Homesteading Preppers 8 Tweaks to Prepare

Whether you or not you believe in EMPs, the dollar collapse or other apocalyptic scenarios, one thing is clear: you should prepare. But how do you do it without people judging you? How do you do it without changing your lifestyle or moving to a more secure location?

Great news: if you’re a homesteader, you can scale up your efforts to be a lot better prepared than most people. The transition is easy because the things you’re already doing are going to be of tremendous help should a long-term emergency occur.

First thing’s first…

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Stock up on more items to grow, process and consume your food

If you’re a pro, you already have a lot of things to be more productive. Well, in a long-term disaster, buying these items will be hard, either because of sky-high inflation or simply because they won’t be available.

So why not start buying more than you need? You get discounts for bulk purchases and you can start with cheap items that are essential to both homesteading and survival:

• knives and axes
• hammers
• mortar and pestle (these are great for survival because they don’t require electricity)
• buckets and barrels
• gardening tools
• 1 or 2 extra wagons

…to put it shortly get anything that you use all the time that’s not too expensive, because they’re easy to fit into your budget….

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Bartering strategies – why barter? As someone who’s prepping for a variety of disaster scenarios, I can tell you that having the ability to exchange goods and services is a crucial skill to have.

As a homesteader, I’m sure you probably thought or even experimented with the idea of giving away some of your supplies in exchange for others, such as eggs and milk in exchange for honey. My grandparents used to do it when I was a kid and spent my summers with them. The smaller the village, the less likely for the villagers to care about money. In exchange, they preferred to do it this a little differently and… it worked.

If you’ll allow me, I’ll reveal to you a few quick bartering and negotiation strategies you can start using today, without having to wait for the Apocalypse. Now, if you’ve done this before, chances are you’ve gotten the short end of the stick and didn’t even realize it. Besides, in a post-collapse world, these negotiation tactics, without sounding too dramatic, might make the difference between life and death.

So let’s see what they are!

5 Quick Bartering Strategies to Land a Better Deal

#1. It’s ok to be a little greedy. Ask for more.

I’m willing to bet there’ve been plenty of times in your life when you thought you got a fair deal when, in fact, the other party got a fantastic deal. They didn’t show it, of course, because they didn’t want you to figure it out, but here’s the thing…

If you have a good heart, you’re most likely agreeing with all sorts of deals. Maybe you’re embarrassed to ask for more, maybe you don’t think you deserve more, maybe you just really want to see the other guy happy.

It’s ok to be a little greedy, to ask for more than you’d normally would for whatever you’re selling or bartering with… or to offer less for something you need. Ultimately, the real value of the exchange is determined by both parties and you are one of them.

#2. Focus on the benefits.

This is one of the “secrets” to selling, if you will, one that every professional seller knows about. It’s not the features that get someone to want something, it’s the benefits and how the product makes them feel.

For example, if you’re looking to barter some first aid supplies for some tools, the fact that you give them 50 or 60 bandages is not that important. What matters is that the other guy will be able to take care of bruises, stings and blisters for months to come, to take better care of his family. When you put it to him that way, he’ll be more likely to accept the deal on your terms, whether you give him 50 bandages or 60….

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