If a total reset is in store then I don’t think barter will be an issue for a while. Just surviving while the locusts swarm out of their holes will be difficult enough.
AFTER the swarm has burned itself out barter may become relevant. Until then, self defense and keeping a low profile are the order of the day.
(Let’s hope it isn’t a total reset.)
I think of “prepping” only in terms of prepping for those at my house AND my family living away from here....if I have extra tin foil or plastic wrap or extra canned veggies or aspirin, or spam or toliet paper, I’m sure it’ll go to good use within just my extended family..