Bartering

[Gipper]

I barter quite a bit. I don't want chickens so I made a deal with a local that sells eggs, firewood for eggs. I have bartered lumber for welding on my tractor and once talked my dentist into trading dental work for 10x10 beams he needed for a barn he was having renovated. It's a great system I think.

Make sure you save 10-20% of your wood for the IRS.

 

[Superfly]

My last F&I guy where I bought my car was talking about bartering. He bartered an old 1st generation iPad, and eventually bartered his way up to a really nice 26' boat. Didn't spend a dime, and went from an iPad that only worked sporadically, to a speedboat.

 

[grip]

My last F&I guy where I bought my car was talking about bartering. He bartered an old 1st generation iPad, and eventually bartered his way up to a really nice 26' boat. Didn't spend a dime, and went from an iPad that only worked sporadically, to a speedboat.

I'm the guy that starts out with a speedboat and ends up with a broken iPad.

 

[Lutherf]

Make sure you save 10-20% of your wood for the IRS.

That's not the kind of "log" I'd send them.

 

[lizzie]

I'm the guy that starts out with a speedboat and ends up with a broken iPad.

THat would probably be my story if I gave bartering a try. :lol: I'll just have to stick with cash-and-carry.

 

[grip]

THat would probably be my story if I gave bartering a try. :lol: I'll just have to stick with cash-and-carry.

I rarely come out ahead with anything I ever tried to sell. I always seem to be the person someone else makes a deal on.

 

[sawyerloggingon]

Make sure you save 10-20% of your wood for the IRS.

Nothing is on paper, it's all a gentleman's agreement.

 

[Goshin]

I'd seen it on tv and heard about it from friends but didn't quite believe it that people could really trade up until it happened to me.

My daughter was given a Nintendo ds but no games so instead of going to buy some someone suggested I try bartering for games. So I put up an ancient cell phone I had and just like that someone offered me an Xbox 360 with loads of games and extras. Took that and put it up and now I am an owner of a really nice pop up camper. Wow I just can't believe it, I went from an old flip phone to a pop up camper in 2 days, I am amazed and hooked now!


Anyone else like to barter and what's your success story?

We do it out in the countryside quite a bit. It's the Old Time Way.

One day we swapped one engineer and two helpers with shovels for a few hours to help a neighbor get his septic system working right, in exchange for a couple hour's use of the Backhoe he'd rented, for instance.

 

[tech30528]

I recently traded some diagnostic time for target crowning on one of my rifles and 3 partial cans of gunpowder, does that count?

 

[NoC_T]

I'd seen it on tv and heard about it from friends but didn't quite believe it that people could really trade up until it happened to me.

My daughter was given a Nintendo ds but no games so instead of going to buy some someone suggested I try bartering for games. So I put up an ancient cell phone I had and just like that someone offered me an Xbox 360 with loads of games and extras. Took that and put it up and now I am an owner of a really nice pop up camper. Wow I just can't believe it, I went from an old flip phone to a pop up camper in 2 days, I am amazed and hooked now!


Anyone else like to barter and what's your success story?

I traded in your future for a grudge match I cannot win.

 

[CanadaJohn]

I turned $400 into a pocket load of disappointment at the track yesterday - does that count?