Remember that red paperclip guy- he traded a paperclip for a pen

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then he traded the pen for a doorknob.

This guy was able to trade One red paperclip into a house in a series of online trades over the course of a year.
This might be cool to do with videogames.
i collect coins and comics, and collectors are running their own experiments.

i figured this would be cool to try with video games. I don't know what the final item will be, or how far it will go, but the journey should be fun.

check it out for a trade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xaQzdG09mo&feature=plcp

yeah, i am not really doing this to make any cash. especially since in the beginning shipping costs will cost me more than what i am trading. if someone makes a trade with me, they will only have to pay for shipping once, i will have to pay for it over and over again.
i already got some interesting trade offers. my question is; where should this be posted for maximum exposure? what is the largest video game forum?

as far as value goes, that is subjective. people will trade a more valuable item if they really want what i have to trade. for example- is isn't inconceivable for someone to trade for a sega saturn with a wii console. even though the wii might cost a little more, the person may have two wii's or they may really want a sega saturn. besides after you sell on ebay with fees and shipping costs, a ten dollar difference is meaningless.

lets use this as an example. someone sells a wii for 60 bucks on ebay. after all the ebay / paypal fees they clear 50 bucks. they then turn around and buy a sega saturn for 40 + another ten for shipping costs. why not get rid of the ebay middle man and trade direct. a few bucks difference won't matter to some people. especially since they won't have to do the work that posting that item on ebay entails.

i collect comics and coins, and similar things are going on in collectors forums with spectacular results.

i would have started it with duck hunt mario- unfortunatelyi don't have that cart.

p.s. those links are dead.