Bartertown, U.S.A.

by ST | May 3, 2011 | Barter, Economy, Food, Guest Posts, Self Reliance, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Barter – To trade by exchange of com­modi­ties rather than by the use of mon­ey. (Source: Dictionary.com. Source loca­tion: Ran­dom House, inc.) Much has been writ­ten about the use of barter in a post SHTF/TEOTWAWKI. event. Even in “mere­ly” a post-finan­cial... Read more

Bartering, Your Urban and Suburban Currency Post SHTF

by suburban | Dec 20, 2010 | Barter, Bug In, Bug Out, Currency, Money, suburban survival, Urban Survival

I can­not deny it.  I have not bartered or trad­ed any­thing in about 20 years.  The last thing I bartered was wen I was in busi­ness for myself, and my cus­tomer was an out­door out­fitt­ter type of retail estab­lish­ment and I bartered a Sol­stace Jack­et,... Read more

Replenishing the Reserve Fund, and Silver

by suburban | Dec 7, 2010 | Barter, Money, Precious Metals, Preparedness, Psychology, suburban survival, Urban Survival

Well, as it turns out, I have been able to save a lit­tle bit of cash recent­ly.  A few dol­lars back in sav­ings, paid off a cred­it card (two to go), and can think about replen­ish­ing my reserve cash fund.  Recent­ly I wrote about hav­ing a reserve fund... Read more