Do you barter?

[Zontar]

The title is the question. In today's society it's very rare in some parts to find people using anything other then money as a means of exchange. So do you do so?

For myself, the answer is yes. Living in rural Quebec, while my family's property is not legally a farm, we have a garden that's a good two acers. We grow a fair bit of food in it (it's all dedicated to food, the non-food garden is at the edge of our property) and of the dozen things we grow three of them (potatoes, tomatoes and cucumber) we make in much more excess then we consume in a year. As a result we take that which we can't don't eat (which is most of it frankly) we trade with my neighbours for milk, eggs (though we're planning on building a coup for a dozen chickens of our own), sweet corn, wheat and meat. It's not enough for us to not spend money on food for, but it does mean we spend a fair bit less money then most people on food, and I'm managed to make an all-dressed pizza using only ingredients from walking distance from my house.

Reading this thou, I think I may be one of the most stereotypical rural person on this forum.

Well that's the bartering in my life, anyone else use the art of trading things for things that aren't money?

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Outside of trading games for games, or homemade cookies for minor favors, not really.

Although my mom too has a garden. Really saves a lot of money that would be spent on tomatoes in this house. XD

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I bartered in Ecuador. I recommend it to anyone who visits. You can always knock off a couple of bucks out of anything.

 

[Michel Henzel]

In my own country? No, not really, there isn't any point most of the time unless it's like really big furniture stores or car dealers. Got my couch set for half the price when I moved out. On Vacation though, in those small stores, those type of stores were you know that the price they put up is massively inflated, then hell yes. Got plenty of stuff from Tunisia at atleast half price. I tended to always start out offering 25% the asking price and walk out if they say no. Most of the time they will try and stop you with a greatly reduced price.

 

[Bobular]

I own an anime & manga store and will take trade-ins, exchange a few old books for a new one, that sort of thing. It's similar, but not really bartering as such I don't think.

Other than trade-ins I don't I know anyone who barters.

 

[Zontar]

I own an anime & manga store

That sounds like an interesting job if one can get a decent wage out of it. Or at the very least an enjoyable one.

Other than trade-ins I don't I know anyone who barters.

Well now you know that some farmers in Quebec and (legally) non-farming rural folk do that.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I bartered lenses before at a camera swap and meet.

That's about all though.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I rarely have the opportunity to do so where I live, but the few times I've been in a place where I could...it was one of the most uncomfortable feelings ever, so safe to say I don't.

Unless I'm mixing up "bartering" and "haggling." If so, I rarely do the former, either.

 

[Zontar]

Unless I'm mixing up "bartering" and "haggling." If so, I rarely do the former, either.

For clarifications sake, haggling is negotiating on the price of an object in trade, while bartering is exchange that doesn't involve money (usually goods for goods, services for services, or goods for services).

 

[NPC009]

I trade (comic) books sometimes. I track down difficult to find books and trade them with people who have something I want in my collection. I got into the habbit of including little goodies, like a small bag of local candy, and some others do the same. It's definitely more fun than dealing with scalpers on Ebay/Amazon.

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

I live in a city, so no. Cash or handjobs. Nothing else is accepted.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I make most of my money through barter (besides my self-employment fixing PCs). Buy random shit from yard sales, estate sales, and other places then sell it for more than I bought it for because some people are unaware of what they have.