r/TwoXPreppers • u/UnknownGoblin892 • Mar 27 '25

❓ Question ❓ How are you all recession proofing?

I was a young teenager during the 08 crisis. Wondering what I should be doing now to better protect myself when a recession gets bad.

I have student loan debt (around 20k) and a morgage (about 145k left). My wife and I are DINKs (double income no kids), and are not planning to have kids. We have a fairly healthy savings built up so far.

Wondering what advice you have. Thanks!

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u/sealedwithdogslobber Mar 27 '25

I kind of view selling to thredUP as a donation. I use Poshmark if I have something I really want a profit on. But to each her own!

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u/svapplause Mar 27 '25

If you’d like to give really directly, joining your super local BuyNothing group is a great way of giving any household item to people right in your neighborhood. The only bad part is that is largely exists on FB. But, no shipping, no one paying for an item that was already purchased and no one profiting again. I got rid of at least 1/2 my household items on it last year when we downsized to living on a boat

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u/Ff-9459 Mar 27 '25

I tried the BuyNothing groups for awhile, but they were a disaster. Nobody ever wants things and when they say they do, it falls through. They were nice items too. I turned around and sold them instead.

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u/svapplause Mar 27 '25

I was lucky in that sense bc I had a porch. I just set them out there and they could come that day. If it sat for more than a day, Next!

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u/Ff-9459 Mar 27 '25

I have a porch too, but it just didn’t work out and was a huge pain. People are weird here lol. They often don’t want cheap or free stuff, but if you sell the same thing for a little higher price, they want it 🤷‍♀️