Red paper clips

monkeyman · July 11, 2006, 3:08pm

I’m sure a lot of you have heard the story about the man who started trading a red paper clip for bigger and better things, aspiring to eventually barter for a house…

He’s finally done it

unisteve · July 11, 2006, 3:29pm

My friend’s mom told me about it on Saturday.

trials_uni · July 11, 2006, 3:53pm

Ill trade someone a pink paperclip for something.

I wanna get a Coker outta this at the end:D

dan_de_man · July 12, 2006, 12:49am

that is so cool

carsonpalooza · July 12, 2006, 10:45am

my friends and I like to play that game and we start out with a quarter.
here’s what we got:
quarter ->new tennis ball -> bag of chips -> half loaf of bread -> American flag and hat
then it was getting to late so we stopped while we were ahead.

forrestunifreak · July 12, 2006, 11:37am

Were did you do that, just around town door to door or what?

carsonpalooza · July 12, 2006, 2:34pm

we did it in his neighborhood, door to door. At first it seems really weird asking strangers to play this game but once you explain that it’s a scavenger hunt they will do practically anything.

ice_cold_uni6 · July 12, 2006, 2:44pm

what if its all just a publicity stunt, and he bought all that stuff and gave it to people he knew just so they coiuld trade it back to him.
just kidding. thats pretty sweet.

sobriquet · July 12, 2006, 4:14pm

Then he came out ahead, famous and the owner of a house.

ThisGuyIKnow · July 13, 2006, 2:19pm

What’s not amazing is that he did it, but it how few trades he did it.

Catboy · July 13, 2006, 4:54pm

I wonder when the “real” red paperclip will go on ebay? I’d pay a dollar for it.

dorkybarb · July 13, 2006, 6:29pm

that is the truth!
when i first heard about this, i was thinking he was going to be trading for a couple years. but he did it in like, what 12 trades or something like that?
crazy.