One red paperclip

One red paperclip ( German one red paperclip ) is a website as well as the success story of Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, the starting passed through barter of a red paper clip into the possession of a house, as a result of exchange series within a year.

MacDonald was inspired by the children's game " Bigger, Better ". His website won in the course of her remarkable on held barter deal of attention. "A lot of people have been asking how I've stirred up so much publicity around the project, and my simple answer is: ' I have no idea, ' " he told the BBC. In German: "Many people have asked how I could gain so much attention for the project The simple answer is: .. I have no idea "

Kyle MacDonald was born in 1979 in Port Moody, a suburb east of Vancouver, and lived for years with his girlfriend Dominique in Montreal. Now he lives in the house in Kipling with his girlfriend Dominique, which he received in the course of 14 exchange actions. His experiences, the young Canadians written in his book " One Red Paperclip ", which was also translated into German. His replacement action is often referred to as the " craziest Internet exchange action of the world".

Course

MacDonald led his first exchange, a red paper clip against a fish-shaped pen, through July 14, 2005. He achieved his goal with the fourteenth exchange, a roll of film against a house. The following are the complete list of transactions:

• On 14 July 2005, he traveled to Vancouver and traded the paperclip against a fish-shaped pen.
• On the same day he traded the pen against a handmade ceramic doorknob in Seattle, Washington.
• On 25 July 2005, he traveled with a friend to Amherst, Massachusetts, swapped the doorknob to a barbecue.
• On 24 September 2005, he traveled to San Clemente, California and traded on a U.S. military base the grill against a 1000 watt generator.
• After the generator had been confiscated by the New York Fire Department, he undertook on 16 November 2005 a second, successful attempt in Maspeth, Queens, to replace the generator against a " Instant Party". This consisted of an empty barrel, a voucher for filling the keg with a beer of your choice and a Budweiser neon-sign.
• On December 8, 2005, he traded the " instant party" with the comedian and radio presenters Michel Barrette against a snowmobile.
• Within a week he traded the snowmobile for a three-day trip to Two People Yahk, British Columbia, in February 2006.
• To the 7th January 2006, he swapped his journey against a small truck with construction.
• To February 22, he exchanged the small truck against a record deal for a CD with " Metal Works " in Toronto.
• To April 11, he traded the recording contract with Jody Marie Gnant a year's rent for a room in their home in Phoenix, Arizona.
• To the 26 May 2006 he exchanged the annual rent for an afternoon with Alice Cooper.
• Approximately the same day he traded the afternoon with Alice Cooper against a merchandise of the band Kiss: A snow globe that there were only five times in the world.
• On 2 June 2006 he exchanged with the film director Corbin Bernsen the snow globe against a role in the film Donna on Demand.
• On 5 July 2006, he traded the movie role against a newly renovated, two-story farmhouse in Kipling ( Saskatchewan ), as well as the lifelong honorary citizenship.