In September the Consumer Reports expert on tight-wad-ness, Tightwad Tod, wrote about the explosion of business to business barter, mentioning Hudson Barter Exchange by name. In this follow up report, Tod mentions IMS and Hudson Barter. The verdict? Don’t pay cash for Christmas.
Links to the two stories:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/11/bartering-for-holiday-gifts-international-monetary-systems-network-hudson-barter-exchange.html
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/09/bartering-is-on-the-rise-craigslist-hudson-bartering-exchange-international-reciprocal-trade-associa.html?INTKEY=I95EOB0