An engaged couple from Sleaford are hoping to trade the way to a car, house, or even a dream wedding with a tea light.
Jodie Hellyer, 21, and Alex Easton, 23, got engaged in December after dating since 2016.
Now they are working together to find their way to luxury that they can enjoy in their married life.
You are inspired by ‘One red paperclip’, a website of the Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who swapped his way to a house with a red paper clip.
Jodie and Alex do the same thing, starting with a tea light.
“It can be exchanged for anything,” explained Jodie. “At the moment we want to exchange the tea light for something that is worth more.
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“Then we want to build it up further. Our ultimate goal is to get a car.
“It was done before by Kyle MacDonald. He went from a paper clip to a house in Canada.
Jodie said she and Alex sat around and played on their PlayStation too often so they wanted to do this as a hobby.
“We were bored and wanted a project that would keep us going. We read about people who tried and thought we’d give it a try.
“A lot of people give away things for free on Facebook, so we could start with that. I’ve seen people promoting George Foreman grills so that would be a step up from the tea light.
“It took Kyle MacDonald 14 trades to get from a paper clip to a house, we think it might be a little harder these days because it was 2005.
“We believe we could need around 20 trades depending on how many people want to share our activities and trade with us.”
Your destination is a car for now, but it could be a house or even a wedding.
“Just a swamp type car, whether it’s used or whatever. But if this guy has a house then maybe we can get a new car.
“At the moment we’re saying we want a car, but it could really go further.
“If we get a car, we could go on trading, maybe even get a house.”
Jodie and Alex could even swap until they get a dream wedding, to which Jodie replied, “That would be good now”.
Be part of their journey by trading with them here.
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