Bartering Basics: Determining Fair Value for Successful Trades

“There will be a twin year [2020] from which will arise a queen [corona] who will come from the east [China] and who will spread a plague [virus] in the darkness of night, on a country with 7 hills [Italy] and will transform the twilight of men into dust [death], to destroy and ruin the world. It will be the end of the world economy as you know it.” Nostradamus Quatrain, 1561

Are you ready for a world where barter and trade are the primary ways we survive?

Introduction to Book

Chapter 1 - The History of Barter
Trade Routes
The Silk Road
Trading Posts
Events that Drive Barter Activity
Trading During Plagues and Natural Disasters

Chapter 2 - What You can Barter or Trade
Goods for Goods
Services for Services
Goods for Services
Services for Goods
Garden Produce for ...
Trading for the Use of ...

Chapter 3 - How to Establish Value
Equal Value Transactions
Putting a Value on Fruits & Vegetables
Putting a Value on Service Skills
Putting a Value on the Use of ...

Chapter 4 - Establishing a Barter Baseline
Creating Your Own Database of Barter Values
Finding Trade Items of Equal Value
Inferring Local Rates

Chapter 5 - Other Things to Consider
Food Shelf Life
Food Expiration Dates
Taxes

Chapter 6 - How to Get Started
Negotiating a Win-Win Transaction
When to Walk Away from the Trade
How to Terminate the Trade
Unexpected Results

Summary