From swapping baseball cards to trading the island of Manhattan for beads, bartering is an age old way of making deals without cash. In a down economy, bartering is making a huge comeback. It’s a way to get things you want and build your business at the same time.

It’s a wide open market,” says Ken Meharg who runs New England Trade, a formal business-to-business bargain exchange in Malden. Unlike individuals who trade goods or services one-on-one, in New England Trade, you accumulate points when someone uses your service and you can spend those points with any other business in the exchange, not just the one that used your services. See full story and Video at WBZ TV 4 web site

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