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This word, the “barter” was perhaps the most popular in the first years of the post-communism Russian life. Under conditions of severe or even hyperinflation the domestic barter transactions were very popular if not the most popular transactions in Russia. | This word, the “barter” was perhaps the most popular in the first years of the post-communism Russian life. Under conditions of severe or even hyperinflation the domestic barter transactions were very popular if not the most popular transactions in Russia. |
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Russian: Бартер
This word, the “barter” was perhaps the most popular in the first years of the post-communism Russian life. Under conditions of severe or even hyperinflation the domestic barter transactions were very popular if not the most popular transactions in Russia.
Indeed, the most simple and, definitely, old of countertrade arrangements is barter which is often regarded as an old-fashioned means of exchange that was superseded because money is far more efficient [1]. After all, in a monetary system an apple grower who needs shoes simply has to find a cobbler. In a pure barter system the apple grower would have to find not just any cobbler but one who happened to want apples at that time. Thus in virtually all civilizations, except the Incas, money came to play an important role.
Barter is the direct exchange of goods and/or services between two parties without a cash transaction (Fig. 1). Although barter is the simplest arrangement, it is not common. Its problems are twofold. First, if goods are not exchanged simultaneously, one party ends up financing the other for a period. Second, firms engaged in barter run the risk of having to accept goods they do not want, cannot use, or have difficulty reselling at a reasonable price. For these reasons, barter is viewed as the most restrictive countertrade arrangement. It is primarily used for onetime only deals in transactions with trading partners who are not creditworthy or trustworthy.
There are two ways to make barter easier. The first is financial one where they have to use funds to make a final settlement (Fig. 2). The second is technological one. In the frame of information society barter becomes more feasible because the computer can certainly search more effectively the exchanging pairs for barter deals. It is worth noting however, that some of these computerized barter schemes do use units of account to facilitate comparison of the values of the goods and services offered and therefore in such cases the barter circles are using a form of money, albeit one with very restricted functions. Therefore, an Internet bartering has to have good perspectives[2].
Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Barter Arrangements [3] [4][5]
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Subject of Advantages of Using Barter Arrangements | Comments on Advantages of Using Barter Arrangements | Subject of Disadvantages of Using Barter Arrangements | Disadvantages of Using Barter Arrangements |
Barter can help business weather economic storms |
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Lack of Double Coincidence of Wants: |
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Save Cash |
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Lack of any Common Unit of Measurement of Value |
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Makes business recession proof |
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Lack of Means of Sub-division |
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Earn extra money |
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Lack of any Common Unit in terms of which Contracts and Agreements requiring Future Payments would be written |
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Reduce bad debts |
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Lack of any Common Unit in terms of which the Generalized Purchasing Power could be stored |
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Loyalty |
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Possible Losses of Perishible Products |
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New business |
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Great difference in times of delivery for items involved in exchange. |
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Barter financing |
Each member of barter exchange should be given small line of credit. They can use these barter dollars to buy goods or services from any other member. They repay these barter dollars by people purchasing their goods and services. As the exchange, we will be responsible for bringing those members new customers to repay that loan. As the barter exchange we can help a member businesses repay their lines of credit by promoting those members within the exchange and bringing on new members that would want the goods or services of the member who is negative. |
Price fluctuations on the world market |
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References
- ↑ Barter – Relevance and Relation to Money: Is barter still relevant in the modern world? // http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/barter.html
- ↑ Al-Tayar, B., Vukovic, J., Herera, F., Tchybysheva, E. Mechanics of Modern Barter forSMEs - http://ru.scribd.com/doc/98869511/Mechanics-of-Modern-Barter-for-SME1-7
- ↑ Benefits Of Barter Exchange - Land Fortune Commodity Exchange - http://www.landfortune.co.zw/index.php/trading/josh.html
- ↑ The barter system: Pros and cons - MeriNews - http://www.merinews.com/article/the-barter-system-pros-and-cons/15813654.shtml
- ↑ The Pros and Cons of Bartering for Survival - The Survevalist - September 04, 2013 - http://survival.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2013/09/pros-and-cons-bartering-survival