Debbie Lombardi, president, Barter Business Unlimited, received the International Reciprocal Trade Association’s (IRTA) “Legends Of Barter Award” this past weekend at the barter industry association’s 34th Annual International Convention in Las Vegas, NV. “I’ve been a barter industry professional for over 30 years now and I am still challenged each day by the changing business […]
Can Sue Lowden Overcome the Negative Stigma Attached to Barter?
Sue keeps coming up…over and over…she’s the butt of jokes all over the internet. Even Jay Leno is commenting on the chickens for check ups phenomenon. The question is, can Sue or the barter industry overcome the negative stigma attached to barter? Can we band together and fight the established idea? Can we free barter […]
Student Video Documents Barter
In a student created video “documenting” the barter system, it became apparent to me that we in the barter industry have done a bad job of making ourselves heard in the long view. Chickens for Doctors is one of the headlines that is all over all of the news outlets, and most of the content […]
In Defense of Barter for Medical
The Las Vegas Review-Journal did a fantastic piece defending the use of barter for medical expenses Sunday. Not long ago, Nancy Burton paid for a medical checkup from Dr. Dana Forte by giving the physician tickets to her son Nathan’s comedy magic show at the Flamingo Las Vegas. In other words, patient and doctor engaged […]
Is Sue Lowden Good for the Barter Industry?
I’ve been watching in awe while mainstream media and the blogosphere alike are painting Sue Lowden to be a crazy person. The story? Sue mentioned in a town hall meeting in Nevada that one way to help ease the health care burden would be to barter with doctors. My perception is that she meant to […]
