The survivor team assembled for the barter challenge. The challenge began with each member receiving five coconuts. The object of this contest was to barter with the natives and gain items for the survival of the community. The person who bartered for the least important item for the tribe's survival was the loser of the competition.

Hugh G. Gogh took his five coconuts and traded them with the natives for 12 finely made spears, three chickens, assorted fruits and vegetables and weekly massages. (Allegations were made that the CEO bartered more than his coconuts to achieve so much in trade.) Jack D. Pryce traded his five coconuts for rope sandals with spikes for - as he refers to it - the world's largest sand trap.

Designer Art Deqeaux used his five coconuts to buy bread plants from the natives so the tribe could eat healthy, plus add a little vegetation color to the drab survivor surroundings. Ima Pleezer bartered her coconuts to purchase space on the eyeland for further negotiations and trade relations with the natives. Iona Lott utilized her coconuts to get metal tools to make it easier to build a new wing on the existing hut housing and some original native "mud art." (It was later discovered that this "art" was merely piles of dirt left behind after digging post holes.)

CFO Imus B. Kowntyn said that even in bartering he felt he was spending. Imus avoided questions about his "acquisition for the tribe" for as long as he could but eventually had to reveal to the tribe that he couldn't bring himself to let go of his coconuts. The barter challenge was originally created to find out who would barter for the tribe's least important item, but since the CFO did not barter at all, he automatically failed the challenge and was asked to leave the eyeland.

To learn more about each eyelander, check out the bio pages. For their reactions to this week's barbaric challenge, read on...

"I don't know what happened to me. I could not bring myself to let go of what I had. My head was spinning with the proper value of exchanges. Since coconuts were the basis for trade, they were, in essence, money - and I just could not bring myself to give up a known bottom line.

"I enjoyed my stay on see see eyeland. But I will be glad to get back to like-minded people and spreadsheets. Some can't get what's really important, money and that's it. And it's all about keeping more and spending less."

Hugh G. Gogh

"This kind of challenge was something that plays to my strengths. There is very little that doesn't, if you know what I mean. My whole life has involved my getting more than anyone else. Some would say more than my fair share, but I'm not sure about that - or even what it means."

Jack D. Pryce

"Check out my eyeland golf shoes!"

Art Deqeaux

"Well, there goes another suit. All the flaming capitalist had to do was trade with those poor, exploited natives. But he could not let go of the material items."

Ima Pleezer

"The natives were very receptive, at least they seemed to be, as they were all nodding and smiling. I think they really understood what I was trying to accomplish for both of our situations. I felt sorry for Imus but it did not seem like he was a team player anyway."

Iona Lott

"The metal tools I was able to procure will help with phase #2 of the eyeland housing and of course, the native clay sculptures will add just the right accent to the accommodations. I can't understand Imus Kowntyn and his complete inability to barter. The ability to spend or trade is one of the things that separates us from animals."