40 Items to Barter in a Post-Collapse World

[tenzingnorgay]

"Water purification supplies including purification tabs and filters
Hand tools including hatchets, saws, machetes and general fix-it tools
Fire making supplies, including lighters, matches, flint fire steel
Sanitary supplies including toilet paper, feminine products and diapers
Disposable razors and razor blades
Fuel, any and all kinds (gas, diesel, propane, kerosene)
Prescription drugs, painkillers, and antibiotics
First aid remedies such as cough syrup, cortisone cream, boil-ese, calamine lotion and topical pain relievers
Spirits such as bourbon, rum, gin, and vodka
Coffee and tea (instant coffee is okay)
Solar battery charger and rechargeable batteries
Standard Batteries
Reading glasses
Paracord
Bags, including large garbage bags as well as smaller zip-close bags
Plastic sheeting
Duct tape
Tie Wraps
Heavy plastic sheets and tarps
Toiletries including toothpaste, dental floss soaps, shampoo (tip: save those small sized toiletries that are provided by hotels and motels)
Condoms
Latex or Nitrile gloves in a variety of sizes
Hard candy
Fishing supplies
Knives of various types including fixed blades, kitchen knives, and box cutters
Condiments and Spices
Paperback books on a variety of subjects
Tobacco and cigarette rolling supplies
Amusements such as playing cards, crossword puzzle books, Sudoku
Pencils & paper
Pepper spray
Garden seeds
Flashlights
Vinegar and baking soda to use in DIY cleaning supplies
Empty spray bottles and squirt bottles
Hand pumps for both air and liquids
Mylar blankets and tents
Hand warmers
Sewing and mending supplies
Knitting or crochet needles and yarn"

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/08/...-collapse.html

[yingandyang]

regular old beer
marijuana and other non-prescriptions
firearms and munitions
soaps and hand sanitizer
cloths and towels
clothing items
bicycles or other means of transportation
porn
instant meals
gym/sporting goods (ex. barbells, soccer ball, frisbees etc)
small drums and other musical instruments
boxes and other storage containers

[tenzingnorgay]

Marijuana seeds....

[yingandyang]

Poppy seeds
Rubbing alcohol
Livestock such as chickens, pigs, cows, lamb ect
Pots, pans, can openers and other kitchen ware
Plenty of canned food

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by yingandyang

regular old beer
marijuana and other non-prescriptions
firearms and munitions
soaps and hand sanitizer
cloths and towels
clothing items
bicycles or other means of transportation
porn
instant meals
gym/sporting goods (ex. barbells, soccer ball, frisbees etc)
small drums and other musical instruments
boxes and other storage containers

I don't think firearms themselves but ammo of all types yes, need to go thru that some more and see what you missed, I didn't see sugar or flour.

[yingandyang]

Originally Posted by rbl_4nik8r

I don't think firearms themselves but ammo of all types yes, need to go thru that some more and see what you missed, I didn't see sugar or flour.

Maybe something like this instead:

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by yingandyang

Maybe something like this instead:

Yes they work but are not that effective and if thats your only source to kill small game odds are your going hungry more then you would have a full belly.

A .22 rifle with a 1,000 rounds could keep you fed for over a year, add in a shotgun with SLUGS, 00 or 000 buck, and you can do bigger game. Hell if need be you can kill a deer with a .22 but it would have to be a well placed shot in the eye, and I would not risk that unless things were bad.

Also what I ment by firearms not being traded was that once you have one why would you get rid of it, unless you were out of ammo and then you would use other things to trade for more ammo.

I have 4 rifles and 2 pistols in .22 cal, I dont look at them and defense but only as means to get food, and with 20 bricks of ammo I am not to worried about that to much.

[yingandyang]

Right, I was suggesting it as a bartering item. But hey if you're in a pinch and happen to have extra arms, why not sell one for a large turnover? You set your own price in a collapsed world scenario.

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by yingandyang

Right, I was suggesting it as a bartering item. But hey if you're in a pinch and happen to have extra arms, why not sell one for a large turnover? You set your own price in a collapsed world scenario.

Only problem with that is if the gun you sold gets turned against you at some point in time in the future. As it is I have more then enough other items to barter with for a good year or two maybe longer. Having said that tho, if someone raids a Sam's Club or Walmart about two years after the shtf please bring me some COFFEE I am sure I will be out by then and who knows I might even trade it for a gun, or shoot you and take it all

[h2pogo]

They forgot water containers.

I dont get though in the event of of total collapse why people will need tarps and tents for shelter...Do people think their houses are going to collapse too

[trux newman]

Children. You kidnap them, then trade them back for a ransom.

Not sure I'd want to be trading in ammo or weapons, simply as has been pointed out, they can then be turned on you. I'd stick to things like Bleach, Spices and Salt. And kids.

[mind radio]

Rain proof storage boxes. You can buy ones that fit inside each other so you could store alot of these and they would be very handy if your tarp or tent is leaky. Not sure about gym equipment in the post apocalyptic age as people would be too knackered to cycle over to where the treadmills are to workjust as hard without the scenery changing. Fitness equipment would be redundant but a bike would sell well. Generators too can be bought now for a hundred quid but would fetch at least ten times that amount in the supplyless free market. I wouldn't sell chickens, i would keep the chickens and sell the eggs. Was tobacco mentioned? What about medicinal herbs and even seasonings? Chocolate! Candles. Lightbulbs, wind up torches or even just a wind up dynamo that you can sometimes buy but they are rare just now never mind after dawn of the dead or whatever. Grain! Especially if you keep livestock. Sleeping bags and other bedding. Foam mats. The full dvd box set of x factor - could be useful if you run out of firewood.

[groovy]

Seems the most important thing is forgotten: knowledge!

A good book on, say, wilderness survival or toolmaking can be invaluable at that point for those who are ignorant of it.

[trux newman]

Originally Posted by groovy

Seems the most important thing is forgotten: knowledge!

A good book on, say, wilderness survival or toolmaking can be invaluable at that point for those who are ignorant of it.

You can only trade a book once though. If you kept the knowledge to yourself and traded the skill, then you're talking. For example, I said bleach as it can be used to purify water if you know the right amounts and how to do it. I could bartar the service, but to give the knowledge away wouldn't be sustainable. It's the same if you have knowledge to make something useful or fix something. Give away the book and you get one meal or one child back, but keep the knowledge and trade the skill and you have a sustainable resource.

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by trux newman

You can only trade a book once though. If you kept the knowledge to yourself and traded the skill, then you're talking. For example, I said bleach as it can be used to purify water if you know the right amounts and how to do it. I could bartar the service, but to give the knowledge away wouldn't be sustainable. It's the same if you have knowledge to make something useful or fix something. Give away the book and you get one meal or one child back, but keep the knowledge and trade the skill and you have a sustainable resource.

Or I could kill both of you eat your brain and gain the knowledge you both had and use it for the greater good of my people. OH this is SURVIVAL not Cults 101. But keep in mind your going to have shit like that going on to, I fear the wackos more that anything else, because they may not alway come across as wackos until its to late.

I got a whole town of pligs that believe Warren Jeffs was the god of gods, look up Colorado City AZ that's not far from me and it scares the shit out me or the fact they got a few other towns between me and there that they basically control. Oh yea they are armed just as much as me if not more so, wait more so.

[groovy]

Originally Posted by trux newman

You can only trade a book once though. If you kept the knowledge to yourself and traded the skill, then you're talking. For example, I said bleach as it can be used to purify water if you know the right amounts and how to do it. I could bartar the service, but to give the knowledge away wouldn't be sustainable. It's the same if you have knowledge to make something useful or fix something. Give away the book and you get one meal or one child back, but keep the knowledge and trade the skill and you have a sustainable resource.

Sure but a book can actually teach you skills that you can use to survive in various ways. Bartering being one of them. And if you no longer have use of a book because you absorbed the knowledge then you can trade it for something equally valuable.

On a sidenote, one vision I was shown showed how an old guy was kept imprisoned in one of the small fortified villages that started to form after the worst was over. They kept him imprisoned because of his knowledge of machinery.

[trux newman]

Originally Posted by groovy

Sure but a book can actually teach you skills that you can use to survive in various ways. Bartering being one of them. And if you no longer have use of a book because you absorbed the knowledge then you can trade it for something equally valuable.

On a sidenote, one vision I was shown showed how an old guy was kept imprisoned in one of the small fortified villages that started to form after the worst was over. They kept him imprisoned because of his knowledge of machinery.

I'm probably just being selfish and wanting to control the power of the knowledge so I can exploit it.

[rbl_4nik8r]

Originally Posted by trux newman

I'm probably just being selfish and wanting to control the power of the knowledge so I can exploit it.

And we will just eat your brains and digest your knowledge YUMMY!!!! tastes like chicken liver cooked in bacon grease and garlic

Now we know all and can exploit your knowledge for the collective.

[ufochick]

Originally Posted by h2pogo

They forgot water containers.

I dont get though in the event of of total collapse why people will need tarps and tents for shelter...Do people think their houses are going to collapse too

No the houses won't collapse but the cities will not be livable. no running water, no sewage plants so no flushing, you get the idea.

[trux newman]

Originally Posted by rbl_4nik8r

And we will just eat your brains and digest your knowledge YUMMY!!!! tastes like chicken liver cooked in bacon grease and garlic

Now we know all and can exploit your knowledge for the collective.

Aren't we supposed to have developed higher cognitive skills by eating the brains of others?

Brain is meant to be good though. I learnt recently that when a bear catches a fish, it only eats the brain and leaves the rest for scavengers.

Don't think I'll be chowing down on brain though. The legs and ass muscles look the best. Good size, dense structure. Arm muscles as more of a tender delicacy.

I wonder if there's actually a book available on butchering humans.