From: Jeanne bAisthorpe/b-Smith -- Jun 07, 2009. I love the barter system.....and do it as often as I can. My neighbour swaps garden weeding with me for the loan of my car on occasion. And I swapped a couple of paintings for an above ground 24 ' pool with b..../b The next day he said he had run out of money but still had credit at the bhotel/b. We had many drinks and a nice meal as well so I threw in another painting. Then we had a few more drinks and I gave him everything I had. ...