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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Why Trade Stuff With Other People

By Katina Brady


For decades people have been exchanging goods or services for other goods or services instead of using money to purchase them. This practice is known as bartering. Today folks refer to this type of exchange as trading or swapping. There are a number of reasons to trade stuff with other people. In addition, there are several online sites where this can be done.

There are a number of sites dedicated to exclusive items. Folks can quickly and easily locate the things they want and swap for the things they have. With the option of bartering for items you will be able to hold on to your money. The barter system allows you to exchange items for others that are of comparable value that another person has to trade.

Before internet it was not easy to find the things you wanted to swap for, nor was it easy to find others who wanted to trade. Usually folks just carted their stuff from swap meet to swap meet. While the system works, It does not for all situations. Unfortunately, you can often spend your time searching the meets but come up empty.

Instead of going to the sites that will swap anything it is sometimes better to go to the ones that are for specific items. For example, if you love to read paperback books can be swapped online. There are a number of traditional secondhand book stores that give a certain amount of credit toward a book in the shop. However, using the internet folks can quickly and conveniently trade books without ever exchanging money.

Families that have kids clothing can exchange for things they need online. Community sites offer a convenient way for neighbors to exchange babysitting, car pooling, and pet sitting. These sharing cooperatives work well since the members are your neighbors. The families most likely already know one another or are familiar with the folks who want to share.

For the gamer there are sites dedicated to video game and equipment trading. People can post their items to their library to let others browse through. Folks that use these sites search the libraries looking for the games or equipment they want and set up the trade. The users have the responsibility of sending the item out.

There are other game trading sites that assign a point value to all items. If someone wants one of your items and has enough points, you ship it and receive a credit of those points. You can then use the points to request an item you want. This type of bartering does work well but it may not be as much fun as other sites.

Instead of taking your stuff to the swap meets or setting up a garage sale, look into trading online. Folks that have an abundance of one particular type of item, such as paperback books or video games, can trade them on sites specifically dedicated to them. While sites that list everything are fun to browse you might not find the items you are searching.




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