Friday, April 17, 2015

Good Reasons To Trade Stuff

By Stella Gay


Possession of assets change hands voluntarily, and sometimes involuntarily, in this world. Of course the preferred means of asset transferring is the voluntary one. One of the voluntary means of moving assets around is by trading. Those who decide to trade stuff are actually doing themselves and the world a favor.

Trading or exchanging items is an age old practice. It has its roots in the early days of civilization in a system known as bartering. Early man would exchange the things he had in excess for the things another man had that he needed. It was this activity that gradually grew into the creation of modern commerce.

Trading is still relevant these days because of rampant consumerism. This means that many people acquire things that they really do not need. Sometimes they end up with multiple versions of one item. At other times they have simply outgrown the need or desire for an item they bought. This is when many think about getting rid of them and this is where trading comes in as a solution.

Getting rid of items by trading them for more useful ones is one means of changing the appearance of a space. It can reduce the clutter in the space, thereby making it more appealing and comfortable for those who use it. This occurs when the item released is actually larger or less visually appealing than the item received.

Additionally those that no longer fit the decor plan can be replaced by those that better complete the look of the space. Decorators who often work on a budget know all too well the benefits of trading. They are able to get rid of items that do not contribute to the decoration plan and replace them with the ideal pieces, through trading. Many times, the ideal piece to complete the look of a space is not one that can be found on the shelves of commercial stores. It is instead sitting idle in someone's basement or office space.

Many of these unwanted items may, in the absence of trading systems, end up in the world's dumpsters. If this happened, the natural environment would be bombarded by a massive accumulation of garbage and the collection of garbage on earth is already an issue of global concern. By trading instead of dumping, the owners get to help keep the size of the world's dumpsters to a minimum. The benefits to the environment here are obvious. Pollution is kept to a minimum hence the natural environment is preserved.

Many things have changed as civilization progressed over the years. The demand for trading options has not changed however. Many people still engage in trading through face to face means. Many people are also more in tune with the virtual world and as such websites for trading have become quite popular. Through these websites people from all over the world can exchange items varying in sizes and structure.

There are many reasons to trade instead of disposing of items you don't want. The environment will evidently benefit from this as pollution levels will be controlled by this variation of recycling. It is also a budget friendly alternative as it eliminates the need to spend money on items that can easily be traded.




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