This is a very tough period for many of us, and indeed, this time requires us to be the toughest we. We have to stretch the purchasing power of whatever we earn. Priority in the list is always the survival needs. I see many bartering groups on social media these days. A person offers the products he does not need anymore, in exchange for something (with the specifics, he wants -- mostly groceries, and sometimes they mention 'not from this X store' -- that is called 'personal preference'). In a barter transaction , one party provides a service or product to another in return for receiving a service or product of equivalent value. This practice has been used for centuries as a way to obtain goods and services without the need for cash. Charles A. Beard once said, In primitive society, man produced directly for the satisfaction of his own wants, but with the development of society came differentiation of function; exchange and barter arose, various trades sprang up, and wi...