Barter: Lawn Tractor for Pizza?

[Projammer]

@Rocketeer

The problem is keeping track of how much of the pizza credit you’ve used.

That one’s fairly easy. Just print up enough coupons to cover the transaction and “pay” for each delivery with one of the coupons.

Should be 66.6 pizzas.

Sounds like a deal with the devil. Go for it!

[RTFirefly]

My take: go for it, but be relaxed about the fulfillment of the deal. IOW, if you get the impression in a year or three that he thinks he’s already paid off the mower, then say something like “I think we may be even now,” so he can easily agree if that’s how he’s feeling about it.

And if the mower breaks down sooner, call it done when the mower breaks down.

[kayaker]

@Sunny_Daze

I think money deals between friends get weird. Give him the lawnmower, if you want to, with no expectations. Let him comp you however much he thinks it is worth over time. Expect nothing so you don’t get pissed and lose the friendship. I’d rather have the friend than the lawnmower.

Yeah, he’s a friend and this whole think is mostly just for fun. Spreadsheets? Heh, I’m not a spreadsheet type of guy.

This deal is actually being joked about at the brewery. The brewery has three partners, and they’ve been proposing all sorts of crazy barters. The brewery is doing well. They’ve just celebrated one year in business, and the partners have not taken a cent out yet, putting all profit back into the business and working their “real” jobs 40 hours a week.

Cheers!

[JackieLikesVariety]

whatever happens, it all sounds charming so good for you.

this whole think is mostly just for fun

even if it is a typo, I like it

[muldoonthief]

@Velocity

This sounds like it could be really complicated when tax-filing time comes around.

That’s the brewer’s problem, not kayakers.

[kayaker]

@Velocity

This sounds like it could be really complicated when tax-filing time comes around.

[Doctor_Jackson]

@Sunny_Daze

I think money deals between friends get weird. Give him the lawnmower, if you want to, with no expectations. Let him comp you however much he thinks it is worth over time. Expect nothing so you don’t get pissed and lose the friendship. I’d rather have the friend than the lawnmower.

I like this approach!

[kopek]

@Rocketeer

The problem is keeping track of how much of the pizza credit you’ve used. My wife “sold” our minivan in exchange for credit with her masseuse. I’m not sure she kept very good track of how much credit she had left; any time I ask she gets testy.

I swapped a firearm for credit at a diner once. The owner and I got a small ledger and any time I ate there he or the waitress would deduct the tab and we would both initial it. This was a once-or-twice-a-week stop for me and the Old Wench and it took about three years or more for the tab to hit zero but it was fun for both of us and we have considered doing it again.