Remember the days of bartering with eggs, butter, and goats? Neither do we, but there are a few sites that help you recreate them by trading other, more modern goods.
At swaptree, you can sign up to swap books with other bookworms (along with DVDs, CDs and games) via mail. You list what you have on your shelf and list what you want on your shelf and hope that the stars align so that everybody wins. It’s a great way to create a steady stream of hand-picked books arriving in your mailbox that you only pay for shipping on.
Over at commuto, you sign up to swap all kinds of items online and then arrange for the actual swap to take place face to face–imagine that. Neighborhoods, schools and workplaces can serve as a network in which members meet other folks with similar tastes and get free games, movies, textbooks or whatever else they might have to share with new trading friends.
By using either site, you can follow that rule of getting rid of or giving away something every time you get a new one to create a clutter-free life. And you get to learn all over again how to play well with others and share.
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