hyper-inflation - what would you buy?

daz · 22 Mar 2011 at 17:46

I change my answer - £20k worth of farmland plus £5k worth of guns.

atpbx · 22 Mar 2011 at 17:48

apeZ said:
Assuming you could, this is one of the smartest ideas. Guns = power, and with power you can get anything else you need - food, water, shelter, protection.

And girls, dont forget girls.

Andy · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:07

jewelry, put it all on and fly to another English speaking country.

Reaper 392 · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:13

a printing press?

not entirely legal, but it would sort the money problems out.

Beansprout · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:16

Zinc.

Edit: and guns.

Zinc guns?!

QlimaxUK · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:22

Redmint said:
Lots of chocolate.

+1

but then i do this anyway

J-FRO · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:24

Water, or the rights to a natural spring and/or the company that owns it.

With money going through the roof, water treatment facilities etc would go up the wall and everyone always needs water.

You control the water, you control the people.

Cr0fty · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:26

Coffee. People will always want it.

Al Vallario · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:28

J-FRO said:
Water, or the rights to a natural spring and/or the company that owns it.

With money going through the roof, water treatment facilities etc would go up the wall and everyone always needs water.

You control the water, you control the people.

Not if the people have guns

So... guns, tinned food, general survival equipment.

icecold · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:28

bacon

Craig1981 · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:34

Magic beans. The mysterious lady I met on the way to market swears by them.

Westyfield2 · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:37

Gold.

Failing that black-gold, Oil.

BennyC · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:48

Petrol?

Lunatic Dreyfus · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:56

daz said:
Guns

Lots of guns.

Everything else is moot. If you have a weapon, of almost any kind, you can take what you want, including gold, oil, girls, coffee, water, bacon, ladders and zinc. Especially the zinc.

You can keep the coffee though, I prefer tea.

Alan! · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:13

Puncture repair kit.

POB · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:16

kwerk said:
If hyper-inflation kicked off and your savings were becoming more and more worthless every day, like a loaf of bread suddenly increases by £1 a day... what would you buy up with your savings?

That sounds like Tesco on a normal day, they increase prices by huge amounts each week hoping you won't notice.

Cosimo · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:18

Alan! said:
Puncture repair kit.

You never know when you might need one.

kibblerok · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:20

wait a few weeks
pay off credit card
profit

**** you barclaycard

EndlessSky · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:22

Ammunition.

Duke · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:23

New mousemat.