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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1676912, member: 37498"]It may never come to a point where we have some sort of civilized society that sprouts up after the collapse of a government and people walk into a store and buy a bottle of water with silver. But the simple fact of the matter is, in all but the worst of circumstances, PM will still hold some value.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone came to me and wanted to buy one of my guns, of which I have plenty, and he offered me one ounce of gold, I might not be inclined to sell it. But if he upped his offer to two ounces, well maybe... Three ounces, you have my attention. Four ounces, now we're talking. Five ounces - Sold!</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this all depends on my confidence that I'll be able to get something for that gold somewhere down the line. If it's straight up TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it), then he probably wouldn't have made it up to my doorstep. :devil:</p><p><br /></p><p>Same thing with carrots. If there's a reasonable expectation that the SHTF wouldn't be going on forever, and a starving family offered you an ounce of gold for a pound of carrots, would you take it? Two ounces? Three? Five?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1676912, member: 37498"]It may never come to a point where we have some sort of civilized society that sprouts up after the collapse of a government and people walk into a store and buy a bottle of water with silver. But the simple fact of the matter is, in all but the worst of circumstances, PM will still hold some value. If someone came to me and wanted to buy one of my guns, of which I have plenty, and he offered me one ounce of gold, I might not be inclined to sell it. But if he upped his offer to two ounces, well maybe... Three ounces, you have my attention. Four ounces, now we're talking. Five ounces - Sold! Of course this all depends on my confidence that I'll be able to get something for that gold somewhere down the line. If it's straight up TEOTWAWKI (the end of the world as we know it), then he probably wouldn't have made it up to my doorstep. :devil: Same thing with carrots. If there's a reasonable expectation that the SHTF wouldn't be going on forever, and a starving family offered you an ounce of gold for a pound of carrots, would you take it? Two ounces? Three? Five?[/QUOTE]
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