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trading stock
I have posted this on a number of boards in the past and with each post it has evolved into this.
Some of the things that would be good trading stock to have on hand when the SHTF may be. Remember do your trading some where other the your home base and make sure you are not followed home.
The list is expanded and explained below it.
Books on herb uses.
Books on how to survive
Booze
Canning jars and lids
Cigarettes
Chickens, Rooster and eggs
Condoms.
Disposable/cloth diapers
Female hygiene products
Kaidangku - crotchless pants like is/was used in China on babies
Diapers
Cloth to make diapers and Diaper covers
Plastic/vinyl/nylon pants
Diaper covers
Baby underpants
Baby/children’s clothing
Harmonicas and other small easy to carry musical things.
Cheep knives -including snap blade knives
Pet supplies, wormers, flea killer, and food
Pure lead
Seed for growing food Grain seeds. Wheat, barley, oats, rye, sunflower and corn. Herb seeds Culinary and medicinal.
Services making candles, milling grain, sawing lumber, repairing tires, pilot, Ect.
Tools for growing food and making shelters
Your knowledge
Wrist rockets. Very cheap now. Very handy later.
The big thing with trading stock is to have things on hand that you can live without and other can not.
So lets look at the list so far and talk about what would and would not make the best trading stock.
Brewing yeast and beer/wine making supplies- If you traded off your Brewing yeast and then others will be able to make there own beer and wine. You would be better off to make the beer and wine and trade it.
Pet supplies, wormers, flea killer, and food.- Dogs and cats are live stock AKA FOOD
Bread yeast- see brewing yeast. It would be best to make the bread and trade it.
Honey- only if you can replace what you trade off. In other words you have bee hives.
Ammo- If trade ammo to others the you could run the risk some day it will be used to take what you have away from you. Trade to get ammo.
Antibiotics. Antibacterial ointment. First aid supplies.- This is something that you may not be able to replace. Only trade it off if the person has something tat you need and can not get an other way.
Condoms- may not be the best time to start a baby they also have other uses.
Herb seeds- Do not trade off the seeds trade off dried herbs that you have grown with the seed then you control the supply.
Grain seeds- Do not trade off the seeds. Make bread and other foods from it and trade it off.
Wrist rockets- How about making sling shots and using them for trade stock.
Salt- only if you can replace it or trade it only for things you can not get any other way.
Chickens & egg.- Trade off the eggs not the chickens. As the numbers of roster that you have starts to increase then you can trade the extras for things that you can not get any other way. But ONLY trade off the rosters that way you control the source of eggs.
Candles. Oil for lanterns. Wick. Wax- Only if you can replace what you are trading off.
Water purification tablets- See Candles
Bleach. Laundry soap.- See Candles
Shampoo.- See Candles
Cigarettes, Booze, drugs & porn- Are all addictive and you can use that addiction to your advantage. This is something none of us need and we cane live with out but there are some that would pass up food for a smoke.
Female hygiene products- there are substitutes for this product that other may not know about. Use there ignorance against them to get a higher price. You could also make reusable products them and trade them off in our disposable society a lot of people will not understand the concept of reusable at least not a first. Here are some links for you all to look at http://www.naturallynhkids.com , http://urban-armor.org/urban-armor/products/index.html and http://lunapads.com/
disposable diapers- You do not need disposable diapers for a baby for that matter you do need diapers at all. And here are some links to back up what I am saying, http://www.natural-wisdom.com/http://www.timl.com/ipt/ , http://www.white-boucke.com/books.html and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eliminationcommunication/ Also see-Female hygiene products.
Baby underpants - mutable layered training pants and single layered. The single layered meant to cover diapers with a diaper 0-3 months {M} will fit a baby up to 12 M, 6M -12M to 18M and 18M up to 36M
Cloth to make diapers and Diaper covers - materials like wool, cotton duck, vinyl table covers, nylon that is rubberized or has one side fused, mattress covers, upholstery and plastic sheeting
Baby/children’s clothing - A lot of the clothing sold for babies and children is brightly colored, There will be time when the ability to blend into ones surroundings, a person can be wearing the most advance cammo in the world and it will be useless if the baby they are carrying is wearing day glow orange clothing.
Cheep knives- I have been buying cheep snap off to sharpen knives for .33c each and putting them back. I do not see them as a weapon that can be used against me to get what I have.
Tools for growing food and making shelters- If you do not have a forge get or make one then you can make tools.
Seed for growing food- only trade off seeds for things that you can not get any other way. and never trade off grain seeds. You would be better off to trade off the food you grow then you would the seeds to grow it.
Pure lead- Pure lead dose not make very good bullets unless they are for muzzleloaders. Also see- Cheep knives
Your knowledge and Books on how to survive- If you can make paper you can write your own books to trade off. You could also teach classes for a price.
Any thing you know how to make that would be useful like black powder, weapons and tools- This is why you need a forge.
I have posted this on a number of boards in the past and with each post it has evolved into this.
Some of the things that would be good trading stock to have on hand when the SHTF may be. Remember do your trading some where other the your home base and make sure you are not followed home.
The list is expanded and explained below it.
Books on herb uses.
Books on how to survive
Booze
Canning jars and lids
Cigarettes
Chickens, Rooster and eggs
Condoms.
Disposable/cloth diapers
Female hygiene products
Kaidangku - crotchless pants like is/was used in China on babies
Diapers
Cloth to make diapers and Diaper covers
Plastic/vinyl/nylon pants
Diaper covers
Baby underpants
Baby/children’s clothing
Harmonicas and other small easy to carry musical things.
Cheep knives -including snap blade knives
Pet supplies, wormers, flea killer, and food
Pure lead
Seed for growing food Grain seeds. Wheat, barley, oats, rye, sunflower and corn. Herb seeds Culinary and medicinal.
Services making candles, milling grain, sawing lumber, repairing tires, pilot, Ect.
Tools for growing food and making shelters
Your knowledge
Wrist rockets. Very cheap now. Very handy later.
The big thing with trading stock is to have things on hand that you can live without and other can not.
So lets look at the list so far and talk about what would and would not make the best trading stock.
Brewing yeast and beer/wine making supplies- If you traded off your Brewing yeast and then others will be able to make there own beer and wine. You would be better off to make the beer and wine and trade it.
Pet supplies, wormers, flea killer, and food.- Dogs and cats are live stock AKA FOOD
Bread yeast- see brewing yeast. It would be best to make the bread and trade it.
Honey- only if you can replace what you trade off. In other words you have bee hives.
Ammo- If trade ammo to others the you could run the risk some day it will be used to take what you have away from you. Trade to get ammo.
Antibiotics. Antibacterial ointment. First aid supplies.- This is something that you may not be able to replace. Only trade it off if the person has something tat you need and can not get an other way.
Condoms- may not be the best time to start a baby they also have other uses.
Herb seeds- Do not trade off the seeds trade off dried herbs that you have grown with the seed then you control the supply.
Grain seeds- Do not trade off the seeds. Make bread and other foods from it and trade it off.
Wrist rockets- How about making sling shots and using them for trade stock.
Salt- only if you can replace it or trade it only for things you can not get any other way.
Chickens & egg.- Trade off the eggs not the chickens. As the numbers of roster that you have starts to increase then you can trade the extras for things that you can not get any other way. But ONLY trade off the rosters that way you control the source of eggs.
Candles. Oil for lanterns. Wick. Wax- Only if you can replace what you are trading off.
Water purification tablets- See Candles
Bleach. Laundry soap.- See Candles
Shampoo.- See Candles
Cigarettes, Booze, drugs & porn- Are all addictive and you can use that addiction to your advantage. This is something none of us need and we cane live with out but there are some that would pass up food for a smoke.
Female hygiene products- there are substitutes for this product that other may not know about. Use there ignorance against them to get a higher price. You could also make reusable products them and trade them off in our disposable society a lot of people will not understand the concept of reusable at least not a first. Here are some links for you all to look at http://www.naturallynhkids.com , http://urban-armor.org/urban-armor/products/index.html and http://lunapads.com/
disposable diapers- You do not need disposable diapers for a baby for that matter you do need diapers at all. And here are some links to back up what I am saying, http://www.natural-wisdom.com/http://www.timl.com/ipt/ , http://www.white-boucke.com/books.html and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eliminationcommunication/ Also see-Female hygiene products.
Baby underpants - mutable layered training pants and single layered. The single layered meant to cover diapers with a diaper 0-3 months {M} will fit a baby up to 12 M, 6M -12M to 18M and 18M up to 36M
Cloth to make diapers and Diaper covers - materials like wool, cotton duck, vinyl table covers, nylon that is rubberized or has one side fused, mattress covers, upholstery and plastic sheeting
Baby/children’s clothing - A lot of the clothing sold for babies and children is brightly colored, There will be time when the ability to blend into ones surroundings, a person can be wearing the most advance cammo in the world and it will be useless if the baby they are carrying is wearing day glow orange clothing.
Cheep knives- I have been buying cheep snap off to sharpen knives for .33c each and putting them back. I do not see them as a weapon that can be used against me to get what I have.
Tools for growing food and making shelters- If you do not have a forge get or make one then you can make tools.
Seed for growing food- only trade off seeds for things that you can not get any other way. and never trade off grain seeds. You would be better off to trade off the food you grow then you would the seeds to grow it.
Pure lead- Pure lead dose not make very good bullets unless they are for muzzleloaders. Also see- Cheep knives
Your knowledge and Books on how to survive- If you can make paper you can write your own books to trade off. You could also teach classes for a price.
Any thing you know how to make that would be useful like black powder, weapons and tools- This is why you need a forge.