I've been expecting hyper inflation for years now. The difficulty for me has been determining when it's about to start in order to seriously trade my fiat for useful items. Most of us have noticed that prices have really increased quickly in the last few months (not even considering gas). For instance, I thought I should stock up on some printer toner just in case. The Staples price for one package of four colours was $158 + tax (Canadian). I'm interested to hear if anyone else has begun to 'release' more of their fiat in anticipation of hyper inflation. I'm specifically referring to items other than basic prepping.
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I started stocking and stacking over 20 years ago. I have multiple old computers. I have an old dot matrix printer, ribbons, a large bottle of printer ink, and a machine for re-inking ribbons. I buy copy paper by the case. Every year when Walmart has the 70-page spiral notebooks on sale in August, I buy more. I now have a lifetime of writing materials so I can document everything for the next 20+ years.
I have put FRNs into supplies and into other things I might need sometime.
I just hope the coming ice age doesn't cause more Yankees to come down here and try to ruin things. They've done enough already.
BTW, HP ink cartridges have expiration dates built in to their circuits, so you can't buy them way ahead. Laser printers should go a lot longer.
I just remembered that I need more heavy-duty shelving units. I must go shopping next week.
Thanks for the tip on the HP ink cartridges. I didn't know that. Is there a way to find out the expiration date?
I don't know. I just know that I tried an older cartridge one time, and the printer said the cartridge was expired.