bulk buying

BULK BUYING

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I’m writing this the same day I unveiled my new blog on bulk buying, so I have no idea of the reaction, inaction, or complete and utter indifference to it, yet.  But I thought it would still be a good idea to explain my reasoning behind it.  I mean, duh, obviously it is about money.  I like to get paid for my work, as you all do ( most folks think they are underpaid, yet go online and wouldn’t think twice about not supporting the creators of all the content they Hoover.  I don’t think the stigma of digital will ever be erased.  And it probably shouldn’t be ).  But I try NOT to make money the old fashion way, by stealing it.  I try to avoid screwing folks.

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I’m not going to publish crap books ( okay, the presentation might be crap, but I try to avoid crap content ), and I’m not going to throw commission ads your way JUST to make bank.  I’m not going to put up ads to FLIR scopes just because the commission is so much larger than on a used book.  I’m not just putting up bulk purchase items to nudge up my commission numbers ( that have halved over the last year-to be expected, with the economy, but still to be fought against ).  I think buying in bulk has many merits.

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Obviously, it encourages consumerism and resource exploitation, but at this point it is all hands on board the lifeboat and screw everyone else.  I mean, seriously.  I’m supposed to NOT consume so Al Gore keeps his mansion?  I’m supposed to be LESS prepared so that a Chinaman can move out of a rice paddy hut into an apartment?  Screw them.  What have they done for me, lately?  I understand that bulk buying ( outside of food and ammo ) is NOT critical.  It is just like precious metals.  It comes LAST in your preps.  But haven’t I been a Glorious Gus and given you the keys to the frugal prepping kingdom?

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I think all loyal minions can and should be fully prepped, since they can do it so cheaply.  After which time precious metals and bulk buying are feasible possibilities.  Okay, honestly, it IS for the prepper that has everything, but it also isn’t the worse idea out there on how to invest surplus funds.  If you don’t have three years of food or at least three thousands rounds of ammo per bolt action rifle, there are few bulk items you should be buying.  But after that time, you can do bulk buys.  It is just another optional strategy.

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I know what you are asking yourself.  Self, why do I need 72 nail clippers?  Even if they are only 28cents each, I still need to spend $20 to buy the batch.  If I go to the dollar store or Wal-Mart, I can buy three for $2 and that should last me the rest of my life ( believe it or not, I’ve given a LOT of consideration to a post-apocalypse life without nail clippers.  It is one of those tools you could in theory do without but which make life so much nicer and civilized.  And at its cheap price it is less a luxury and more of a necessity ). 

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Here is why you need 72 nail clippers.  Because now your family has the tool for multiple generations, and they aren’t going to be making any more of them.  If this was a hundred dollar tool, I’d find a way to do without.  But for barely over two bits?  What about salvage, you say.  Every home has at least one nail clipper.  My answer there, is that most likely other houses were looted by someone else.  And you don’t have access to the tool, and you must pay that other person for it.  And purchasing power wise, it will then cost you far more than 28cents.

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How about something that wears out quicker?  A handkerchief is great, far better than disposable Kleenex.  A hankie lasts for years if not decades.  Sure, they are a little gross, but so are your underwear-and you still clean those in the wash.  Still, you might think a hundred hankies is a bit overkill.  Wouldn’t a dozen last you the rest of your life.  Perhaps.  Call it $24.  For barely over twice what a dozen cost, you get eight times as many.  So, you say, hey, I don’t care if something only cost a quarter of retail when I buy it in jobber lots, there are too damn many of the things.

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Are there?  Aren’t other people going to appreciate your surplus?  I’m not suggesting you become a post-apocalypse merchant.  That is a LOT of money upfront, for almost anyone.  I’m saying that you should use these trinkets for inner-tribal good will gifts.  Not to profit off your fellow tribesmen but to be extra helpful to others.  The primary purpose is multigenerational stockpiling, but if your stores are depleting much slower than you anticipated, you can gift them.  If your stores deplete quicker, you have the surplus.  Better to have it than need it.

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But for goodness sakes, you exclaim, a friggin HUNDRED space blankets?  Who needs that many space blankets?  You need one, for an emergency, or perhaps one a year using in conjunction with a lighter sleeping bag.  Well, perhaps for better insulation?  Cover a window if broken?  Solar cooking projects?  Surely, there can be valid uses a group could envision, and then even in a small group, a hundred of anything won’t last long if you factor in replacement units.  Which does bring up quality.

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You know, I know, and Ross Perot knows that crap just ain’t made that well anymore, in general.  You might need 72 nail clippers JUST because they only last as long as 36 used to last, quality wise.  The space blankets might crease and lose their coating easier than they used to.  While my listed items did mostly consist of just higher rated items, you never can tell for sure.  Very few folks report after a year of use, to record longevity.  Consumer ratings seem to mostly be initial reactions ( this is especially bad with reviews on shoes ).  Then, there is the storage issue.  Not so much room but entropy.  Will a stack of cloth hankies decay in storage or be attacked by bugs?  Continued tomorrow.

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