barter / haggle

Matt82 · 16 Dec 2009 at 07:57

Barter

To trade goods or services without the exchange of money

Haggle

To bargain, as over the price of something

They are very different things. Remember that.

Thats all.

Scania · 16 Dec 2009 at 08:10

Thanks. After my long night shift I can now goto bed and rest easy for knowing this.

Perhaps not.

Crap thread is crap.

4T5 · 16 Dec 2009 at 08:26

Deliver, Not, Thread, Does.

I get around · 16 Dec 2009 at 08:39

I care so little I almost passed out.

jellybeard999 · 16 Dec 2009 at 08:51

Doesn't everyone know this already?

Matt82 · 16 Dec 2009 at 08:56

no they dont, hence i had to make a thread. im hardly a grammar nazi etc but people often use completely the wrong word out of the two and so a sentance just doesnt make sense. i thought id just make it clear for everyone

NightShadow · 16 Dec 2009 at 09:05

So, does this mean somebody somewhere had to exchange "a service" in return for money off of a car purchase? :eek:

Matt82 · 16 Dec 2009 at 09:27

ja, a service or even another object... ie £5k and a goat, if you were going to barter

iaind · 16 Dec 2009 at 09:28

thread
/θrɛd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [thred] Show IPA

–noun
1. a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, esp. when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.

Gaygle · 16 Dec 2009 at 09:29

Many thanks for the information.

Hatter The Mad · 16 Dec 2009 at 09:42

Matt82 said:
but people often use completely the wrong word

Matt82 said:
sentance

Matt82 said:
just doesnt make sense

Hatter The Mad said:
lol

Matt82 · 16 Dec 2009 at 09:46

Matt82 said:
im hardly a grammar nazi

HTH

Narziss · 16 Dec 2009 at 10:10

Flatulence

Gas in the stomach and bowels

Aubergine

An oval purple vegetable which is white inside and which is usually eaten cooked

They are very different things. Remember that.

Thats all.

Howard · 16 Dec 2009 at 10:17

A flange is an external or internal rib, or rim (lip), for strength, as the flange of an iron beam or I-beam (or a T-beam); or for a guide, as the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flange

Firestar_3x · 16 Dec 2009 at 10:21

I find the word flange very confusing to use when the person doesn't understand the context in which you're saying the word.

Sone · 16 Dec 2009 at 10:24

Matt82 i am disappoint

whitecrook · 16 Dec 2009 at 10:57

B@Th*nG · 16 Dec 2009 at 17:30

B@

Hatter The Mad · 16 Dec 2009 at 17:33

Matt82

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