2017 has been an interesting year regarding weed sales. I realized I lost half of my clients by end of September, and I had no idea why. It occurred so suddenly that it seemed like a coordinated effort. After talking to a few of past clients recently, it seems that they separately all have friends with medical cards. Medical dispensaries opened up in Chicago in the beginning of the year, and everyone seems to be mostly into vape cartridges and dabs. Currently selling only half of my grow, I have almost three pounds of dank curing away. I bought a bunch of black foil smell-proof bags and lots of dime size baggies from Amazon, and have been making up little gift pouches in an attempt to gain more clients. I have two other people helping me hand them out to all the heads they know and trust. Each black foil bag contains four dime size baggies of my four strains of bud, along with a cute note about each strain. I've also lowered my prices to $300 oz, selling a lot of $80 quarters. I've already attracted four new clients, but I'm looking for about 8 more.
I've also started selling edibles, mostly brownies, but also cookies and granola bars. I've got my cannabutter down, finally. People seem to like the strength of 1.5 ozs of frosty trim per a pound of butter. I have about 7 POUNDS of trim that I need to process, so that should keep me busy. It seems that the dispensaries here have gummies and candies, but not baked goods. They seem in demand. I'm selling 2 inch square brownies for $10 a pop, and 8x8 inch pans (sans cutting and individually wrapping) for $120. I've made 6 fucking pans of brownies in the last day, I feel like Betty Fucking Crocker up in this bitch. Gotta make more butter, and I don't know if this pungent brownie odor will ever fade. So, I guess I'm just bitching about adjusting to the new climate. I liked it better before when I was on easy street, but I saved up a nice six figure nest egg and haven't had to work a job in the last seven years. Still a great paying gig, but I think this year I'll start to transition more into legitimate forms of income. Recreational weed will be here sooner than later...