# Is "bartering" forbidden in Monopoly? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 26, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bartering-forbidden-in-monopoly/469665 "2008-10-26T19:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bartering-forbidden-in-monopoly/469665/21 "2008-10-27T20:27:55Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Missed the edit window. > > To clarify: Where does it say in the rules that you can’t deal with a third player once the dice have been rolled? Refer to the tournament rules I posted previously (post #4), which duplicates the official Monopoly rules. I’m not a monopoly guru and don’t have the game at home any more but by your logic I could land on your property, not have enough cash to pay you, so I sell all of my property to my buddy for $1 as a big fuck you to you and give him the property and give you a dollar. Or I could land on your Boardwalk with hotels on it , not have enough money for the rent so I sell my Baltic Avenue to my buddy (protector) for $2K as a big fuck you too. It’s collusion (sp?). It’s against the rules, though I don’t have them in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bartering-forbidden-in-monopoly/469665/22 "2008-10-27T21:01:53Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > I’m not a monopoly guru and don’t have the game at home any more but by your logic I could land on your property, not have enough cash to pay you, so I sell all of my property to my buddy for $1 as a big fuck you to you and give him the property and give you a dollar. Or I could land on your Boardwalk with hotels on it , not have enough money for the rent so I sell my Baltic Avenue to my buddy (protector) for $2K as a big fuck you too. It’s collusion (sp?). It’s against the rules, though I don’t have them in front of me. Right, hence the tournament rule that I quoted. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bartering-forbidden-in-monopoly/469665/23 "2008-10-27T21:14:20Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > I’m not a monopoly guru and don’t have the game at home any more but by your logic I could land on your property, not have enough cash to pay you, so I sell all of my property to my buddy for $1 as a big fuck you to you and give him the property and give you a dollar. Not legal, according to the tournament rules quoted by **Terminus Est** above: “If a debt is owed to another player, properties may be sold to a third player only if sufficient money is raised to cover the debt.” > [@Cubsfan](#): > > Or I could land on your Boardwalk with hotels on it , not have enough money for the rent so I sell my Baltic Avenue to my buddy (protector) for $2K as a big fuck you too. It’s collusion (sp?). It’s against the rules, though I don’t have them in front of me. Nope-that’s perfectly legal. If you can sell your property to a third party for enough to cover the debt, you’re golden. Annoying, if the other players are all colluding against you for some reason, but very few games are much fun when they end up three- or four-on-one. [QUOTE=IntelSolder] A similar scenario came up when I was owed $20 and a friend paid with a $50. He said that since I didn’t have the $30 change, I had to mortgage a property to get it. Naturally, the other players told him to shut up and I was allowed to change it with the bank (since he refused to hand me his $20). He cried and quit. [/QUOTE] Shit like this is why I don’t play these games with four-year-olds anymore. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bartering-forbidden-in-monopoly/469665.md?page=1)