5/25/2007: Nathan Has Completed "You Wanna Trade?"

I started out the day wandering what in the world I was going to be able too start trading to people that they would actually want. I was going to start with the rubber band, but thought that if they wanted a rubber band they could just go get one. after thinking a little I thought what better thing to start with than a simple penny.

Then I traded that to a guy that had a pocket full of change for a nickel.





Then I went to a woman the vending machine a asked if she would trade the nickel for a dime. She thought what the heck, but she agreed.




Then I went to the back of the plant to a guy that I knew would love to have the dime to buy him a cup of coffee, so I traded him the dime for a quarter.




Then I went out and saw a lady with some Pop Tarts To Go, so i traded the quarter for one of her pop tarts.





Then I went to a guy that I knew loved to eat. I saw that he had a half empty bottle of Dasani drinking water, so I traded the water for the pop tart.




Then I thought I know a guy that recycles, so I will see what he would trade me. I went to him and he had a pen laying on his desk, so I told him that the bottle emptied could be his for the pen. Wouldn't you know it he jumped all over that trade.




So I ended up with a pen with like one hour left to work. I knew I had enough time for one more trade. I saw a guy working with a calculator and thought I wonder if he knows how to write out the things he is typing in. I went for the opportunity. I told him I would trade the nice looking pen for the calculator. Like a sucker I reeled him into the deal.


This is where I stand with one calculator. I know that I could have went bigger, but when you work in a place like I do you will take what you get.

I liked the task, but really didn't have the resources to go bigger, who knows I might take what I ended up with and go out and see what the world has to offer.

Thanks Todd for getting ME out of the rut of my daily routine at work.

5/25/2007: Nathan Accepts "You Wanna Trade?"

I am going to give this my all. I will probably end up with only small things since I will be at work and the people here are like the stingiest people I have ever meet. I am still excited about getting to see what I can get when starting from something small.

5/24/2007: Todd Assigns "You wanna trade?" to Nathan

Nathan, you may have heard of OneRedPaperClip (oneredpaperclip.com). Kyle Macdonald started with a red paper clip and over the course of a year, he traded that paperclip and kept trading until he finally traded for a house.

Your task for the day is to begin with a small item around your house/office (a rubber band would work well) and trade as many times as you can during the day. Each trade should be a trade to get something better than what you had before. Let's see what you can get by the end of the day!

I'd like you to document each trade by taking a picture of the item that you are trading for. So you should have a picture of the beginning item and then all the items you acquired in your trades.



Post your pictures and description of the day's activities.



..and Have fun!