Wollongong man sells his life on eBay
24th January 2007, 16:00 WST


A Wollongong man has agreed to sell his life, including a broken relationship with a former girlfriend, for $7500.

But the buyer must pay cash, says 24-year-old Nicael Holt, who earlier this month posted his life for sale on the internet auction site eBay.

Bidding started at $5 and ended late yesterday at $7500.

Mr Holt said the successful bidder, if genuine, would get the rights to his name, phone number and all of his belongings.

He also said he would introduce the buyer to all his friends and "potential lovers (around eight which I have been flirting with)".

The buyer would "have access to a cruisy job in March delivering fruit".

Also part of the sale was a repertoire of six jokes, a fractured relationship with an ex-girlfriend and a four-week training course in becoming Holt, including surfing, doing handstands and fire-twirling skills.

Holt, a philosophy student, said he was prepared to complete the sale, and make a documentary about the process, if any of the top five bidders turn out to be genuine.

"If any of them are real I'll definitely do it and do this documentary because I think it would be really interesting," he told ABC Radio.

Holt's entry on eBay read: "New life for sale!!"

The winning bidder was identified only as "ridderstrade."

The auction site did not comment on the sale, but allowed it to run its course.

AAP