As an adult, I bartered life coaching sessions in return for haircuts or other graphic design services. Although the barter worked out, I felt that when the quality of service I receive is less than expected, that’s when I feel the inequity.
My first car I got doing a barter deal. I had a stock of luxurious lingerie and I traded that for a car. to me it was a excellent deal. I think it was a fair deal, selling the stock retail would get him more than he initially wanted for the car.( and I got rid of a stock that I no longer wanted)
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I have been engaged in various barter deals many times. The most recent barter deal was to trade film work for surf lessons. I would film my friend surfing for an hour and he would provide an hour of surf lessons in return.
In addition, I have traded computer services for dental work with my dentist.
And it’s nice to have diverse options as a means of exchange other than fiat money!
I purchased my first car by replacing window glazing on the owner’s house. It took me about a week to finish and it wasn’t fun, however at 16 years old I was excited to finally have a car of my own. I cleaned it up and had it looking pretty good, then two weeks later the engine went out. I would be happier with the exchange if it lasted longer, but it made for a good life lesson. I agreed to the trade so it was fair, and my next car only cost $1 and ran for 2 years. Overall a win 
Pokemon cards were the thing when I was young. I still have my collection available that I’m proud of getting by bartering. I made good deals, I think. So in my opinion it was fair for me.
Describe a barter transaction that you’ve been a part either as a child or adult.
List the two items in the barter transaction and, looking back, did you think it was a fair exchange and why?
I used to barter marbles with my classmates. If I had some nice marbles that another kid wanted to have, he’d show me his marbles and we would trade them if I thought he had a marble that I thought was beautiful. If one marble was bigger than the other you’d have to throw in another smaller marble. I think it was a fair exchange because we would only trade if we both ended up being happy with the trade, the value was connected to your own view on that marble not on the price tag.
I Barter $500 television sets for a $400 monkey and got in trouble by my mother when I was about 16 years old. it was fair to me as a child but it wasn’t fair to my mother
I barter some tools for a Computer. It was pretty fair to me
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Describe a barter transaction that you’ve been a part either as a child or adult.
List the two items in the barter transaction and, looking back, did you think it was a fair exchange and why?
- I traded my services and materials to create wedding rings for my friends in exchange for
rent of my studio. For me in this exact situation it was a fair trade for both of us-values
were of equal amounts pegged to our local currency the South African Rand.
trading pokemon cards for yu-gi-oh cards as a kid, i thought it was a fair exchange
Describe a barter transaction in which you participated as a child or as an adult.
It is just a recent experience for me, because in order to cope with the shortage of food products, I exchanged with my neighbors, for example we exchanged a kilogram of cornmeal for a kilogram of rice, at first it seemed fair to me because an exact amount was obtained but after The product became scarcer, so the quantity was affected because the kilogram of corn flour was later exchanged for two kilograms of rice since at that time corn flour was more difficult to obtain, and the monetary value of the product did not matter. but to obtain it. What I want to express for a better understanding is that demand sets the value in this case.
List the two items in the barter transaction and looking back, did you think it was a fair exchange and why?
Fairness can be affected by need, an exchange can have many advantages and disadvantages. Some of the elements of barter are the surplus of the product and the need for it.
I used marbles as a kid to trade for all kinds of things like food and toys. I also had my champion marble that I would use to beat everyone out of there marbles.
I’ve noticed that trades for me happen often when eating at restaurants. One example I remember was when I traded a shrimp for a piece of someone’s appetizer. I’d say it was pretty fair because the # of shrimp I had was about the same as the piece of appetizer they had.
I would trade sections of different chocolate bars with friends at school. It was always a bit of a puzzle to work out how much of one bar was equivalent to the a section of another bar, especially when considering the different sizes of bar and quality of the chocolate. It often felt like the kid with the smallest and highest quality bar got the best deal because they ended up trading for more chocolate in the end!
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I was just offered a barter transaction, i do own a fysical fashion store, a owner of a company which design, build and mantain websites offered to build a website for my store in exchange for a set of clothing for his wife… i didnot accept but… even now barter seems to work… value was fair but i do not need a new website…
Now during corona time, the neighbor was teaching my kids in the morning with her daughter. Lunch I cooked for all of them. It’s a service for a service. Or does this not count?
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Few years ago i use to barter football players card. It was fun but having the right cards to trade and evaluating the cards was a hard work of dealing with other card holder… sorry, here the right term is “hodler”
I worked trimming weed in northern Cali and we bartered weed for food.
The team pitched in buds until a good amount was collected and a teammate took them and cook for everyone as exchange. The trade was very fair because the buds’ value was measurable.
As a child bartered between friends with PlayStation games and collectible cards trades were fair I think.
In 2013 when I first found out about Bitcoin I had a small cafe and sold food in BTC to a group of bitcoiners instead of FIAT money. At the time is was a gambled barter for me not a real transaction that showed immediate return for a service. But today those omelettes, teas and coffees have shown a hefty reward. My Fiat money would be worth the same or less as it was late 2013 but my BTC has risen 1000x
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I traded a customized 1986 Harley Sportster for a Box of Parts to build a bigger Better (opinion) Motorcycle that would be worth 3x the value of the sportster. At the Time i felt like it was a fantastic trade. Not knowing that i would ultimately lose interest in motorcycles (not entirely) and never actually finish the build. But i could still re-coupe the value if i sold all the parts. Either way that’s my story. Thank you