# Paper clip trading

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301>\
**Category:** SON240sx Off Topic\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301 "2006-01-26T21:36:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Pavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pavel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pavel)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301/1 "2006-01-26T21:36:47Z")

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Started with a paper clip, now owns a cube van, goal - house.

another insane idea that might actually work

> **[one red paperclip - Kyle MacDonald](http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com)**
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> one red paperclip is Kyle MacDonald's website. He's the guy who traded a red paperclip for a house.

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**Author:** ![240\_Foz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/dc4da7/32.png) [@240\_Foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/240_Foz)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301/2 "2006-01-26T22:39:24Z")

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i saw this guy on “the hour” a few weeks back, he was about to get a snowmobile then i think

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**Author:** ![Wiltzor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@Wiltzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wiltzor)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301/3 "2006-01-26T22:52:36Z")

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wow, thats one of those ideas where you say

why the f\*\*\* didn’t i think of that.

i could be driving a damn cube van right now!!!

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**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301/4 "2006-01-27T10:39:37Z")

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thats all bs, if he wasnt an “internet celebrity” no one would have given him trades so much in his favor, try bartering a neon sign and a keg of beer for a snowmobile at a garage sale :roll:

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**Author:** ![Wiltzor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@Wiltzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wiltzor)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/paper-clip-trading/92301/5 "2006-01-27T11:04:30Z")

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but that’s the genious of it.

the guy got the publicity he needed to it to work in his favour.