My first barter trans was my BMX bicycle in exchange for Razor scooter belong to my friend.
it was pretty fair exchange for both of us because we saw it so, we were satisfied with each other’s item.
Both sides satisfied
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We used to trade marbles at school. As far as I can remember the going rate was 3-5 small ones for one large one. No-one complained so it was fair.
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When I was a kid I use to trade cards of football players. Sometimes we use to exchange more than one player card in exchange for one good player that we needed to complete the team in the book that we had. Another example is that I use to give a bit of my cookies to someone in exchange for him throwing it into the bin while we were playing football.
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As a kid I had a quite good ROI on YUGI cards, I used to get them for free from an uncle living in France and trade them with my fellow students in my home country Morocco. I used to trade them against pretty much anything ( marbles, cards, snacks ). When I think about it my position at that time was quite similar to the federal banks . For me the YUGI cards value was insignificant sinc I got them in packs for free but for other friends they valued it much for its "scarcity’ and of course my great marketing skills 
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As a child, I remembered changing prints of albums of knights of the zodiac, or pokemon, or soccer world cup… great times
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Done multiple ones in card trading, especially yu-gi-oh!. When I was a beginner I got scammed a lot but got better at determining the real value of cards as I over time.
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I once traded my full suspension mountain bike for a cheaper steel frame hardtail bike.
The guy on the other side of the trade was totally pumped because my bike technically costs more. But I was able to install ebike conversion kit on his bike (something I couldn’t do with mine), that turned it into a great commuter and saved me a lot of gas. Both sides got higher value item as a result of this trade.
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I traded some welding work for some building materials. It was a fair trade and win win on both parts. Felt good to not use cash and we both traded with what we had in abundance of, no sacrifice or loss felt.
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When I was a child, I would trade soccer stickers with other kids. It was often difficult to set the “price” of a card in terms of other cards. Some cards were rarer than others, but it was pretty tricky to agree on a transaction and nobody was sure how fair it was in the end.
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My wife and I run a small fitness business. We made an arrangement with our Chiropractor to attend our group exercise weightlifting class for no $$$. In exchange, he does not charge us for his Chiropracting services. We are definitely getting the better of this deal because we get his personal attention during his sessions whereas in our class he gets the same advice and attention that we give to any other attendee in the class.
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I exchanged a few times a MTG card for an other until I found out that you could order almost every card online.
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When I was a kid I remember trading baseball cards and pogs. Even as a kid I understood value in terms of what I wanted. Often this meant trading two baseball cards for one, either because I had a duplicate or I really wanted the one card the other person had. I would consider the trade fair based on how happy I was with it several days after(no traders remorse)
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I got a nice walkman!? for a small bike just for a week 
. I was so happy with my deal.
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Traded a laptop computer for tickets two tickets to a hockey game (Colorado Avalanche)
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I used to trade Garbage Pail Kids’ cards when I was young. Simple trade but sometimes for some reason a particular card became more sought after such that you could get two other cards for just that one card.
This was fair enough, depending on which card you had and which card you wanted, but of course, the cultural zeitgeist can be fickle and the most sought after cards would change every semester based on… something?
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As an adult I exchanged helping an old lady fix her computer for sandwiches. I enjoyed my lunches for days seemed like a great trade. I also much prefer to spend my time fixing a computer that making food.
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The way I created a bartering system was a bit different. I had a hard time making friends because I had a language barrier as a catalyst that would prevent me from communicating well. As time went on I picked up drawing in class and became good enough that the other kids started to notice. So they began to ask me for drawings of comics book characters, or anime characters, or to make their names in a unique way. So I would, knowing that I would build a rapport with them and in turn have an easier time to play with them during recess. Another thing I did was give away my cookies at lunch time. My uncle worked at a Christie factory, and he would bring boxes of cookies. It got to the point where I was just simply sick of cookies, so I would raffle them, by putting them in a bag and tossing them in the air and the kids would try and catch them. These things didn’t always work, but I found it useful to build friendships in other ways than talking, and my exchange was a eventually people would like me and approach me for the favours that I would do for them.
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I once traded my lvl 67 runescape account for not getting purposely hit by a football.
In the long run, I can say it was worth it. Otherwize I still might be playing and wasting my time today.
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When I was young I traded a bunch of MTG cards for a case of cigarettes. At the time I thought it was a good deal. Now I kick myself for being so focused on the immediate gratification. I bet I could sell those cards today for a few hundred bucks 
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I think that my first barter transaction was in my 10 yo with one of mine old friend. I exchanged one kid toy for another toy that i extremely wanted at that time.
Yes, i think that in some fews cases the barter transaction model is still usefull, that one with my old friend was indeed one that i consider fair enough.
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