‘For sale one wife. Not new has been used but still got some good miles left in her’: Prankster husband puts his spouse up for sale on eBay because she ‘nagged him for feeling ill’
•Father-of-two Simon O’Kane put his wife, Leandra, up for sale as a joke
•He gave a detailed description likening her to a second-hand vehicle
•The advert attracted bids of £65,000 as well as some amusing responses
•Mrs O’Kane is the butt of many jokes but has her ways of getting revenge
By Paddy Dinham For Mailonline
Published: 04:08 EST, 12 September 2016 | Updated: 08:29 EST, 12 September 2016
Prankster Simon O’Kane (left) put his wife Leandra (right) up for sale on eBay
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 at around 10pm on Wednesday 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 sa