Whats up with selling pot by weight?

[Jimmy Luffnan]

I know it sounds stupid because you need a unit of measure to sell dope......

I don't sell dope, but I was sitting down with a dealer the other night that I met (non sale related) and he was weighing up grams and explaining to me how a '$25' was about 2.5 grams... a '$50' was like 5.2grams etc.

I was a bit shocked at what you would call the 'bag appeal' , but he simply stated that it was the going rate and you pay for weight and not looks....

Little electronic scales are for selling powder, not grass imo...

I told him "No offence, but if you gave me that for $50, Id tell you to get f#cked and throw it in your face"

I was a little shocked because when I was a kid buying weed, a '$20' was pretty much as big as your index and ring finger... and a '$50' was about 4 fingers and just as thick........ but most of the time the dealer would just give you that as a freebie... cause face it.... he has pounds and pounds... and you are just a small fish... its kinda like small change...

The only time I remember there ever being scales involved was selling pounds, and even they were 2 or 3 ounces over....

In my opinion,

Selling is a business, and just like any business, you have to be competitive with the quality and size... and make sure your customers are happy always

If I sold, there would be no scales involved. I just don't know how it is that people pay money for some skimpy piece of bud and dealers seem to get away with it???

Without you... they don't sell anything... so why do they think that they are doing you a favor?

It simply shows that greed has tipped the scales....

Please enlighten me with your thoughts...

 

[darkdestruction420]

I know it sounds stupid because you need a unit of measure to sell dope......

I don't sell dope, but I was sitting down with a dealer the other night that I met (non sale related) and he was weighing up grams and explaining to me how a '$25' was about 2.5 grams... a '$50' was like 5.2grams etc.

I was a bit shocked at what you would call the 'bag appeal' , but he simply stated that it was the going rate and you pay for weight and not looks....

Little electronic scales are for selling powder, not grass imo...

I told him "No offence, but if you gave me that for $50, Id tell you to get f#cked and throw it in your face"

I was a little shocked because when I was a kid buying weed, a '$20' was pretty much as big as your index and ring finger... and a '$50' was about 4 fingers and just as thick........ but most of the time the dealer would just give you that as a freebie... cause face it.... he has pounds and pounds... and you are just a small fish... its kinda like small change...

The only time I remember there ever being scales involved was selling pounds, and even they were 2 or 3 ounces over....

In my opinion,

Selling is a business, and just like any business, you have to be competitive with the quality and size... and make sure your customers are happy always

If I sold, there would be no scales involved. I just don't know how it is that people pay money for some skimpy piece of bud and dealers seem to get away with it???

Without you... they don't sell anything... so why do they think that they are doing you a favor?

It simply shows that greed has tipped the scales....

Please enlighten me with your thoughts...

if u sold i'd be a regular. lol. dealers are in it to make money 90% of the time.......they buy it to sell it. if ya can find a grower they'll usually hook ya up like you were saying.

 

[Boneman]

I dont know how old you are but I will tell you that as far back as I can remember 35+ years (i'm a good bit older than 35) scales were used to weigh bud. We did use fingers...1 finger was a dime bag (10 bucks), 2 fingers 1/2 Oz (20 bucks) and 4 fingers was an ounce (40 bucks).
Nowadays, its priced and sold (on the street) by the gram. Yeah man, total rip off I agree. Its called supply and demand....Thats why I grow my own

 

[ConstantlyHighOnPot]

that's why i always had regulars bro - treat ur people right and they will take care of u....oh yea, i am old school too, lol

 

[Jimmy Luffnan]

if u sold i'd be a regular. lol. dealers are in it to make money 90% of the time.......they buy it to sell it. if ya can find a grower they'll usually hook ya up like you were saying.

I think if I keep seeing this injustice, I might just have to... what's your number? hahah jks

I dont know how old you are but I will tell you that as far back as I can remember 35+ years (i'm a good bit older than 35) scales were used to weigh bud. We did use fingers...1 finger was a dime bag (10 bucks), 2 fingers 1/2 Oz (20 bucks) and 4 fingers was an ounce (40 bucks).
Nowadays, its priced and sold (on the street) by the gram. Yeah man, total rip off I agree. Its called supply and demand....Thats why I grow my own

Im not sure it is an age thing (back in the day) as much as it is a mindset of the people selling/buying.... because these people still exist.

I understand that growing takes time and money, and I understand that some people buy and sell trying to aim for a profit margin whether it be financial or simply to smoke.... but ffs... how much profit margin do you need???

P.S. Thanks for being in agreement, I thought I might have sounded like I come from a town where they throw handfuls of dope off a float in the annual parade!

 

[Bilstaaa]

Yeh you don't get alot for the money, sucks really, 1.4g for £10 is stupid but I pay it, if they made cannabis legal I wonder if the price would decline that much? They might have supermarket in battles and maybe start to have tesco value weed haha how weird would that be ! Oh well we can only wait and hope it will be legalized in our life time! (doubt it)

 

[La Bella Morte]

I think the price and unit that marijuana is sold in, goes by where you are in the country and how available it is.
For example, I live in Colorado. Medical is legal here and we have many dispensaries. You can go buy an 8th (about 3.5 grams) for 35 bucks. WELL, if you were a street seller, like a good buddy of mine that I buy from, you would be selling that 8th, that you paid 35 for, for about 50-60 depending on how dry reggie is. You can get a half 8th for 25, a qo for about 170, and an O for about 320 or less.

Reggie is a whole different story.
5$- a blunt, about 1 or 2 grams
10$- 3-4 grams
20$- 6-7 g
35$- half, 14 grams
50-75- O, 28 grams.
and so on..

It really really depends. When I get on Med, I plan on bringing in about 120 for an 8th in Oklahoma because they don't get that shit down there, so you can charge more.

Its all a money game... thats why I think growing is such an important thing... marijuana is our right as human beings, I don't think we should be paying an arm and a leg just to reap the benefits!

 

[GodFather]

I feel you man, over here in Arizona shit costs 20/g and about 330/o


We need some growers over here to fuck up the market with me

Ill start pushing chronic for 5/g and totally fuck EVERYBODY up

 

[SmokeGrowSkate844]

Dude I don't know where you live, or what your smoking, but I pay 50 for an 1/8 (3.5G) and that's what everyone pays.

 

[CrackerJax]

The only way to circumvent the high pricing is to get some buddies together and buy a couple of pounds at a time. Only then will you really save. I haven't bought in many years but that was always the way I did it.

 

[olosto]

So when you have a quarter pound to sell how the fuck are you going to be sure your not giving 3 pounds or 5 pounds. The difference is only 3000 to 5000 dollars a pound..



Sure its overpriced. But how else are you going to sell it.

OP - Grow a few harvests and see how much you get per plant, what the cost is, and how much of your time it takes. Also top shelf meds pay for themsevs because you smoke so much less, also more expensive nute wise.. I would not change the system. The prices, sure, but not the method of selling. Weight is fair and works for doseage size. eace

 

[olosto]

The only way to circumvent the high pricing is to get some buddies together and buy a couple of pounds at a time. Only then will you really save. I haven't bought in many years but that was always the way I did it.

Or just grow... Better quality control anyway..

 

[Louis541]

I feel you man, over here in Arizona shit costs 20/g and about 330/o


We need some growers over here to fuck up the market with me

Ill start pushing chronic for 5/g and totally fuck EVERYBODY up

Dude, if you did that some fucking loser gangster scarface wannabe would shoot you. What were those two brothers that went into the crack biz together?

 

[Louis541]

I feel you man, over here in Arizona shit costs 20/g and about 330/o


We need some growers over here to fuck up the market with me

Ill start pushing chronic for 5/g and totally fuck EVERYBODY up

Dude, if you did that some fucking loser gangster scarface wannabe would shoot you. What were those two brothers that went into the crack biz together?

 

[dahamma]

sell by the square foot. jk

 

[Benassi]

Selling is hustling, they're out to make theirs. Weight, prices, how many people it's been through that are trying to make there own... people make a living off this, not trying to make a wall-mart pot business that will attract so much attention they're busted... Quick money when you're doing things street.

OP smokes crack.

 

[ONEeyedWILLY444]

Selling is hustling, they're out to make theirs. Weight, prices, how many people it's been through that are trying to make there own... people make a living off this, not trying to make a wall-mart pot business that will attract so much attention they're busted... Quick money when you're doing things street.

true. when its illegal then too much business can be bad for business

 

[Yeah]

The way I see it, from a sellers point of view:

I have something that you want and this something is ILLEGAL. By possessing and selling this illegal good to you I am risking MY FREEDOM. So... if you really want this "good", I am going to charge you based on the risk that I carry, the quality, the amount(weight), and the demand for it.

I hope that helps put it into perspective, but that's more for powder and other "hard" drugs. With weed I believe people should show more compassion. When I have it, I make sure everyone around me has some, too. Whether it's legal or not, there should be some love and morals to it.

 

[FloridaKryp]

I feel bad for you average joe dealer, most of them who sell weed make very little money. They can't buy in the bulk they need to make a decent profit. Most dealers are making less than $100 per OZ they sell. The biggest problem is unlike Coke you arent going to be craving more and more bud. That's why people who want to make money selling usually sell Mids because they can get it in bulk for cheap and turnaround and make a decent profit.

I know most dispencaries are selling most of there weed for higher than street value (atleast in the high traffic California cities)! Whats funny is the big fish are making more money now then anyone ever thought you could make on weed (hundreds of millions) while the small fishes are still nickle and diming there way.

 

[Cannabolic]

yea its all about supply and demand. its tough though, back in the day a hand full of weed was like 20 dollars. but all they really had was reggs. now we have bud that will put you on your ass so idk........i guess you buy what you pay for