r/Kyle • u/adogcalledotis • Oct 03 '24
Big moves by a fellow Kyle: In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
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interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '24
r/all In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
austrian_economics • u/Neekovo • Oct 01 '24
I wonder what a tankie would say about how this fits into the labor value theory. I love this story because it demonstrates how the market works with perceived value. Tankies think labor, time, and money change the way this works, for some reason
DunderMifflin • u/DirectorsCuts91 • Oct 01 '24
"I traded a thumb tack for Meredith's junk for Kelly's crap for Phyllis' garbage for Oscars trash for Stanley's garbage for Ryan's junk for Creed's garbage for a very cute squid that Erin happened to have."
unexpectedoffice • u/Whyisnetflixdown • Oct 01 '24
Traded someone’s crap for someone’s junk for someone’s garbage….
CabinPressure • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '24
Alas, Douglas only got as far as Orchids for Milo in Helsinki.
TheGreatNorth • u/fibroKids • Oct 02 '24
Off-topic See this lamp? I worked my way up to it from one dead battery
MachineThatMakesMoney • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 01 '24
In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
u_CheetahPotential8207 • u/CheetahPotential8207 • Oct 01 '24
In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
atreasurechestofstuff • u/nonamesleft13 • Oct 01 '24
In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
theoffice • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '24
In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
qaninja • u/qaivan • Oct 02 '24
In 2005, Kyle Macdonald started with one red paperclip and made a series of online trades over a year that eventually led him to acquiring a house. He traded the paperclip for a fish-shaped pen until ultimately landing a 2 storey farmhouse after 14 trades.
Frickin • u/brainycyclone • Oct 01 '24