If fleeing a country, what items would have good resale value?
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Printer ink.
I’m just kidding… listen to all the other smart people in this thread and not me.
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Russia is trying to make business with poorer countries to prop up the falling ruble, etc. I don't think the dollar or the euro has anything to be afraid of in the near future.
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Same as with everything else: you sell them to someone willing to buy
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If you are fleeing from the US, get a bunch of guns. Gotta make money from illegal weapon sales overseas, just as the founders intended.
God Bless The 2nd Amendment
(Also, build a backyard nuke while you're at it, sell it to the Libyans)
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Lol, not US Dollars. Not after November 5th, 2024.
Just go Euro
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If you aren't trying to hide the money, just find an online exchange lile Coinbase or Kraken (they'll ask your real identity of course), then link to bank account, and voila!
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Lolol Reddit mindset see "Crypto" they insta downvote.
Bte, there's always like 1-3 downvoters from bots, even if you make a totally non-political post like a picture of a cat. That's just how Lemmy is.
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Gold caps (teeth) painted with white enamel was the method of choice in the past.
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Besides the utility of a go bag.. having portable wealth can get you into trouble with the police or border crossing agents.
Civil asset forfeiture is a very real thing at border crossings. If you must take portable wealth have documentation about where it came from a available
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Has this worked before?
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If you use a decentralized trading platform like Bisq, you can even use face to face cash trades that keeps no logs.
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Physically get them out might prove to be a challenge as the customs would definitely question your bags of gold.
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Extremely effective, happens all the time with amounts more than an average person can ever earn.
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Keep them receipts. Got it.
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Lol good luck carrying all that.
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Well I think ink is worth more per volume than blood.
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My buddy grandpa left murica to go to his home country but traded all his dollars to local currency. When he got off the boat local currently collapsed hard. Huge fear of mine.
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Could you clarify customs me? Someone above mentioned I should have some recipes on those. I dk if that's enough.
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Probably a good amount to start over. Grandma wad a refugee and came over with way less. Granted she had to work like uncle ruckus but she also couldn't read either.
