March 6, 2009

Is bartering coming back?

It seems that sometimes the old way are best, especially in times like we are living in today with people worried about their futures and hardly anyone trusting the banking system, the 21st century has let many people down and perhaps it is time to change.

These changes are already taking place in certain parts of the UK and even on a global scale, bartering is making a comeback and one way of gauging this is to simply check out the bartering section on Craig’s List.

This section has seen postings for these services more than double.

People are offering services instead of cash for things that they want. The principle is quite interesting but there could be problems down the line should things go wrong. However, when worked under guidelines there is no reason why this could not work for some people.

Source [Consumerist]