How many of you barter, or WOULD barter?

[VPR-KLR]

Who barters and what have been your experiences? Good or bad.
I see it as not only acquiring what you want without having to spend cash, but also being able to stretch your perceived value.

[Michael Everson]

I've done lots of bartering of my cobra parts for other cobra parts.
Mike

[QSL]

I do it every day with my wife

[David Hodgkins]

Originally Posted by QSL

I do it every day with my wife

He said barter, not BEG.

I do it now and again if both parties believe it creates a win-win situation.

[TimC]

Swapped some donor parts for a plasma cutter.

[WAYNES WORLD]

I do and have had some good deals.
Wayne

[Shawn]

My "little" brother owns an auto repair shop and has had great success bartering. He has lots of tradesman contacts, and he often fixes their trucks and cars in exchange for professional plumbing, electrical, floor tiling, HVAC, etc. at his home, shop, or rental properties. It's been going on for years, and everyone seems happy.

[Hoosier]

Rarely if ever...

[Joe T]

I picked up my wife's mustang with very little cash out of pocket... and my latest motorcycle with zero out of pocket.

In addition to my love for the internal combustion engine (and things that use it), I have a gun habit....Guns and ammo make great bartering items for stuff.

I just this week was working on a trade for another bike. it well through because he valued his trade a little high and my trade a little too low.
It's one of the problems with bartering ...people think their stuff is made of gold, but yours is made of crap.when people are realistic on what they have, bartering and trading is very easy

[stengun]

Howdy QSL,

Originally Posted by QSL

I do it every day with my wife

You beat me to it!

This is especially true if you are building a FFR car.

Paul

[watermoccasin]

As a manufacturers rep I end up with thousands of dollars tied up in samples-- I trade a bunch of it out for stuff I want. Since I generally get samples stupid cheap it's a good deal for me.

[Dan Babb]

I've done a few nice barter deals.

Traded a Gibson 339 or an Ibanez Jem - straight up trade and both of us were very happy.

Traded my 68 Camaro for the Cobra I have now (I did get a bit of cash and he took care of transporting the cars).

A few years ago, the company I was with approved a sale of online marketing services for cash plus 50% in credits to use on their cruise line. I got to use part of the cruise credits and took a 7 day cruise with my wife (in one of the top cabins) and didn't cost me anything but fun-money. Retail price on the cruise was $5k. Wish I could do more business deals like that, but I don't own the company I work for.

I do look at the barter section in craigslist from time to time, but you see a lot of crap listed there. I've got a couple guitars I'd use for trade collateral now, but never see anything that I'd want to offer them up.

[conmech]

Originally Posted by David Hodgkins

He said barter, not BEG.

I do it now and again if both parties believe it creates a win-win situation.

I try to on occassion. I have a buddy trying to barter with me. He's got this:
8.8 rear end with powertrax diff and 410's

And he is wanting these: