Posted on 03/17/2015 4:26:23 PM PDT by Kartographer
The items for trade during my SHTF very often changed value, and some of them became unavailable for some period of time, just to suddenly show up again much more expensive.
Yes, situation in the city dictated that, but also people, the black market lords made this happen. The whole situation was always changing where and if you can find what you were looking for.
Some of the items that were circulating in the city were completely new to everyone, one of the reasons was that all sorts of stuff from humanitarian aid was coming to the city through different channels and from all different parts of the world.
Some of those things became popular fast, others remained completely strange for us, but all had some kind of value.
Of course practical things like MRE were very good to have. Some other things like Turkish army crackers (salt cookies, or so called „Turks“) were strange for us. Taste was awkward, thats why they had lower value, but we were starving so of course everyone would eat it and trade it. In one period there were big amounts of some French cigarettes in the city, we called it „black tobacco“.
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Take my wife.......PLEASE.
Got 3 pounds of cut tobacco, 4 boxes of tubes, and a sturdy rolling machine. Also have enough fixings for about 25 gallons of beer.
We are going to be rich.
L
I can only imagine what will happen when the EBT cards stop working.
That was to get me through mid-year this year. It might, since I've been sick.
3 lbs is nothing, nor is 25 gallons. ;)
You need to think bigger. Hundreds of pounds, thousands of gallons. Look at sales numbers for shops in the mid 1800s. ;)
/johnny
I would think bacon would always be good to have.
Show off.
Hope you’re on the mend.
Best,
L
Yes Foreskin of the Gods
From reading past articles you've posted from this site, I remember someone had a supply of butane cylinders for refilling disposable lighters. They had a repeat business. This would be an item that would have long term storage life.
What will you do for grain? Yeast? Hops can be grown. ..extract maybe?
I have fixtures for refilling the small (green) Coleman butane bottles that clearly say not refillable.
clearly say not refillable
I can grow food, sew on a button, shoot a Zombie, dress & stitch a wound (but NOT for Zombies!), bake bread from scratch (even over an open fire!) hunt and fish.
It’s going to be Good to be The Queen! :)
P.S. I still have my P-38 and my entrenching tool, so I’m good. If you’re military, you’ll know what those are and their value in a crisis.
My barter buckets include, but are not limited to:
Sugar packets
Coffee & Tea
Dry Milk
Oatmeal
Rice
Cocoa Powder
Everything is measured and vacuum sealed, and in a pinch, can be stuffed into BOBs.
That P-38 was a heck of a warplane. It could come in handy dealing with zombies. LOL.
LOL! I still have a scar on one of my boobs from wearing it on my dog tag chain and hitting the dirt, HARD, one day.
Still...it was worth it. :)
Tease....
Call me what you will - I am NOT sharing my Battle Scar, LOL!
Actually, I got off damn LUCKY as that was the only ‘injury’ sustained in 20 years. But, of course, I have the requisite bad feet and lower back pain that any Vet has. ;)
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