A trading economy?

[Moley]

Apart from swapping bikes on a fairly regular basis I also spend a fair bit of time buying and selling bass & 6 string guitars.

I'm mostly talking £1,000+ guitars so it's a relatively small market.

One thing I've noticed is how many people are now opting to trade rather than sell, often with money changing hands either way but with the core value of each guitar being 'equalised' to take the current market into account.

Net result is a lot of people swapping stuff around rather than trying to sell outright.

Just wondered if anyone has spotted this happening in the bike market now?

One reason for asking is that my most recent Harley sale fell through after a protracted negotiation but I'd be mad to flog it at today's prices. I thought I might have a go at trading rather than selling