Payment In Kind

I'm sure we've all seen, or at least heard of, those "confessions of a ..." films from the 1970's. I have no idea if there was one for debt collectors but a question i get asked farily often is:
"Do you get offered payment in kind"? And in Norfolk the answer is a resounding "Yes". But this is Norfolk remember, I had a call in a rural location and went through the visit as normal. The customer explained that they had no money, but would i like ..... 5 Calves!
I'm not sure if this counts as the payment in kind that gets asked about, but it would have been hell trying to bank it.