 How One Red Paperclip was swapped for a House
On July 12, 2005, Kyle MacDonald (Montreal, Canada) started with one red paperclip and wanted to swap it and keep swapping until he had a house. 12 months later, July 12, 2006, he's done it! He was offered a house at 503 Main Street in Kipling (Saskatchewan, Canada)..
Why did he do it? Kyle says "Why not?", also "I pay rent but I'd like to own a house. I didn't have enough money for a house - but I did have one red paperclip."
How did he do it? It only took a blog and these 14 swaps:
- One Red Paperclip
- One Fish Pen
- One Doorknob
- One Stove
- One Generator
- One Beer Keg (with Neon Sign)
- One Skiddoo
- One Trip to Yahk
- One Van
- One Recording Contract
- One Year Free Rent
- One Afternoon with Alice Cooper
- One KISS snow globe
- One Movie Role
- One House
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