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Barter lessons being taught at Disney Parks

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments

The Disney Parks have a pin-trading program for guests. A guest (Disney’s term for visitor) purchases a lanyard and a starter set of trading pins. The pins are of the various Disney characters and rides. The basic concept is to trade with Disney Cast members (Disney employees) and other guests wearing the lanyards. The starter [...]

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What normally happens to a client and their trade balance once they quit the exchange?

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Those who quit with a positive balance are rare. Mostly, the exchange is owed money when this situation arises. Our contract carries a provision so that anyone who does quit with a positive balance must agree to spend his or her dollars within a pre-determined timeframe. At this point those dollars would become income to [...]

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