Overpriced Meds

[me7784]

Is there any growers with overages and dispensaries out there not trying to rip people off? I know there is somewhere. Where?.. However I cant seem find them. How can a so called dispensary owners sleep at night? I can see paying Disneyland prices if you get to go to Disneyland. It is like Edge Water Park! They are way over charging for meds that are no where near medical grade. I went {yes I'm pointing fingers} to a place in Warren {Frazho and Sch.} yesterday. So after running me threw the ringer. I had to sign my name 3 different places. They think they are covering their a s s. They are not!! Leo don't care about some waiver. The least inexpensive meds were 18 dollars a gram and they looked almost fake. No where near medical grade. One out of six different products may have been considered medical grade. Some of you would have found none. They did have 1 half way decent strain. Its was $ 25 dollars a gram. WTF! Also the owner recommended a strain. It was $20 a gram. It smelled good. Its was un smoke able. It tasted like bad nutes and chemicals. I threw it away. You do the math. Please people show some compassion. I know if I'm not happy don't go there. Trust me I wont any more. Being Legal is a lot different than I pictured. Makes me want to go back to medicating with regs again. My 2 cents worth. Yes I expressed my Concerns to the owner. I hope things change soon!! Thanks for looking!!

[ChopTop]

I agree with the price gouging, id never pay it. Id grow my own or get a caregiver. Then you can shave off some cash. Is that an option for you?

[me7784]

Cant grow on my property. Still looking for a good caregiver.

[drtarzanmd]

That why they have Compassion Meetings ...

 

A Dispensary is a place where medicine and

medical supplies are dispensed for large profits ....

 

Personally there are No Need for a Dispensary

if your local Compassion Meetings/Clubs are there

for the right reasons ...

 

Please try some meetings... Try Several of them

cause their all ran differently ...

 

There's ALOT of Patients and Caregivers that do have

Compassion , It just takes time in finding them ....

[kruztydj]

Most caregivers dont charge half that much but that all depend on your caregiver. If ya want it at mexi seed weed prices then ya better grow your own as growing true med grade meds costs,, period.....Most good growers spend hours and hours tending crops and our labor is not free, nor is nutes lights ect,,, ect....

I know you dont understand being ya dont grow yourself but this stuff takes a ton of work. Ya just dont toss in seeds and get medical grade in 3 months without tending non-stop or Spending non-stop. Some of us put in 80hr weeks getting this stuff perfect.

[MightyMightyMezz]

I haven't been to any compassion clubs, but I heard the going rate in certain clubs is $15. That's still a lot! I don't think dispensaries can charge enough to cover the insane risk they are taking. Best just to know someone.

[jsburn]

ive been able to provide at 10 per for strains like, chemdogd, sour diesel, cherry ak, pineapple xpress, grape krush...etc. my overages are not around for more than a day though.

[MightyMightyMezz]

ive been able to provide at 10 per for strains like, chemdogd, sour diesel, cherry ak, pineapple xpress, grape krush...etc. my overages are not around for more than a day though.

 

That's more like it.

[GaylordMedicinals]

Is there any growers with overages and dispensaries out there not trying to rip people off? I know there is somewhere. Where?.. However I cant seem find them. How can a so called dispensary owners sleep at night? I can see paying Disneyland prices if you get to go to Disneyland. It is like Edge Water Park! They are way over charging for meds that are no where near medical grade. I went {yes I'm pointing fingers} to a place in Warren {Frazho and Sch.} yesterday. So after running me threw the ringer. I had to sign my name 3 different places. They think they are covering their a s s. They are not!! Leo don't care about some waiver. The least inexpensive meds were 18 dollars a gram and they looked almost fake. No where near medical grade. One out of six different products may have been considered medical grade. Some of you would have found none. They did have 1 half way decent strain. Its was $ 25 dollars a gram. WTF! Also the owner recommended a strain. It was $20 a gram. It smelled good. Its was un smoke able. It tasted like bad nutes and chemicals. I threw it away. You do the math. Please people show some compassion. I know if I'm not happy don't go there. Trust me I wont any more. Being Legal is a lot different than I pictured. Makes me want to go back to medicating with regs again. My 2 cents worth. Yes I expressed my Concerns to the owner. I hope things change soon!! Thanks for looking!!

 

Although I wouldn't want to discourage this type of posting - important to keep people honest/accountable - I would recommend you find a competent caregiver that can get you started with your own grow. Unless, of course, you're too nervous to have a grow. In which case, you should understand - as long as LEO continues to act as if medical grows clearly covered in the MMM Act are still illegal, growers will continue to be nervous, less people will grow even if they're able to - which will continue to keep these inflated prices around. It's supply/demand, really.

 

Sure, blame these people, I agree - those are crap prices, you should at least be getting top-notch meds for that - but don't forget that there is plenty of blame to go around, from leo to these county prosecutors all the way up to the AG.

 

Cheers.

[Willy]

You know i want to add something to this, many are complaining about dispensaries,

you have to figure there paying an overhead for there building, legal advisers, and so on. Yes the prices are sky high, but what did you expect from this law, zips hanging from trees for free. Not likely to happen. And With all the hype about make a 100,000. a year or more as a supplier didn't you expect some greed to show its head. its all over the web. everyday folks come into the chat and ask how do i make that much money,or im gonna make a living on growing.. well i don't see that as possible.

 

And LEO definitely will do what he can to stop you.

 

I feel a dispensary is there for the patient that is temporarily out of meds and needs them. So you pay a bit more to have it NOW.. not later.

 

Growing your own is the best way, but of course that also takes time/money. If you want quality for the lowest cost learn to grow your own. But if you want to pay a reasonable price find a good caregiver. But your not going to find low priced and quality,, the two words don't go together.

 

I have gone to two CC clubs, one was ok, the other quite good. but even they have high prices. ex: 40. an 1/8. But good quality non the less.

 

Oh and by the way when you do decide or can grow your own, expect to spend 1000. or more for equipment.

 

Being a good caregiver still needs to recoup the cost of equipment and electic bills.

[TheGanz]

A lot of people claim that the prices are high cause "its good" or cause of the costs of growing. If your compensation price is 200-250 an oz then IMO that more than covers the cost of nutes and the electric bill. Either people are being greedy or a lot of people have their hands on the meds before it reaches the patient.

[David Son]

It's not the dispensaries, it's CAPITALISM that is the ripoff!

 

How can you pick on just one little branch of this terrible dead tree? Rich are getting richer, poor poorer, all over the world is just suffering and inequality. Look at the standard of living in places like Haiti, clean water and bread are a luxery.The world bank, IMF, health insurance, credit cards, mortgage companies, wall street, etc etc... we all feed into and play a part in the suffering here or Afghanistan. United States of America? A land that europeans stole from the Indigineous starting 400 years ago? What a joke...Capitalism is a cancereous, cruel, selfish, exploitive system.

 

Who set the prices at $300/ounce back in the 90's...the CIA or the hippy-mafia? In this wicked system everyone everywhere has to make money to live off their neighbor and brother. Cannabis is an intelligence that works to break the chains of mental slavery, but the most enlightening and pure herbs cost $450/ ounce! Again this is a sick and filthy system.

 

Only a revolution and take-over by the poor suffering workers of this world could change things. Our conciousness must raise up and then real love could be the ruling power. My dream is like John Lennon's, no nations, no religions, no borders. The citizens of earth could easily share all the resources of nature and ALL live well.

[StonedPlanet]

A lot of people claim that the prices are high cause "its good" or cause of the costs of growing. If your compensation price is 200-250 an oz then IMO that more than covers the cost of nutes and the electric bill. Either people are being greedy or a lot of people have their hands on the meds before it reaches the patient.

I agree with that price, but that would be a price from your personal cg..

Dispensaries are a collection of cg's so there is a middle man involved. I don't see legal fees and overhead as an excuse for prices because they are the ones who chose to put themselves out there like that.

 

But with the time the cg's put in, the cost of nutes, electicity, and water + a middle man (dispensary) = higher price..

ANY business MUST make 3x profit on ANYTHING they sell in order to stay in business and turn a decent profit..

If a business does not make a profit, they will not be around. Each business can set their own prices, some may be lower on one item but higher on another to compensate..

 

A sale at a grocery store is used to lure customers in who will hopefully buy much more than what is on sale

[MightyMightyMezz]

As someone who thinks about things like this a lot I appreciate your vision David Son. I know we can change the world completely if we start doing things in the most intelligent and wise way possible. It is a revolution of consciousness. We have the knowledge to do it. It's just breaking through the crusty old edifice of contrived, artificial reality that seems to be a (low) ceiling for human awareness. The good thing is people have access to more knowledge now so ignorance is decreasing. Now it is a matter of making a conscious decision to do things in a beneficial way over a destructive way.

[tooldini]

ME you can still buy it off the streets

[David Son]

I know we can change the world completely if we start doing things in the most intelligent and wise way possible. It is a revolution of consciousness. We have the knowledge to do it. It's just breaking through the crusty old edifice of contrived, artificial reality that seems to be a (low) ceiling for human awareness. The good thing is people have access to more knowledge now so ignorance is decreasing. Now it is a matter of making a conscious decision to do things in a beneficial way over a destructive way.

 

Mezz these are very wise and hopefull words, thank you. Yes We must continue for Rights. We can be the change we wish to see. Conciousness is rising. Life is what WE make it to be.

 

In the same discussion recently a brother says he sells meds for 100/ ounce, this is commendable! Could the dispensaries profit and sustain by selling medicine at 10 -15$/gr.? That would be pretty kind compared to street prices.It seems like the caregivers must lower their prices for this to happen though. If we could shift the prices to 200-225/ounce, it might begin to raise that ceiling.

[nkprthrd]

Cant grow on my property. Still looking for a good caregiver.

 

Just sent you a PM

[lurd]

Hello everyone!

 

I think that when the economy picks up, that you will see the prices drop, and alot more compassion out there.

 

When people are worryed about making the house payment, or feeding the kids, can you blame them?

 

 

Tnx,

 

LURD

[+420Atheist]

I understand the high prices. They are taking a hell of a risk. And you don't have to do business with them. Now would I like to see a more socialist, environmentally friendly locally based, capitalistic economic system? Sure but I can't call the dispensaries rip offs for charging a premium price for what they are doing in the economic environment they are in.

[Kingdiamond]

[phaquetoo]

Is there any growers with overages and dispensaries out there not trying to rip people off? I know there is somewhere. Where?.. However I cant seem find them. How can a so called dispensary owners sleep at night? I can see paying Disneyland prices if you get to go to Disneyland. It is like Edge Water Park! They are way over charging for meds that are no where near medical grade. I went {yes I'm pointing fingers} to a place in Warren {Frazho and Sch.} yesterday. So after running me threw the ringer. I had to sign my name 3 different places. They think they are covering their a s s. They are not!! Leo don't care about some waiver. The least inexpensive meds were 18 dollars a gram and they looked almost fake. No where near medical grade. One out of six different products may have been considered medical grade. Some of you would have found none. They did have 1 half way decent strain. Its was $ 25 dollars a gram. WTF! Also the owner recommended a strain. It was $20 a gram. It smelled good. Its was un smoke able. It tasted like bad nutes and chemicals. I threw it away. You do the math. Please people show some compassion. I know if I'm not happy don't go there. Trust me I wont any more. Being Legal is a lot different than I pictured. Makes me want to go back to medicating with regs again. My 2 cents worth. Yes I expressed my Concerns to the owner. I hope things change soon!! Thanks for looking!!

 

sorry for your frustration! why dont you just get some good street weed? I just did, I didnt have much choice (i was going out of town for 4 days) so i picked some up from an old contact,,Its the

whipp! I been getting pretty much the same mm all winter and summer, it was a nice change, still works very well for my pain, but makes me paranoid as all heck! Oh well I can deal with that for now, It is fricking good, prob better than anything you seen at that dispens, from what you wrote,,this stuff has no seeds and nice tight lil and big budds!

(the name of it is good Weed) lol

Peace

FTW

Jim

[phaquetoo]

as far as how do the dispense owners sleep at nite, unfortunatly some of them are sleeping on mettle bunks with 3 squares a day! which is not right either!

Im all for dispensary's, and im all for fair priced meds, have you ever heard the saying you can please some of the people all of the time, but you cant please all the people all the time!

That is just the way life is, you will find the right person and everything will get better for you!

 

Peace

FTW

Jim

[bobandtorey]

 

 

your funny

[+420Atheist]

 

You are right. And this will keep happening until we have a FAQ to point to with questions like this one that keep coming up.

[me7784]

I understand the high prices. They are taking a hell of a risk. And you don't have to do business with them. Now would I like to see a more socialist, environmentally friendly locally based, capitalistic economic system? Sure but I can't call the dispensaries rip offs for charging a premium price for what they are doing in the economic environment they are in.

You my friend are full of _ _ _ _ . Have a nice day!!

 

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