Bartering

Ardennes1944 · 07-05-2012 10:17PM #1

Just wondering with so many swap ads on adverts nowadays how many of you guys barter or have bartered recently? i do so quite a lot and find it a good way of getting rid of things i no longer need.

bartering is defined as the exchange of goods and services directly for other goods and services without a medium of exchange such as money

Immaculate Pasta · 07-05-2012 10:26PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

bartering is defined as the exchange of goods and services directly for other goods and services without a medium of exchange such as money

You've still lost me. Please simplify your definition...

:rolleyes:

yogi beer · 07-05-2012 10:29PM

i've swapped pokemon cards as a kid if thats what you're asking?

Ardennes1944 · 07-05-2012 10:31PM

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

You've still lost me. Please simplify your definition...

:rolleyes:

swapping an ipod for a phone. or an hours gardening work for an hours building work

H2UMrsRobinson · 07-05-2012 10:31PM

Not for want of trying - many's the time I've gone into Penney's with a chicken under my arm only to be turned away at the till.

admiralofthefleet · 07-05-2012 10:32PM

my very soon to be mother in law is an expert at bartering. she does it in nearly every shop she goes to

knird evol · 07-05-2012 10:35PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

swapping an ipod for a phone. or an hours gardening work for an hours building work

Swapping a helpful explanation for a sarcastic question

firedancer · 07-05-2012 11:17PM

hows this for a barter idea - i need someone with expertise to help me with techie online stuff, i have a spare room near university - so free lodgings next year at college for some tutoring..plus would be company for me in the house next winter...?

thebuzz · 07-05-2012 11:25PM

firedancer wrote: »

hows this for a barter idea - i need someone with expertise to help me with techie online stuff, i have a spare room near university - so free lodgings next year at college for some tutoring..plus would be company for me in the house next winter...?

Didn't realise you were out? http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/15/article-0-03FC560E000005DC-256_468x355.jpg

Jesus Wept · 07-05-2012 11:28PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75XQdTxZRc

Smidge · 07-05-2012 11:28PM

TBH I haven't seen very many ads for barter/swap myself

McChubbin · 07-05-2012 11:35PM

500 bottle caps for that there Plasma Rifle Ammo, please...

..Oh, wait...

Ardennes1944 · 08-05-2012 09:27AM

Thanks for all the poll takers so far guys. Keep em coming

Duggy747 · 08-05-2012 09:31AM

Depends, if I'm wearing my medallion which give me +10 Bartering.

Could bring it up to +50 if I have the right potions.

Rabies · 08-05-2012 09:43AM

we use Bartercard a bit in work. Similar thing.

stovelid · 08-05-2012 10:11AM

If you mean going on Adverts and offering prices to sellers that would insult the intelligence of a baboon, no I don't.

Tigger · 08-05-2012 10:20AM

Bartering is not haggling or bargaining

forfuxsake · 08-05-2012 10:30AM

H2UMrsRobinson wrote: »

Not for want of trying - many's the time I've gone into Penney's with a chicken under my arm only to be turned away at the till.

Maybe they didn't have stock to the value of the chicken?

b.harte · 08-05-2012 10:44AM

I know someone who grows their own vegetables, potatoes, carrots, beetroot, turnip, peas, beans and onions. They also have a flock of hens and ducks and some chickens for eating, all organic / free-range.
They have been regularly bartering with the local shops for other foodstuffs for a number of years.
They barter their produce for milk,bread, butter , cheeses, and meat. Then shop keeper "doesn't sell it on";) but exchanges items "for their own personal use".:rolleyes:
They also get a man in every now and then to slaughter the chickens, and he gets paid in eggs , veg, chicken etc.
I wish I had the land and the ability to try that, I think it's a great idea and I remember form years ago it was more prevalent.
I remember the local mechanic would fix cars and lawnmowers / chainsaws and be "paid" in hard liquor, until he drank himself into a stupor.
Yes, the county was a better place back then. :eek:

tallaghtmick · 08-05-2012 10:56AM

stovelid wrote: »

If you mean going on Adverts and offering prices to sellers that would insult the intelligence of a baboon, no I don't.

Oh you mean the offer of 70% less than you asked for on the ad or the guy I shall not name(Russian petrol bomb) offering you a crap phone he only got the week before.

CruelCoin · 08-05-2012 11:47AM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Depends, if I'm wearing my medallion which give me +10 Bartering.

Could bring it up to +50 if I have the right potions.

Pffft, and i bet you're an imperial an' all...

firedancer · 08-05-2012 10:24PM

b.harte wrote: »

I know someone who grows their own vegetables, potatoes, carrots, beetroot, turnip, peas, beans and onions. They also have a flock of hens and ducks and some chickens for eating, all organic / free-range.
They have been regularly bartering with the local shops for other foodstuffs for a number of years.
They barter their produce for milk,bread, butter , cheeses, and meat. Then shop keeper "doesn't sell it on";) but exchanges items "for their own personal use".:rolleyes:
They also get a man in every now and then to slaughter the chickens, and he gets paid in eggs , veg, chicken etc.
I wish I had the land and the ability to try that, I think it's a great idea and I remember form years ago it was more prevalent.
I remember the local mechanic would fix cars and lawnmowers / chainsaws and be "paid" in hard liquor, until he drank himself into a stupor.
Yes, the county was a better place back then. :eek:

i would love that life

Firefox11 · 08-05-2012 10:28PM

There will only be Bartering very soon. I hear Visa are bringing out "bartercard" just for EU citizens.

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