How hard are barter accounts? Everyone I speak with tell me to stay clear of barter accounts.

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Hahah wayyyy back big agencies used to do it more. I heard one story wayyyy back from the 60s where Y&R did some ads for an electric heater and got paid in heaters — apparently they stored 1000s of them in the basement while some poor account person tried to sell them off to department stores

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What’s a barter account?

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Or golf tickets/country club passes. Legit was one account I worked on early in my career.

Yeah, I once got paid in trident layers.

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Stay clear of barter accounts

Think it depends on the account. Getting a bonus in jewelry was cool but not so much for a CrossFit gym membership.

Barter you mean like corporate trade agencies in the holdcos? Steer clear. Sweatshops:

Clients are still doing that? Gross.

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