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Just wait until the inflation starts to deflate the value of the US dollar...the cause and effect from printing all that money that we don't have...

The dollar may still be legal tender but if history is any indicator it won't have much value against other world currencies...Some are speculating that it could be worse than anything previous...

In the worst case scenarios...CL will become a "trading" list as bartering will become much more popular than before...

 

[bp fick]

Just wait until the inflation starts to deflate the value of the US dollar...the cause and effect from printing all that money that we don't have...

The dollar may still be legal tender but if history is any indicator it won't have much value against other world currencies...Some are speculating that it could be worse than anything previous...

In the worst case scenarios...CL will become a "trading" list as bartering will become much more popular than before...

Your scenario might seem far fetched, but who knows? It might be more prophetic than any of us know.

 

[bp fick]

Cyril :laughing:

 

[2manyrocks]

I just noticed last night that CL has spread from the major cities in Tennessee to a smaller community called Cookeville. There's is a more established on line advertising site in that area already. So I wondered why CL opened another site for that community?

I suppose that if they garner in nearly all of the on-line advertising and then start charging for it, CL can make some bucks.

How do they do this free advertising anyway?

 

[dcyrilc]

Just wait until the inflation starts to deflate the value of the US dollar...the cause and effect from printing all that money that we don't have...

The dollar may still be legal tender but if history is any indicator it won't have much value against other world currencies...Some are speculating that it could be worse than anything previous...

In the worst case scenarios...CL will become a "trading" list as bartering will become much more popular than before...

If I remember corectly, the IRS still has laws concerning paying taxes on the value of bartered goods as income for the goods you traded away.:laughing:

 

[Gale Hawkins]

If I remember corectly, the IRS still has laws concerning paying taxes on the value of bartered goods as income for the goods you traded away.:laughing:

Is that kind of like there are still 55 MPH signs on many roads that never get violated?

It is a fact the black market is going to boom with the planned tax increases. If VAT becomes fact we will see a huge jump in the value of our old equipment but titles will be required for everything so we do not forget the tax man accidently. They have started that with trailers already here.

 

[JCB]

How do they do this free advertising anyway?

They charge to list rental property, apartments and such. CL already brings in PLENTY for itself.

To answer the OP, I wouldn't feel bad at all if someone got bent on CL about not taking a check. The buyer is crazy to think you'd take a check from someone you don't know. The fault is on the buyer. You don't need to write "Cash Only", it's understood.

Joe

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I expect CL plans to drill down as deep as they can in every state.

Cookeville has a population over 3000 I think.

The local services can not complete on a national scale. CL will upgrade to become more like E-bay search wise I expect.

 

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Question:...Where's the best place to find used/unwanted tractor implements / farm equipment etc... besides CL...


Answer:...the local scrap yard...commodities prices on things like scrap iron are a very good indicator that can offer some insight into where things are headed....The current unemployment situation and the price of scrap iron has generated a lot of new people in the scrap/salvage business...

The same way people are selling all their old gold...they are selling their old box blades etc. et.al to the scrappers...

I'm not predicting any gloom and doom times but do think we will have to bear the negative effect of over-extending the national line of credit...

 

[dcyrilc]

I'm not predicting any gloom and doom times but do think we will have to bear the negative effect of over-extending the national line of credit...

I have to agree here. We can't keep overspending like money has no end. There is a point where the interest payment will be larger than what the government takes in. Any citizen with a debt to income ratio as bad as our government has would have been bankrupt long ago.:confused2: