Hey, wanna trade? (Hawaii's barter exchange firms)

From: Hawaii Business | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: Torres-Kitamura, Maria | Copyright information

Some Hawaii businesses are discovering that barter exchange companies offer a good way to get what they want - without paying for it.

Don Razor's teeth got him into barter. Four years ago, the owner of Alexander's Fish & Chips in Kihei needed dental work but didn't have insurance. His dentist, Gary Ault, happened to moonlight as a broker for Business Exchange International a national barter exchange company Ault convinced Razor to join BXI-Hawaii and Razor began exchanging m...

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