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Wanted: 100 bottles of champagne
Offered: Power Plate machine, unused, never tested, plus plastic abdominizer, Supermodel Stepper, and Get Fit In Three Days! DVD with skipping rope and book
Barterer: BeckyB
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Wanted: firework display (spelling out ‘Happy Birthday Luke’ at the end)
Offered: Original Art Deco cocktail cabinet, from Manhattan antique shop, cocktail shakers included
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CENTRAL DEPARTMENTAL UNIT
FOR MONETARY POLICY
5th Floor
180 Whitehall Place
London SW1
Ms Rebecca Brandon
The Pines
43 Elton Road
Oxshott
Surrey
10 February 2006
Dear Rebecca
Thank you for your letter of 8 February, and for all your suggestions.
Bartering is certainly one idea to aid the economy. However, I am not sure how practical it would be for the Chancellor to barter ‘some old stuff in museums that we don’t need’ for ‘loads of French cheeses that we could all share out’. I also fear it would be unfeasible to barter ‘a minor member of the Royal Family’ with the USA, in return for ‘enough J Crew clothes for everyone’.
Nevertheless I thank you for your continuing interest in our economy.
‘Bex, I love it!’ Suze comes clattering down the stairs, her face bright. ‘It’s so light! And the upstairs is massive! All those bedrooms! They seem to come out of nowhere!’
‘It’s incredible, isn’t it?’ I beam proudly.
‘It just shows what architects can do.’ She shakes her head wonderingly. ‘And no glitches? No problems?’
Poor Suze has heard the saga of every other house we’ve tried to buy.
‘Nothing! We’re exchanging next week and completing two weeks after that. We’ve booked the van and everything.’ I beam at Suze. ‘This one is meant to be.’