Are you tired of your existing life? Looking for a change, but don’t know how to go about it? Well, why not just buy a new life on eBay.

Tired of your own life? Buy Nicael’s life!

Twenty-four-year-old Australian surfie, Nicael (pronounced Nick-ale) Holt, is auctioning off his life on eBay.

At the time of writing, bids had reached US$24,222, and the auction had been viewed 245,869 times. Holt says he will give 30% of the proceeds to charity. 

Oh, and there’s one more thing, this is all part of a documentary – so whoever buys Holt’s life, will have a very interesting time indeed. The auction has been up for a number of days, and so far, has not been pulled by eBay, which is notorious for taking down off-beat auctions.

Holt lives in the seaside town of Wollongong, and when you buy his life, you get the following package (as described in his words):

Winning bidder will take ownership of my:

• - Name
• - Phone number
• - All my possessions which includes the following
• - Clothes,
• - Roughly 300 CDs
• - Surfboard
• - Laptop (minus certain information with my discretion),
• - Pushbike (Has wonky handlebars, may need some work)
• - Books,
• - Bed
• - CD player
• - Backpack
• - Tennis racquets
• - Golf Clubs(which you will have no idea how to use)
• - Childhood photos
• - Skateboard
• - Nice lamp which your ex-girlfriend bought you.

- I will teach you my skills which include the following

• - Surfing (Expert)
• - Climbing (Intermediate)
• - Skateboarding (Novice)
• - Handstand Skills (Expert)
• - Fire Twirling Skills (Intermediate)
• - Devil Stick Twirling (Expert)
•                         (Plus many more)

- Will introduce to all my friends & potential lovers (around 8 which I have been flirting with)

- I have around 15 close friends and around 170 other friends

- I have 2 nemeses.

- Lifestyle is very social. It includes a lot of going out.

• NB: Friends will treat you exactly as they have treated me. This includes friends who take me surfing, running, climbing and cook for me. All of these features will be transferred over to the winning applicant.

Life also includes the following features

• - Will have access to a cruisy job in march delivering fruit.
• - You will write a satirical horiscope in the University of Wollongong Magazine.
• - You will have new parents to have Christmas with & birthday presents from friends.
• - A birthday party will also be organised for you.

This auction also includes the following

• - A 4 week training course by the former me which includes the following:
• - Many anecdotes and stories from a very interesting and intriguing past 24 years of my life
• - 6 Jokes
• - Training in becoming me (fashion, food, lifestyle, style of seduction, interests)
• - Haircut like mine
• - Piercings to the value of $180.
• - Lessons in my personal history (The good stuff and the bad stuff)
• - Skills Lessons (as mentioned above)
• NB: After the 4 week training winning bidder will also receive 2 months of on-call support.

Please note the following

• - A friend owes me $20. Another friend owes me a six-pack of beer which you can redeem upon winning the bid.
• - The winning applicant should probably shout the next $20 worth of weed.
• - Will need to become vegetarian. This can however be changed in the future.
• - There is some tension with a former ex from a painful breakup which must be inherited

Holt assures the winning bidder of his life that he will take on a new identity, and that any contact with his old life will be under a different persona. You can read more about Nicael at his MySpace profile.

While of all this might seem like a practical joke, Holt does state that buying his life will not give you a new legal identity. Rather, he says, he is selling his “social life and mentality”. The sale does not include degrees/qualifications, drivers license, passport, future Inheritance, or formal/legal identity.

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Entry was posted on Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 6:41 pm under Internet, Web2.0.

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