What have you been Paid with for a Reading?

I was inspired by
Fateladys thread here http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=127735
to create a new thread..
by a few comments in there re what people have been paid with for a reading.. quite funny some.

What have you been paid with ( Other than money ) for a Reading?

I have been given Material to sew tarot bags with..
a Yummy Home Made Cake.
a Pot plant
OH and shouted a few of my favourite beverages
candles
Tea

edited: coz i just remembered one lady bought me a lovely deck of inspiration cards for a reading i did for her..


what have you been paid with?

Like the Crowned one - eggs. From my own chooks that I gave to my sister-in-law when I relocated.

Money, usually. Often in big notes that I find embarrassing when I don't have sufficient change due to being as poor-arse.

Swapsies (exchanged readings).

A white linen ritual robe hand-made for me (and with the sleeves all wrong and uncomfortable, unfortunately).

Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene".

A tank full of petrol.

A serious discount on mechanical work that I had already had done - I was there to pick up my car when he asked me to pull out a few cards on something.

Smiles and love and appreciation (I subscribe to Granny Weatherwax's views in "Witches Abroad: she sometimes got paid in cash, which could be handy, but sometimes she even got paid in respect, which was Hard Currency!)

I sometimes discount seriously for referrals, so I suppose that means a referred friend is a part-payment.

good idea for a thread DB!

Cake
Coffee
Coffee beans
Tickets
Dinner
wine
Drinks in a pub
Astrology reading
Palmistry reading

Reoccuring theme is obviously food! am sure there are others but i cant remember at the moment. obviously now i charge for readings i still get gifts as tips sometimes, but the gifts listed above were instead of monetry payment

A latte! And my goodness, I could have used two by the time I was finished with her.... oof

When I read palms at local fairs (which I haven't done for a few years now) I used to get paid in the strangest exchanges... peppermint hand balm, pottery, scented bath goodies, bracelets & necklaces, trinkets galore... gawd... I can't even remember all of it, honestly.

Just recently, I had a client try to give me a mink stole that had belonged to her mother... beautiful vintage fur from the 50s. But I refused it. I told her it was part of her mother's legacy and should stay with her. "But I'll never wear it!" the client declared, but I still didn't leave with it.

Maybe I was having a 4 of cups moment, but as much as I WANTED to take that piece, I just felt funny having something that was so valuable given to me and NOT belong to someone in my family. But then I wonder if I was acting 6 of pentacles reversed, and by refusing to take it, I had denied her good karma/right dharma in the act of giving it to me when she didn't like it nor want it (and she had a terrible relationship with her mother as well).

...It was a pretty champagne mink stole, though. With a rhinestone clasp. Gorgey.

The last guy I read for traded me moving some furniture and building some IKEA kitchen chairs for a reading. It was SO worth it to me.

Two weeks ago, I received a shark tooth.

Alissa said:

But then I wonder if I was acting 6 of pentacles reversed, and by refusing to take it, I had denied her good karma/right dharma in the act of giving it to me when she didn't like it nor want it (and she had a terrible relationship with her mother as well).

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She may have been looking for a chance to get rid of it without actually binning it ...

I'm getting tamales for an appointment next Friday

Sheri

Let's see instead of money...a free mani and pedi for me and Honey~Bee (which we really enjoyed) before we left I felt like I had read for almost the whole shop, except for one who was afraid to see her future lol.


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