Originally Posted by jewels443

I've always thought the same and, yes, it can and has been done professionally. I thought it would have caught on with big business and government by now.

When the Ex and I set up our small business, we joined a bartering group. We didn't have much cash to set up and the large companies we needed equipment from were unwilling to barter, but we were able to barter services with insurance companies and smaller suppliers. We met many other small business people who'd had similar experiences. This was about 10 or so years ago, but I can't imagine it's changed all that much since.

It seems to me that this is an idea who's time has come, over and over. What puzzles me is why it hasn't caught fire.