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Traded my usual $400 retainer for a barter deal with a local bakery
I took three dozen bagels and a coffee subscription instead of cash last February and now I'm stuck with a freezer full of blueberry bagels that I can't even give away, so has anyone else gotten burned on a trade that sounded better than it actually was?
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jennybailey8d ago
Yeah, that thing about trading being "simpler" always makes me chuckle a bit. I mean, it sounds straightforward on paper, but you're basically adding a whole extra layer of figuring out what the other person's stuff is actually worth. A freezer full of blueberry bagels sounds like a great deal in February, but then June rolls around and you're still eating them. It's not really simpler, it's just swapping one kind of hassle for a different one.
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