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Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 2:44 pm    Post subject: DETS Reply with quote
    

I am sure that most of us have heard of LETS: the Local Exchange Trading System of barter.
The system should work with any close group of people, not necessarily physically close.
So have we considered a barter system within the Downsizer network?
Or is it already well established, and I've missed it?

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think many people on here help each other out without it needing to be formalised.

What do others think?

Penny Outskirts



Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I barter with all sorts of people, but all informally. Something to consider on a more formal basis perhaps?

judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jamanda wrote:
I think many people on here help each other out without it needing to be formalised.

I am sure they do. But it is restricted that way.
Imagine you for which you wanted my help for a few days. If you were a close friend then I would quite likely just do it, and somewhere down the line, I would get a couple of days (or equivalent) back off you.
But (and no disrespect) you are not that close, and I would expect you to want to pay me... now you might just happen to have something I would want to trade for, but realistically, the only likely, sensible option would be money.
However, if there were such a thing, I would happily accept downsizer money, as I know there are people here that I could spend it with.

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

judith wrote:
I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.

I don't think anyone was suggesting it was compulsory.

judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I don't think I implied that I thought it would be.

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

judith wrote:
I don't think I implied that I thought it would be.

My point was simply that if a formal system existed, then it would not hamper anything informal alongside it.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

judith wrote:
I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.


Ditto.

bagpuss



Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 10507
Location: cambridge
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hairyloon wrote:
judith wrote:
I don't think I implied that I thought it would be.

My point was simply that if a formal system existed, then it would not hamper anything informal alongside it.


Unfortunately I don't think that is true.

Anyone who participated in a formal solution would be far less amiable to an informal solution because they already bought into the formal solution

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45372
Location: yes
PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 10 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Chez wrote:
judith wrote:
I think it works very well as it is - I have no interest in a formalised arrangement.


Ditto.


yep

Treacodactyl
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 10 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Just seen this mentioned, no idea if it's any good as I've not used it but thought it worth mentioning. https://www.streetbank.com/

Nick



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford
PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 10 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Just seen this mentioned, no idea if it's any good as I've not used it but thought it worth mentioning. https://www.streetbank.com/


Like. Lots. Hope it takes off.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 10 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Is it just not like LETS, though?

sean
Downsizer Moderator


Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Fri Dec 03, 10 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

LETS is supposed to act as a currency isn't it? Which is where it breaks down because everybody wants a carpenter/gardener/electrician but there's a small level of demand for Hopi ear candling.
This just seems to be a localised version of downsizer/freecycle/freegle.
Nick only likes it because his neighbours are more than a km away.

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