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Make It Easy:  What do you barter?  |
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momdrinkstea
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Elizabeth
Ozark
AL
USA
180 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 01 2010 : 9:30:02 PM
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You can set up your own bartering group as a yahoo group for free.
Just log onto yahoo (you need a yahoo email), and you can set it up
like a "Freecycle" group, with "WANTS" and "OFFERS", ex.:
WANTED: hay, perennial plants, or eggs - HAVE: strawberries
OFFER: used baby swing - NEED: used plastic wagon
Users can email each other anonymously through the group.
We put up flyers at local schools, medical offices and community sites
to advertise the yahoo group, and get members. Good luck! It's fun!
Also, craiglist.com usually has a barter section.
We barter with lots of local farmers and neighbors.
I've swapped baked goods, chickens and divided perennials
for beef, eggs, pork, animal sitting, and lawn mowing.
Think of all the tax money you save, both ways, buying and selling!
Gotta love it! :)
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." -Albert Einstein |
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MTNSunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
111 Posts
Sunny
Tollhouse
CA
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - Nov 17 2010 : 10:45:31 PM
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I've barterd eggs, peaches, grapes, firewood and gold panned from our creek for dental care.
Proud FarmGirl #914 ;o) |
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HookAngel
True Blue Farmgirl
253 Posts
Bren
CA
USA
253 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2011 : 12:11:52 AM
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| I used to barter alot.... my aunt was a member of a barter group kind of like the "cash" system mentioned here... it was lots of fun..we bartered from her Bridal and Formal consignment shop... sewing services, I bartered cleaning services, needlework, data entry, childcare for many things both material and services. I wish I could hook up with such a group again or at least find a good local barter outlet again. |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2011 : 5:07:24 PM
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My DH says that the government has there hand in the Bartering Business. It is hard to start a Bartering Community. They cant tax bartering so they make the Bartering Companies to use a w-9 for you to fill out so you have to be taxed. Which I think is terrible.
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2011 : 06:38:35 AM
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We barter peaches and apples for eggs. It helps keep us supplied all winter, but the egg person gets fruit when it is fresh and can put up what they need.
Best Growing |
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kluckingbear
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Tabitha
Ellensburg
WA
USA
52 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2011 : 1:57:38 PM
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At first I was thinking that I don't barter much at all, but I guess I do in a way. My friends and I bake each other things in return for swim practice pick-up and babysitting. I guess that is bartering in a mom way. I do wish there were some more opportunities to barter where I live, but I haven't run in to much.
~Come visit me at my blog www.kluckingbear.blogspot.com |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Feb 04 2011 : 01:43:50 AM
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I barter as much as I can, not because i don't need the money but some people need help now & I love that I can do something for them in trade for something else.
I give eggs to the neighbor girl in trade for her lovely homemade bread, I took care of a sick dog for another neighbor & he put in my chimney cap for me. I cleaned out 2 very nasty coops for a friend in trade for 50 lbs of raw oatmeal.
I bartered my eggs for apples from another neighbor who had apple trees.
I grow up bartering in Oregon in the 1970's when I was in high school, my family thought it was better than cash for a lot of things & our neighbors & friends loved it so I have always kept it up when I can. Michele' #2622
The Old Batz Farm |
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theoldecrone
Farmgirl at Heart
8 Posts
Amy
Denver
Colorado
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Posted - Feb 06 2011 : 08:27:57 AM
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I currently have a barter arrangement with my hair girl. I edit her monthly newsletter in exchange for haircuts for my family, as needed. It works out great for both of us. We both make each other "look good." Any service that you can provide may be worth something to someone. Sewing is a good one to offer. Writing or editing services are also valuable--many people do not have refined skills in that area. I would imagine that any handy-skills would be valuable for barter: fixing running toilets, hanging new curtain rods, etc.
Amy Kalinchuk
Author, Making Soap in Your Own Kitchen
http://www.crafte-revolution.com |
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earth mama
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
Anna
Hendersonville
TN
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - Feb 23 2011 : 5:12:55 PM
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I barter photography and design services for my CSA veggies, karate lessons for my husband, and a course on herbalism that I'm about to start. Love to barter, and the design services work long distance, so if you have something you like to barter and want some logo work or web design, contact me and let me know what you've got ;-)
Blog: http://wayfaringartist.com
Photography and Design: http://dailyikon.com |
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countrygirl10
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Ellen
Lower Lake
CA
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - Feb 24 2011 : 12:22:15 PM
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| I've always loved animals and have 2 dogs. So I had started just watching friends dogs when they were on a trip or needed someone to help and it turned into bartering. They didn't want me to do it without compensating me, even though I was happy to, so they started bartering. I now barter massages for dog watching and help around my house and hope to expand on that! |
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