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one red paperclip [message #418265] Sat, 23 January 2010 10:43 Go to next message
dr3w2 is currently offline  dr3w2
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I'm surprised I never heard about this when it started years ago. Wicked idea and amazing journey and outcome for this guy.

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/


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Re: one red paperclip [message #418304 is a reply to message #418265] Sat, 23 January 2010 16:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Awesome!

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Re: one red paperclip [message #418311 is a reply to message #418265] Sat, 23 January 2010 16:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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lol pro Big Grin

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Re: one red paperclip [message #418328 is a reply to message #418265] Sun, 24 January 2010 00:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dont get it.
Re: one red paperclip [message #418330 is a reply to message #418328] Sun, 24 January 2010 00:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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(SSnipe) -BLU3Y3Z- wrote on Sun, 24 January 2010 01:09

Dont get it.


The gist of it is that he began by trading a red paper clip for a fish pen, and about 14 trades later, he ended up with a house in Saskatchewan.


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Re: one red paperclip [message #418331 is a reply to message #418265] Sun, 24 January 2010 00:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Read it a long time ago.

Great story though.


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Re: one red paperclip [message #418372 is a reply to message #418331] Sun, 24 January 2010 13:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Altzan wrote on Sun, 24 January 2010 09:39

Read it a long time ago.

Great story though.

same here
Re: one red paperclip [message #418394 is a reply to message #418331] Sun, 24 January 2010 17:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Altzan wrote on Sun, 24 January 2010 01:39

Read it a long time ago.

Great story though.



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Re: one red paperclip [message #418540 is a reply to message #418394] Tue, 26 January 2010 12:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Dosent load for me.

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Re: one red paperclip [message #418562 is a reply to message #418265] Tue, 26 January 2010 14:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yea it is cool the guy gets a house in the end... but the whole thing was really just for publicity for all involved parties. Even the way the guy put as relative value or whatever... it still doesn't quite add up. There are a million red paperclips out there, they don't equal houses in 14 trades... The only way this was possible is because people with way too much of something or another wanted to make it known.

Kinda like the other thread about the idiot that wasted 6 million on a home theater that looks like shit (the speaker setup), and judging by his loveseat in the middle of it only 2 people make use of it.

Re: one red paperclip [message #418670 is a reply to message #418265] Wed, 27 January 2010 12:52 Go to previous message
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Ahh it all makes sense now! This guys local to me here. Doesn't live very far away. Local beer companies always do a "salute to kipling and their red paperclip" in their radio ads.

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