Known in prior years as FREE FOR ALL and BEYOND BARTER
The Los Angeles Skills Pool
Serving L.A. and the World
Services are freely shared--not traded. Each member commits to provide service upon request, up to the weekly maximum she or he stipulated upon joining. There's no maximum applying to services used.
Members offer the full gamut of services: professional, technical, creative, instructional, domestic, and blue-collar. Anything useful is welcome, as long as it's offered without charge of any kind. Out-of-pocket expenses are paid by the receiving member.
Available health-related services include:
acupuncture, massage, hypnotherapy, weight control, natural healing, and electrotherapy. Plus: handyman service, cooking, singing telegrams (accompanied), music lessons, top-level photography, gardening, mediation, academic tutoring in virtually any subject, and hundreds of other free services. New services come on board continually. View more services here.
(A small number of members have their own websites.)
OUR FEE: Your total cost is $59 a year (under five dollars a month), plus a one-time registration fee of $66 per household. The entire initial amount of $125 can be made up easily by two or three services, and is guaranteed for thirty days, so it's risk-free.
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