AFL player ingeniously trades a paperclip for a boat in QLD hubEamonn Tiernan
7Sport
21 October 2020 7:02 pmRichmond player Kamdyn McIntosh is well on his way to securing a Ferrari for next to nothing after applying the practices he learnt in an online video about trading up from a paperclip.
The aim of the game is to trade objects with people, starting with a paperclip, and obtain the most valuable item possible.
McIntosh may have a grand final to play against Geelong on Saturday as the Tigers chase their third flag in four AFL seasons - but the savvy defender is also focused on his side hustle in the Queensland hub.
“We were just sitting around the dinner table one night having a laugh and I said, ‘Why doesn’t someone do the paperclip story’,” McIntosh told 7NEWS.
“There’s a documentary of a guy in America who trades a red paperclip all the way up to a two-story farm house.
“Later that night I was in bed and I thought, you know what I’m just going to put a paperclip up on Facebook Marketplace.”
After 30 bids, McIntosh had swapped the paperclip for a Rubik’s cube and a deck of cards and he headed to superstar teammate Dustin Martin.
“I never played in a grand final, it’s probably not my space so might be unpopular ... but tradition is big in the AFL."
McIntosh managed to trade his cards and cube for a signed pair of Martin’s boots. He then went back online and traded the priceless footwear for a small boat.
Not done yet, McIntosh offered his coach Damian Hardwick the boat in exchange for a day shadowing the Richmond mentor inside the Tigers inner sanctum.
Hardwick agreed and now McIntosh is looking to trade that experience for a car.
“Why don’t we go paperclip to a red Ferrari,” McIntosh said.
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