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Old Jul 8th 2011, 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by another bloody yank
We've been looking at houses lately. Just browsing around on the internet really, not ready for anything serious yet. Still, it's an experience that does a great job illustrating the difference between what is most important to her and what is important to me in a property. Found a place on 4 acres with a great shop, 30ftx50ft, concrete floor and everything but she didn't like the floorplan of the house.


Good luck with the search.
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Old Jul 8th 2011, 7:59 pm
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Wow. Up to $125,000 at the moment (almost double from when I looked earlier). I could never take the kids' stuff though; morally wrong for me with such young kids. Loads of tools but I would never know which was a left handed screwdriver anyway .

Good luck to them though.
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I'm guessing the kids have already pulled out their treasures, and perhaps mum and dad have offered to buy the rest of the stuff off them for cash!

It said there are seven people living in the house but I can't figure out who the seventh is. Mum, dad, two kids, (two) inlaws and...? Are there three inlaws there?
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Old Jul 10th 2011, 1:31 pm
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Up to $190K with 2.5hrs left, reserve still not met.
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I thought selling the tools was pretty drastic as well, I think he'll end up regretting that. I doubt he'll make enough on the sale of everything to replace them. I guess he's planning on not needing them anymore. On the other site (where he posted the link to the auction) he said that they are keeping one pickup truck to use for the move and transport to their new location. He's hoping not to have enough stuff left after the sale to fill the bed.
I agree. My husband left his tools in the UK (not nearly as much as this guy is selling!) and has found buying them up again is costly and annoying....
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Old Jul 10th 2011, 5:18 pm
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Up to $190K with 2.5hrs left, reserve still not met.
Closed with no further bids.
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Old Jul 11th 2011, 12:27 pm
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Default Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay

The reserve is around $270k which is probably quite a lot more than what the house would sell for on its own.

It doesn't make sense to bundle items like house and cars together - if he wants to sell the cars, it would usually make more sense to sell them to someone who actually wants a car.

As for tools, as others have said it would be smarter to keep them and ship them to new home. Same goes for house furnishings - most house buyers will have furnishings of their own, it would be better to keep and ship rather than plan to replace.
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Old Jul 11th 2011, 1:17 pm
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Default Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay

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The reserve is around $270k which is probably quite a lot more than what the house would sell for on its own.

It doesn't make sense to bundle items like house and cars together - if he wants to sell the cars, it would usually make more sense to sell them to someone who actually wants a car.

As for tools, as others have said it would be smarter to keep them and ship them to new home. Same goes for house furnishings - most house buyers will have furnishings of their own, it would be better to keep and ship rather than plan to replace.
Maybe he did it this way in the hope that the publicity would make some moron bid more than everything was worth.

Sounds like it didn't work...
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Default Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay

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Maybe he did it this way in the hope that the publicity would make some moron bid more than everything was worth.

Sounds like it didn't work...

Seems he has relisted..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:WNARL:US:1123
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Old Jul 13th 2011, 10:21 am
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Default Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay

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The reserve is around $270k
Just wondering how you know this? I guessed it would be somewhere between $200k-$250k, might be way off though.

Actually I think he should have put a longer listing time on it. Yes, it generated media interest but a week isn't enough for it to trickle through to the less obscure outlets, or less obvious places like here, where he could have picked up some more bids.
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Old Jul 13th 2011, 1:12 pm
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Default Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay

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Just wondering how you know this? I guessed it would be somewhere between $200k-$250k, might be way off though.
He mentions the reserve in his associated website - I think it might also have been mentioned in one of the answers to questions raised on the original listing.
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Old Jul 15th 2011, 12:49 am
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From my experience it's bad enough sorting through your own stuff when getting ready to move without going through somebody else's things when you get there. Maybe he should just auction the house itself on ebay and then have a local auction for the contents.
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Old Jul 17th 2011, 6:53 pm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-14178696

Look what happened to this Ex-Pat, apparently as a result of selling stuff on-line, intending to move back to Blighty.

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Old Jul 17th 2011, 10:03 pm
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US $261,099.99
Reserve price not met
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