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.
Season 01 / Public board 16+
Bill counts the settled dollars. Gary counts the second lives. Bill Bucks for the Race; Bin Bucks for the Bin Chicken Ladder. Same game, different bragging rights.
These are invented example rows, not real players or predicted results. Season 01 starts 1 Jan 2027. Pick a view; Bill will explain what you’re looking at.
The Race, in settled dollars. 27 Bill Bucks is shown as 27X. A shed full of “probably worth heaps” doesn’t count.
Example dataSeason 01 preview
| Rank | Player | Country | Bill Bucks | Trend | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spoonwizard | Australia | 27X | Moving up | |
| 2 | lampgoblin | United States | 19X | Moving up | |
| 3 | binqueen | United Kingdom | 14X | No change | |
| 4 | chairwhisperer | New Zealand | 11X | Moving down | |
| 5 | thriftgremlin | Canada | 9X | Moving up |
Top-100 and top-10 cut lines · Posted Fridays
Example rows only. Likes are a local demo; they don’t change either ladder.
Movers ranks the increase in settled dollars this week — the change in Bill Bucks, not the whole balance. Monday resets this weekly change, not your Race balance.
Example data · Weekly changeSeason 01 preview
| Rank | Player | Country | Bill Bucks added | Trend | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crateandbarrel | Ireland | 118 | Moving up | |
| 2 | rustbucket | South Africa | 74 | Moving up | |
| 3 | thriftgremlin | Canada | 52 | Moving up |
Fresh weekly standings every Monday. The Race balance does not reset.
Example rows only. Likes are a local demo; they don’t change either ladder.
A separate ladder for second lives. Sell an item after a Fix or Make move: 1.5 Bin Bucks per $1 of margin, once per item. Gary counts points. Not dollars.
Example data · Bin BucksSeason 01 preview
| Rank | Player | Country | Bin Bucks | Trend | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gutterfinds | Australia | 212 | Moving up | |
| 2 | kerbsidequeen | United States | 188 | No change | |
| 3 | skiphunter | United Kingdom | 150 | Moving up |
Gary counts each eligible item once. No double dipping.
Example rows only. Likes are a local demo; they don’t change either ladder.
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.
Bill’s done the organising. You do the next move.
Scoring
- 01
Sales take 7 days to count.
Wait 7 days after logging the trade. Until it settles, the sale adds no Bill Bucks. Only settled money goes into the next Buy.
- 02
Stuff you haven’t sold scores zero.
Held items add zero Bill Bucks. Even the lovely lamp. Sell it and let the money settle before Bill counts it.
- 03
2X, 10X, 100X never move.
These Bill Bucks milestones stay fixed. Other players can move. These never do.
- 2X2 Bill Bucks
- 10X10 Bill Bucks
- 100X100 Bill Bucks
Weekly schedule
- 04
Friday marks the top 100 and top 10.
The board posts these cut-line markers every Friday. They show where you sit. They don’t knock anyone out.
- 05
Movers resets every Monday.
A fresh week of tracking Bill Bucks added. Your total Bill Bucks in the Race don’t reset. Bill can count past Sunday.
- 06
New players start together.
For your first two weeks, race players who joined in the same week. That group is your Flight. Same starting week, less guesswork.
- 07
The final week is sell-only.
That’s Last Call. No buying sprees. Sell what you’re holding; don’t add to the pile.
Fair play
- 08
A low rank never knocks you out.
Keep playing. Bill checks buyer confirmations, extra proof for big moves, the top 10 and a random 5% of everyone else. Three strikes on faked evidence means out for the season.
Public boards are for ages 16+.
- 16+ on the public leaderboard.
- 16–17: a Bill-made alias, never a real name or personal handle.
- 13–15: private leagues with people they know, cash only, and a guardian confirms.
Less landfill
. More side-eye.
That chair was headed for the bin. You fixed it, sold it and gave it another home. Gary’s Bin Bucks are the points for that second life.
A Fix or Make move before the sale qualifies the item. Margin is sale price minus what you paid. Count it once, with before-and-after evidence. Bin Bucks aren’t dollars and never change X.
Weekly leader: Bin Chicken of the Week. Season leader: Best Bin Chicken and the Golden Drumstick. (A title. Not a real drumstick. Gary has already checked.)
Start with exactly $1.
No grand plan required. Start with Bill.