Expense of having a caregiver

[compiler]

OK, I have a MM card and get my meds from a dispensary.

I realize that a Caregiver may be able to help me choose drugs and get a better strain.

I think most caregivers will pay the expense of getting their name on my card.

But what is the cost to me? Is it a higher markup on the meds and/or a monthly fee and/or a few every time we meet?

I'm hoping you caregivers can clue me in with specifics as I'd like to consider actual costs/benefits.

Thanks for your input.

 

Mel

 

[Restorium2]

4 minutes ago, compiler said:

OK, I have a MM card and get my meds from a dispensary.

I realize that a Caregiver may be able to help me choose drugs and get a better strain.

I think most caregivers will pay the expense of getting their name on my card.

But what is the cost to me? Is it a higher markup on the meds and/or a monthly fee and/or a few every time we meet?

I'm hoping you caregivers can clue me in with specifics as I'd like to consider actual costs/benefits.

Thanks for your input.

 

Mel

 

Every caregiver is different. I can beat the dispensaries on quality because my strains are not watered down for production. I can get ounces on sale at the dispensary, regularly priced at $300 for $200. Those strains come close to what I grow but not quite as good. They fill in when I can't keep up. I'm thankful for that. The caregivers that grow the production strains are crying loudly because patient don't need them anymore. 

Patients should pay their own way to a card. That's my opinion. 

I've been hearing that the dispensaries in Bay County are the best in the State now. It's the new emerald triangle. 

[semicaregiver]

There is no cost to you to have a caregiver, only benefit.   Regardless of whether you have a caregiver, you can still shop at a dispensary.

The upside for you with a caregiver is that once you identify what strains work best for you, a caregiver can provide it to you with better quality and lower cost.   

 

[compiler]

Semi:

 

So how does the CG make money? Is it just the profit on the product?

 

Mel

[compiler]

Rest:

 

I was amazed to see the increase in Bay City dispensaries. All within a few blocks of each other. Most on Euclid. There were about 7 of them (+/-)

 

Mel

 

Mel

[Restorium2]

5 hours ago, compiler said:

Semi:

 

So how does the CG make money? Is it just the profit on the product?

 

Mel

Yes. If it isn't all that then you get nothing back for your time and expenses. If it's good then they want it all. It's a business that can easily fail. 

[Restorium2]

5 hours ago, compiler said:

Rest:

 

I was amazed to see the increase in Bay City dispensaries. All within a few blocks of each other. Most on Euclid. There were about 7 of them (+/-)

 

Mel

 

Mel

Bangor Township Supervisor Glenn Rowley gets all the credit. He's an advocate. 

[semicaregiver]

On 8/27/2018 at 12:42 PM, compiler said:

Semi:

 

So how does the CG make money? Is it just the profit on the product?

 

Mel

Mel,  Not sure I understand your question.    It seems to suggest that the caregiver provides product to their patient for free or at a loss.  Most caregivers structure the price to their patients to cover the cost of growing the mmj.    Typically this cost is close to what a dispensary might pay at the wholesale level.   The savings for the patient is they too are buying at the wholesale level.    

[compiler]

Semi:

Good grief. Where do I suggest that the CG would supply free product?

Quite the opposite.

My question was what costs are involved for the patient, such as other fees for the expertise/services of the CG.

I am a relatively new patient who has never had a CG. Might as well ask the question(s)

 

Mel

[Kingdiamond]

If you were my patient you would be getting medicine from me at $220 an ounce  $110 for a half etc .

[semicaregiver]

15 hours ago, compiler said:

Semi:

Good grief. Where do I suggest that the CG would supply free product?

Quite the opposite.

My question was what costs are involved for the patient, such as other fees for the expertise/services of the CG.

I am a relatively new patient who has never had a CG. Might as well ask the question(s)

 

Mel

Sorry about that Mel.  Too often people post very cynical questions.   Your cost as a patient is $150/ounce

[Restorium2]

Ounces aren't always equal. Some ounces have a value of two to three times that of others that are easier to grow and produce more. 

For example;

I can buy ounces at the dispensary anywhere from $60 to $400.

As a grower I know why. A patient might not understand the difficulty in growing some strains as compared to those strains that have been weakened to provide more ounces from each plant. 

I know that if a caregiver is quoting less than $200 then their strains are a little suspect. Some patients may want cheap marijuana. Just like some patients are buying shake at the dispensary for less than $100. Some want the best at a discount. That's what all my patients want. Top shelf. So that's what I grow.