I'd like to toss my 2 cents in here regarding "consignment". The true nature of this beast is the lack of overhead associated with an inventory. Consider the risk a store owner takes when he orders a case of XXXX or whatever. He owns it and has to wait to sell it to make his profit. His profit actually comes from the back end, the last few he sells. If things are slow and it takes him a long time to sell everything, his profit has dropped considerably because of all the other expenses (overhead) he's endured. Home Depot and Wall Mart operate this way. HD will buy several boxcar loads of, let's use Kohler toilets, all the same model & color. They'll get terms like 120 days to pay the bill. They then run a sale on this item and sell it out way before the due date and make their profit without ever outlaying a single dollar for the stuff. They also force a buy-back clause so that whatever doesn't sell, the manufacturer has to take back, no questions, no re-stocking dollar per dollar what was charged originally.
Consignment is purely for the protection of the dispensary and leaves the grower totally at their mercy. I personally do not consign never have, never will. A bird in the hand so-to-speak. It is most likely due to me being the owner of a retail business for many years, got me pretty savvy on this concept. I invest way too much in time money stress and a myriad of additional things involved with growing MMJ and like I wrote before I'd rather keep my hard work and have no money than to consign it out and have nothing of both. Remember the immortal words of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. For the younger generation on here, we used to call MJ 'Dope" and not weed, pot or anything like these terms.