Did you guys even see an increase in price before the outdoor started coming in this year?
i did from some guys....they knew prices were gonna fall dramatically so they were asking a higher price up until a few weeks ago. now the flood is almost in full swing as everybody and their moms is pulling some backyard boogie...so the same guy that was asking 34 for his indoors is now asking 32...but im still saying "sorry not interested"
indoors in cali is probably gonna fall below 3 real soon...none of its moving when you got some fire outdoors for 2-25..
I'm not saying there shouldn't be allowances of price inflation. I'm just saying sixty dollars for a little over three grams of weed and a 5-6k standard for a pound of good pot is ridiculous, and people arguing to keep it that way are greedy.
Shit is a plant, once the actually farming community gets in on the $, its game over.
EDIT: To respond to the poll question. I honestly would not buy something that said hand trimmed on it... that is assuming that the non hand trimmed product is of the same quality. Just because someone paid 20/hr to someone to trim their harvest does not mean they should recieve higher compensation for their product. Because as a end consumer, i could honestly give a shit less about anything but price in regards to quality. If the quality is higher for the price, then we are talking a whole new ballgame
indoors in cali is probably gonna fall below 3 real soon...none of its moving when you got some fire outdoors for 2-25..
Sad sad shit for all those mom and pops shops. Its going to get hard to grow for a living lol.
thank you for posting this so i can use it as an example but please grow up and realize your actions have consequences. Okay guys, anyone hear about the WTO protests? Any one care about workers rights? This is where you make a difference. WITH WHAT YOU BUY! When you think it is okay to pay a child in china 2 cents to work a 20 hour shift so you can have the newest Abercrombie shirt, you have morality issues. SO while i appreciate your eye for a bargain and dedication to capitalism and consumer driven choice, i hope your children get sold into slavery. No, really. (not really. ) But, c'mon man. Price isn't everything. Buy American, much? Your economic pledge says no. Second, I'ld pay $100 a quarter oz, for certified organic (good for me and environment), equitably hand trimmed (good for local economy, machines kill jobs that are often better done by humans) pot sold with some certified terroir information ( i know the money is staying in the community from which it was produced, at least partially). I can do this with wine beer cigarettes coffee cheese eggs leather beef chicken fish... WHY not cannabis.?!?
Price is not everything, but knowing someone got overpayed to use a pair of scissors on my herb does not make me sleep well at night. 20 per hour to use some fiskars? McDonalds employees could do that, thats all im saying.
Seems like your are living in some sort of dream land where everything is perfect and all people are taken care of. If cannabis ever becomes a commodity, it will be just that. A little sun, a little dirt, a little water. The farmers in the marijuana industry are backed by some of the most ridiculous markups. Those guys out there farming tomatoes, potatoes, corn.... etc will gladly throw some pot on their parcels and grow just as good of stuff.
The fair trade (aka barter) system is of a day long gone, and only works in communes and band camp.
Don't get me wrong...I do not want the prices to stay high....and I would not pay $5-6 thousand for a pound of anything...nor will I charge that--
I just don't see a big drop in price coming...at least not for several years-- Eventually, yeah....but not right away--
not prohibition high. The titles is "to keep prices from deflating rapidly."
I'm not trying to keep them artificially high but i would legitimately pay more in a legal market for these things.
Sure. i'll grow my own but i'll never be able to grow as well as someone who grows one strain and perfects it. Say, Tom Hill's Haze or something. Or if Sam moved back to Cali and grew his myriad of skunks under the sun. Not too mention all the mom and pops... cmon I hope i'm wrong. but these people are about to take a severe pinch in the pocket. I see these people as the forefathers of the movement. The people who kept it going.
These people can implement terroir as a market standard and impact the world. I want Nepalese hash right next to Organic Mendo Purps. I want that market choice. I want to be able to buy Thai Sticks from Thailand, where i know that the farmer is sharing profit with the seller. I want to improve the world with pot.
Do you see the bigger picture? Its not about numbers its about empowerment.
Do you drink wine? Are you familiar with the genetic makeup of the worlds wine? Less than ten grapes, four dominant ones i believe. i'll google it. hold on
I've only read a few pages of this thread...
There is really no way we can stop the overall price of ganja from falling (or rising). There are too many market forces at play. Anyone who feels differently hasn't studied economics much or really even thought this through, imo.
On the other hand, individual growers will prolly still be able to find a market niche for their product based on quality and other factors that allow for higher than average profit margins.
lw