Sunday, December 28, 2008
Bartering
| By Lynn Forgy My monthly expenses have seemed to increase lately, with dental work, grocery prices, and everything else seemingly going up in price. My income, on the other hand, seems to be going down. With the holidays, instead of working 3 10 hour days, I only worked 2 last week and the same will probably apply to the upcoming week. With that in mind, I have been considering starting a local barter network. The problem is I don't feel like I have much to offer. I need lots of stuff (electrical, plumbing, and dental work to name a few), yet my skills don't seem as valuable in comparison. My skills include cleaning, billing and invoicing, receptionist, organizing, and secretarial work. I suppose I could start the board (maybe on Yahoo Groups), and see what comes of it. I have nothing to lose by doing that, and I might find an undiscovered skill that I could barter with! Anyone have any ideas, comments, success stories they'd like to share? Labels: barter |
posted by Krista at 7:18 AM
I think you should pursue the idea of a local barter network. That sounds fantastic.