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version_1 wrote:

1. No car to go anywhere so anyone that wants to trade has to be close or willing to travel or help me out with traveling.

So.. wait a second. You're expecting people to spend money on travel or shipping just for the privilege of trading with you? Ah...hmm.

Look, I don't want to pooh-pooh your quest, but the reason the red paperclip guy is successful is because he gets up off his couch, drives all over tarnation, and talks to many, many, many people in person and over the phone. I certainly want you to succeed, but posting on message boards and waiting for people to come to you doesn't strike me as winning strategy.

Author:	version_1 [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:20 am ]
Post subject:	One Little Figurine
Hey guys. Ok heres the dealio. After seeing the One red Paperclip dude im gonna try do the same thing. But exchange the paperclip for a small Bart Simpson figurine and the idea of a house for a Car. I got a few hurdles to overcome though. 1. No car to go anywhere so anyone that wants to trade has to be close or willing to travel or help me out with traveling. 2. No Webspace so im relying on a basic blogger page. 3. Really no idea what to do. 4. Im in australia. Anyone that wants to help can contact me by PM'ing me, emailing me on 5knuckleshuffle@gmail.com, or onelittlefigurine@gmail.com. Any help would be appreciated. Post ideas here so we can have a public discussion. The blog can be viewed at [url]5knuckleshuffle.blogger.com[/url] Thanks Heaps to anyone that gets involved.

Author:	Schmelen [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:24 am ]
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Hey, I heard about that. He kept trading and eventually got a house. That's pretty cool. Good luck, you'll need it.

Author:	The Cup of Coffee [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:38 am ]
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Yeah, that was awesome. But sorry, man. Can't help you out here.

Author:	Simon Zeno [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:15 pm ]
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Pretty cool idea. You should video tape it, if possible. That'd be awesome.

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:30 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: One Little Figurine
version_1 wrote: 1. No car to go anywhere so anyone that wants to trade has to be close or willing to travel or help me out with traveling. So.. wait a second. You're expecting people to spend money on travel or shipping just for the privilege of trading with you? Ah...hmm. Look, I don't want to pooh-pooh your quest, but the reason the red paperclip guy is successful is because he gets up off his couch, drives all over tarnation, and talks to many, many, many people in person and over the phone. I certainly want you to succeed, but posting on message boards and waiting for people to come to you doesn't strike me as winning strategy.

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Author:	version_1 [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:17 pm ]
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I know its bad but thats why im only trying to trade in my area or do the mailing thing. im willing to travel to places in my area. or even over the border so i can tralev. just not as far.I can get to places. so im willing to contact people as often as possible. the message boards are just the start of my plan.

Author:	Prof. Tor Coolguy [ Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:34 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: One Little Figurine
InterruptorJones wrote: version_1 wrote: 1. No car to go anywhere so anyone that wants to trade has to be close or willing to travel or help me out with traveling. So.. wait a second. You're expecting people to spend money on travel or shipping just for the privilege of trading with you? Ah...hmm. Look, I don't want to pooh-pooh your quest, but the reason the red paperclip guy is successful is because he gets up off his couch, drives all over tarnation, and talks to many, many, many people in person and over the phone. I certainly want you to succeed, but posting on message boards and waiting for people to come to you doesn't strike me as winning strategy. ...I'd like also to point out that the red paperclip guy was the first one ever to do it, so it was a very novel and original idea and trying to replicate the success he had has chances somewhere around nil.

Author:	version_1 [ Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:08 am ]
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Why you gotta be negative. Was just hopin someone could help. not shoot me down in flames.

Author:	ModestlyHotGirl [ Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:04 pm ]
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I have an idea. Set up your own website or blog or whatever to promote your idea/track your progress. Then post a link to that in our Shameless Plugs thread. Just because I don't like the idea of a single thread on our forum devoted to this project. Good luck, though.

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