My first barter transaction that I remember is exchanging marbles, sometimes you exchanged 1 large for 2 small ones and it seemed like a fair exchange, because the big ones were worth more.
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Food for rent a house
It was ok for both
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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?
For me, as for some other people, the first barber transaction that I can remember was with marbles.
Although I had to give more, I got the one I wanted, so we both got what we wanted, and I consider it a good transaction in the end.
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I visited Cuba a couple a years ago and I traded my Gucci sunglasses for a beautiful painting from a talented local artist in Havana. I think the painting had more value, but the guy loved the glasses and I loved the painting.
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I remember trading lunch box items with other people. My mum was a bit of a health nut so she always packed really healthy lunches which compared to other peoples lunchs it was definitely lacking. So I would trade my apple for like nuttella sandwitches and shapes and stuff like that. Looking back I got the better deal. Because candy is better than fruit as a child.
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I recall exchanging the chores that we had to do among my uncles. In essence, we traded the chores that we were most comfortable with. This in itself created value based on how badly we disliked doing the chore that we had to do. I believe this created value and it was a fair trade.
Also, I remember exchanging funds that low income families get. I won’t give too much details as I don’t want to incriminate myself but in essence, the funds that are provided by the government in the form of bills of different denominations (not exactly USD) could only be used for certain basic household goods. So, they were exchanged at a discounted rate for currency, in this case, USD. Then, used to purchase candy and what not. =D
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When I was in my early 20s, I used to go to an annual festival nicknamed “Barter Faire” (the official name of the festival was “Okanogan Family Faire” but “family friendly” isn’t exactly the first description that comes to mind).
The festival built a reputation for trading goods and services for other goods and services based on their perceived value. It was a very hippie-esque gathering and in that spirit, the most commonly traded goods were art, homemade jewelry, gemstones, and independently produced music (among other goods and services that I won’t mention here, but of course I was never involved in any of that 
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One memorable trade that I made with another festival-goer was a CD of a friend’s music that he had given me to take to the festival free of charge - for promotional purposes - that I ended up trading for a really neat handcrafted, copper-wrapped quartz necklace. The other person got a CD full of unique music that they likely wouldn’t have found anywhere else, I got a sweet necklace out of the deal, and my musician friend got free promotion - it was a win-win-win for all involved.
Looking back, I do believe it was a fair trade, because we each got something that we wanted in exchange for something that we were willing to give up, and we all agreed that what we were receiving was worth what we were giving in return. 
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I have traded 2 flippo’s for 1 beed.
This in hindsight was a bad deal since the flippo price has gone up drastically.
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when i was a child we would barter with bubble gum in exchange for baseball cards, as a child i thought this was a fair exchange because in my eyes they had equal value at the time
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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 remember when I exchange 3 common pokemons card for one soccer ball, and I think it was fair for what i wanted at that moment.
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In the 1970s I lived in Humboldt County, California when the country was in a recession. The lumber and fishing industries were not doing well during the rainy season of winter when the mills were not at full speed, and the fishermen were not going out to sea as much. Many families were dependent on food stamps during winters. However, the temperatures are mild with many sunny days when it is not raining and the growing season is ample with very rich moist soils. The produce is outstanding. Except for citrus, the area grows wonderful fruits and vegetables. In preparing for winters, we spent summers and early fall canning. Friends and family, church groups would get together and can 6 months to a years worth of food. We canned in jars typical of what you find every harvest season. We bartered and shared what we had. Example: I bartered plums from my tree to be canned for another friend’s pears. When there was produce on sale, we would buy at lower prices, and trade for whatever another person had on hand. We were a network of canners. By winter, we were all well stocked. We went to each others houses and worked for hours after work canning different recipes and spices. The art and science of food preservation… fun! Bartering made it more meaningful and fun!
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I remember trading in Monopoly. Result was highly depending on negotiation power and skills and varying from game progress
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When I was in grade school I would often bring a snack. Usually chips or some kind of chocolate bar. If would often barter with the other kids for half of my snack. When we had chicken fingers I would offer half of my snack for one chicken finger and if you gave me 1 1/2 chicken fingers I would give you the candy. I preferred the salty food to sweet food so I felt like it was a good deal. The other kids would usually pick giving a half so I also usually had a snack for after. I thought this was a fair deal.
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The closest thing to bartering I could think of was trading baseball cards. I traded a Jose Canseco Dream team card for a Ken Griffey Jr. Dream Team card. At the time it might have seemed like an even trade also I had more than 2 at the time which made this less valuable to me in regards to my collection being complete, but looking back now I believe Ken Griffey Jr. was the better deal.
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Back int daaay, We used to gaurd the bus stop with whight lightining (shit cider from the uk). sometimes we would smoke plants too. often we would swap white lightning for derburn poisin often if one was without t’other! This would create social and community inna parabolicism… good daze dem were… peeeaaaace!!
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Describe a barter transaction that you’ve been a part either as a child or adult.
When I was in elementary school, a lot of the boys, older and younger, would trade Pokemon cards with each other. We’d decide which card(s) was equal in value to another and make the trade based on a mutual agreement of exchange rate.
List the two items in the barter transaction and, looking back, did you think it was a fair exchange and why?
When I was in Grade Three, I traded one of my Pokemon cards, an Articuno, for a Ho-Oh that was labelled as a promotional card. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it was not a fair exchange because in the Pokemon trading card community, promotional cards have much less value than cards you have a chance of getting in booster packs. However, at the time it was a fair exchange because I was convinced that both cards were equal in value.
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I once traded novels with a friend. Whichever novels I read, I would trade it out for ones I did not read.
The trade was fair because they were all books and I got to read books I did not previously own.
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The only barter transactions I can recall from my childhood was exchange of colletibles like Pokemon cards, etc… Sometimes the need for a card could make me engage in a unfair trade like 3 cards for 1, but the card I was receiving was more valuable for me that the ones I was giving.
Trading my service: 3 hours of housework for a new Power Ranger DVD. Hard to say if it is fair or not since I couldn’t compare the fair market price and the expected end result, but both my mom and I were happy.
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I remember trading marbles with friends after school. Looking back, I suppose it was the rarer marbles that had more value than those which were abundant. I suppose the exchanges were fair since I don’t remember any quarrels over the exchanges and the value attributed to a marble was made by mutual agreement.
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