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Everything must go: lovelorn Australian auctions his life
Mar 18, 2008, 8:32 GMT
Sydney - An Australian keen to make a fresh start in life after a failed marriage has put all the trappings of his previous existence up for sale on the auction website eBay, news reports said Tuesday.
His former lover is not going under the hammer, but Ian Usher, 44, has put his three-bedroom Perth house and its contents on the site along with his car, motorcycle, jet-ski and skydiving gear.
For good measure, Usher told local television that he was throwing in a circle of friends and his old job in a carpet warehouse.
'It's more about moving on to the next phase of my life and doing something exciting,' said Usher, who arrived from England six years ago and is keen to stay in his adopted country.
When the auction closes June 29 he hopes to leave Perth with a wad of cash in one hand and his passport in another - and nothing much else.
Usher, who split from wife Laura last year after five years of marriage, has the support of his employer and his circle of friends.
They promise to help settle in the successful bidder.
Carpet shop owner Jenny Jones has agreed to give the winner a two-week trial with a view to a permanent job.
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