Swapping is a big part of our lifestyle. We always have loads of things to swap as people are always giving us things. We furnished our whole house with goods either given to us, (fridge, washing machine, tumble dryer) rescued from skips, (sofa) the tip, car boot sales and charity shops.
There are several great websites like Freecycle.com where you can find all manner of things. We swapped a 46" colour TV we were given for a job lot of expensive cosmetics we are still using and a diamond ring for our car, a 20 year old Fiat which we've had 16,000 miles out of to date without one break down. We have swapped work on the car at our local garage for help with PR, we used a contact to get them some local press. We had a website built in exchange for style/makeover consultation and swapped life coaching for a DVD burner and software. We have swapped yoga lessons for food with a hotel in the Caribbean and regularly host swap parties for clothes to revamp our wardrobes for free. People are often kind and help us for which we usually give a copy of our self published book which we have stock of.
