And the big seller is ...
Kris Rutkowski, owner of Tri City Trading, with employees Luke Mazurczyk and Angel Caraballo.
Kris Rutkowski, owner of Tri City Trading, brought electronics including digital picture frames, big-screen TVs and food scales to trade. What's his most in-demand product?
The GPS.
Barter helps Rutkowski unload old models and display merchandise to make room for his store's new wares. In addition to trading for advertising space in the local weekly paper, he's been able to barter for orthodontics for his wife.
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