Australian Sells his life on ebay!

Nicael Holt - Out of his mind or a great Marketing strategy?
India
January 25, 2007 10:51am CST
Well it's surely a mad mad world, but funnay at times too: Check this out!As the clock etches towards 5pm, Nicael Holt is counting down the final hours before he farewells life as he knows it. At 5.11pm, an eBay auction will close, and Holt will hand over his life to the highest bidder. The 24-year-old Australian man from Wollongong, New South Wales, is selling off his life, including ownership of all his possessions, his skills, his friends and lovers and his job. The winning bidder will receive a four week training course from Holt, during which time he will teach the new Nic six jokes and a range of skills, including surfing, handstand skills, fire twirling skills and more. Holt's reasons for selling his life are somewhat unclear. On his website, www.nicael.com, he writes: "I did this because I was a little intrigued as to what exactly constitutes a life; a little intrigued as to what people want that they aren't receiving from their current life; a little bit because I'm a socialist and was hoping to make a point that the amount and type of things that are for sale in this world is insane and wasteful; a bit because I was a little intrigued as to what makes me who I am and at exactly what point in this experiment will I lose it, if ever."Along with Holt's 15 close friends, 170 general friends and eight potential lovers, the successful bidder will take on Holt's two nemeses and his "cruisy job in March delivering fruit". So far bids stand at A$7,269.69. Earlier in the week, bids peaked at A$30,3000 but the figure was lowered after hoax bidders were identified. Here's the link to the bid, but it has ended now:http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110078904033 What do you have to say about it? have a good day.
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9 responses
25 Jan 07
This is a little strange. It sounds very interesting... but what about the buyer's life?! They're living Holt's life, so I'm assuming they won't be able to go to their own jobs, see their own friends and lovers, or anything. It sounds like something that you'd do if you were running away from something. I would like to know how it turned out though! Lisa
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• India
25 Jan 07
Well, this was one angle I hadn't looked at, thanks for that. You have raised a very valid point, and I hope that's answered... Yes, I'm very interested in how it pans out eventually, so I'm keeping a close tab on it. I will surely post an update here if there's anything interesting. Thanks for your response, have a nice day.
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• India
25 Jan 07
I often wonder how people come up with such hard hitting ideas! It's simply awesome, I wouldn;t ahve tried to implement my idea even if I had got it. What do you say?
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@jend80 (2071)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 07
assuming this isn't a hoax and both the people do this seriously - what's going to happen to him and what will happen to all the people and things left behind by his replacement?
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• India
26 Jan 07
Well this isn't a hoax considering all those real links that I've furnished in my posts. But what remains to be seen is whether the transaction would be completed, which I think is highly improbable considering the very valid question that you have raised. Thanks for responding, have a great day.
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@lenith (1221)
• India
1 Mar 07
i cant understand whats his mentality behind all this. may be he is tryingto do something new or willing to live in body of omeone else through tranferin his skills..i really cant imagine the purpose but its interesting.
@pitstop (12969)
• India
28 Jan 07
I heard about it thru a newspaper and thought that its a joke! Thanx for the link to the real auction. Any idea what happened to the actual transaction and the deal?
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• United States
26 Jan 07
Some guy tried to do something simular but it was with his whole family and ebay banned the auction
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• United States
29 Jan 07
When I first started reading I thought geez this man is crazy, but as I read along I changed my vote. The people who are bidding are crazy. I can think of a hundred different things to do with that money then go pretend to be somebody else for whatever amount of time.
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
1 Feb 07
Well, I must say that he is a very giving guy and wants to make others happy. I like that.
• United States
2 Feb 07
I wonder where he is going to do once his replacement is all trained up? Or just go start over again somewhere else?
• United States
2 Feb 07
That is crazy! I might actually do something similiar to that one of these days as I really need to get cash rolling.