01
Buy
Buy something with settled money.
“Bought a chair for $4 at a garage sale.”
The rules, with Bill
Start with exactly $1. Find a thing. Give it a next chapter. Bill keeps the ledger; Gary keeps an eye on the rubbish. Neither is impressed by pretend numbers.
Buy and Sell move money. Fix and Make change the thing. Swap? A straight thing-for-thing trade.
- 02
Sell
Trade an item for money; log it and let it settle.
“Sold the chair. Buyer confirmed. Bill’s on it.”
- 03
Swap
Trade one thing for another, with no cash.
“Swapped my vase for a little shelf.”
- 04
Fix
Repair, clean or improve an item you hold.
“Tightened the chair leg. Wobble: gone.”
- 05
Make
Build something from what you’ve already got.
“Turned leftover timber into a plant stand.”
Cash alongside a swap? Bill logs a separate Buy and Sell. Fix and Make don’t move money by themselves; log any purchases separately.
An invented example, not a promised result. Earlier trades have settled, the repair uses supplies already on hand, and there’s no other cash left over.
$1
One dollar. Yours. Try not to spend it on gum.
$4 chair
You’ve traded up to $4 in settled cash. Buy the wobbly chair for $4. Cash left: $0.
Goodbye, wobble.
Repair the leg safely. Log the Fix with before-and-after evidence. One chair kept out of the bin.
$27 sale
The buyer confirms. Wait 7 days for settlement. Then Bill counts the $27 you actually have.
27 Bill Bucks
Shown as 27X. That’s the settled $27 in your hands, not the margin on the chair.
34.5 Bin Bucks
$27 sale − $4 paid = $23 margin.
23 × 1.5 = 34.5 Bin Bucks, once for this fixed item. Points, not dollars.
A second life for the chair. A separate score on Gary’s ladder. He’s still not smiling.
“Settled” means the 7-day window after logging the trade has cleared. Until then, that sale doesn’t add Bill Bucks. Only settled money can go into your next Buy.
A held chair adds 0 Bill Bucks.
Not $4. Not what you hope it sells for. Zero.
7
days after
the trade is logged
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Day 5
- Day 6
- Day 7
This is a diagram, not a live countdown. Bill’s patient. You can be too.
Bill Bucks
Every dollar you’ve actually got, settled. That’s your score in the Race. $1 became $27? That’s 27 Bill Bucks, shown as 27X. No imaginary chair valuations, thanks.
1 Bill Buck = $1 you actually have.
Bin Bucks
Gary’s points for giving junk a second life. Sell an item after a Fix or Make move: every $1 of margin scores 1.5 Bin Bucks, once per item. Margin is the sale price minus what you paid.
Ladder points, not dollars. They never change X.
- 01
Log the item
Every item gets a Bill-code photo when you log it.
- 02
Get the nod
Every sale needs the buyer to confirm it happened.
- 03
Back the big moves
Bigger moves need extra proof before they count.
- 04
Expect the whistle
The top 10 get audited. Bill checks the receipts.
- 05
Anyone can be checked
5% of everyone else gets randomly audited too.
- 06
Keep it real
Three strikes on faked evidence and you’re out for the season.
Last week? Last Call.
The final week is sell-only. No buying sprees. What you’re holding is what you’ve got left to sell — and held items still count as zero.
Got your dollar? Bill’s ready when you are.
