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by lucb1e
4388 days ago
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If I understand you correctly, this is for buying gifts for others and getting the same in return. I think the OP meant doing something for someone else, e.g. getting something from a store you're going to anyway, but being refunded. I wouldn't be as inclined to gift something to a stranger as much as I'd be to grab something along for someone nearby. I don't need to be reimbursed for the effort, but I also don't want to loose money on it. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy
An aim of BNP is to build a hyper-local community where people give and receive goods and services with no money or bartering involved. You get to know the people involved in your group, because only people living within a certain area are allowed to be in the group. And yes, groups do indeed have people picking up things from stores for each other, or giving them rides, on occasion. Some groups including informal lending libraries, where you can borrow tools, equipment, household items an no charge.
Around here on Bainbridge Island, you often see tables on porches for BNB'ers (Buy Nothing Bainbridge members) to pick up stuff. The things (a garlic press; a pair of pants; a lawnmower) will have been listed on the group's FB page, probably with a photo, then there'll have been a few people saying they'd love to have it. Sometimes things go first-come, first-served; other times people get randomly selected.