I saw a timeline that they also published on money and barter but I cannot find it any more. Either way we have considered using them because they seem to know a bit about bartering.

The risks I see with barter exchanges are:
inflation (exchange owners spending barter dollars they dont have)
the wrong mix of members (everyone wanting my product/service but me having nothing to buy)
poor credit control (creating more inflation)

the only reason I liked the Ormita guys was that they let me join and trade but didnt let me sell until I had things to buy. I had ot fill out a buying schedule of everything I currently spent cash on and then they went away and 30 days later they came back with those things and THEN i started buying and selling. The risks seemed lower to me.

I flirted with ITEX and other barter systems but i always ended up selling more than I could ever buy. Like I said – barter can be useful but watch out. I think Ormita don’t consider themselves a “barter” system as such – but more an excess capacity exchange or commodity exchange or something. I heard the sales pitch and the difference was a little outside my scope but maybe its just that the trades take place in a relatively short time (both buy and sell) so Im always close to $0 in my account because i spend everything I earn? Anyway if someone has a copy of their “timeline” of barter I’d be interested in getting one. I know I saw it somewhere on the web from Ormita but I cant seem to locate it again. It would be useful to take another look at.