Does anyone do it? Not online but in real life.
Like I can (insert a service you can provide - child care, mending, tax prep, etc.) if you can (insert service you need - car repair, computer repair, etc.)
We try to when we can. DH recently traded some video games for a new to us TV. Over the summer he helped someone work on their car in return that person helped him work on his car.
I'm just wondering if this is making more of a come back now that times are harder for all of us.
I bartered with my neighbor if I drop off my son two-threemornings a week and she gets him to before care, I pick up her son and mine a few afternoons. It helps us both out
In a way. The house and 5 acres next to me is owned by a church but sits vacant. I cleaned up the fallen branches so that someone could mow and in return was allowed to gather as much pine straw as I wanted for my shrub and garden beds.
We also received a new big side by side fridge, a big offset smoker/grill, chainsaw, and a bunch of other stuff for more tree work by DH. If it's something we can really use, then DH will consider trades.
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To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
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I pick my friends (who is a daycare provider) daughter up from preschool 2-3 times/week. In return, she watches my children when I need her to. It works out great for both of us!
My husband is in construction, and he barters repairs pretty frequently. Soon he will be repairing a screenroom in exchange for getting his vehichle fixed.
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