Whats up with selling pot by weight?

dam nigga im in Colorado also and go to many dispensarys, where the hell are you gettin 35 an eigth?? Please enlighten me man, im payin 50 for a eigth and i think thats a killer deal since in dallas (where i moved from) eigths of chron are 65-75 an eigth


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La Bella Morte said:

I think the price and unit that marijuana is sold in, goes by where you are in the country and how available it is.
For example, I live in Colorado. Medical is legal here and we have many dispensaries. You can go buy an 8th (about 3.5 grams) for 35 bucks. WELL, if you were a street seller, like a good buddy of mine that I buy from, you would be selling that 8th, that you paid 35 for, for about 50-60 depending on how dry reggie is. You can get a half 8th for 25, a qo for about 170, and an O for about 320 or less.

Reggie is a whole different story.
5$- a blunt, about 1 or 2 grams
10$- 3-4 grams
20$- 6-7 g
35$- half, 14 grams
50-75- O, 28 grams.
and so on..

It really really depends. When I get on Med, I plan on bringing in about 120 for an 8th in Oklahoma because they don't get that shit down there, so you can charge more.

Its all a money game... thats why I think growing is such an important thing... marijuana is our right as human beings, I don't think we should be paying an arm and a leg just to reap the benefits!

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olosto said:

So when you have a quarter pound to sell how the fuck are you going to be sure your not giving 3 pounds or 5 pounds. The difference is only 3000 to 5000 dollars a pound..



Sure its overpriced. But how else are you going to sell it.

OP - Grow a few harvests and see how much you get per plant, what the cost is, and how much of your time it takes. Also top shelf meds pay for themselves because you smoke so much less, also more expensive nute wise.. I would not change the system. The prices, sure, but not the method of selling. Weight is fair and works for dosage size. peace

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As I said, when you start selling 1/2 pounds and pounds I can see why you would be using a scale because yes... the difference is $1000's

I am perfectly aware of growing and selling from experience, and factoring in time.. grams per watt... profit margins and I still say that there is way too much markup simply based on availability.... 'take it or leave it' principals....

Yeah said:

The way I see it, from a sellers point of view:

I have something that you want and this something is ILLEGAL. By possessing and selling this illegal good to you I am risking MY FREEDOM. So... if you really want this "good", I am going to charge you based on the risk that I carry, the quality, the amount(weight), and the demand for it.

I hope that helps put it into perspective, but that's more for powder and other "hard" drugs. With weed I believe people should show more compassion. When I have it, I make sure everyone around me has some, too. Whether it's legal or not, there should be some love and morals to it.

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I mean no offense to Yeah, but it is this form of mentality that inspires dealers to falsely justify their selling.
You believe that it is all about YOU... yet the person that is buying from YOU is in just in as much danger as YOU in the transaction...

The way I see things is like this

You start using a drug, in our case it is weed.
Because the drug is illegal (most places) you need somebody to either buy this from (dealer) or you grow it yourself to supply your addiction...

Ultimately, weed is easy to grow, just a simple plant. That's why I imagine so many people grow their own and don't buy.

So it's a bit like a home cooked meal vs takeaway

A person knows that it is cheaper to simply do it themselves.. hands down... so a dealer needs to offer something very attractive to secure a client.... not to mention competing against other dealers....

Nobody likes having an expensive drug habit, and people shouldn't have to pay through the nose for a simple plant illegal or not.

Grow and sell weed for the love, not the greed...

When i first started smoking, i had a friend who was the guy everyone went to for their weed. he didnt sell it by weight, he priced based on quality, and how much was their. judged by the eye, not by scale. after i moved to indiana, everyone sells it just to getmoney, not to make us happy. a tiny bit of crap weed goes for about as much as a decent amount of good shit.

Louis541 said:

Dude, if you did that some fucking loser gangster scarface wannabe would shoot you. What were those two brothers that went into the crack biz together?

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Nobody where I live has weapons...


Get into Phoenix for that shit

man, prices are pretty high where you guys are it sounds like... I'm in Lincoln, NE and I'm paying 25 for an 1/8. Granted, it's just that Mexican brick shit, but it still gets the job done. My regular dealer charges me about 50 for 1/8 of some really good shit, but it's nice knowing I have other guys I can fall back on as well and prices won't be ridiculous.

i think the whole point is bieng missed. if ur looking at it as a bussiness transaction. the buyer wants to know what he's getting. if ur buying milk ur gonna buy a pint,quart,gallon,,, get what i mean.

and on the other hand.

if ur selling good weed that cost like 11 13,00 a Qp, then u wanna make ur profit and not get ripped off.

thats the whole point in weighing things out. so everythings on an up an up.

my guy hooks up like 1.2-3g of the bomb cush's and med strains for like 15 bucks.

but i'm speacial.

PEACE

Big Joop said:

man, prices are pretty high where you guys are it sounds like... I'm in Lincoln, NE and I'm paying 25 for an 1/8. Granted, it's just that Mexican brick shit, but it still gets the job done. My regular dealer charges me about 50 for 1/8 of some really good shit, but it's nice knowing I have other guys I can fall back on as well and prices won't be ridiculous.

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ur payin tooooo much for that mex.
$30 over here and u got a half Oz.a Qp for 150.

I prefer to have my shit weighed - It is the only way to know you are not getting ripped off.

I have had stuff that was so airy that an 1/8 could fill a bag and I have had dense nugs where a 1/4 looked like an 1/8th.

I knew a few guys in college that sold to smoke. They buy weight. Split it up in bags, set aside their break even amount and smoked the rest. If they smoked more, then they knew exactly when they were cutting into their bottom line. Not everyone that weighs is some money hungry demon.

its a business, you try to get ahead too right? thats what all businesses do.....their are dealers who get greedy for sure though.......ive been thinking about this threads topic since i read it and thats what i came up with.

the price is going to vary in quality and on whos hands its in.. i can buy oz or regi 4 40-60 but i prefer the (popcorn), i dont know how to tell the strain but when u smoke and leave you can come home an hour l8r and smells like a skunk been in your house. also breaks down into little balls. as th regi turns to powder.

bud is way to expensive, its only a flower damnit... a flower that gets you high but come on now!!

mids

15$-1/8
50$-1/2
90$-oz

chronic

45$-1/8
170$-1/2
300$-oz

Just goes to show that weed is no different from anything else no matter the hype and mystique. Some of these dealers would make GREAT EXXON executives.....

Jimmy Luffnan said:

I mean no offense to Yeah, but it is this form of mentality that inspires dealers to falsely justify their selling.
You believe that it is all about YOU... yet the person that is buying from YOU is in just in as much danger as YOU in the transaction...

The way I see things is like this

You start using a drug, in our case it is weed.
Because the drug is illegal (most places) you need somebody to either buy this from (dealer) or you grow it yourself to supply your addiction...

Ultimately, weed is easy to grow, just a simple plant. That's why I imagine so many people grow their own and don't buy.

So it's a bit like a home cooked meal vs takeaway

A person knows that it is cheaper to simply do it themselves.. hands down... so a dealer needs to offer something very attractive to secure a client.... not to mention competing against other dealers....

Nobody likes having an expensive drug habit, and people shouldn't have to pay through the nose for a simple plant illegal or not.

Grow and sell weed for the love, not the greed...

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Alright, that's what's wrong with the business, but it is a business and people are in it to make money. Point blank, period. Now... if you don't want to put your money in someone else's pocket, then of course you'll start growing it. Some people aren't afforded that luxury, though.

And to add to that, yes a dealer is in more danger in a transaction than the customer. A dealer usually has more "weight" to be sold, whereas a customer is usually just getting it. So when they catch the dealer with what he's selling and get the warrant to search the house, guess what they're probably going to find.

i dont worry about it. and lots of others dont but your in that whole mexican drug war area or whatever so i'd use caution if i was you

Boneman said:

I dont know how old you are but I will tell you that as far back as I can remember 35+ years (i'm a good bit older than 35) scales were used to weigh bud. We did use fingers...1 finger was a dime bag (10 bucks), 2 fingers 1/2 Oz (20 bucks) and 4 fingers was an ounce (40 bucks).
Nowadays, its priced and sold (on the street) by the gram. Yeah man, total rip off I agree. Its called supply and demand....Thats why I grow my own

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that doesnt make any sense how 4 fingers can be an ounce. Well back then it was probably crappy bricked compressed and compacted mexican poo. lol

No, I regularly bought Columbian Gold and Jamaican Red back in the day when that was considered pretty top notch. The old Columbian Gold had a great taste, almost like toasted almonds. Four fingers was really an expression to mean a FAT bag. Hardly anyone I dealt with (lots of ppl) used a scale to weigh out your bag.

It was a different attitude....one I miss.

damn i wish i had the guy u were talkin to. round here an 1/8 (3.5g) goes for 50. I get a break, but ive had peeps offer 60 for an 1/8!

heres an idea buy in qps and pounds from the growers or the weight dealers
i personally think the dispensaries continuing to charge 60 an 8th for top dollar like they have to if they want to turn any kind of small profit(yeah right).
until the medical community lowers the prices nothing will change.
its simply economics; prohibition makes pot disappear and the demand is still there so those selling the supply hike theyre prices up.

I am a legal grower and I also am about to be doing a delivery service and am drastically reducing cost(like $35 8ths/ $60 qs for the top of the line, and serious freebies not just grams....8ths and if business goes well id like to bring it down more)

Also, I have been on both sides of the dealer/buyer situation, and seriously.....the people who buy in os get fuckin middle. they make a bill an o maybe more if theyre lucky or its top dollar...and unless ur doing that everyday(which will get you caught very quick just way to much business and every ones a change to get fucked and get caught) your probably gonna make maybe a little bit more than the person doing fulltime at minumum wage. the reality is the weight dealers are the ones making the money.
we also dont like to mention that they take the risks in carrying the weight that if theyre caught with its gonna be hard to argue that the amount they had was just for personal use and not distribution... have u seen the various states penalties for selling? almost always a felony and automatic jailtime(and good luck having a normal life after that, its a hard life for a felon).
but anyway u are on this site... grow your own.
happy growing everyone stay high

Screw weed, what about ribs? They sell that stuff by the lb. as well! Paying 6 bucks a pound and 70% of the weight is the bone!

Write ur Congressmen!!

Boneman said:

I dont know how old you are but I will tell you that as far back as I can remember 35+ years (i'm a good bit older than 35) scales were used to weigh bud. We did use fingers...1 finger was a dime bag (10 bucks), 2 fingers 1/2 Oz (20 bucks) and 4 fingers was an ounce (40 bucks).
Nowadays, its priced and sold (on the street) by the gram. Yeah man, total rip off I agree. Its called supply and demand....Thats why I grow my own

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the only trouble is if you were a dealer you would get pissed off selling to people with really big fingers.

fuck i just would'nt deal to people with really big fingers
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