I think we are in for a lot of inadvertent laughs when the next season of “Barter Kings” starts up again. BTW, you can get great deals via bartering but it takes a bit of time and would look boring if you broadcast the negotiations. As an example, years ago I bought a Sony tape recorder at a yard sale for 10 bucks. Then I traded it for an Olivetti Ball Electric typewriter about a week later. Then about a week after that, I traded it for roundtrip plane tickets from L.A. to Fort Lauderdale (this was back when you could travel under someone else’s name without being immediately arrested). Yes, it was a great deal but you would have loooong periods of dead screen time in between. Those barters don’t all conveniently happen in the space of a day.
I’ve done a bit of casual bartering and I find the “deals” made on this show are laughable. The only reason I would take something in barter was either that I wanted it for myself or knew someone who wanted the item.
But then this is television entertainment and little more so reality won’t intrude too much into the “reality” shows.