Barter system booms in Colorado
Unemployed since November, Eugene Sobczak wanted nothing more than to aid another cash-strapped soul, gratis, when he read the online ad asking for help attaching a car bumper.
Instead, he got an unexpected lesson in barter, that most basic form of exchange that has gained renewed popularity in a down economy — and forged friendships along the way.
Ryan Lee, who was laid off late last year, had bought his new bumper online after an accident and was grateful for Sobczak's help. But he wasn't looking to get something for nothing.
The two men got to chatting.
"That's when I found out he was an artist," said Sobczak, 41, a former telecommunications worker from Broomfield. "I had need of a good painting or two." Full Story
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