Ok, so this thread is about discussing how small quality out door growers deal with dispensaries. If your out door looks like good indoor, than this is the thread for you. I'm mean out door that looks like this.
(I sell all the weed pictured above to dispensaries for no less than 1800 a pound, as high as 2400, in October and November. If they don't pay my price, they do not get my product.)
We will discuss which ones are good, which ones are bad, and how to prevent getting ripped off by them. We all know that many dispensaries are basically glorified scam artists. Some of them really disgust me. In fact trying to deal with dispensaries was a major contributor to me starting my own collective and delivery service.
Let's start with how to talk to dispensary buyers. First thing to remember is the less said the better. Don't even tell them where it was grown. Just state the strain name and your price. Remember they need you more than you need them. Don't let them negotiate. They get a bonus for making you go low. Dispensary buyers don't care how good your pot is. They will always try to devalue your product. They will try and give you as little as 900-1600 a pound Then they will turn around and sell it for 45-60 an eighth, and 320-440 an ounce.
The first trick they use to devalue your product is by asking where and how it was grown. The proper response, is "where do you think it was grown?" If you tell them it was grown out doors, then they automatically max your price at 1600 in their head, but will offer you as little as 900. They don't care if it looks, tastes, and smells amazing, tests over 25% thc and is clean. To them just the fact that it was grown out doors gives them an excuse to down grade your weed for no reason. They are hoping you don't understand that quality is the goal, and it doesn't matter how you get quality, as long as you get it. It's the same logic as 6+4=10, and so does 3+7.
Another devaluation tactic I hear often is, "I haven't even heard of that strain." The proper response is to say, "it's rare then, and rarity makes it more valuable not less." Let's be honest. Most dispensary buyers don't know shit. What they haven't heard of could fill up a football stadium.
The next thing they will do is start breaking apart your buds, and man handling your weed like it ain't shit, and disrespecting you. Stay calm and tell them to stop, unless they wanna buy it for your stated price.
Yet another thing they will do is try and tell you it's the wrong time of year. That's not true either there is no wrong time of year. It stands out even more in comparison to the mass amounts of crap weed hitting the market. Quality sells well all year, and they will mark up your product at least 200 percent.
I have found in 2016 some of the worst dispensaries to be in the north east bay. They have the worst quality weed for the highest prices and offer the same price for garbage as they do for dank.
Some of the best are in San Francisco proper, and Berkeley. They pay for quality weed, and charge the same as the dispensaries in the north east bay despite having triple the overhead.
I would like to hear about your experiences, and tactics as well. Please feel free to post pictures too.
(I sell all the weed pictured above to dispensaries for no less than 1800 a pound, as high as 2400, in October and November. If they don't pay my price, they do not get my product.)
We will discuss which ones are good, which ones are bad, and how to prevent getting ripped off by them. We all know that many dispensaries are basically glorified scam artists. Some of them really disgust me. In fact trying to deal with dispensaries was a major contributor to me starting my own collective and delivery service.
Let's start with how to talk to dispensary buyers. First thing to remember is the less said the better. Don't even tell them where it was grown. Just state the strain name and your price. Remember they need you more than you need them. Don't let them negotiate. They get a bonus for making you go low. Dispensary buyers don't care how good your pot is. They will always try to devalue your product. They will try and give you as little as 900-1600 a pound Then they will turn around and sell it for 45-60 an eighth, and 320-440 an ounce.
The first trick they use to devalue your product is by asking where and how it was grown. The proper response, is "where do you think it was grown?" If you tell them it was grown out doors, then they automatically max your price at 1600 in their head, but will offer you as little as 900. They don't care if it looks, tastes, and smells amazing, tests over 25% thc and is clean. To them just the fact that it was grown out doors gives them an excuse to down grade your weed for no reason. They are hoping you don't understand that quality is the goal, and it doesn't matter how you get quality, as long as you get it. It's the same logic as 6+4=10, and so does 3+7.
Another devaluation tactic I hear often is, "I haven't even heard of that strain." The proper response is to say, "it's rare then, and rarity makes it more valuable not less." Let's be honest. Most dispensary buyers don't know shit. What they haven't heard of could fill up a football stadium.
The next thing they will do is start breaking apart your buds, and man handling your weed like it ain't shit, and disrespecting you. Stay calm and tell them to stop, unless they wanna buy it for your stated price.
Yet another thing they will do is try and tell you it's the wrong time of year. That's not true either there is no wrong time of year. It stands out even more in comparison to the mass amounts of crap weed hitting the market. Quality sells well all year, and they will mark up your product at least 200 percent.
I have found in 2016 some of the worst dispensaries to be in the north east bay. They have the worst quality weed for the highest prices and offer the same price for garbage as they do for dank.
Some of the best are in San Francisco proper, and Berkeley. They pay for quality weed, and charge the same as the dispensaries in the north east bay despite having triple the overhead.
I would like to hear about your experiences, and tactics as well. Please feel free to post pictures too.
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