Items to stock up on for bartering ?

[presence]

Whadda ya' tell an apartment dweller?

Or even somebody who lives in suburbia?

Q-tips-n-toilet paper........maybe some ramen.

I go back to:

A philips screwdriver, A flathead...

or get the f... off my farm.

 

[tod evans]

I go back to:

A philips screwdriver, A flathead...

Bullets and a way to deliver them.............And friends in the country.

 

[Steven Douglas]

And friends in the country.

That's a must for anyone that doesn't already have land, or family with land, in the country.

 

[puppetmaster]

Whadda ya' tell an apartment dweller?

Or even somebody who lives in suburbia?

Q-tips-n-toilet paper........maybe some ramen.

bulk tobacco.....pipe is ok get the basic (red)

Lots of really good ideas on this thread

 

[Razmear]

I didn't see CB radios listed by anyone, don't expect your cell phones to still work. FMR radios and HAMs will be a good thing to have. Portable shortwave's also.
Bulk tobacco (I get 1 pound bags for $12 here), tubes and a Top-O-Matic and you'll be able to make and trade your own cigs for at least 6 months after the end of the world. After that the tobacco will start to go stale.

Other things I didn't see listed:
55 gallon food safe drums for water storage/collection.
Charcoal for BBQ.
Propane and propane accessories.
A chain saw.
Car batteries, a dozen or more.
Electrical wire (14/2 Romex)

COFFEE and Tea Bags (would just say coffee, but I'm in Sweet Tea land down here.)

 

[Noble Savage]

pot seeds

 

[Anti Federalist]

pot seeds

Did that get Noble Savage banned?

 

[erowe1]

Did that get Noble Savage banned?

I don't usually like prying into why someone got banned. But I hope that's not the reason here.

 

[oyarde]

Did that get Noble Savage banned?

WTH ???

 

[Dr.3D]

Did that get Noble Savage banned?

Seems to be. That was his last post before the ban.
I don't get it though, pot seeds are legal for some folks to own.

 

[presence]

Bullets and a way to deliver them.............And friends in the country.

People always take "bullets and guns" in one of these end of the world as we know it scenarios as a means to defend yourself, steal things, or trade later.... In a barter economy a $1 bullet can turn into 100's of pounds of MEAT. Saving bullets now to trade for toilet paper later is also NOT a barter economy. Economies require production.

Black Bear for dinner last night. Yum. Didn't shoot it. Didn't pay a dime. Swung my hammer; drove some nails. Family fed, freezer full.

 

[phill4paul]

Back to my families roots...

http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/how-to-make-moonshine.html

 

[Henry Rogue]

Toilet paper. Nobody subscribes to Reader's Digest anymore and you can't rip the pages out of an e-book to use instead. Cheap too but can be bulky. Always buy in quantity.

There will be plenty of RFNs to use as toilet paper. Better wash them first. They been handled alot.

 

[oyarde]

I plan to use Hamiltons

 

[Joseph de Maistre]

Bulk pipe tobacco can be bought cheaply and last for a very long time in the right conditions. People who are desperate for cigarettes will settle for pipe tobacco in a barter situation.

The little things that make life more easy to endure: candies, liquor, caffeine (coffee), etc. Assuming you too are not addicted to these items, they might serve you well.

 

[Icymudpuppy]

Toilet Paper.

 

[Suzu]

Batteries, pocket knives, OTC medicines with long shelf lives, foods that never go bad (sugar, vanilla extract, honey, corn starch, hard liquor, corn syrup, maple syrup, distilled white vinegar).

Unrefrigerated maple syrup will go bad if the container has been opened. Cornstarch gets stale and will also cake into a hard mass. Dunno about corn syrup (wouldn't touch with a 10' pole anyhow).

 

[Carlybee]

Dehydrated foods have a longer shelf life than canned goods. Of course you have to be able to boil water. I am getting ready to start ordering some. I already have an small heirloom seed vault and I am getting ready to put together some bugout bags for my family. As for stocking up on things to barter bear in mind transporting those things if you find yourself having to move or become mobile.

 

[Suzu]

rolls of sheet plastic
vasoline
glass jars of olive oil
nylon stockings were in demand during WWII, I hear.


for personal use, clothes and enough spare shoes/boots to last a lifetime, considering all the walking to be doing in the future. Nothing like a good pair of shoes.

What good is vaseline? And who wears nylon stockings anymore? Would I wear them while gardening, or chopping firewood, or fetching water from the spring? Maybe while riding my bike??

I've been stockpiling shoes and clothes from garage sales. Every year I spend about $50 on clothes and I've got enough to fill seven or eight walk-in closets and chests of drawers.

One more thing I think would serve well as a barter item that I haven't seen mentioned so far here is 99.9% copper one-ounce rounds. For most small purchases, there won't be a small enough silver coin.

 

[oyarde]

What good is vaseline? And who wears nylon stockings anymore? Would I wear them while gardening, or chopping firewood, or fetching water from the spring? Maybe while riding my bike??

I've been stockpiling shoes and clothes from garage sales. Every year I spend about $50 on clothes and I've got enough to fill seven or eight walk-in closets and chests of drawers.

One more thing I think would serve well as a barter item that I haven't seen mentioned so far here is 99.9% copper one-ounce rounds. For most small purchases, there won't be a small enough silver coin.

Vaseline is pretty good, cheap and lasting , effective way to treat dry,chapped, windburned, minor burns , abrasions etc etc