bartering, the old tradition is not lost.

I have wondered why people do not barter more often. I used to barter with my roommate in college, I would type her papers and she was a massage therapist, so we would barter our services and were both happy.
But recently a friend was buying a bag of pot and like most, with the price of gas and all, he was trying to talk the dealer down on his prices.
Hell no, said the dealer, unless you have some porkchops. Little did he know the buyer had (don't ask me why) pork chops in his car. A pork chop for a of gram of kind bud is not a bad deal.
All parties were happy with the transaction.
I am not saying offer drug dealers pork chops, but you never know.