Client paid in tamales and I actually came out ahead

So I do freelance bookkeeping on the side and one client in the South Valley offered to pay my $150 invoice with a dozen homemade tamales. I laughed but said sure since they were a regular. Those tamales were incredible, way better than any payment I got from QuickBooks invoices. The next month they paid cash but also threw in a bag of red chile powder. Now I'm wondering if I should start accepting local goods as partial payment for smaller jobs. Anyone else trade services for food or weird barter deals around ABQ?

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adam41415d ago

Started noticing how the whole city runs on this sort of under the table currency... trades, favors, goods. It's like a secret economy that works way better than the official one sometimes.