Barter Items

**Defender** · March 21st, 2020, 11:47 PM

I was thinking about which items would be good for bartering. I think having some cans of coffee on hand would be a good idea, people will pay a premium in either cash or other goods for their caffeine fix. Sugar. Creamer. Several years ago I bought some extra firearms which include a couple of single shot shotguns, .22 pistols, and .22 rifles. Those would be good for bartering. Got some extra ammo too!

**Boots_DE** · March 22nd, 2020, 12:09 AM

Maybe stock some extra TP?

**Grizzlytrap** · March 22nd, 2020, 12:22 AM

coffee, ammo, silver / gold, alcohol,cigs food, shit people NEED, Need can be allot of things, TP would be on the list.

**stainless** · March 22nd, 2020, 12:37 AM

Old Soldier of Fortune magazines?...

**Emptymag** · March 22nd, 2020, 01:21 AM

Have you ever read this account written by a guy who lived in Bosnia during the war there?

Some really good insight into real SHTF from someone who lived it.

http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-pr...-zone_10252011

**Daycrawler** · March 22nd, 2020, 02:12 AM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

Have you ever read this account written by a guy who lived in Bosnia during the war there?

Some really good insight into real SHTF from someone who lived it.

http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-pr...-zone_10252011

Looks like I need more trash bags, duct tape and alcohol. That was a very interesting read. Already have a good stock of medical supplies and my neighbor know how to do IV's and other things. He was a medic in the military.

**Beway15** · March 31st, 2020, 08:17 AM

I bought a Henry Golden Boy for my son back in February. He is a little young but they remind me of the lever action .22 I shot when I was a kid and because I wanted to be able to plink when I go camping up in northern PA on my parents land. When things started looking a bit uneasy I ordered a 5000 round brick of .22 ammo thinking that would help me prepare in case it got worse. After reading that link about what items I should have I did a quick assessment of what else I have on hand and decided I wasn’t prepared enough so I ordered two different kinds of duct tape and some more contractor bags. I am going to rearrange a poorly used cabinet so I can better organize my emergency preparedness materials.

**Beway15** · March 31st, 2020, 08:20 AM

Also, anyone that feels like they missed out on the hard liquor run or feels like they need alcohol as sanitization for an emergency situation should still be able to get it direct from the PA distillers that are still operational.