Greetings earthlings.
Lets get bartering. I concur with February 4th as the start date. Also, I think we should have frequent postings of barter babe experiences a. so we can know where the competition is at b. so that we can hear all of the glorious and awkward and whatever encounters and c. because I just really like you guys and want to hear what you are up to in your bartering lives. With pictures too, especially if you get a house...I want to see what my room looks like.

Peace, love, bartering,
Annie

P.S. sorry I invited my Ghana blog into this group. Don't worry, it won't tell anyone what we are doing. I'm not really sure how that happened and I'm not really sure how to take it off, I'm trying though.

Looky here...

Guess what I just found?

The rules that we drafted together have re-surfaced.  Here they are (fresh out of our minds in March):

start 1/4  finish 7/4 (so maybe we should now start 2/4)

rules: 

-no pity bartering (don't let people know it is a competition)

-24 hours from the initial meeting that barter has to be completed (i would advocate a little -flexibility on this rule, but that might just be me)

-if anyone gets a house, we share it

-if anyone breaks a rule- hir eye will be popped out with a finger (mary beth, you are only cheating yourself)

-no practicing or pre-emptive agreements

It's On

So here it is:

We each start with a regular-sized (ie could also double over as a hair tie) rubber band.  We then shall attempt to barter with any new person (new person=someone you have never met before, only met once before, or just someone that you honestly could say that you don't know the name of...something along that line, at least).  The only other rule is that you never disclose that this is a competition (I remember creating this rule before BUT I do think we would be more likely- or should I say certain- to get a home if they believed we were in competition)...thoughts?

I agree with Emory- or was it Alexis?- let's start on February 1st.  End date?  Maybe 6 months? 

Also, I think each one of us needs to post on the blog at least once before the February 1st date, just so we know that we are all in this together.

I think we are ready.  

Greetings to all babezz of the bartering. it is so great that we are all reconnected once again.  I think we all agreed on starting with a rubberband because we didn't want to be complete copycats of the other guy. We can't barter with anyone we are friends with. However, i can't remember if we said we could barter with people we have only met once.  We can't exchange for any money.  Can we use online sources? i think so.  

le rulez

yezzzz. marybeth and i were just on the bus trying to think up any rules we could remember. and let me tell you, we are both ready to dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly to this year of the barter.
we couldn't remember what we were going to start with--a paperclip? a rubberband? we did remember that you're not allowed to tell anyone its a competition, just that you're doing some good ol' friendly bartering.
do we have an official kick-off and/or end date? im so ready to annihilate.

Let's get this started

Welcome. Welcome. Welcome.  Prepare to accept defeat.  I have been dreaming of this moment for months, years, milleniums....

The Barter Babezz Challenge is on.  

Now that I got that out of the way, I will disclose a little secret to you.  I think I lost all of the rules.  Granted, I havent really searched for them (I thought I was all organized and that I sent myself an email (back in March) detailing all the rules for the Barter Babezz (also, I am not sure how to spell that....but this will work, right?!) but I could not find it...so yeah, I searched a bit....maybe I wrote the rules in my journal but that has mysteriously disappeared)...

Anyways, I thought we could each throw out any ideas that we remember.  And then we will create an official rules sheet- and live by those principles.  

Okay, there is a start.

I love you all.