My first memory of doing yhis type of trading, was when I was a kid. I remember trading basketball cards, I can’t remember the exact trade but I remember getting a magic johnson card and for me, it was worth it, because at the time he was my all-time favorite player in the world.
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I sometimes trade my services in natural health with coworkers (usually massage therapists), I make sure to match the time of service with theirs in order to make it a fair trade.
As a kid, I would love to trade clothes with some of my friends. That way, I could get rid of some of the clothes my parents had gotten me that I didn’t necessarily like. My friend and I traded a red Champion sweatshirt and a Nike Oregon hoodie which worked out perfectly because I hated red and loved green. My friend’s favorite color was red. So, everyone was happy
Hey guys thinking long decades ago as a child 
There wasn’t much barter transactions when I was a kid. I knew exactly what I wanted so I rarely did it. BUT if I do remember was Garbage Pail Kids wax packs. I can remember my cousin hitting the HOT hype card at the time. I had a lot of other characters he wanted. To look at it now, to compare to the value of that card to my lot. I had to give up 5 cards to equal the value. We exchanged after the last day of elementary school. Best memory I can remember
I do feel it was a fair deal. We both were happy.
I think a very common barter transaction most children are a part of is the transaction between two parties where one offers their time/companionship in return for access to something (tech: PlayStation/GameBoy, food: candy/home-cooked meal by their mom).
I personally remember when trying to make friends, or having someone try to become my friend, the promise of being allowed to use their football, if I participate in the game, or telling someone how good my mother’s cooking is in hopes they agree to come over after school.
Simpler times.
I remember trading 2 Pokemon games for my younger brother’s bed, because he had a lot more comfortable bed than me. Our parents were suprisingly ok with it. After one night in my old bed, my brother regretted the trade. So at the time I felt I had gotten a lot more value out of it than him. However, if I would have kept those games I could have sold them for a pretty penny today.
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Chocolate for stamps
I collected stamps, which I’ve kept to this day. The chocolate I exchanged it for is long gone. It was probably unfair to the person I gave the chocolate to.
As a kid I used to trade baseball cards.
Sometimes if you were missing a card to complete a set, I would trade two cards that I had doubles of for a card I was missing. This to me was a fair trade because it gave the person 2 needed cards and it gave me the final card that I needed to complete the set. The set as a whole carried more value as a completed set.
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I traded a bottle of whiskey for a lawn mower (as an adult). I needed a lawn mower which wasn’t required by the other party. A bottle whiskey/carton of beer is generally understood as a standard unit of currency when trading between friends in Australia. The trade is considered fair as the receiver has gained an item that serviced a need and the traded has gained something of recreational value.
Back in the days when I was a massage therapist I used to trade massages with another massage therapist whom I trust. It was a fair exchange because we both benefited from the exchange.
I’ve traded my good snacks for money that I sometimes do give them away if a little profit from me. Sometimes could be good unless if your craving these good snacks.
I used to trade my Pokémon cards with my friends at school. And since we were exchanging the same thing(cards), I do believe that that was a fair trade
A.1. Once, as a child I bartered my spider-man figure for a spider-man cap.
A.2. I think I got the best out of the exchange. A spider-man cap is useful in sunny or rainy days. However, my friend was not an outdoor person as much as I was so the cap did not make a difference. We were both happy with the exchange.
At school we did barter transactions all the time. We sold pokemon cards for sweets, traded bakugans for other toys etc. I was 4 or 5 years old when I did my first one, I traded 2 yugioh cards for a toy car. In my opinion it was certainly fair as both parties completely agreed.
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the classic barter in my childhood was in the football world cups. Everybody had the album where you have to put all the player stickers of all nations participating. Some of those used to be very rare, so in order to complete the goal, you have to change a couple of most common stickers for some very valuable
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- In childhood we were trading different bubble gum stickers or pokemon cards depending on their rarity you could exchange card or sticker to less valuable. I think it was a fair exchange as value was represented by rarity.
My first barter transactions I did as a kid were collectible card exchanges in a market. It was a fair exchange as long as the two participants had a similar knowledge level, but in many cases it was easy to get a “good” deal if the other kid did not know which cards were scarce and valuable.
Last year when the pandemic start. I remember to exchange rise for beans, and I think it was fair because we exchange one kilo of rise for one kilo of beans.
When I was a kid, I traded regular currency for rare coins and comic books for other comic books.
I usually got the better bargain “currency” wise in the rare coins area because I traded at dealer value
for the coins they didn’t care about for “more” money they could spend at the store. I held greater value for the trades on the coins because I could have haggled higher prices from other collectors.
The Comic books I normally lost value because I traded boxes of older comic books for newer ones I hadn’t read (20x) yet. To me, the older comics had less value because I had memorized them, and the newer comics I hadn’t read most yet. I also lost value because I normally traded with families of kids and I didn’t mind being generous with those who were not as “spoiled” as I was, so I gave or traded generously in exchanges.
Nintendo 64 games for pokemon cards
I exchanged my nintendo 64 games that I finished playing for rare pokemon cards.
This was when I was in grade 6 when pokemon cards just came out.
Looking back, I think I got the better deal considering 1st edition rare pokemon cards, the foil versions, are valued much higher than used nintendo 64 game cartridges.
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