I have a friend that runs a web site that sells [widgets]. It is fairly successful in that she now no longer has to do web site design and can just sell stuff on her website. Did I mention she just bought a new house? Yeah she is Doing Just Fine, Thank You.
Sometimes she sends me email she gets from customers and visitors. This came in today.
(Potentially identifying info has been [redacted])
name: [name]
comments: I am needing approx. 500 [widgets] with […]. I’m looking for a website business that would like to barter. I’ll offer 1 year free advertising on my website in exchange for 500 [widgets]. Please let me know if you are interested. [name], site owner of www.[…].com
I had several suggestions on how she might handle this (naturally)
Post this on craigslist under Items Wanted, the title will be “A Clue”
Or..
Thank you for your lovely offer but unfortunately ad space on a web
site will not help feed me and my elderly mother.However if you want to send me the equivalent in dog food I would be
happy to reconsider your offer.Sincerely
[name]
VP Customer Service
I lurves me some teh intarwebs snark.
Backstory: She has two dogs and her elderly mother living with her. Mentioning the dogs would probably kill the joke. But then like Fred Winston says, “it ain’t funny if you have to explain it.”