Fully understand ... at the same time I have luck with it on a limited basis ... not saying I'm "normal" The greatest opportunity is when we each have somethign the other needs or values more. Since few of us pay the going rate (what ever that is) we would always be trading for something more valuable Jeff S -----Original Message----- From: James G Cowles <shelbyparts@msn.com> Sent: Mar 23, 2005 10:22 AM To: speegle@pipeline.com, mike@worldwidemusclecars.com, ORLMUST@aol.com, rogerhol@willapabay.org, ShelbyMustang@carmemories.com Subject: Re: Parts prices Jeff: the problem with that is most of the guys that deal in parts dont have cars to fix thus they dont want to trade for anything other than dinero. I take parts in trade all the time but then again i always have a bunch of cars to redo. JC