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I've turned into my dad....firearm trades for almost anything and everything these days.

Locust Fork

I don't know how many things I saw my father buy or pay for services done using firearms......a fender bender, work on the tractor, a new TV for the living room....it was always a trade. I even got a divorce from my first husband that cost a Garand.

I had some work done around our property, some A/C work done and someone looked at an employee's car recently and it was all done in trades. I've tried to keep a stash of my own things tucked to the side and its come in handy lately.

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  • select-fire

    Creative bargaining . 😀

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  • jimdeere

    My father in law was like that. Guns, cars, dogs, everything was on the table. He could always make the other fellow think they came out to the good.

    I learned a lot from him.

    RIP, Garfield.

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  • mike55

    "I even got a divorce from my first husband that cost a Garand."

    Sorry about the divorce, but that is funny right there! Most people's divorce costs several grand! That's a nice pun right there! 😁🤣

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  • Toolman286

    I got a house closing for a Springfield 1911. The lawyers secretary said, not another one, we need to make some actual money

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  • Ditch-Runner

    when my wife I were starting out the old farmer was selling the house we rented . and we had a very sad start on a down payment . not that it made a difference but the relator came in to look the house over he saw a model 1897 12 ga I had ( should have kept it ) it was a two barrel set with a mutton case receiver was engraved and had a name on the side ( I wish I had taken photos or at least remembered the name he fell in love with it

    offed me 2x what I had paid for it ( promised it was going to a good home and collector "him " ) so every few dollars helped at the time so I sold it to him to help add a few dollars toward our first house

    I have traded trucks ,guns, cars, trailers , car parts , bikes , tools , lawn mowers pocket knifes but 99.9% for the same item a few guns have went the way of a car trade but most have been either up or down depending on what I was needing or some one wanted . early On lack of money I loved to trade now I have fell out of the loop and most all my old trading buddies now have a small farm with a head stone and I am no hurry to trade for one LOL

    I think my wife was the limit on what I would trade off . she is too much a keeper to even think about it 😁

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  • Grasshopper

    Bartering for me is second nature. I still do it with some fellows around here.

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  • susie

    A long lost art.

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  • mark christian

    "I even got a divorce from my first husband that cost a Garand."

    I've traded a lot of firearms for a lot of things, but for a divorce? That's one I never even imagined.

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  • select-fire

    She definitely was not high maintenance

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  • Mr. Perfect

    I've got some pocket lint and a few buttons. What can that get me?

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  • Locust Fork
    Mr. Perfect: 31513276882203/comments/31513288316187

    I've got some pocket lint and a few buttons. What can that get me?

    I’ll come up with something......how many buttons?

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  • Mr. Perfect
    Locust Fork: 31513276882203/comments/

    https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11278315#Comment_11278315

    I’ll come up with something......how many buttons?

    It's about a handful.

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