A barter transaction I can look back on relating to this would be trading Halloween candy with my cousins. Since trick-or-treating gave us little ones all different types of random candy, there were select types of candy (to this day) I didn’t like the taste of. Since my younger cousin was a fan of Twizzlers and I wasn’t, I used to trade him all of the Twizzlers in my candy bag for all of his Twix and Snickers bars. It was definitely a fair exchange because we each replaced the types of candy we didn’t like to the other who had the candy we were more a fan of.
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Soccer shoes for a friends soccer shoes
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My apple for a cookie in school when I was 11.
My family and I have always been into flipping just about anything. It used to be mostly garage sales or craigslist. Facebook marketplace has been my main platform for buying and selling recently. The excitement and chase of a deal is always thrilling. While most of these transactions have been buying or selling rather than bartering, I can remember a trade of note. I recently was selling a old 4 wheeler and was offered mechanic services in exchange for the 4 wheeler. At the time, my car did need a wheel bearing and brakes done. I think it was a fair exchange and we both were happy with what we had received in the deal.
The most recent barter I can recall was in 2017. I did 9 days worth of work on a gentleman’s fishing lodge cabins on the Nushagak river in western Alaska. I did the work in exchange for him taking me up river on a Moose hunt. I got a really massive bull Moose so it was really good for me. I think I may have made out a bit better than him on the deal.
As a child my parents bartered a car engine and install of it in return for a book case and hardwood flooring being installed in our home. I thought it was a fair exchange as both parties got what they wanted out of the deal.
I have bartered Audio Engineering services for Photography services. I felt it was a fair barter. I have bartered session guitar services for violin session services. That also seemed like a good trade.
When I was a child (11years old) I exchanged my stack of candy to a rare pokemon card Venusaur (first evolution). It was a good trade then since I got some jealous faces and made me feel like a super hero. It would have been even better trade if I had held it to this day… those are worth a lot nowadays
Trading marbles. They all had a rarity like what you would see in today’s NFT trade. It was based on what the demand was of that specific marble.
My friends and I were mostly into MLB and NBA cards and some comics. Everyone was mostly fair and agreed on transactions based values stated in magazines at the time. Dreaming of finding a Ty Cobb or Mickey Mantle rookie card in one of the card shops made collecting more fun. Occasionally, we would trade based on emotion or respective favorites. I can’t remember and two specific items, but I also felt the trades were fair exchanges. Trading cardboard and paper for cardboard and paper is all it was, but if I had kept any of those items up to this day it might be an investment. If I could only go back in time and tap little me on the shoulder and say…“Bro…keep this one and use that one on your bicycle spokes bro.” 
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We used to barter flippos and zappers at school (flippos were round cardboards initially based on Looney Tunes figures and the Zappers were big plastic or metal rounds made to return/flip them, which was the purpose of the game. We would sometimes bet zappers during games but those ones were worth the most and we usually barter them, based on their look and efficiency to flip flippos; which was completely subjective but generally seemed fair as all zappers served the same purpose. Although some were definitely rarer and were naturally bartered for 2 or 3 of their kinds.
I have a biofeedback device that helps with a persons health. I often exchange sessions with a person for something they do or have. One time I exchanged my therapy for someone unique therapy. Another time I exchanged my therapy for items from a store owner.
Exchange of a piece of friends snacks with a piece of mine, I think it is a fair deal to us then because we both agreed to it and we are happy at the end.
I traded my school lunch dessert for another kids main course… thought it was fair at the time.
Once as a kid I traded my lunch for Pokemon toys. At the time I thought it was totally worth it, but now looking back to how skinny I was it changed my perspective.
My barber transaction as a kid was exchanging my comic books. (new for used) . It all depends on how used is the book or how recent is the serial and issued date. Some exchanges were fair compared to others.
I love Lego. Lego has become a source for creativity but also a source of value as certain sets increase in value over time. I would barter sets of Star Wars and other rare Lego sets. Even normal Lego bricks were easy to trade.
I was offered a toy when i young boy for doing my neighbor lawn and it was good trade as we both got something we wanted.
I swapped a rare trading card that I had multiple of for another rare trading card that I didn’t have and the trader had multiple of.
Yes as we were both getting something we did not have in return.
I exchanged candy for candy when I was a kid in school. Now that I write this, I’m sure a lot of people reading this did the same thing. Looking back it always felt like a fair trade because I gave up candy that I was not very interested in, to a kid who would give me candy that I was more interested in. He/she would do that same thing so both parties won.
As a child, I remember trading pogs or pokemon cards. Sometimes it would be a “two for one deal” depending on how valuable the card is. Also, trading lunches. Sometimes I would be get lucjy and get a nice turkey sandwich for my boring peanut butter which was worth a lot less than the turkey sandwich! lol.