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Best Results From Bartering Computer Services?

Posted by simoniker on from the money-for-nothing dept.

silicon not in the v writes "Last night I was over at some friends' house. They had cable modem with no firewall and tons of spyware, etc. on their system. They complained about all the popups and how bad it was that they were afraid to let their kids on the computer, so I set them up with ZoneAlarm, Ad Aware, and Firefox to get it cleaned up. In return, the husband, who is a chiropractor, gave my wife and I a free adjustment. What other interesting services or benefits have people been able to get by bartering IT/programming services?"

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  1. Blow Job by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Pareto Optimal!

  2. Goods ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Beer is a common one..

  3. computer fixing time in exchange for... by ultimind · · Score: 0, Redundant

    sex....and lots of it

  4. Re:Way back in the early 1990s by croddy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    8086 "XT"

  5. Sucker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    In return, the husband, who is a chiropractor, gave my wife and I a free adjustment.
    I hope you enjoyed your NOTHING, because that is precisely what you got for your work. Maybe next time you can get a witch doctor to rattle some bones and chant some nonsense over you, too.

    (By the way, it should be "my wife and me." You wouldn't say "[he] gave we a free adjustment," would you?)