Bartering Basics: Determining Fair Value for Successful Trades
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"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
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Robert C. Brenner
Robert Brenner is an engineer, scientist, educator and business owner with graduate degrees in electrical engineering and management. He is a retired U.S. Navy officer and completed eleven nuclear submarine deployments. He also worked in the defense industry and is a ecognized pioneer in microelectronic research and development. He is the author of 64 books including Power Up! The Smart Guide to Home Solar Power; How Solar Works, Backyard Solar Applications, Bigfoot Encounters in Michigan's Thumb, Electronic Connectors, Supernatural and Strange Happenings in the Bible, Pricing Tactivs, Descriptive Language for Writers and Speakers, Describing Action, and The Metaphors of Like. He also wrote over 275 articles on business and computer applications. He has been a guest speaker at national conferences and symposiums and taught at the high school, community college, university, and graduate school levels. A futurist, he enjoys the challenge of research and is currently sharing his knowledge with business and home owners worldwide.
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Bartering Basics - Robert C. Brenner
RESEARCH NOTES
Bartering Basics
Determining Fair Value
for
Successful Trades
by
Robert C. Brenner, MSEE, MSSM
Copyright 2020 All rights reserved
Author’s Research Notes
Brenner Information Group
ISBN 978-0-929535-25-8
Published in the United States of America
Smashwords Edition
April 2020
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
The History of Barter
Trade Routes
The Silk Road
Trading Posts
Events that Drive Barter Activity
Trading During Plagues and Natural Disasters
Bubonic Plague and Trading
Coronavirus and Trading
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 …
Examples of Trades that Pleased Both Parties
Acts of Kindness During Disasters
CHAPTER 3: How to Establish Value
It’s in the Eye of the Beholder
Equal Value Transactions
Normalize to a Common Reference
Express as a Percent of Minimum Wage
Calculate Using Published Price Lists
Putting a Value on Fruits & Vegetables
Putting a Value on Service Skills
Minimum Wage
Determining What Others are Being Paid
Industry Standard Wage Data
Salary Tracking Pay Scale Surveys
List Service Value Based on Minimum Wage
Value Your Time
Putting a Value on