MILLION DOLLAR Coke Can

Be a part of history!

2006-07-31T21:10:00.000-07:00

Want to say you were part of history?
Offer up a trade. Email me at
MillionDollarCokeCan at Yahoo.com

Right now you can get a George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine.
It's in nice shape and comes with some accessories.
You'll also get a certificate which will include what number trade I'm up to.

Trade #3

2006-07-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning came and I wanted I’d keep the trading going. I figured I’d stop at another garage sale to see if they’d be interested in a trade. Usually finding a garage sale is easy, but I guess with the current heat wave, many had reconsidered. (Temps have been closing in on 100 degrees here in New York.)

After about 45 minutes of following old signs with old dates, I ended up at a garage sale in Wantagh, NY. I walked up to the nice family and told them the story of the Million Dollar Coke Can. I showed Larry, the father, a certificate that I’ve been presenting to people making trades. On it, it says “I was a part of history.”
I think his kids liked the idea because they started to chime in saying “do it! do it! Can we do it, please!” They also seemed to really like the Smashmouth and Moby CDs.
Larry said to his kids with a smile “Ok Ok.” He then asked me what would make a good trade. I told him that I was hoping for something that would be fun. After scanning all the items, my eyes stopped on a pogo stick. This one was pretty fancy… a nice upgrade from the 2 cds. About 2 seconds after I mentioned the pogo stick as a possible trade, someone at the garage sale said they wanted it. Now it seemed the best item was gone.
Thankfully Larry decided to offer up something even better.
“How about the family sized George Foreman Grill?”

Done.

Tonight I plan to make some Lean Mean Burgers.

Trade #2

2006-07-31T19:29:00.000-07:00

It's starting to take off. This past Saturday I took the Statue of Liberty lighter to a garage sale in my neighborhood. A nice woman named Lisa traded for 2 CDs. One is Moby's "Play" and the other is Smashmouth's "Astro Lounge."

2 great Cds. Not too bad. I enjoyed listening to them.

Trade #1

2006-07-29T09:54:00.000-07:00

Trade #1 has happened. It happened yesterday, July 28th in Times Square.

Jeremy offered a Statue of Liberty lighter for the Million Dollar Coke can.

I'm off and running. We'll see if I can do more trades this weekend.
More photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/milliondollarcokecan/

Why a soda can?

2006-07-25T08:17:00.000-07:00

What object should I start my quest with? I figured I’d start with something small, something common … maybe a pencil. I was hoping it would just come to me.

While walking through New York City I saw a homeless person sleeping on the ground. Right near him was a can. I was thinking, what if that guy was lying next to a million dollars. The can’s value right now is 5 cents, but could it be worth a million?

I figured I would use a coke can to begin my quest, and at the end, will donate a percentage to homeless charities.

We’ll see how it goes.

The Beginning

2006-07-25T07:41:00.000-07:00

Could someone trade a used soda can all the way up to One Million Dollars ??? (or something with that dollar value.)

That’s what I thought while hearing the stories of the One Red Paper clip guy. During the time he was busy trading, I saw the story, but didn’t think much of it. Around the 4th of July, I heard that he actually got his last trade: the house! I thought wow. Maybe there really is something to this. I had already been on a personal quest to Crack the Millionaire Code. How could I do it?