Alcohol, cigarettes, and coffee are far cheaper. If you can find a deal on those little airplane bottles of liquor you will have it made. If you have a bunch of this stuff you will also have solid "customers" because people will really "need" their addictions.
If it was for me I would. I'm talking about known quantities of a product in demand - making my own would not have the same value. It's like silver rounds/coins. They have a known quantity of silver so they are perfect for barter. So do airport liquor bottles. I don't smoke, I drink but it is rare and I have a couple of the big bottles of scotch. I drink coffee, so I bought a fair amount of Folgers Instant and some half-mason jars and sealed a bunch for barter and then sealed 6 or so regular-sized mason jars for me. The sealing and oxygen absorbers should make that last a LONG time. I'm not going to bother sealing coffee beans or anything like that.
Wrong.
Gold only matters in an established system.
But nonperishable food, guns, bullets, archery equipment. The things you need to survive.
It's not going to get that serious for us.. that's what we were told. So gold is the better idea imo
Alcohol, cigarettes, and coffee are far cheaper. If you can find a deal on those little airplane bottles of liquor you will have it made. If you have a bunch of this stuff you will also have solid "customers" because people will really "need" their addictions.
Distil your own....
If it was for me I would. I'm talking about known quantities of a product in demand - making my own would not have the same value. It's like silver rounds/coins. They have a known quantity of silver so they are perfect for barter. So do airport liquor bottles. I don't smoke, I drink but it is rare and I have a couple of the big bottles of scotch. I drink coffee, so I bought a fair amount of Folgers Instant and some half-mason jars and sealed a bunch for barter and then sealed 6 or so regular-sized mason jars for me. The sealing and oxygen absorbers should make that last a LONG time. I'm not going to bother sealing coffee beans or anything like that.
Gold is great, asking with silver, and the survival necessities.