Vending to clubs, what is it like for you?

[Bobby Stainless]

I get upset with the crap that's going on too, but I really would not get involved in dispensing for 3 mil / year myself. I don't want to deal with all that. This site was not founded on the backs of retail aficionados, or punk street dealers (like OG ...oh snap...JK)...

..It was built on the backs of us farmers...
...those with acid stained clothes that have toiled in buckets
...We would rather trade competitive banter, bud pictures, and explicits
...and that does include a few fuckits)

...It was O.K. you get my point.

Lots of my pants have holes in them from the battery acid I use as PH down.

 

[pugnacious]

I didn't want to bash, but I really have all rights to, yes it was LPC. I actually am still owed over $12,000 in overtime that they never paid me. A lot of those who worked there got together and filed suit through the state labor board. When it finally came time to pursue our lawyer said it was ill advised and they would not pursue because of they type of business. Straight up bullshit, I kind of want to start pursuing it again seeing as I'm unemployed and in full time nursing school, and quickly dewindling on funds. Anyways sorry to clog the thread with off subject banter, but when asked I try to oblige.

To keep this on subject though I really think most places should have a better trading/buying policy. I crop some amazing meds and majority of time the best strains are never good producers. I normally have some left over, but not always huge weight. Most places will laugh if you ask to get rid of just a couple ounces, but one place in berkeley BPG does such a thing and I think it improves the quality factor exponentially. I know as someone who values quality, it's hard to find something up to what I want, at least something I'd be willing to pay for. And on the flip side I feel like (of course there's a growers bias) the medicine I grow is superior to what I can buy. It's like a sandwich, sure you can easily go to subway or togo's and buy one, they even have them at 7.11 now, but the one you make yourself is always better because you care more about making it. And I feel the same with my medicine, why should I sell something in my mind is worth 4+ at least, to someone for almost have the price so that they can profit? It's like taking that culinary masterpiece of a sandwich and selling it to a big sandwich corp like subway and getting back enough money to then only buy a 6".

All that said, the current market creates a bad name for everything. Clubs, growers, patients all suffer as a result. I wish I was able to operate a club and of course you need to make money to live, but you don't need to screw others over in the process. It's easier said than done I know and with so many elements involved it's easy to act as though I would do it better. But in reality the quazi legality still makes it a money game, when it should really be about those who need it as medicine. Not downing recreational use, but at this time if we had had that attitude the whole time, we'd be a lot more progressed. I think that would also create an obviously medicinal statement, inturn taking away the taboo and making recreational use more accepted.

But hey that's just one prophet's



ʇǝɥdoɹPuʍouʞuU

Man, you have no idea how much money I gave away to LPC. I wonder which staff you were. Asian dude? Scrubby white dude? Chubby Asian chick?

heh

Dont worry I wont guess.

 

[UnknownProphet]

Haha I wasn't any of the ones you name, I'll tell you that much. If you came in often you saw me. I worked there 6 days a week (11 hr days) for almost 2 years. Most of the time I was a pain consultant, or budtender as Harborside now calls them. I did quite a it there from verifying patients, cloning, trimming, weigh crew, the list goes on. But most of the time I was at the counter; I had a number of patients who wouldn't deal with anyone but me because I would give them an accurate descriptions.

Oh and as far as 3 mil a year....that's what he claimed. But if you do the math if we were only open on saturday and did a constant $250,000 each week for a year, which I said wasn't uncommon we'd have $13,000,0000. Obviously there was excess of 40-50 mil a year. Yeah that much from one club. But I would say at the time, we were one of if not the most popular dispensary in all the bay.


ʇǝɥdoɹPuʍouʞuU

 

[B00420]

This makes me cry being just across the border in oregon with access to almost infinite amounts of absolute top shelf indoor and outdoor all year long...but no systems in place to sell it legally here.... Is it possible to become a dual resident in california and oregon? Maybe rent a place to stay down there part of the year and get a med card there, then go hook up with some dispensaries in cali. Wonder what the legal implications to that would be if I was a medical card holder in both states....I have heard of that sort of thing second hand. Definitely lots of Oregonians bring their harvests down to Cali dispensaries and come back with their pockets a lot fuller than they would be up here on the black market.

 

[burnedout]

This makes me cry being just across the border in oregon with access to almost infinite amounts of absolute top shelf indoor and outdoor all year long...but no systems in place to sell it legally here.... Is it possible to become a dual resident in california and oregon? Maybe rent a place to stay down there part of the year and get a med card there, then go hook up with some dispensaries in cali. Wonder what the legal implications to that would be if I was a medical card holder in both states....I have heard of that sort of thing second hand. Definitely lots of Oregonians bring their harvests down to Cali dispensaries and come back with their pockets a lot fuller than they would be up here on the black market.

It's still illegal to sell for profit even in California bro.

 

[backwoodburner]

Im pretty sure if you got good Kush any of the so cal clubs will eat it up!

 

[movingtocally]

This makes me cry being just across the border in oregon with access to almost infinite amounts of absolute top shelf indoor and outdoor all year long...but no systems in place to sell it legally here.... Is it possible to become a dual resident in california and oregon? Maybe rent a place to stay down there part of the year and get a med card there, then go hook up with some dispensaries in cali. Wonder what the legal implications to that would be if I was a medical card holder in both states....I have heard of that sort of thing second hand. Definitely lots of Oregonians bring their harvests down to Cali dispensaries and come back with their pockets a lot fuller than they would be up here on the black market.

So, wait-you think people are getting more selling it to the clubs than on the black market? Dude people sell to the clubs because it's easy, accessible, straight-forward and (relatively)safe.

I find it very strange and unlikely that people are getting more for their crops in a legal, competitive environment than they are in Oregon. Not that Oregon isn't competitive and often legal as well, but it ain't like it is down here that's for sure.

 

[InducedSerenity]

These are manually directed at San Diego area growers -

Are most dispensaries going cash or do they ask you for a tax ID? I'm thinking of selling them some of my excess meds and don't really see any mention of 1099 in this thread - are any of you guys claiming income? I really don't want that much cash laying around..

thanks everyone for your input! this was a good read

 

[pugnacious]

These are manually directed at San Diego area growers -

Are most dispensaries going cash or do they ask you for a tax ID? I'm thinking of selling them some of my excess meds and don't really see any mention of 1099 in this thread - are any of you guys claiming income? I really don't want that much cash laying around..

thanks everyone for your input! this was a good read

Ill chime in and let you know 1 thing. Dont ever call and ask that question to any dispensary.

From what I know, the tax is never added onto the actual donation price. Its deducted. And tax is a very sensitive issue with any dispensary owner. So asking that will make them really paranoid.

Everyone assumes that dispenaries are taxing the shit out of the patients, ripping off patients left and right.

Take the time to really break down the numbers, add in the volume of donations, compensation to staff, utilities and rent, and all the other cost effect shit out there. Most of these dispensaries with a $60 cap arent ripping anyone off.

But to go back to your question, the most safest position for dispensaries are to let it go for consignment up to a week. I know theres a huge trust issue, I would know I used to be in your shoes. But you got to take a step back to take a leap forward right?

 

[rmccinc719]

most of the dispenceries around hear charge city and state taxes on top of your 50 to 60 dollor 1/8ths. also locally if your under contract for all your meds most of them do 1099 you at the end of the year. now i do believe if your a patient and getting wholesale pricing you shouldn't have to pay taxes on it up front. i might very well be wrong with my last statement. i only supply a couple of dispenceries and have never had to buy from them.

 

[Bobby Stainless]

But to go back to your question, the most safest position for dispensaries are to let it go for consignment up to a week. I know theres a huge trust issue, I would know I used to be in your shoes. But you got to take a step back to take a leap forward right?

That doesn't seem unreasonable at all.

 

[scarred4life]

Unreasonable????????????????? DON'T FRONT WHOLESALE PRODUCT...EVER!!!!!!
Consignment is one of the most common way that growers get ripped off and generally manipulated by dispensaries.
---sorry, we got robbed and lost your product....peace bro
---you put an lb. on consignment? you're wrong bro cause our records say it was only a qp.
---here's the meds that didn't sell buddy. sorry we kept it in a hot room for a week and fucked off the quality of what's left

 

[scarred4life]

damn! I could have put this in my last comment, but this sentence was on consignment and I couldn't get to it.

 

[humboldtlocal]

damn! I could have put this in my last comment, but this sentence was on consignment and I couldn't get to it.

That is hilarious.

 

[Ms_Weekend]

Unreasonable????????????????? DON'T FRONT WHOLESALE PRODUCT...EVER!!!!!!
Consignment is one of the most common way that growers get ripped off and generally manipulated by dispensaries.
---sorry, we got robbed and lost your product....peace bro
---you put an lb. on consignment? you're wrong bro cause our records say it was only a qp.
---here's the meds that didn't sell buddy. sorry we kept it in a hot room for a week and fucked off the quality of what's left

THANK YOU! SOMEONE GETS IT!

 

[Bud Spleefman]

most of the dispenceries around hear charge city and state taxes on top of your 50 to 60 dollor 1/8ths. also locally if your under contract for all your meds most of them do 1099 you at the end of the year. now i do believe if your a patient and getting wholesale pricing you shouldn't have to pay taxes on it up front. i might very well be wrong with my last statement. i only supply a couple of dispenceries and have never had to buy from them.

Wow, a real answer!

My experience in Denver area Dispenaries is similar.... most will "test" your product, the best way to get them to test is to go in as a patient, and while you are visiting with the BudTender, ask what the procedure is if you have some extra meds. They will ask for a small sample, and some contact info... if they like it and you become a regular "vendor" they will want to 1099 you, ask for your SS#, etc... some of them will hook you up with patients, too.

And yes, THEY PAY MORE THAN THE BLACK MARKET!!!! THEY SELL IF FOR $8,000 a pound! Why are people always skeptical about this? The Dispesaries are actually driving the price up, not down.....

Personally, I just handle my own patients.... and they like it that way. They pay half what they would pay at the Dispensary, and I don't have to worry about getting rolled in the Dispensary parking lot, or shot during a Dispensary robbery, or stiffed by a Dispensary that gets ripped or raided.

This is Colorado specific, I have no idea about Cali, except I do know their wholesale prices are a lot lower...

 

[BiG H3rB Tr3E]

Wow, a real answer!

My experience in Denver area Dispenaries is similar.... most will "test" your product, the best way to get them to test is to go in as a patient, and while you are visiting with the BudTender, ask what the procedure is if you have some extra meds. They will ask for a small sample, and some contact info... if they like it and you become a regular "vendor" they will want to 1099 you, ask for your SS#, etc... some of them will hook you up with patients, too.

And yes, THEY PAY MORE THAN THE BLACK MARKET!!!! THEY SELL IF FOR $8,000 a pound! Why are people always skeptical about this? The Dispesaries are actually driving the price up, not down.....

Personally, I just handle my own patients.... and they like it that way. They pay half what they would pay at the Dispensary, and I don't have to worry about getting rolled in the Dispensary parking lot, or shot during a Dispensary robbery, or stiffed by a Dispensary that gets ripped or raided.

This is Colorado specific, I have no idea about Cali, except I do know their wholesale prices are a lot lower...

Wow, no wonder they like it that way, by your account it sounds like your almost guranteed to be murederd and raped trying to purchase medicine through a storefront. Hey if you ever give up your caregiving status, I bet youd be a hit over at FAUX NEWS.

 

[Budweiser13]

Fuck the clubs they are ruining the market...

 

[Sam the Caveman]

Wow Bud Spleefman, sounds like CO dispensaries are very professional.

I do have one question for you though, do they pay up front or ask for consignment?

 

[Budweiser13]

The clubs in cali aint worth it for the risk the growers take and the cost of growing. I dont care how fucking legal you are the feds will kick your door down and fuck you hard. They are screwing the market up for the really good herb...Electricity cost and other factors just aint worth it no bargains here I want top dollar for my shit....Merry christmas to and to all a good night....