The Beauty of Barter

“Got my oil changed yesterday and asked the mechanic to flush the radiator (jeeps been running hot,I thought there may be a blockage in the coils). He called me at home and told me my radiator fins were shot (no flush needed).I got the oil changed and as I paid I let him know that I was am an electrician and if he needed his shop worked on I live two blocks away and work on similar stuff quite often. He mentioned a bad sign outside. I told him to call me when he wanted it fixed. I then offered to trade the repair (minus parts) for mechanical work (I lack a garage so car repairs suck in the winter). He said we'll see.

Today I bought a new radiator for $100 and called the shop. I offered to repair his sign for free if he does the radiator for free. He said no problem, so I am without car till tomorrow afternoon but it only costs me parts! I hope I can swing deals like this in the future. I'd much rather do electrical work then mechanical.
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“Who runs barter town?? WHO RUNS BARTER TOWN??!! Cant beat that deal with a shtick!!”

“I smell pig manure.

Good deal, birch.”

“The job took me 1hour tonite, my car is homeYIPPEE!

I will be fixing two more signs and he is gonna swap out my trans and differential in our 85 VW camperbus plus replace the oil filler tube (I provide parts) another free deal!

The best part is that my jeep is old, its 12 with 121k and I hate to sink money into it. I should be good for a few more years.”

“And it's all tax free too! In South Carolina that's 5 percent right off the top.
It's why I buy a lot of my stuff over the internet. Hate taxes.”

“I remember this whore house in Japan, back in the early 60's....”

“SH, its 6% here...

Nimblefoot, if I ever get desperate enough to trade sex for a radiator with my mechanic...shoot me.”

“I think Sass has that covered, birch...”

“The shooting you part, I mean...”

“LMAO bit!”

“a Mad Max reference, how sly!”