The boutique grower is in danger, just like it was in CA for Me. Yes, we need to always adapt - but there are limits. Now, the chorus is "I usually pay $____ for it.."
Unless selling ozs to patients, it is not worthwhile to even consider selling a P to most Dispos.
It is almost unfortunate that for a couple years I was able to get around 4-5K for my OG K in CA from Dispos. And 36 for the other strains.
Life was good for a couple years. If that never happened, I would never have it as a model..! haha
What do we care, about what they pay for crap...? if our hybrid plant, or Haze-derivative takes 74 or more days to REALLY finish....? MONEY...!!!!! BILLS, etc..
And what if it is High Times centerfold quality..? Where is the incentive to continue to grow anything but early pulled, high yielding commercial wannabe OG, or cookies crosses filled with Paclos...?
Talking to a silver-tongued Dispensary owner yesterday - I realize all figures are doctored in His favor - but what He claimed to pay for a P was worse than CA ever got, for the grower. "There are lots of desperate growers out there willing to sell for that price..." He said. Been there, seen that. Most people moved away from NorCal at that point. Or got big in order to compete. His words are the LAST thing I want to hear.
I asked of the quality of the cheapo buds, and He said "Beautiful." I take it with a grain of salt, cause He is a Pure BSer, and always trying to get me to lower my price, cause His 2k Pot is nowhere as good as Mine. He won;t admit it's worth the extra dollars, but see his eyes, when I give him some samples... WIDE EYED AND HAPPY, reaching for the pipe immediately..@).
MI MJ program sucks balls, & is going the way of the Dodo, regarding personal cannabis freedom. I do not want to be forced to NOT grow, and to smoke their Health Canada quality crap. Snyder signed a contract with those very people THREE YEARS AGO...
Here comes Big Business. I love how the Liquor distributors nationwide are bucking to be the SOLE distributors of cannabis for the small price of 300 a p to transport anywhere. (extraction lab, dispensary, wherever). Yet, for decades, they paid lobbyists and bribes to the tune of millions AGAINST CANNABIS>. It is titanically ironic and blatantly corrupt. PURE MICHIGAN. SNYDER AND SCHUTTE STILL LARGE AND IN CHARGE..
I've changed my model as of today. I will avoid as much as possible being squeezed by all sides from now on. Tired of this scene. THE GROWER TAKES MOST OF THE RISK, FINANCIALLY, LEGALLY AND OTHERWISE. Every state penalizes the grower, and rewards the Middleman.
Apparently, It is once again - BLACK MARKET or NO MARKET. And even that is not very profitable anymore.
My goal is to turn the tables a little bit. I don;t think I can overhaul the whole Supply & Demand paradigm in total...haha
Unless selling ozs to patients, it is not worthwhile to even consider selling a P to most Dispos.
It is almost unfortunate that for a couple years I was able to get around 4-5K for my OG K in CA from Dispos. And 36 for the other strains.
Life was good for a couple years. If that never happened, I would never have it as a model..! haha
What do we care, about what they pay for crap...? if our hybrid plant, or Haze-derivative takes 74 or more days to REALLY finish....? MONEY...!!!!! BILLS, etc..
And what if it is High Times centerfold quality..? Where is the incentive to continue to grow anything but early pulled, high yielding commercial wannabe OG, or cookies crosses filled with Paclos...?
Talking to a silver-tongued Dispensary owner yesterday - I realize all figures are doctored in His favor - but what He claimed to pay for a P was worse than CA ever got, for the grower. "There are lots of desperate growers out there willing to sell for that price..." He said. Been there, seen that. Most people moved away from NorCal at that point. Or got big in order to compete. His words are the LAST thing I want to hear.
I asked of the quality of the cheapo buds, and He said "Beautiful." I take it with a grain of salt, cause He is a Pure BSer, and always trying to get me to lower my price, cause His 2k Pot is nowhere as good as Mine. He won;t admit it's worth the extra dollars, but see his eyes, when I give him some samples... WIDE EYED AND HAPPY, reaching for the pipe immediately..@).
MI MJ program sucks balls, & is going the way of the Dodo, regarding personal cannabis freedom. I do not want to be forced to NOT grow, and to smoke their Health Canada quality crap. Snyder signed a contract with those very people THREE YEARS AGO...
Here comes Big Business. I love how the Liquor distributors nationwide are bucking to be the SOLE distributors of cannabis for the small price of 300 a p to transport anywhere. (extraction lab, dispensary, wherever). Yet, for decades, they paid lobbyists and bribes to the tune of millions AGAINST CANNABIS>. It is titanically ironic and blatantly corrupt. PURE MICHIGAN. SNYDER AND SCHUTTE STILL LARGE AND IN CHARGE..
I've changed my model as of today. I will avoid as much as possible being squeezed by all sides from now on. Tired of this scene. THE GROWER TAKES MOST OF THE RISK, FINANCIALLY, LEGALLY AND OTHERWISE. Every state penalizes the grower, and rewards the Middleman.
Apparently, It is once again - BLACK MARKET or NO MARKET. And even that is not very profitable anymore.
My goal is to turn the tables a little bit. I don;t think I can overhaul the whole Supply & Demand paradigm in total...haha
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