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by **SouthCoastShankly** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:39 pm

Genius

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A Canadian man who set out to trade a paper clip to get a house says he is coming close to achieving his dream.
After a year of swapping items on the internet, Kyle MacDonald, 26, has been offered a year in a house in Phoenix, Arizona, rent-free.

Mr MacDonald, who lives in Montreal, initially exchanged his paper clip for a fish-shaped pen.

A series of trades ensued till the latest deal to exchange the Phoenix house for a music contract.

On his blog dated Tuesday, he writes: "Today I'm flying to Phoenix to meet up with [singer] Jody Gnant and make the official trade of the recording contract for the year's worth of rent in Phoenix.

"I'll decide what my next move will be later this week. Things are definitely heating up. I better remember to pack shorts."

Barter power

Mr MacDonald originally swapped the pen for a ceramic doorknob, which he in turn traded for a camping stove.

This was followed by a generator, bartered for an "instant party package": an empty beer keg, a neon Budweiser sign and a promise to fill the keg - offered by a man in New York.

The beer package went to a Montreal DJ, in exchange for a snowmobile.

Interviewed on Canadian TV, Mr MacDonald was then asked if there was anywhere he would not go to trade the snowmobile.

He said he was prepared to travel to Yahk, a hamlet in the Canadian Rockies. A snowmobiling magazine offered the trip to Yahk in exchange for the snowmobile.

This was traded for a white van, which was used to secure a recording contract which in turn led to the offer of free accommodation in Phoenix.

But Mr MacDonald is not taking his eyes off the big prize: "I'm going to keep trading for bigger or better things until I get a house."

by **Judge** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:52 pm

thats nothing i recently traded some second hand bog roll for an all inclusive holiday with sandals

by **RusselStreetRed** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:02 pm

wouldnt call him a genius for taking people for a ride.

he's a conning lazy bum at the most

by **The Ace1983** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:04 pm

Genius!

by **Lando_Griffin** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:07 am

RusselStreetRed wrote:wouldnt call him a genius for taking people for a ride.

he's a conning lazy bum at the most

If people are thick enough to trade, then good luck to him.

A f*cking snowmobile for a keg of beer and a sign!!!

Brilliant!!!!!

by **bng89** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:06 am

Someone sold a potato chip. Don't know how much they got for it.
Smart guy

by **anti-hero** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:16 am

An inspiration for lazy, good for nothing, couch potato burdens like me.

:bowdown

by **TheoRacle** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:27 am

There's always someone somewhere with more money than sense... the trick is finding them before someone else does...

by **bng89** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:13 am

TheoRacle- "the trick is finding them before someone else does"
That is so true

by **Woollyback** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:41 am

QVC has found the whole feckin lot of 'em

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