Bartering Services

[freeradical]

kap wrote:
[quote=lafinfil]
Since you are in a large metro area there should be barter banks or similar. You provide a service at a given value for credits as do others. Usually there is a small fee on the transaction that covers cost of operation. The nice thing about this system is that you do not have to negotiate directly (the bank handles that) and you do not have to barter as a direct trade, but instead you barter for a service you want.

For example - an old housemate of mine is a commercial photographer in Boston. When he needed to move his studio he bartered credits for his photography skills in exchange for a couple guys and a truck to move him. The movers did not need photography but another barter bank member did. My friend did a photo job unrelated to the movers and the movers got something else from another bank member. I think his fee based on a percentage of value was under $20.

Barter banks? Hmm, I will need to look into that. Thanks!
Ahem..

There's a reason that money was invented...

[kap]

freeradical wrote:

Ahem..

There's a reason that money was invented...

Certainly! Bartering for me will only involve with small projects, i.e. pet sitting in exchange for mowing the lawn.

[Paul F.]

That, and it's harder (though not impossible!) for the IRS to find out about barter deals...

[testcase]

"I SO want to make an inappropriate/tasteless comment here, it's really quite amazing that I'm resisting"

All these replies and not one mention of H&B. We must be getting old! :oldfogey:

[Paul F.]

I was thinking college girls... but yeah, pretty close!

[Sam3]

Paul F. wrote:
I was thinking college girls... but yeah, pretty close!

You mean like the picture thread a little further down?... "I'll help you install that OWC memory if you....."

[Paul F.]

Yup... almost just like that!