A husband prankster took objectifying women to the next level when he put his wife up for sale on eBay like a second-hand car – but was stunned when bids topped the average price of a Jaguar.
Father-of-two Simon O’Kane posted a picture of long-suffering Leandra alongside a tongue-in-cheek ad detailing his reasons for selling her and the pros and cons of the ‘purchase’.
These included her ‘decent bodywork and skills in the kitchen’ and describing her as ‘not new has been used but still got some good miles left in her.’
Motorbike enthusiast Mr O’Kane, from Wakefield, Yorkshire, put his wife up for sale after claiming she was unsympathetic when he moaned about feeling unwell.
The 33-year-old was stunned when bids hit £65,880 within two days – though she ‘wanted to kill him’ when she discovered the next day that she was ‘for sale’.
Mr O’Kane, a telecom engineer and proud owner of a Triumph Daytona 650, said: ‘I came in after work feeling a bit tired and unwell – my was wife dong the usual concerned bit but said I was burning the candle at both ends and was basically just whining at me.
I thought “right I’m going to put you up for sale”.’
The post reads: ‘For sale one wife.
‘Not new has been used but still got some good miles left in her.
‘Reason for selling* I’ve had my fill and feel like there HAS to be someone me (oh dear God please let there be).
‘Good points: Body work and paint work still in decent shape and has some skills in the kitchen.
After the first few bids trickled in she proved a hit with bids soaring to more than £65,000, topping the average prices of Jaguars, as well as BMW and Mercedes vehicles.
Fellow bikers got in on the joke by asking questions about mileage and upkeep.
Simon said: ‘There were a few general pervy guys asking for more pictures but most of the responses to the ad were hilarious.
‘The best one was ‘has she raced or rallied?’ We both liked the guy looking to exchange her for a camel, and the guy trying to work out how much bacon he could get really got us howling.’

source: dailymail.co.uk