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Coffee. Lots of addicts out there.
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THAT is a great idea!!!

But how would you sell it? A heaping teaspoon if instant coffee poured into a plastic baggie?

Plastic baggies might be where it's at! How do you divide any commodity without baggies?

I'm off to the store to buy baggies banana2
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In a SHTF scenario or 'Post Collapse" scenario.... Bartering will NOT be necessary.

Why? Because people will TAKE your stuff (by force if necessary) and not think twice.

I've lived a homeless life and learned quite a few street 'survival' skills that has nothing to do with food/supplies and everything to do with just staying ALIVE!

HINT: People Suck and are out for #1 ONLY! DON'T TRUST ANYONE! NO ONE IS YOUR FRIEND! Learn these two principles and you just may survive a SHTF scenario.

Learn 'Street Survival' and you might make it.

Learn to live with no food/shelter/water for days on end and also, where to find food/shelter/water (think outside the box.) SAFETY is your biggest concern.

Learn to be a 'Gray Man/Woman' Most homeless have this down to a science!

Google Street Survival Book(s) and get a Hard Copy BEFORE the SHTF!
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Coffee. Lots of addicts out there.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77791377



THAT is a great idea!!!

But how would you sell it? A heaping teaspoon if instant coffee poured into a plastic baggie?

Plastic baggies might be where it's at! How do you divide any commodity without baggies?

I'm off to the store to buy baggies banana2
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78818480


To really preserve it, you should get a vacuum sealer. These days you get can a generic one for $45 and it does the job. I've been vacuuming my supplies lately. Extends the shelf life by years, in some cases, by decades.

With coffee, preserving the flavour is the trick, very important. And you can portion it by like, a cup, or 3tbsp, while vacuum sealing it. Just be sure to sign the baggies.
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Coffee. Lots of addicts out there.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77791377



THAT is a great idea!!!

But how would you sell it? A heaping teaspoon if instant coffee poured into a plastic baggie?

Plastic baggies might be where it's at! How do you divide any commodity without baggies?

I'm off to the store to buy baggies banana2
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78818480


Oh and I was thinking beans or ground coffee, not that instant crap. You will get the most bang for your 'buck' with people who drink real coffee. They're nuts.
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Solar charges to charge people's devices.

The stuff you refill lighters with. You can refill people's lighters.

Salt.

Skills.

Growing herbs is a great idea, and knowing how to preserve them and use them even better. They kill you, they don't know what you know anymore. Your life is a lot more valuable.

Knowing how to use human output for charging or creating electricity will be nice.

Soap will be needed. I know how to make it but only with store bought lye. I need to learn the real from scratch way.

Walmart bags to crap in are nice to have in a not latrine situation.

How to create cordage from things like stinging nettle. Can always find a use for cordage.

Really the best thing you can do is learn skills. You don't know if you're going to have to ditch everything. In that situation you need to be able to offer what you are instead of what you are carrying, for value. And if you're a woman, it's even more important to have value do you aren't raped to death.
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Cross batteries and flashlights off your list man.

Dynamo flashlights. There is not going to be any power grid in a collapse.

Batteries will run out and flashlights will be junk.

There are some good fairly cheap dynamo flashlights out there and they will be priceless post collapse. Get some for yourself and a bunch of extras to trade with.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 48014693


hmm Great points. The dynamos are the squeeze power ones? Brilliant.


I love the Vodka idea: if it’s hopeless just get drunk af lol! Plus it has medical use to clean wounds.


Thanks so much for the input guys and dolls.


Myself I think I’m going to begin learning to sharpen everything from saw blades to curved knives.
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Lets look at VALUE for a moment.

A book of matches is dirt cheap (pennies) right now.

In a SHTF situation I am offering you fire on demand 20 times over.

I'm not going to let that go for nuffinz!
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Agreed! Heck I’d be willing to trade BICs too. Matches will last though. I’m putting those on my list.

cheers
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BTW....if the sun is out you can easily start a fire with a magnifying glass and it will last forever.
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Honey
Coffee
Cocoa powder
Spices
Sea Salt
Hot sauce
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There are still tradeable guns at pawn shops. I picked up a bolt action 12 gauge for $109 this week.
I don't really want it, but the newly arrived lib Michiganders that raise chickens down the road will.
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07/31/2021 10:18 PM
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Folgers instant coffee ...the little packets...match books, lighters ...lighters are at Walmart in a pack of six for $1.97...in the check out ailes...I've got a bunch...tea bags, including medicinal herbal tea like peppermint tea for upset tummy...only a buck for a whole box at Dollar store... chamomile tea too...same place...women's hygiene products will be worth their weight in gold too...condems to prevent v.d. and pregnancy...candles...again...packs at Dollar store...etc etc
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Labour can be bartered too.

Pulling weeds.

Digging holes.

Cooking for large numbers of people.

Sewing/mending.

Minding children.

Motor repair.

Harvesting crops.

Clearing brush.

Cutting hair.

Treating injuries.

Foraging.

Navigation.
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In a SHTF scenario or 'Post Collapse" scenario.... Bartering will NOT be necessary.

Why? Because people will TAKE your stuff (by force if necessary) and not think twice.

I've lived a homeless life and learned quite a few street 'survival' skills that has nothing to do with food/supplies and everything to do with just staying ALIVE!

HINT: People Suck and are out for #1 ONLY! DON'T TRUST ANYONE! NO ONE IS YOUR FRIEND! Learn these two principles and you just may survive a SHTF scenario.

Learn 'Street Survival' and you might make it.

Learn to live with no food/shelter/water for days on end and also, where to find food/shelter/water (think outside the box.) SAFETY is your biggest concern.

Learn to be a 'Gray Man/Woman' Most homeless have this down to a science!

Google Street Survival Book(s) and get a Hard Copy BEFORE the SHTF!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80683520


This is good input here. Honestly I’ve wondered about just these things A LOT.

I’m of the idea that a trader/skills person will need a group of gunmen and a hidden sniper a hundred yards out...

It’s quite a bit to think about.
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07/31/2021 10:32 PM

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Toothbrushes, socks, shoes.

Lots of good ideas here. Thank you, OP!
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07/31/2021 10:36 PM
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Vagina, vagina, vagina.

Get you anything you need. Same as now.
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Cheap work gloves. These will be in high demand very quickly before people can grow calluses and toughen up.
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Coffee. Lots of addicts out there.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77791377



THAT is a great idea!!!

But how would you sell it? A heaping teaspoon if instant coffee poured into a plastic baggie?

Plastic baggies might be where it's at! How do you divide any commodity without baggies?

I'm off to the store to buy baggies banana2
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78818480


Oh no. Get those little instant coffee singles ...one dollar for a whole box of them like I posted...Folgers or nescafe
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This is like the millionth thread I've seen on here like this lol but I've been here twenty years so....this is halfbreedgal.ive prob been prepping since you guys were kids
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Cheap work gloves. These will be in high demand very quickly before people can grow calluses and toughen up.
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Those are at Dollar tree too for a buck
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Lets look at VALUE for a moment.

A book of matches is dirt cheap (pennies) right now.

In a SHTF situation I am offering you fire on demand 20 times over.

I'm not going to let that go for nuffinz!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78818480


Agreed! Heck I’d be willing to trade BICs too. Matches will last though. I’m putting those on my list.

cheers
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BTW....if the sun is out you can easily start a fire with a magnifying glass and it will last forever.
 Quoting: Endtimewatchman10


I have 2 magnifying glasses in my BOB. 1 cheap plastic...I large glass. And a fero rod, and charcloth, and a bic lighter, and dryer lint, and chapstick...
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Toothbrushes, socks, shoes.

Lots of good ideas here. Thank you, OP!
 Quoting: Fluffy Pancakes


Love it!

Shoelaces too :-)

hf
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This is like the millionth thread I've seen on here like this lol but I've been here twenty years so....this is halfbreedgal.ive prob been prepping since you guys were kids
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Then pitch in, you!

whip

chuckle

hf
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In a SHTF scenario or 'Post Collapse" scenario.... Bartering will NOT be necessary.

Why? Because people will TAKE your stuff (by force if necessary) and not think twice.

I've lived a homeless life and learned quite a few street 'survival' skills that has nothing to do with food/supplies and everything to do with just staying ALIVE!

HINT: People Suck and are out for #1 ONLY! DON'T TRUST ANYONE! NO ONE IS YOUR FRIEND! Learn these two principles and you just may survive a SHTF scenario.

Learn 'Street Survival' and you might make it.

Learn to live with no food/shelter/water for days on end and also, where to find food/shelter/water (think outside the box.) SAFETY is your biggest concern.

Learn to be a 'Gray Man/Woman' Most homeless have this down to a science!

Google Street Survival Book(s) and get a Hard Copy BEFORE the SHTF!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80683520


This is good input here. Honestly I’ve wondered about just these things A LOT.

I’m of the idea that a trader/skills person will need a group of gunmen and a hidden sniper a hundred yards out...

It’s quite a bit to think about.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80162448



All true.

All a concern!

Don't dismiss these warnings!
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Bottles of VODKA.......And one pound bags of cigarette tobacco. Trust me...if things get that bad people will start drinking and smoking.
 Quoting: Endtimewatchman10


.
You beat me to it, I was gonna fix ops post with

Cheap vodka

Bags of tobacco

5 packs of rolling papers (115 papers per pack) foe each bag tobacco

.
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A pallet of beenie weenie
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Working on a list of post-collapse barter items

OTC pain killers
Baby wipes
Toilet paper
Feminine products
Cigarettes (not sure)
Whiskey (not sure here either)
Batteries
Lighters
Bandages/Bandaids
Flashlights


Can anyone add to this list? I’m trying to be comprehensive.

Let’s share ideas!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80162448


Stabil gas stabilizer to extend the life of stored gas.
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Working on a list of post-collapse barter items

OTC pain killers
Baby wipes
Toilet paper
Feminine products
Cigarettes (not sure)
Whiskey (not sure here either)
Batteries
Lighters
Bandages/Bandaids
Flashlights


Can anyone add to this list? I’m trying to be comprehensive.

Let’s share ideas!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80162448


Stabil gas stabilizer to extend the life of stored gas.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79470017


Also bar soap. Antibiotics for fish (which also work on people).
Endtimewatchman10

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Bottles of VODKA.......And one pound bags of cigarette tobacco. Trust me...if things get that bad people will start drinking and smoking.
 Quoting: Endtimewatchman10


.
You beat me to it, I was gonna fix ops post with

Cheap vodka

Bags of tobacco

5 packs of rolling papers (115 papers per pack) foe each bag tobacco

.
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LOL. Some things could be worth their weight in gold. And you would be surprised what hungry people would do for a can of beans.
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Yeah first time barter next time they come with shotguns take everything.

Prep what you need and keep it to yourself.
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Yeah first time barter next time they come with shotguns take everything.

Prep what you need and keep it to yourself.
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THIS ^ EXACTLY!





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