Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.
Dorsey says some customers talk of stocking up on freeze-dried meals for the home, while others confide they are stashing supplies at a remote location away from the city where they would go in an emergency.
Speaking from the point of view of someone who has , from time to time, dabbled in the sale of this sort of stuff I can tell you that the market has always been there, it’s just getting many, many more followers now than it used to.
Much like Y2K, at some point many of the new converts will succumb to the ‘why is this crap taking up space in my basement’ moment that happens down the line and wind up dumping their stuff on craigslist, ebay or at a garage sale. I’ve found some deals that way in the past. I recall that around March of 2000 you could buy brand new generators at pretty decent prices.
