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10Jul2006

One Red Paper Clip For A House?

How do you possibly get a brand new house with one red paper clip? Unfeasible, you might think, but it did happen to a chap in Canada

The trade began as a man’s quest to barter a red paper clip for something higher, one year later he’s about to get his new house.

Kyle MacDonald started with a red paperclip in July of 2005 and was able to get a snowmobile, generator, instant party and other stuff before finally ending up with the house.

MacDonald's trades have gone as follows:

• Red Paper clip for a fish-shaped pen
• Fish-shaped pen for a clay doorknob that looks like ET (Knob T as I fondly calls it)
• Clay doorknob for a Coleman camping stove/Barbeque
• Coleman camping stove/Barbeque for a portable generator
• Portable Generator for an "instant party" (Beer Keg, Budweiser Neon Light with an additional IOU of Keg)
• Instant party for a snowmobile
• Snowmobile for an all-expenses-paid vacation trip to Yahk, British Columbia
• Yahk Vacation trip for a panel van
• Van for a recording contract
• Recording contract for a year of free rent in a Phoenix
• One Year of free rent in phoenix for a whole afternoon with Alice Cooper
• One afternoon with Alice Cooper for a KISS Snow globe
• Snow globe for a movie role (Includes room and board during production, return airfare from anywhere in the world)
• Film Role for a house (Trade will be done on July 12)

You can read the full article in Kylie MacDonald’s site

Reader Comments (1)

Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

August 18, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlex

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