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High Noon: Bartering

Posted by DFO

Feb. 25, 2009 12:13 p.m. • 15 comments

Beautician Heather Wood performs a pedicure for a client at the Caritta Salon in Boise Friday. Wood sometimes trades beauty services for what she needs. Bartering _ the trading of goods or services without using cash _ has become more popular in a down economy. (AP Photo/Joe Jaszewski)

Question: If push comes to shove re: our lousy economy, what could you barter to meet your needs?

15 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Lynne on February 25 at 12:28 p.m.
Typing, secretarial work, cooking. I’ve thought about this before. I’d gladly barter cooking meals for someone who hates to cook but likes to shop. Which I detest.
toadman on February 25 at 12:50 p.m.
I don’t have many skills…I suppose I *might* be able to fix your computer for food….or, under extreme duress, I could provide “other services” as required.
JBelle on February 25 at 1:06 p.m.
well, let’s see. I can cook. I can raise nice kids. I raise spoiled dogs, so that won’t work. I can fill out forms like nobody’s business. hmmm. Bet that won’t translate in to $$ either. Hey, I can read entire books and tell you in whatever detail you’d like what the books say. I don’t know if I’m doing so good here….
Lynne on February 25 at 1:23 p.m.
Guess I can add bookkeeping, accounting, payroll and taxes. That’s what I’ve been doing all day…*sigh*
Bent on February 25 at 1:56 p.m.
I’d bet my beer wiould sell pretty well. I’m also pretty good at preserving various types of food, so I could always have a few canned goods for sale…
marmitetoasty on February 25 at 2:49 p.m.
Before ‘ginger Rebekah’ started school, I would trade a days childcare with her mum to do me ironing :) (the daft cow loved ironing lol)

I also traded 3 hours childcare for his 2 sons for 2 hours driving instructions for my Sam….. which saved me 40 quid ($80) a week for 10 weeks..

I can turn me hand to most things…… can type…. make jam LOL….. dam, I think I might even be able to turn water into wine…. oh no, thats wrong, im thinking of the Dandelion wine I made once after clearing me elderly neighbours garden for them :)

Im a survivor of the highest level lol - Ive fed me 4 lads when Ive had to on the bare bones of me arse :)

x
kateforkathleen on February 25 at 4:04 p.m.
It’s still too early for St. Patrick’s Day. Is “Wicked” coming to Boise? Did Nickelodeon’s green slime come back into vogue while I wasn’t looking?

That color looks more like the Wet N’ Wild slumber-party nails we did as teenagers than a professional pedicure. Please tell me they are taking the green stuff off!
florined on February 25 at 6:38 p.m.
I traded cooked, freezable casseroles, pot roasts, etc for yard work one summer, but the guy then married a (really great) woman who loved to cook. Sigh.

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