Greeks embrace bartering to survive economic collapse — and soon, you will too

PersonalLiberty.com ^ | 23SEP2015 | Sam Rolley

[SaveFerris]

I see at least 5 bags of flour and I wonder if that’s yeast in the other container?

Looks like a senior citizen basically living on bread they’re baking. Or should I say, they’re stocking up on flour.

[Kartographer]

Preppers PING!!

Hat tip to PROCON for the heads up.

[grumpygresh]

That’s why the Christian remnant needs to stick together and barter AND avoid the chip.

[JRandomFreeper]

When things go really, really, really bad

Sometimes things just go really bad or bad at the personal level.

It isn't always the worst case scenario.

To plan like it will be is to miss planning on stuff like I'm running into now.

My 'bad' is a personal level thing. It doesn't involve large groups of people.

/johnny

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Booze, cigarettes and sex work the best, LOL!

(Not that I’d know ANYTHING about that!)

I will share that when I was Section Sergeant back in the day, I kept a footlocker filled with things my guys were not supposed to have; girly & car magazines, candy, snacks, etc. I also made sure they ALWAYS had hot water for shaving and showers when we were in the field.

I never dug a foxhole after that, LOL! A little bit of forbidden fruit goes a LONG way! ;)

[Tax-chick]

I understand what you mean.

I was looking back in my journal recently and saw a note about your diagnosis, and that you’d said your prognosis was “weeks to live.” It’s been more than seven months since that date.

I still remember to pray for you!

[JRandomFreeper]

Yep. Fighting and being prepared has made fools out of the doctors. Months. Not weeks.

It's up to God, not the docs.

That's my first prep. With God. The other preps are just a benefit.

/johnny

[NTHockey]

Sounds like an opportunity for an entrepreneur to start an exchange mechanism NOW for the internet, with off-line back ups if internet is gone.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I watched this video about the collapse of the Argentinian economy and they finally have resorted to creating bartering co-ops.

It’s almost an hour long, but worth the time to watch and learn from. You will see this happen in the USA.

Argentina’s Financial Meltdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCxbIjYTFQA

[Blueflag]

One of the frequently cited prepper dilemmas is “charity”.

Putting up a sign that states “no charity; barter only” puts a usable line in the sand.

[bgill]

tradepoint = bitcoin?

[bgill]

I’ll take any gold and silver coins you’re wanting to throw out.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Don’t know.

[bgill]

Trade magazines have been around for decades. Radio stations here announce free for the taking or trade items on Saturday mornings.

[bgill]

Make a homemade solar oven or buy one to save on those bbq supplies.

[bgill]

Instead of merely stealing your wallet, obey’s sons will be stealing your hand.

[bgill]

The younger crowd who have no clue how to cook or basic life skills will be more traumatized than older folks. Had a distant married cousin who called home because they were starving but when his mama got there, they had a whole chicken in the fridge.

[bgill]

Prayers and hugs to you.

[bgill]

It sounds similar and we all know how bitcoin turned out.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The one major dif between bartering and bitcoin is that bartering isn’t virtual!