might get just enough to buy some dinner. On the bright side, I would get a toy with my Happy Meal.
i dunno,,, but that guy made out like a champ,,,,, hahahahahaha,,,, i dont believe i would have bid on him.
dumbass ~ jack
Oh, I don’t know. Let’s see:
FOR SALE: Wealthy 24-year-old governmental professional. Athletic hottie with a sweet disposition, a brand new speedboat, a supercharged jet ski, two quads (one for her, one for her partner-to-be), fully -equipped apartment (including guest room), sporty truck, playstation 2, loves to clean, play sports, and get dirty. Incredibly laid back. Comes fully equipped with ready-made friends, caring neighbors, and a wonderfully loving family (who live about 3-hours-away). Desires a buyer or whom she can cook, clean, have fun, care for, vacation with, possibly have children with, drive around muddy fields with, and occassionally (seldom) drive crazy. (Other details available upon request.) To good home only. {Ideal buyer will be a 20-something to 30-something 6-foot-tall farmer with light brown hair, blue or green eyes, with a southern accent who is also independently wealthy.}
I’m not sure I’d have many takers
Fun question!
i’m having a yardsale this weekend and hope to make about $200 bucks, plus have a good chunk of stuff left to donate to a charity based thirft store, and i just sold 2 working vehicles, flawed, but running, for $16 a peice… considering i don’t i have very many friends i can’t imagine they would go for much, maybe $25 each… i’d guess my net worth would be about = $307 ***this is not including my new car i am keeping my computers, camera, appliances, furniture, or studio equiptment that i am keeping, or any of my son’s things.
(though when we calculated everythings worth for renters insurace we estimated about $15,000 to replace it all.)
nice…
About $34
Hopefully enough to cover my gross college tuition.
I’ve heard about this guy via Yahoo! News a couple of months back. He’s just crazy. >_>
I wouldn’t sell my life at all. It’s too valuable to give it up.
Mmm… $1.98, tops. No one would buy my life, save for the awesome wardrobe.
Is this a re-post entry? I remember answer this question before on your blog.
…….. I’m not even sure what to say to that.
haha i don’t know why anyone would pay for that. it’s not really buying someone’s life, just the material things. intros to their friends doesn’t mean they’re actually going to be your friends.
My life huh?
My boyfriend alone would cost millions
oh, and I guess i have a lot of cool stuff in my room
xD
33 cents. cos i tried the number 33 over twenty times on that friggin’ DVD Special Features game.
Maybe not as much as that.
What an absolutely silly thing to do.
I will go on and say that my life transcends monetary value.
i wonder if he was thinking of offing himself after selling his life… i watch wifeswap occationally kind of reminds me of that. i’m pretty sure it would just be as bad.
50 cent and half a ham sandwich
hahahaha not much
About -$35,000, seeing as that’s how in debt I am & I’d like to get rid of that too…
…guess that’d be a little counterproductive to sell my life. I’ll keep it.
It’s going to be a bit tough if nobody does the “less than thirty pieces of silver” comment, isn’t it? That’s what you get when all your people are too busy looking at tits to read scripture.
daverave.net has/d NO life/business on e-hay.
there must be something to that form of ease that
loosens peoples pursestrings; not mine; thank you very little.
Life is not supposed to be so easy
P L U S i heart its sort of addictive, LIKE chinamart…
sam whatshisface was all so proud of buying American
in the late 80′s, but look at him now:
EVERYTHING, it seems, IS OUTSOURCED TO
COUNTRIES THAT AREN’T BOTHERED WITH
CHILD LABOR LAWS…
SO, sam’s a commie… rich one.
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OH, that wasn’t the question – More than anyone would pay . . .
ten bucks? ;P
I would have to pay them….it’s sad.
I would get nothing. Come to think of it I would probably ask for nothing.
Interesting idea, a fresh new start for him. If I were him, I’d take the money, move somewhere far away and relaxed, and start anew doing something completely different.
-David
I dunno why he was disappointed though, not too many people are really that interested in buying all that as a package deal.
-David
Oh Lord why bother.
they should regulate what you can buy and sell on Ebay… sheesh…
My life would be cheaper than a 65 year old, one-legged crack addicted nymphomaniacal hooker.
Is there any sort of buy one get one half off deal for lives?
3 payments of $19.99.
i sometimes i wish i could buy another life, but…life is truly what you make it. if my life sucks bad enough to sell it, my choices messed it up and i’m sure if given another life, i’d screw that one up too.
i am sure that if i re-read this tomorrow when the fog of my pain killer has subsided, i will wish i never clicked “submit”
my life is without price. it is my own and mine only. no one can experience life as i lived.
About enough for one night with your mother.
money can’t buy happiness.
Disappointed? He should be, ebay always boost up the price for sth thats suppose to be lower in value in reality.
Probably -$10,000. I’d actually pay someone else to take my life off my hands. Would be such a HUGE relief.
I wouldnt get much, but I am priceless.
I dont think that I would get much. I would have to make sure there is a do not return policy also. If I sold my life on ebay, i still would not be able to give it away
a .. a dollar!
Tell me why?
Never gonna get it ,Never gonna get it. Im too valuable for even the Trump to afford.
Hah. I wouldn’t sell my life on ebay.
Because it’s priceless~~~
Also, in theory, he’s not exactly literally selling his life, but merely what he has acquired materialistically. Even the whole “selling his friends” part is just… weird.
I’d probably recieve double that just for my possesions. (I’m a packrat.)
And triple for my best friend.
This isn’t nearly as bad as the man who tried to sell his soul on ebay.
17 cents… in Zimbabwean currency!
$50.00
A nickel and some pocket lint…