How My Mom Used Barter with Our Librarian
 

Thanks Dien,

My Mother used to take us 3 boys to the library regularly.

She took the Unsmiling lady at the desk
bags of Squash or tomatoes or potatoes or Beans.

Then.

When one of us LOST a Book for a few months.

And we Should have had to pay a big Penalty.

This GRIM LOOKING Lady would Smile and say, "Forget it."

We must have saved 100's of dollars in Late
fees like this.

Thanks,
Glenn

Re: How A Sailor Barters for 100 Free Meals a Year
 

Thanks again, Glenn!

There's a million dollars worth of information in your case studies!

Stories can be extremely valuable... People are bored, and want entertainment...

Of course, if you combine stories with "how to" information - like Glenn does - it's even more valuable!

The way I see it... Why are all the great religious texts of the world (including the Bible) full of stories? It's because stories work, and people love them...!

Thanks Glenn!

Best wishes,

Dien

How #1 Realtor in 5 States BARTERS for Dozens of Leads
 

Thanks Dien,

Ok.

I interviewed this guy who Claims to Be Outselling all other Realtors
anywhere near Colorado.

Is he Bragging?

You be the Judge.

1st - He sells a couple a multi-Million dollar home.

2nd - He calls up and Asks Permission to Visit Them
And Bring Food to Celebrate Their New DREAM HOME.

3rd - He Shows up with a NEW WEBER GRILL
and a Steaks and All the Trimmings. Their Favorite foods. And Cooks them a meal.

4th - After He GIFTS them the New GRILL he asks, "Who do you know
who is Equal to or Better Than you are - who is a Prospect for me?

AND - asks them to go thru their Cell Phone Rolodex
to Trigger names - and get specific phone #'s.

WooHoo!

He says he gets DOUBLE DIGITS - often SCORES of Referrals instead of 1 or 2.

And he calls the couple over
the next week to get Personal
Introductions to each of
their Referrals.

NO COLD CALLS.

Thanks,
Glenn

Bible Barter to Impress A Girl
 

Thanks Dien,

Got a Phone call from Frank.

Frank is a college student who goes to Church Religiously.

Frank says, "The Minister at Church Had the Youth Group Giving Away Bibles
at Red Lights This past Friday Night. The One who gives away the most
Bibles to passing motorists Gets Dinner For 2 At a Fancy Local Dinner Theater & Restaurant."

We Interrupted.

"Let me Guess. When you try to give the passenger or driver in the car
a Bible - they Look away. Or Shake their heads "No".

Frank Sounds Surprised. "Yeah, how did you know?

(Frank can't see but I'm rolling my eyes.)

Frank again. "You helped me sell my Bee Keeping website. So I thought
You might be able to help me win the contest too."

We Ask, "Ok to Ask a Couple Questions?"

"Sure," Frank says.

QUESTION #1 - How much are these tickets if you have to pay cash?

Answer - "$175.00 Plus tip plus Parking plus Gas.

Ok.

QUESTION #2 - "Who is winning the Contest so far? And How Many Bibles
do you have to give away to WIN?

Turns out a GIRL is winning.

One More Night and The Contest Ends.
Tonight is it.
Saturday night.

And Frank Figures if he can give away 50 Bibles
he will win by a Big Margin.

"Last Question," I say. "Who's the girl you are trying to impress?

Frank Stammers for a while.

Me - "Ok, Ok. None of my Business. Just Checking why you are out at Night Torturing yourself like this."

BIG BREATH -

"Alright.

"I can Guarantee You Will Win. I've coached Girl Scouts and Car Wash
fundraising groups to get Cars to Stop. Get a pen and paper.

"Instead of Scaring People in Cars
by coming at them waving a Bible
Like a Crazed Terrorist.

"We're going to BARTER Something We KNOW They WANT
with these total
Strangers - At Night - Thru the Glass
of their Car Windows."

"Step I - Buy 50 Scratch off 1.00 LOTTO tickets.

"Step II - Walk up to Cars at Stop Signs and HOLD a LOTTO ticket up
to their window.

"Step III - Make The Window Crank Motion with your hand.

"Step IV - Smile and Say, "I'm trying to Impress a girl by winning a contest
to give away the most Bibles. I'll Give you this LOTTO ticket if you take a Bible
too.

"Step V - The guy or girl will LAUGH. And Take Your LOTTO ticket
and Bible. And most will WISH YOU LUCK."

Wanna Guess What Happened?

Frank gave away so many Bibles
that the Minister Ran Out And WON The Contest and the Girl.

(EDITORS NOTE - I Did Caution Frank Not To Tell Anyone
His Barter Secret. Most Ministers and Priests Don't realize the Bible is full of
Barter stories. AND HAVE NO SENSE of HUMOR.)

Thanks,
Glenn

P.S. - DO ME a Favor Please?

Go to The BannedBarter.com site - where we have almost 50
Barter Stories like this one.

CLICK on the Colorful BAR CHART.

And Give Us Your OPINION on Which Category
You Want US to FOCUS on 1st and ADD More Barter Stories to.

P.P.S. - IGNORE the previous VOTES. The Website Broke
and we couldn't Track very Accurately.

Test - Test - Test.

THANK YOU.

How Randy Breaks MENS SUIT Sales Record in 60 Days
 

Thanks Gordon,

My friend Randy took psychology in College
and it shows.

After 2 Tours in Iraq Randy needed a Job.

He walked into Saks and told the Personnel
Director he had "Experience" in Selling mens
Suits - in Europe.

And Explained he needed a job after
Serving in Iraq.

She said, "Ok, We'll give you a try out."

CHALLENGE #1 - The Long Time Suit Salesman had His Face
and Awards for Most Suit Sales in a Month - on the wall.

And put Randy in Charge of The Big & Tall Dept - way way in the back -
away all the customers And Far from the
Entrance Door to the Store.

CHALLENGE #2 - Randy had spent an afternoon helping a buddy
in his Fathers Haberdashery - Suit Shop in Paris. So he really didn't
have a Clue what to do. (But he knew people & Sales.)

CHALLENGE #3 - Randy didn't have any Munny. HE had to sell suits
to eat. And do it fast. So he Used BARTER.

Randy hunted around the store.

Talking to long time employees and managers and
Found the BluePrints for the entire store. Which included a little
Map - you could fit on a 8 by 10 page.

Randy walked thru the Entire SAKS store. Figuring out
where each Dept is. And what they sell.

Then Entered the info on the back of his map.
And made 100 Copies!

(Give away a Map - and sell a Suit.)

Randy told me, "While my ENEMY was helping other patrons, I waited by the
Entrance Store door."

"When people came thru the door I said, "Hello, I am Your Saks Store TOUR
GUIDE! What are you looking for? I've got a Store Map here. And
I've memorized the entire store. I can help."

"WHILE We Were Talking.

"AFTER I Gave Them a Saks Store Map.

"While We Were Laughing together.

"I mentioned that I ALSO Sold Mens Suits. And Asked Women if anyone
in their family needed a FRIEND to help them Find Some New Suits."

Randy said, "It was as IF The FLOOD Gates Opened. I discovered The Women,
The Wife did all the clothes Shopping. Were DESPERATE to get their
Husbands and Boyfriends who HATE SHOPPING - to up-grade their
wardrobe.

These LADIES WHO GOT a Store Map (And Randy's Card.)
came back with 1, 2, 3 or more MEN - and they ALL got suits from Randy.

Randy passed His ENEMY in Suit Sales.
Got HIS Face on The Placque on the wall.

FUNNY END to the Story.

Randy's ENEMY and BOSS in the suit Dept - Saw he was Hanging out
at the front door.

TOOK Over that door position.

But He Got in Their Face & Made Everybody MAD -
And Randy - Going with PLAN B -
By the Escalator - was able to Say,

"I'm Not Like THAT GUY. I'm Here to HELP. Here's a STORE Map. Whatcha
Looking for?"

Result?

Randy sold even more suits than BEFORE
when he hung out at the front door!

Thanks,
Glenn

P.S. - 49 More FUNNY Stories Like this one - at www.BannedBarter.com

Re: How a 4-Color Printer Bartered for Referrals w/His Paper Supplier
 

Thanks Glenn...

I know your approach is ingenious at generating referrals!

And of course, referrals are the life-blood of many businesses... With them, they can grow faster... Without them, they could wither and die...

What Glenn is showing us here is potentially worth a mint...!

Thank you for sharing it, Glenn! :)

I still highly recommend Glenn's websites... :)

Best wishes,

Dien

Beauty Parlor Website Customer Barter Story
 

Thanks Dien,

Beauty Parlor
WebSite Referrals
Barter

My friend liked to get a blow-dry and manicure at a particular beauty salon.

She dragged me in there one day and it became apparent I'd been set up to redo
a website for the owner.

The last webguy had run off with the passwords and the code and done an awful job.

I didn't mind, so as a favour to my friend I said I would do it, no problem.

The lady was all happy and wanted to know how much to pay me. I said, nothing,
just do my friends treatments for free for a few months.

Turned out to be a good decision because,
her customers all wanted to know who had done the artwork and I got a lot of
people wanting stuff done.

Kelly

3 skunks free, you trap and remove - CraigsList Barter Deal Begins
 

Thanks Gordon,

You Barter or do Chatteling on Craigslist.

So you will get a LAUGH about this Barter Beginning.

ONE - I made a Bribe offer to my list - ASKED them to Vote
on which NICHE at BannedBarter.com - they LIKED BEST.

"CraigsList Barter" Got 5X More Votes than any other.

So.

I was running my eyes down the F_R_E_E Section of CraigsList
near me.

Found this Item:

---------------
"3 skunks free, you trap and remove"
---------------

LARRY HAS a Problem.

The STINKIER his PAIN the Better for any Barter deal.

HERE's
What
We've
Done so far...

I Called - Got VM and hung up. (I want him to Write me so I can Share.)

Then Emailed Larry with a note...

"Hey Larry,

"Your Craigslist Posting brought back memories.

"A - As a Kid We used Humane Wire traps to catch Raccoons and Groundhogs
that are eating our corn. Drove them far away.

"B - We Caught a Skunk. My 2 Brothers wouldn't Get involved for fear of
getting SKUNK SPRAYED.

"C - But I figured a way to get the door open - safely.

"And had to come up with 2 OTHER Strategies too.

"Skunks seem to love Apples.

"We caught THREE skunks. Each with a different Personality.
So
the same trick wouldn't work twice.

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FINALLY - I told Larry - "You are 50 Miles away from me.

"How BAD a Problem are your 3 Skunks?

(I mentioned that usually skunks are GOOD to have around - they dig out
and eat Yellow Jacket nests in the ground.)

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BARTER ACTION PLAN -

NOW we wait to see what Larry says.

I - How Badly does he want his skunks gone?

II - What is he willing to pay me to come catch his skunks?

III - Will he PAY cash?

IV - What does he have to Barter?

V - Can I just TEACH him what to do and still get Paid?

Dunno yet.

BUT.

Unless Larry is a JOKER and CraigsList Clown. HE HAS A BAD SKUNK problem
to risk Getting made fun of on CraigsList by all his friends.

Thanks,
Glenn Osborn
Farm Boy and Skunk Wrangler

P.S. - YIKES - This will Definitely go in the WEIRD Barter Category
at our BannedBarter.com - site - if we do a deal.

We are Up to 50 --- 1-of-a-kind Barter Stories from all over the world
already.

Glenn... Your Mom was one smart cookie! :)
 

Hi Glenn,

It does take a different kind of thinking to be an entrepreneur!

Imagine how great the country would be if even more people learned entrepreneurship!

Your Mom was one smart cookie (pardon the pun)!

What an ingenious way to fill her classes... I can see now a little bit where you get some of your own ingenuity from...!

Thanks Glenn... I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and the profound lesson too! :)

Best wishes,

Dien

Why if I'm not careful, I may have to run around buck naked...
 

Thanks Glenn!

Great story!

You know... I'm like those men in your story! I hate clothes shopping...

My "gal" buys almost all of my clothes... She likes to joke that if we ever split up, she'd take back all those clothes she bought for me... and I wouldn't have anything left to wear!

(Except maybe my belt... I think I bought my own belt!)

The sad thing is - she's probably right! That's why I work on making sure she's happy... I don't want to have to run around town in my "birthday suit!"

Thanks Glenn... Awesome story and lesson, as usual... :)

Best wishes!

Dien