Trade Me Project
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| Trade Me Project | |
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| Created by | Demi Skipper |
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The Trade Me Project is a project created by Demi Skipper that sought to trade a bobby pin for a house.[1] The project began as a TikTok series on May 18, 2020 and ended on December 11, 2021. The idea for the project is based off the project by Kyle MacDonald that traded a red paperclip for a house. The idea is not to directly trade a bobby pin for a house, but rather to trade the bobby pin for another item worth slightly more, and then trade the new item for something worth slightly more, and so on.[2]
The series concluded in December 2021 when Demi Skipper made her last trade for a house, with a total of 28 trades having been made.[3] Skipper states that she plans to renovate the house, and then "trade the house for a bobby-pin". Adding, “I’m going to give the house away to somebody who really needs it.”[2] She has also said that, after giving the house away, she plans to do it all over again.[4]
Trades[edit]
List of Trades[edit]
The following is a list of trades made by Demi Skipper for the Trade Me Project:[lower-alpha 1]
- A bobby pin for a pair of Mary Sol Earrings.[5]
- The Pair of Earrings for 4 Margarita Glasses.[5]
- 4 Margarita Glasses for a Bissel Vacuum Cleaner.[6]
- The Vacuum cleaner for a Snowboard.[7]
- The Snowboard for an Apple TV 4K.[8]
- The Apple TV 4K for Bose Noise Cancelling Wireless Headphones.[9]
- The Bose Headphones for an X-Box One with 2 Controllers, 2 Games, and a Kinect Sensor Bar.[9]
- The X-Box Set for a MacBook Pro.
- The MacBook Pro for a Canon Camera with a Battery Grip, Video Light, 2 Lenses, SD Card, and a Battery.
- The Canon Camera Set for a pair of Off-White Nike Blazer Shoes.[lower-alpha 2]
- The Off-White Blazer shoes for Off-White Hyperdunk Shoes.
- The Off-White Hyperdunk shoes for Jordan One Shattered Backboard Shoes.
- The Jordan One shoes for an iPhone 11 Pro Max.[lower-alpha 3]
- The iPhone for a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan.[lower-alpha 4]
- The Caravan for a Boosted Board.[lower-alpha 5]
- The Boosted Board for a MacBook Pro (newer than the one in trade 8 & 9).
- The Newer MacBook for an Electric Bike Food Cart.[lower-alpha 6]
- The Food Cart for a 2006 Mini-cooper Convertible.[lower-alpha 7]
- The Mini-cooper for a Diamond and Sapphire Necklace.[lower-alpha 8]
- The Necklace for a Peloton B3 Workout Bike.
- The Workout Bike for a 2006 Ford Mustang GT Deluxe (with 204,000 miles).
- The Mustang for a 2011 Jeep Patriot Sport (with 145,000 miles).
- The Jeep for a furnished Wild-Bound Tiny Cabin that hooks up to a truck.[lower-alpha 9]
- The Tiny Cabin for a Honda CR-V (with 140,000 miles).[lower-alpha 10]
- The Honda for Three Tractors (all in good condition).
- The Three Tractors for a Chipotle Celebrity Card, which gave the owner free Chipotle everyday for a year, and a catered dinner for 50 people.[lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 12]
- The Chipotle card for an off-the-grid trailer home.
- The trailer home for a house.
Rules and Process for Trading[edit]
Demi Skipper finds individuals who are interested in the current item that she has, and are willing to make a trade. She does not allow herself to make a trade with any person that she personally knows. The trades also are not allowed to include any cash, and have to be a direct exchange of 2 items. She said that the trades she makes can take days to plan, prepare for, and execute. She says that she does a lot of research on every item that she is offered to be sure that she understands the true value and worth of it. She also said that she had "Biked to all corners of San Francisco" to make trades.[10]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Click citation next to each trade for the video of the trade
- ↑ During this trade, her package had been lost in the mail. After believing that the trade was a total loss, her package was found and was delivered to her.
- ↑ During this trade, she found a person interested in trading but was struggling to find an item that he had that they could trade for, she sent him a list of items she would trade for. He wound up buying one of the items on the list (the iPhone) in order to make the trade.
- ↑ During this trade, the car that she had received did not have a parking permit, so she only had three days to make a trade. The car had many problems that also made it difficult to trade, with many people considering a trade before taking a closer look at the car, and then backing out.
- ↑ For this trade, she found a person who was willing to make the trade and had a mechanic who could fix the car. With just one day left, she decided that she needed to make the trade.
- ↑ For this trade, she had to drive to Los Angeles, California.
- ↑ For this trade, she had to ship the Bike to North Carolina from San Francisco.
- ↑ This trade was an unintentional significant downgrade in value. The appraisal value for the necklace was much higher than that of the retail value, making it worth much less than she had expected.
- ↑ This trade required a redesign of the cabin, so Skipper hired an interior designer in co-operation with the company Fiverr.
- ↑ The car more cosmetic issues than originally expected, such as scratches and a fairly large dent in one of the doors. In a partnership with AutoZone, she upgraded the car.
- ↑ This trade was done in co-operation with Chipotle.
- ↑ This trade drew some backlash, many upset at a perceived downgrade. Skipper made a video addressing this concern, stating that she believed the value of the card would be worth more than that of the tractors.
References[edit]
- ↑ "How To Trade-up From A Bobby Pin To A House : The Indicator from Planet Money". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A TikToker with a bobby pin made 28 trades for a house. Now, she plans to do it all over again". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ↑ The Final Trade 🥺🏠 #trademeproject #letsgetthishouse, retrieved 2021-12-11
- ↑ Winters, Mike (2021-12-22). "This TikToker started with a 1¢ bobby pin and bartered it all the way up to an $80,000 house". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Trading a Bobby pin to a house #dtp, retrieved 2021-12-11
- ↑ Trading my way from a bobby pin to a house #fyp, retrieved 2021-12-11
- ↑ Trading a bobby pin for a house. Pt 4 #fyp #trademeproject, retrieved 2021-12-11
- ↑ Trading a bobby pin for a house pt 5 #fyp #trademeproject, retrieved 2021-12-11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Trading a bobby pin until I get a house pt 6 #fyp #trademeproject, retrieved 2021-12-11
- ↑ Trading a bobby pin for a house. PS watch til the end 👏 #fyp #foryou #trademeproject, retrieved 2021-02-02
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