The Savvy Barterer--References, Skills, and Tools for TEOTWAWKI Barter

[k0xxx]

This is an interesting article from SurvivalBlog on Bartering. It's intended as a post SHTF article, but there is a lot that can be learned for bartering everyday. I enjoyed it and thought that I would pass it along.

The Savvy Barterer--References, Skills, and Tools for TEOTWAWKI Barter

 

[meriruka]

Thanks for the article.....it was interesting. I peeked at the "what goods to have on hand for barter" and most of it doesn't match my mental list......I guess I think in terms of food too much.

My neighbors have all the tools & skills, but I have chickens, turkeys, seeds, spices, soap, pickling salt, yeast, etc.

 

[Mackay]

Yeast? How do you store yeast?

 

[framing fowl]

Thanks KOxxx! Very good information! My FIL is a master barterer and would have loved life as a gypsy and DH learned well. Very fun to watch in action. I would agree with the article that one of the best tools is "the pause". Very hard to do because most people (including me) want to fill that void. The other thing they both do is ask a lot of questions. You never know what interesting information might pop up.

 

[meriruka]

Yeast? How do you store yeast?

In vacuum sealed bags in the freezer.

 

[On Our own]

Yeast? How do you store yeast?

In vacuum sealed bags in the freezer.

Yeast actually stores fairly well for a decent amount of time outside a freezer if it remains sealed.

 

[On Our own]

My friends who went through the collapse in Iceland said booze, cigarettes and feminine hygiene supplies.

The government did not collapse completely so basic services were still available but the money was pretty much useless and these items bartered well for food.

 

[Wifezilla]

Thanks for that real-life example

 

[freemotion]

Thanks for that real-life example

Such a short answer? Off to Costco?

 

[BoboHobo]

My friends who went through the collapse in Iceland said booze, cigarettes and feminine hygiene supplies.

The government did not collapse completely so basic services were still available but the money was pretty much useless and these items bartered well for food.

I like to hear about people's' first-hand experience with a financial collapse, I feel that their information is invaluable.

There is a book on the economic collapse in Argentina called:
the modern survivor manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse
based on the first-hand experience of the 2001 economic collapse in Argentina.
The author's name is Fernando "Ferfal" Aguirre

He just talks first-handedly of what he experienced in Argentina and how he dealt with it all.
giving examples of security, self defense skills, your finances, mentality, and what to expect during and after the economic collapse etc...
Excellent!
I hope to find more books and articles similar to this one.