Strawberrycough
Member
i hope the guy succeeds but he doesnt even have 1/4 of the selection as the guy 4 blocks away. shop at D&S Gardens it is more mom and pops.
gimme shelter
New member
NO I DO NOT OWN A STORE
NO I DO NOT OWN A STORE
Greetings,
No I do not own a Grow shop, or have any connection to the Competition. Check the other posts, I am not the only one with that opinion. Not being paid by anyone in the business, just stated my opinion on how they compare to other shops in the area. Following your logic, you must be a mole for the "Super Store"
NO I DO NOT OWN A STORE
Greetings,
No I do not own a Grow shop, or have any connection to the Competition. Check the other posts, I am not the only one with that opinion. Not being paid by anyone in the business, just stated my opinion on how they compare to other shops in the area. Following your logic, you must be a mole for the "Super Store"
CalBear4Life
Member
That 20% off is to make you think you are getting a special price. Hydro stuff is so far marked up that they can get away with a "special discount." Complete BS. Hydro stores are all really expensive. The only thing that matters is that you like the people and the place where you are getting screwed!!!
Herbsman_OS
Member
Maybe the Hydro shops you frequent in the Bay are BS'n you, but I've been getting that type of discount for over 7 years in Humboldt County. Even if they have sales on my products, I'm getting 20% on the sale items too! In addition, I'm well aware of what the prices for various products are because they kick down the catalog.
If you have to sweat what you're payin' for, then you're in the wrong business.
20% discount is the standard for most of the dozen or so indoor garden stores in Portland.
One that I know of in Milwuakie, Oregon (10 miles south of Portland) appears to have more selection than the Oakland operation. Hard to say.
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One that I know of in Milwuakie, Oregon (10 miles south of Portland) appears to have more selection than the Oakland operation. Hard to say.
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JeanTonerre
Member
for sure ''unqualified'' personal
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jahzebel
1/27/2010 11:29:00 PM
"I like potheads. Although I am not one, I appreciate that tens of thousands of people willingly smoke themselves into an apathetic and underachieving stupor, allowing my mediocre self to far surpass them in this struggle that is life. Times are tough and the economy and job market is getting tougher and I certainly don't need any more competition.
Drink 5 beers a day and they call you an alcoholic. But 5 blunts a day? LOL That's okay, cause its *herbal* ho ho heee heee ha ha Frank Zappa was darn right in that you can probably trace all the cultivation and drug stuff somewhere back to the government -"
you sound like a dumb fuck
1/27/2010 11:29:00 PM
"I like potheads. Although I am not one, I appreciate that tens of thousands of people willingly smoke themselves into an apathetic and underachieving stupor, allowing my mediocre self to far surpass them in this struggle that is life. Times are tough and the economy and job market is getting tougher and I certainly don't need any more competition.
Drink 5 beers a day and they call you an alcoholic. But 5 blunts a day? LOL That's okay, cause its *herbal* ho ho heee heee ha ha Frank Zappa was darn right in that you can probably trace all the cultivation and drug stuff somewhere back to the government -"
you sound like a dumb fuck
True. I was sure there are people out there who do it, but not like this iGrow store is doing it.. completely "above-ground". And I wasn't insinuating that they'd be around come harvest time but rather that they know the location of your grow, they can extrapolate from when they went in and set it all up to when the grow could be done and break in... who's to say it wasn't the gangbangers down the street? But I get what you're saying. Trust is just something that I have a hard time handing out like candy, especially in this biz
Definitely feel you on that one. I've walked into places on opening day tho and saw that they were only maybe 50-75% set up then the next week they were stocked to the rafters.. but if what karmical said is true and they lost their distributor already well... this place is set to fail.
darthvapor
Active member
this place sucks! Im sticking with D&S. Its in the same neighborhood, they give me great deals, and sometimes even pizza and beer, and the people who work and shop there are really cool.
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Blue Dot
What's to stop the feds from busting this guy like they do other hydro shops with "conspiracy to manufacture" when MJ is mentioned in the shop?
This guy knows there are FED laws as well as state laws right?
This guy knows there are FED laws as well as state laws right?
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Cinderella99
That's a really good question, BD, and maybe why the risks involved in running a shop like this at this time of nascent cannapolicy could justify a 100k/ year salary.
Cool. Do you know if they're going to hire any of those Walmart type greeters? It'd be a pretty chill job just to toke up and smile and wave to everybody that walks in. Plus, since California is going to mandate that all MMJ is "affordable" based on median income, I won't have to sweat the small stuff like figuring out how to pay for it
Although, I guess that even if CA doesn't dictate a one-size-fits-all MMJ price, folks will still have the option of stopping in to one of these super saver stores and growing their own (instead of buying the Super Silver Saver Club Weed (SSSCW) the gov't puts out lol)...
Cool. Do you know if they're going to hire any of those Walmart type greeters? It'd be a pretty chill job just to toke up and smile and wave to everybody that walks in. Plus, since California is going to mandate that all MMJ is "affordable" based on median income, I won't have to sweat the small stuff like figuring out how to pay for it
Although, I guess that even if CA doesn't dictate a one-size-fits-all MMJ price, folks will still have the option of stopping in to one of these super saver stores and growing their own (instead of buying the Super Silver Saver Club Weed (SSSCW) the gov't puts out lol)...
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Blue Dot
I'm glad you answered it that way because it proves my point.
What is happening is businesses are exploiting the illegality of MJ to justify charging exorbinant prices.
If MJ was completely illegal this would be justifible BUT if MJ is quasi or even completely legal (like can be argued) then this exploitation of the law is simple greed.
It could be argued that this type of hydro shop is completely legal under fed law because of Obamas mandate (because these guys are obeying state law) and therefore have no risk of imprisonment and therefore it's not justifiable to charge the "illegal" rate when in reality it is legal.
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Bud Bug
Wow here I am sitting thinking Hydro stores as special and shouldn't make proper profit margin as those "regular" retail stores. Get the pitch forks I hears there's a hydro business out there trying to make money.
Quite a few of the products in stores will be loss leaders.
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Cinderella99
Agreed. So long as freemarket dictates price after MJ is no longer quasi legal and the risky nature of the industry ceases to function as a barrier to entry.
BD, why shouldn't free market dictate now?-- We're talking about an industry where people can grow their own (collectively or individually).
These Wallymarts serve as a classic example of how easy it is for "everyman" to tear down the walls of price inflation. If some of these folks are making 100-200k now in this quasi-legal industry, it won't be for long- they better put it in the bank. Let the freemarket do it's work, bro.
