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    Upper Deck Blog - Red Paper Clip Story Yields a McDavid YG

    This is pretty cool - how one collector made 200 e-Pack trades to get a McDavid YG without spending a cent.

    I won't spoil the ending but his final trade was a pretty sweet one.

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    I like this guy's approach and the positive vibe...

    I felt as though I had accomplished something big, but also that nobody else could really appreciate. It was one of those, “you had to be there” situations because telling the story is nice and all, but it’s hard to really understand the time, effort, luck and determination it all took to get there. I honestly don’t know if I could have ended up here without each and every one of my deals. It really seemed as though one trade led to another and I just happened to be the first one to capitalize on many of those deals.
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    This is such a cool story. Quite the accomplishemnt! I'm sure he'll have no problem trading up for the S2 Canvas YG now that he has McDavid's YG!
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    He did well. Some of those earlier trades were real nice, before the popularity of jersey cards really kicked in.

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    There's some gaps in the timeline (could also be I didn't have enough coffee). Where did he get the 2 Sam Bennetts from?

    He received some higher grouping Jerseys in that X for X jersey trade, that was a lucky trade for him.

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    @atruong317 There would have to be gaps out of necessity...he said he made 200 trades and I think even the most enthralled of us would get really bored if we got the full timeline.

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    so much more impressive than me completing my leaf/caps foil base sets
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    Very cool. The best part is everyone was happy with the trades all along the way. He found demands and capitalized on them but in doing so still gave those he traded with the cards they wanted. Win x win x 200

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    He still had to pay for shipping, so it wasn't totally free!

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    I guess e-cards certainly speed up the trade process, since there's no waiting for cards to be mailed. With cards instantaneously changing hands, it certainly opens things up.

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    pretty cool story
    LOL, and I was all excited that I was able to put together the entire S1 base set including foils of the 5 Avalanche players and have almost half of S2 base set complete with some traders left over without having spent a cent (118 trades)
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