Guy gets his own home with a red paperclip - General

[url]http://wimp.com/onecent/[/url] Such a badass. Agree?

Quite the badass

So old I'm shocked you haven't heard of it

I haven't seen this.. pretty remarkable.

I remember the story but this is the first time I've heard any real detail about it. Awesome story.

[QUOTE=Quo Vadi;22478582]So old I'm shocked you haven't heard of it[/QUOTE] Then leave it for the people who HASN'T seen it to see it. Your post is useless. Good day, Sir.

Haven't seen it, pretty amazing stuff...Even more so that it only took a year, figured maybe 5+ to work your way up to your own house but a year and ONLY 14 trades? Lucky guy. [editline]09:50PM[/editline] Our family didn't own our own house until my dad was 49...

Seems he got lucky with the publicity more than anything but still amazing.

Guy gets late.

That is insane! This guy took something I always wondered about (trading instead of currency) and he did it. And with a single red paper clip. That is crazy!

*Looks at green paperclip on desk*

I'm sure if somebody tried this again, they wouldn't get anywhere near as far. The first time it was a novelty, which got him tons of publicity, but now people will just think "oh he's just trying to copy that other kid"

[QUOTE=Lord Ivan;22480036]I'm sure if somebody tried this again, they wouldn't get anywhere near as far. The first time it was a novelty, which got him tons of publicity, but now people will just think "oh he's just trying to copy that other kid"[/QUOTE] It's actually not as easy as you think. He got extremely lucky, and got stuff that he knew he could trade again, and who to trade it to for good shit.

[QUOTE=KamenMoore;22480229]It's actually not as easy as you think. He got extremely lucky, and got stuff that he knew he could trade again, and who to trade it to for good shit.[/QUOTE] I know it wasn't easy. But it's going to be a million times harder for anybody who wants to try to do it again, without the publicity to back them up.

I've seen this my teacher at school showed me

I remember seeing this ages ago, but never that he actually got the house.

Wonder how he's doing now..

[QUOTE=KamenMoore;22480229]It's actually not as easy as you think. He got extremely lucky, and got stuff that he knew he could trade again, and who to trade it to for good shit.[/QUOTE] One of our lecturers put this challenge against us, we had 5 green paper clips that we had to trade for something of greater value. We ended up with TVs/Computers/ a signed F1 racing suit/ A massive 'indestructible' bass speaker for construction sites/ almost had a car. There are large glass case in the front of our college with all the things we gained.

Bro, You deserve more clocks than my grandmothers retirement home..

My name is kyle!