Will One Red Paperclip Be Traded for a House?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Math Is Hard
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Paper
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
Sign up Log in
17 replies · 4K views
Math Is Hard
Staff Emeritus
Science Advisor
Gold Member
Messages
4,663
Reaction score
36
http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
My name is Kyle MacDonald and I am trying to trade one red paperclip for a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12th, 2005 and I am making a series of trades for bigger or better things. My current item up for trade is one year in Phoenix.

Think he'll get that house?
 

Discussion

Physics news on Phys.org
Last edited:
Wow a really good cross dresser?

I see no reason why he can't work his way up to a house. When my son was 12 he started out with a beat up AM radio, and ended up with a camper which he sold at 14 for 1,200 dollars.
 
hypatia said:
I see no reason why he can't work his way up to a house. When my son was 12 he started out with a beat up AM radio, and ended up with a camper which he sold at 14 for 1,200 dollars.
That's wonderful. I really need to learn how to barter!
 
Math Is Hard said:
That is a rather odd coinkidink! No paper clip connection, though.
What? She has a whole box of them in her drawer!


:wink:
 
It's kind of cheating though.

He went on television and everything, so the publicity is HUGE. Therefore, you aren't just trading for just the previous item, but for publicity too.
 
One time in high school I started with a penny and ended up with a dime.
 
man, i could use a year of rent in phoenix. I'm moving in 6 weeks and i technically have no place to live... course, i have nothing to offer. unless he wants... ... ... a hug? that's about all I've got. heh.

i should work on my bartering skills too. wonder if i can get free college tuition.. that would also be very nice..
 
i read through that site, i can't believe the stuff people gave him. like, he got way better stuff than he was offering. even that fish pen... a pen is worth way more than a paper clip. he's only even made 10 trades. it'd be more impressive if he'd really worked for it...

...ok, yeah, I'm a little jealous. I'm wracking my brain trying to think of something worth a year of rent... if only i had like a nice car or an expensive guitar or something. yeah, i totally have nothing worth a couple thousand dollars. awell. i'll have to find an appt the old fashioned way.
 
i have an idea, who has something worth an years rent in arizona that they'd be willing to give up? yeah, and then, you tell me what you do want, and i'll find someone who has that and will give me something for it... and i can keep doing that until someone wants something i have.. its perfect!

now i can live in arizona and i don't have to worry about moving without a place to live or a job!
 
I'll offer you a sheet of paper for the paperclip. :rolleyes: Wait, if I give you the paper, I won't need the paperclip anymore.

When I first saw that guy's site, I thought the same thing as JasonRox, that he's not really trading just the stuff, but the publicity too.