Comments on: Welcome to Barterville: Population 1?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:00:38 +0000

Ahhh, haha… gotcha. Forgot I linked to that pic :) You can have them if you want ’em – it turns out I only like one or two songs from each CD.

By: Randall

Randall — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:17:01 +0000

@ J. Money
Your dinosaur/computer artwork has his CDs in front.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:10:48 +0000

@JP – NICE!! That does sound amazing, would love to check that bad boy out :) Going to add it to my “places to see” one day spreadsheet in the off chance I’m ever driving through that area… good lookin’ out.
@Scott – I totally want to! I’ve seen them pop up here and there over the years, but all before I was super interested in ’em all. I’ve got my eagle eye out and ready now though, believe you me.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:57:27 +0000

For currency, check out a local coin show – they have great availability on old paper money there. ;)

It’s a great hobby!

By: JP

JP — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:50:59 +0000

not really anything to barter, but the old banks…..
if you’re ever driving through the middle of nevada, the recorder/assessors office in Goldfield, NV is AMAZING! It’s an old western bank, and the recorders office is in the vault – they have to turn the huge spindel lock to get in. The cashier is behind the old school brass cages. It’s got the wooden paneling & quite a few history plaques & old photos and documents. You can check out the old deeds from the 1800s in their leather bound ledgers. It’s truly beautiful and worth the awful drive out there!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:03:40 +0000

Now we’re talking!! Who’s gonna be my first trade here??? We’re getting closer :)

@Meg – COOL!! I don’t know if there are any porches in there off-hand, but as soon as I’m back from the beach I’ll check and let you know ;) I DO remember though not that you mention diecast, that I have a few older cars that are about a foot long too :) One of them a super cool silver Mercedez sportster or something with doors that raise up like wings! It’s pretty dope. I used to collect them as a kid and totally forgot about them unti now – so I bet you would like them! Will you shoot me a reminder about this, and when I’m home I’ll take pictures of them all and email you back? I bet we can work something cool out :) Even if I don’t want the foreign coins, it would be nice to know someone’s enjoying the cars a lot more than I would sitting in my basement. Talk soon!
@Aloysa @My Broken Coin – You know I’ll be posting more about it later ;)
@Jessica – Huh. Now that’s something you don’t see every day! Do you have a picture of it anywhere? Or maybe you can find one by Googling or going to eBay? I’d LOVE to take a look and go from there :) Very very interesting, that’s for sure… do you want any of my stuff I’ve already listed, or anything else in particular I could find for you? Or just cash? Haha…
@David Hunter – Haha… I’ll give you credit for it once it’s up ;)
@Melissa@LittleHouseInTheValley – Oh yeah, it gets kinda weird when only one side is up for bartering, haha… I’m excited to see how this experiment goes though :)
@Randall – Haha… okay. How did this post remind you of him?
@Pedro – Oh, it’s still there baby, don’t you worry about that. Isn’t one of the traits of minimalism to keep things even anyways? 1 in, 1 out? I’m not adding anything new here, but only trading to something I like better ;) And in fact searching for all these treasures in my house has actually gotten me to GET RID OF a lot of stuff too when I come across things I don’t even want anymore. So minimalim is still going strong!

By: Pedro

Pedro — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:09:05 +0000

what happened to minimalism, J?

By: Randall

Randall — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:43:47 +0000

Just came to say that Mat Kearney is awesome.

By: Melissa@LittleHouseInTheValley

Melissa@LittleHouseInTheValley — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:21:28 +0000

I love this idea! I like to barter, but often the other party isn’t used to doing it. With this system, both parties are looking to barter, so the awkwardness is already taken out of the equation. Can’t wait to see how this idea does.

By: David Hunter

David Hunter — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 01:02:28 +0000

Where’s the Barterville tab?! I’m sure you could put one up in a few seconds! Oh, and I take credit for this post! Haha