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#244085 - 03/30/12 05:04 PM What do you plan to barter?
dweste Offline
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Registered: 02/16/08
Posts: 2463
Loc: Central California
Assuming cash is not available to you or has become relatively useless in your environment, what do you plan to use as trade goods to barter for your needs? Thanks.

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#244091 - 03/30/12 05:48 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: dweste]
Snake_Doctor
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Hopefully i'll have all I need in place when TSHTF. I have a ranch and plan on stock piling long term food, medical supplies etc. But if I MUST trade I would probably do food, animal feed, medical services, clothing etc. Nothing that would weaken my posistion or draw unnecessary attention to us or what we have. Fuel, weapons, ammunition etc would NOT be offered.

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#244097 - 03/30/12 06:33 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: dweste]
ireckon Offline
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Registered: 04/01/10
Posts: 1629
Loc: Northern California
At the current moment, it would be toilet paper, paper towels, and shelter for up to 5 people. By the way, I think it's a tactical error to think you'll have everything and won't need to barter.
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#244101 - 03/30/12 06:53 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: ireckon]
Snake_Doctor
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I agree IRECKON. But I'm trying to look at every possibility and seeking advice. No shelter here. I have ranch hands and a few others. And I don't want people coming on the property and seeing the livestock and gardens etc. In that sitution it would just encourage them to try and take it. I hadn't thought of paper products, Thanks.

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#244102 - 03/30/12 06:58 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: dweste]
ireckon Offline
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Registered: 04/01/10
Posts: 1629
Loc: Northern California
Yeah, good thinking... As for shelter, I was thinking that's only for people I know. Also, no free board, you need to be of value to the group in some way. For example, my brother-in-law would get shelter, no questions asked. He's a general surgeon. If it's mom, then it's mom, enough said. :-)
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#244103 - 03/30/12 07:00 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: NightHiker]
Snake_Doctor
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Good points hiker. I hadn't thought of dollar store items but I had thought of hygiene items. It would be embaressing to get shot with my own reloads or a trade gun.

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#244104 - 03/30/12 07:02 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: dweste]
bws48 Offline
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Registered: 08/18/07
Posts: 831
Loc: Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Laundry Detergent and bars of soap keep a long time in storage. Ditto pager towels, toilet tissue and regular tissues.

These are all relatively cheap, don't go bad in dry storage, and are the type of things you don't appreciate until you don't have them.
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#244105 - 03/30/12 07:04 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: ireckon]
Snake_Doctor
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Very true ireckon. In the zombie series I write to pass time the major has a strict rule for the survivors. No free rides. Everyone works or fights to earn thier keep. A few who have read some of the stories think thats highly unfair. Smh.

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#244107 - 03/30/12 07:21 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: ]
Snake_Doctor
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psstttt! Hey Izzy! Have I ever got a deal for you...

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#244110 - 03/30/12 07:44 PM Re: What do you plan to barter? [Re: dweste]
LesSnyder Offline
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Registered: 07/11/10
Posts: 1680
Loc: New Port Richey, Fla
I have a couple of 100 packs of 2/0 hooks squirreled away that might be used for barter...my protein source is the Gulf of Mexico

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