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A tattoo artist in Waterbury Connecticut likes cash and credit cards as payment for his work, but he'll take your PlayStation 3 and other cool items in exchange. Blame it on the recession, but Jay Moynahan, owner of Foundation of Youth at the Brass Mill Center mall in Waterbury is willing to barter with those customers who are cash strapped and hungry for some piercings or tattoos.Moynahan calls tattoos and piercings luxury services, meaning that they are the first activities that people can do without during particularly rough financial times.

With a bad economy and a 30 percent drop in sales he'll take items that he finds useful or entertaining. Moynahan started doing this by advertising on Craigslist.org six months ago with an ad asking people to e-mail him about alternative payment methods. Some of the items he's accepted include collectors' items, Magic: The Gathering cards, toys, studio headphones, a bass guitar and amplifier, Guitar Hero and other electronic equipment. Sometimes, when he can't afford to pay the other artists he employs, he'll pay them in the goods he's bartered for like an Xbox 360 or a pair of sneakers.

Moynahan says that he subtracts the value of an item from the cost of the work - with the average tattoo costing right around $150. While he admits that he isn't getting rich by doing this, it does provide his business with a good reputation and gives him repeat customers. If anything it keeps him from spending his cold hard cash on luxury items.

One thing he isn't doing with the items he's bartered for is reselling them. After all, he runs a tattoo parlor, not a pawn shop.

Source: [URL=http://www.woodtv.com]AP via WOOD TV[/URL]

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