This Is What a Currency Collapse Looks Like

SHTF Plan ^ | 12/17/14 | Mac Slavo

[Kartographer]

Full Title:This Is What a Currency Collapse Looks Like: Shopping Frenzy:

“We Have A Lot Of Rubles Losing Value Every Second” “I don’t need this car,” he said with a shrug. He already owns two Porsches and a Land Rover. But, he figured the prices will soon go up and the ruble will probably go down. “We are headed for a crisis,” he said.

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Electronics stores were packed late into the evening as shoppers scooped up iPhones and iPads at prices over $100 lower than what they cost in the United States. Apple’s Russian website halted online sales “due to extreme fluctuations in the value of the ruble… while we review pricing.”

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“We came here because we have a problem. We have a lot of rubles which are losing value every second and we were too late to buy dollars at good price. We came here because prices on cars will increase tomorrow,” Katya said.

[Kartographer]

You are thinking of rule #76:

" Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies."

[Old Sarge]

Didn’t the Ferengi High Council meet to add new rules?

[Kartographer]

No the rules are strictly controlled by the Grand Nagus.

Though they where written partially to help explain the Ferengi way of life and to add a bit of hummor to storylines if you read them most are both funny and so very true that they make you think.

[Old Sarge]

I do recall in the series finale of “Next Generation”, they mention the Ferengi High Council was meeting to review additions to The Rules.

[Old Sarge]

“Trees die, but Latinum lasts forever.”

~ Rule of Acquisition #102

[Kartographer]

One of my favorites and so very true is:

#208: Sometimes the only thing more dangerous than a question is an answer.

[Old Sarge]

And can we forget Rule #1:

“Exploitation Begins At Home!”

[Kartographer]

#5: "Never ask when you can take."