The Beginning of the End

Man (me) sells his life on E-bay

Valley man sells his life on E-bay

More Phoenix Local News
09:31 PM Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
By 3TV

PHOENIX - One Valley man knows the answer thanks to E-bay.

He sold it all, everything. Take a look around your home - all that stuff-- many of us would call priceless-- imagine it all just going away to the highest bidder.

They are the things that document our lives.

The yearbook we pull out when feeling nostalgic.

The family heirlooms we hold onto hoping to one day pass them on to the next generation.

However for Lloyd Garner now sitting in a room once packed with his stuff it had to go. All of it.

“Yeah, I sold my college degree, I sold my journals," he said.

His television, diary, old love letters, one by one -- he put it all up on E-bay.

Lloyd lives with his grandfather and said his grandfather is a pack rat, which might be an understatement.

And sitting among the old cassette tapes, lottery tickets that didn't win and piles of useless paperwork Lloyd had an epiphany.

"In a mental way they were anchoring me to my past," he said. "I need to be caring about my present and my future."

You often hear "a picture is worth a thousand words" and monetarily speaking that equates to about $2.52 the price someone in London paid for his picture album.

It took a year to find enough interested buyers.

The final tally came to $3,683.93.

But it wasn’t the cash he was after; it's the right of passage.

"It was worth it, because you can’t pay for that kind of experience," he said.

If you are wondering all Lloyd said he has left is the suit he was wearing, some other clothes and some work out gear.

And now that everything is gone, he can concentrate on the future which includes promoting a novel he wrote and maybe if he is lucky a career in wrestling.




Source: http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/phoenix_local__news_070808_e-bay.3893343b.html
cbkspa67
hmmm...ok...good for him then.... :)
Jul-08-08 23:38:02 PDT Report this comment
k5683
well I'm glad you sold it all finally. Too bad though it didn't go for more. It probably meant more than a few thousand to you.
btw, don't cut your hair like dinners said in your last post.....that is unless you do sell it on ebay and donate the money or just donate your hair. My hubby donated to locks of love. I think you'd be good looking either way though because you have pretty eyes and a nice face.
good luck with your book if you start one.
Jul-08-08 23:41:25 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
or good for you...then.... :)
Jul-08-08 23:43:56 PDT Report this comment
jcarolek
Hey thegrey! Great to see you!
Jul-08-08 23:44:07 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
Thanks!

How's everyone doing?
Jul-08-08 23:45:24 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
but wait...you actualy still have your life....good for you...greyteam...right on ya... :)
Jul-08-08 23:46:33 PDT Report this comment
jcarolek
well, I'm fine...not on here much these days....too much travel for work but lots of fun time with friends too. Just enjoying a read through tonight and saw you here.
Jul-08-08 23:46:55 PDT Report this comment
k5683
doing good here but almost ready for bed.
kellie
Jul-08-08 23:47:07 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
doc said...I'll get better...but I'll never be well.... :)
Jul-08-08 23:49:08 PDT Report this comment
k5683
awwwe, what is wrong cbk?
Jul-08-08 23:50:40 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
Well I don't have anything else to sell so these ebay blogs of mine are over unless I get more news coverage.

cbkspa67- I am still alive, but I sold the life I lived. My tangible soul basically. All the things that, when you put them together, tell the story of my life.
Jul-08-08 23:51:35 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
jcarolek - travel and friends sounds great to me!
Jul-08-08 23:53:17 PDT Report this comment
jcarolek
Well, it was good seeing you anyway, thegrey...I enjoyed watching your journey. Good luck with the book.
Jul-08-08 23:53:26 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
its mental k5683...thanks for asking...I was dropped as a baby....by accident so I am told.... :)
Jul-08-08 23:53:34 PDT Report this comment
k5683
why do you have to make the blogs an ending just because you don't have anything left to sell?
Jul-08-08 23:54:49 PDT Report this comment
jcarolek
Yeah, thegrey...I can't complain...not in the least..I do blog still, but not nearly as much as I did a year ago.
Jul-08-08 23:55:18 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
hey jcarolek, k5682, and greyteam...nice to meet ya'll....:)
Jul-08-08 23:58:57 PDT Report this comment
rocnros
wow that video was interesting
Jul-08-08 23:59:13 PDT Report this comment
k5683
LOL, I almost figured you would say something like that but I didn't want to be rude if there was something physically wrong. lol
uhhh, yeah me too. I'll never be well either (lol) but I wasn't dropped. I just died a bunch when I was born (really).
Kellie
Jul-08-08 23:59:28 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
k5683 - because it's time for me to get outside.

jcarolek - Thanks .
Jul-08-08 23:59:39 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
see what happens...thats what happens...your pretty cool kellie...right on... :)
Jul-09-08 00:01:29 PDT Report this comment
k5683
get off the blogs, get outside and start a new life huh?

well, that's good. good luck in your adventures. Learn lots more and love often.
Jul-09-08 00:01:56 PDT Report this comment
jcarolek
Hi cb...very nice to meet you too!

thegrey...the great outdoors is a wonderful place to be...I highly recommend it! Enjoy and good luck!
Jul-09-08 00:02:03 PDT Report this comment
k5683
thanks cbk. well, I have to rest so I can function "normally" tomorrow. lol
Jul-09-08 00:03:13 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
Thanks again, everybody. See you all later.
Jul-09-08 00:03:35 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
good for all...even...later.... :)
Jul-09-08 00:04:49 PDT Report this comment
angelic*afghans
I remember seeing that on the news..I'm in Jersey...I can understand about giving up on the stuff in life...I loved hearing on the new, per usual, that Jersey has the highest property taxes in the US...

Other fact for like..4ever..we have more ppl per square mile than any other state in the US....

Man I hate living here...but cannot afford to get out...catch 22

wanna buy my life on ebay??...:)
Jul-09-08 00:06:03 PDT Report this comment
cbkspa67
hi angel dust...I'm in jersey....no...thanks...still paying for my own...catch 22...great movie.... :)
Jul-09-08 00:09:14 PDT Report this comment
angelic*afghans
grey...if you even come to Hell Jersey...stop on by...you can have anything you want...I'm selling most of mine too as I cannot stand clutter...a little OCD...more of a minimalist but in a very cozy organized way. I want to live in the mountains with my nearest neighbor about 1 mile away at the very closest...and all the animals I can adopt...
Jul-09-08 00:12:45 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
13*angel**dust*13 - I couldn't afford it.
Jul-09-08 00:14:13 PDT Report this comment
thegreyteam
I don't buy anything anymore. Unless it's a tool I need. Then I'd sell it when I was done. We'll see if I can drag my carcass as far as the East Coast.
Jul-09-08 00:16:27 PDT Report this comment
angelic*afghans
you know it ckb...

oh grey believe me you don't want to come here...such an ugly flat state and yes I have traveled the whole US..my parents were major campers...my hubby was born in W. Virginia, moved and lived in Whittier, CA., moved to Texas to work the oil rigs, moved to Oklahoma (to "settle down"..lol)..then met me after the settling part and HE HATES IT HERE...I took him on a train to NYC as my family came here over 100 years ago thru Ellis Island from Italy and lived in Brooklyn...well, Rick said "I will NEVER, EVER come here again!"..cracked me up...soooo...I wanna be a country girl.

I loved your video and the hair...when I married my EX he had blonde hair down to his butt and mine was dark brown to my butt..hmm should sell that backside picture from the bicentennial year of 1976...LOLOL

Thanks for sharing as it's so much fun talking to you...((hugs))
Jul-09-08 00:39:23 PDT Report this comment

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