Posted on 06/22/2012 10:07:09 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Using the amazing powers that I developed as The Coupon Whisperer, I am now combining those skills to become the South Florida Barter King. I am sort of inspired to do so by the new "Barter Kings" show even though that series is obviously highly scripted. However, since I had some good barter experiences in the past, I plan to hone my bartering skills hopefully up to the level of my couponing skulls.
Yesterday, I performed my first coupon/barter deal. I picked up two dozen FREE bottles of body wash using coupons and traded them to my friend the Liquor Man for a 1 liter bottle of Grey Goose. The value of the Grey Goose is between $40 and $50 while the value of the body wash was about a hundred bucks. However, keep in mind the cost of that body wash to me was ZERO plus I already have a year's supply of the stuff and don't need any more.
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PING!
You have too much time on your hands..................
Mmmm...Barter King.
(/Homer Simpson voice off)
I am pretty sure that somehwere there is a law that makes bartering illegal as hell.
Especially bartering with booze.
Thank you mountain of government regulations.
I thought BO sticks were your primary medium of exchange....
So how long before the West Coast Barter Kings get busted?
Especially bartering with booze.
Okay so we trade for the Miami Heat jacket only and toast the deal with the Grey Goose.
I actually had a bunch on hand yesterday but the Liquor Man preferred body wash. However, I might be trading the BO sticks for a brand new in the box air hockey table.
And I bet you thought I never lurked your Whisperer threads....
BO sticks are small, portable, and everybody needs them. Therefore they are ideally suited to become the universal medium of exchange in the barter world.
Just a FYI, unless it is a transaction for wholesale purposes, sales tax must be collected on the retail value of the barter. California, as one example, determines that the transaction must pay sales tax on all barter items, other locales only want the sales tax on the most expensive (or highest sale of the two pieces in barter)..
As for West Coast Barter, here’s the link to their agreement - it’s actually an offshoot of a barter group I was in for many many years which got.. Well, same story as always; they were busted for conspiracy to evade sales taxes.
So you sell what you barter for on e-bay and take the money.
Yeah, government types hate barter.
Heh.
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