That sounds strange doesn’t it? Why would I encourage you not to demand your rights? This is America! The land of rights and liberties! Here’s where I am coming from: Your goal with barter partners is to establish and maintain life-long relationships. Generally speaking digging in your heals and demanding your rights is not a good way to encourage that. I want to be my barter partner’s favorite business person. Sometimes…that means overlooking where they may have fallen short of my expectations. Don’t get me wrong here…I’m not advocating that you let yourself be used as a doormat. What I’m saying is that I try to give my barter partners a little extra leeway with how they provide their services. In the long run you more than make up for it simply because you are bartering with them instead of paying cash. That being said, if you just plain get a bad deal, you can’t ignore that. If a serious problem crops up talk to your barter partner and if you can’t work it out take it to your barter exchange (if you used one). Your last resort is court, but I have to tell you that my experience has been that even when you win in court you lose when you consider your time and the chance that you won’t even collect what was awarded. It’s much better to be a little flexible and get most of what you want than to fight tooth and nail for every scrap you deserve and ruin a relationship forever.
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