The foremost Barter Exchange during my childhood was definitely exchanging packed lunches at school. Sadly, the kids with healthy lunches usually missed out 
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when i was a child we traded cards of soccer players and marbles. we used to give our own judgment on what marble looks best - shiny - metal etc and define the trade. every time according to fillings. Same for cards - some players were more favorite than others but no one makes a consistent scale for a fair trade.
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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?
Pokemon cards, a ton of people must be saying this also.
It seemed fair, we would consider how rare the cards are, how difficult they are to get. A more rare card might trade for multiple of more common cards.
Over time the very rare ones - first edition cards became the most valuable. Probably because people had more confidence that they would not be duplicated. The non-first edition might have many thousands more printed.
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When I was 10 years old I remember exchanging by N64 (+ two games) for a Playstation One (+6 games). Although I accumulated more games than my fellow trader, what I overlooked was that the quality of my Nintendo games were far superior to the rubbish Playstation games I acquired. I believe that’s the classic definition of ‘quality over quantity’.
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I gave guitar lessons to a kid who mowed my lawn. I think it was a fair transaction. I would charge, per guitar lesson, roughly equal to the cost of service to mow my lawn. Both the kid and I were happy.
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as a kid i used to trade peaches, exchanging it in to mostly chewing gum and sweets, we were the only onces who had couple peach trees in whole town,
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When I worked at a fastfood restaurant, we used to trade food with neighboring restaurants for the employees to eat(everyone gets sick of eating their own restaurant’s food every night). This was a fair exchange, as we all voluntarily agreed to the terms of the trade; thus, everyone benefitted.
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I have often played Yankee Swap when gathering with family for Christmas. It’s a game where everyone where everyone provides a wrapped gift worth approximately $25. Participants will randomly draw numbers, with person drawing “1” selecting the first gift, followed by the person drawing “2” selecting next, and so on until the last gift has been selected. A participant has a choice of either keeping the gift they have chosen or selecting a gift from an earlier participant in the game, with the participant that drew “1” having the opportunity to have the choose between all gifts at the end of the game. Gifts could range from bottles of wine with scratch tickets, kitchenware, blankets, and gift cards, etc. The likelihood of being satisfied with the results usually depended on high the number was drawn, but always felt the transaction of swapping gifts was fair with the rules being clear. The one thing that dampened the game fairness was that gifts within the pool sometimes were not useful to a large segment of the participants.
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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 play Magic, the Gathering, so I was usually involved in barter transactions.
Once I received a Mox Opal in exchange for a Primeval Titan. Both cards had the same price tag at that time, but they were close to their “expiration date”, in terms of Tier I playability.
Years later, Mox Opal is valued at $42 (it reached $100), and Primeval Titan at $9. Even if the exchange was fair, it aged well. My counterpart was thinking on its short-term value (as he wanted to use the card in the following month), and I was interested to build a deck to play in another format (which I used for several years playing around the world). Also, as cards are usually reprinted, this reduces their scarcity, putting downwards pressure in the price, which was the case of the card I gave in the transaction.
This guy always remember how lucky I was when we see each other 
OMG! So sorry for you 
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Hi,
1st. Matchbox issue. When I was about 7 years old I and my friends collected mathboxes. I got 2 pieces of IFA truck in a same colour. My friend had 2 pieces of zsiguli in a same colour. We had changed 2nd same type car. This situation was a win-win situation because value of new type of matchbox was mutch more higher than a 2nd pieces from same type on both side.
2nd.My neighbor had an industrial drill machine with electricity problem. He asked to me about the possibility of repairing of the machine. I have repaired machine without any activity cost. He had to buy only spareparts. He is a plumber. He will install pipes on my new bathroom without any cost against my repair activity. It is a win-win situation for us.
I am sorry for myself as well lol
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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?
As a kid I used to trade basketball cards. I remember being at a classmates house, looking up the prices of cards we wanted to trade to ensure fairness. Although they were roughly the same price, I felt like I got the better bargain because I received a card that had 3 players split on it (from the 90’s Chicago Bulls) and I cannot remember the card I traded away lol. Monetarily, it was a near fair trade, but personally I felt I came out on top.
when I was a kid I would trade marbles with my friends for chocolate or toys that interested me I thought it was fair and it was fun mind you this was in the 1980’s
I barter livable space in exchange for chores around the house. Everyone wins! lol
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Trading pokemon cards was a pretty popular barter when I was a kid.
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As a child I was told stories of how people engaged in some kind of trade by batter or the other.
Growing up back then in a somewhat rural settlement, was a mix of two communities. Community1 were great fishermen while community2 were skilled farmers. I witnessed first hand how people from Community1 will come to those from community2 with their fish in exchange for cassava produce like cassava flour( also known as gari in local parlance), cassava starch,tubers of yam, plantains, and other farm produce and vice visa. The exchange rate( I mean quantity of fish to farm produce) was always determined by the individuals involved in the transaction such that, in the end, both sides are satisfied and happy! Apart from this, I also witness other random individuals exchange especially grocery items they had for the ones they needed. I saw my mom several times engaged in this sort of exchange. It could be cassava flour to coconut or palm-fruits to plantain, and so on …
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Is anyone here old enough to remember Pong cards?
I remember trading basketball cards as a kid. I would only trade doubles for cards I didn’t have. Worked well for me as trading doubles got me to full completed sets.
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When I was little, I collected hockey pictures and we used to exchange with each other during breaks at school. I remember a change very well, I had a very rare hockey card with Wayne Gretzky which was a special card called “You crash the game”. I switched this card to 200 other “regular” cards. Now that I look back on that change, it was a fair deal. Both who changed were happy.
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