| Barter is featured in the news rather a lot these | | | | dentistry work for Mary, and she takes care of his |
| days, and rightly so. It seems that whenever the | | | | dog in exchange, that would be an example of two |
| economy takes a nose-dive, two things happen: | | | | business owners bartering. |
| investors clammor to buy gold, and bartering bubbles | | | | Jonny and Jane are two school children. At lunchtime |
| back to the forefront of conversation. However, | | | | Jonny swaps (or trades) his apple for Jane's yoghurt. |
| each time the topic of barter arises, along comes all | | | | This is a simple example of what children commonly |
| the misinformation or ignorance about what exactly it | | | | do all the time: exchanging what they don't want for |
| is. | | | | what they do want. |
| Some folks wrongly believe barter to mean 'haggling' | | | | Debbie needs some small landscaping done at her |
| or negotiating for things. Others ignorantly believe | | | | house, she doesn't have much money, but she has a |
| bartering to be inferior is some strange way. | | | | very nice sofa she doesn't need. Coincidentally, |
| Therefore, I thought I'd pen a few simple, | | | | Michael is a landscaper that needs a new couch. In |
| ease-to-find words about what barter REALLY is. | | | | this example, Debbie gives Michael her sofa in |
| Additionally, just like words are easier to understand | | | | exchange for the landscaping. |
| when used in a sentence, I thought I'd offer a few | | | | In all three examples above it is a complete win-win |
| actually examples of bartering both in a business | | | | scenario. Everybody gets what they want without |
| setting and for individuals. | | | | using any money, instead they trade something they |
| According to The Free Dictionary definition, "Barter" is | | | | already have, but don't really need. Barter is very |
| "To trade goods or services without the exchange | | | | simple, very effective, and unlike modern monetary |
| of money." Pretty simple enough. A cashless | | | | systems has been proven to be highly successful |
| exchange of goods or services. Following are a few | | | | over many thousands of years. For more information |
| examples of cashless exchanges: | | | | about bartering, check out the Business Barter Blog |
| Mary is a vet, and she needs some dental work. Bill is | | | | from Merchants Barter Exchange. |
| a dentist with a very large dog. If Bill does some | | | | |