Advice for moving pounds of weed from the markets to the streets...

So I've been presented with an intriguing opportunity to move pounds upon pounds of weed, purchased online and then resold locally. I'd only have to deal with one person, and he can literally buy as many pounds as I can supply. The person I'd be selling to is by no means new to dealing, but he's in need of a new weed connect (weed's not his primary money maker), and I just happen to be in the right place at the right tie (depending on how you look at it, I suppose).

There are a few parameters here, regarding the particular strain, and the quality of the herb, but after doing about 2-3 weeks of research, it looks like I can clear around $400/lb at the "rack rate" for a pound, and likely a good bit more if I'm able to buy 5-10lbs at a time. I could potentially clear 3-5k/week, cash, which certainly wouldn't hurt my current financial situation.

I'm not going into this willy nilly, and have actually gone through the process of vetting ~8-10 vendors with small amounts, just to see how quickly they ship, how courteous and timely they are with their replies to questions, stealth, quality of product, and so on. There are still 2-3 more vendors that I'm waiting on samples from, but you get the idea.

I've managed to secure one very solid drop, and am working on a second.

A couple of questions: 1) how many drops would I ideally want to have if I was bringing in 3-5lbs/week? 2) Is bringing in 3-5lbs/week not even feasible to begin with? 3) Would it be possible, given tight OPSEC, to move more than 5 lbs/week? 4) Do vendors typically send pounds in 1 package, or do they break it up into 2 HP's? 5) Would a PO Box be worth looking into? 6) Any vendors that I should DEFINITELY avoid?

I think one of my biggest concerns is getting scammed. The thought of FE'ing $3k off the bat, and then upwards of $5-10k once things get rolling, gives me more anxiety than the fear of getting caught. Right or wrong, that's just the way it is. Any words of wisdom on how to avoid getting scammed? Start small, maybe order a QP or HP, and then gradually increase volume? Doesn't seem like many vendors are willing to escrow for LB's and above...

Any other advice would be helpful. I haven't fully committed to this yet, because I want to make sure I've taken care of everything that I can actually control, but some advice from fellow redditors that have potentially moved some similar weight would be extremely helpful.

Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for all of the insightful comments and advice. After reading over everything, and giving this more thought, I'm going to put these plans on hold until I: a) figure out a better economic breakdown, b) wrap my head around the BTC issue c) find at least one more solid drop, d) reach out to some other vendors for more advice, e) try to find a local connect in CO or CA that I know and trust, therefore avoiding the whole DNM/BTC issue, f) just say fuck it and not do it at all.

EDIT II: Yeah, it's definitely not worth it, especially for the amount of money that I'd be making. Thanks for dissuading me from making a potentially gigantic mistake...seemed great in theory, but yeah, not so much.


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[41 Points] None:

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[12 Points] agorathrow8080:

It will start off great...then you will get beat, by someone you cant fuck with or it will ruin you, so you take the loss, then a friend will get you, they will get "robbed" at some point for the 2k you fronted them...but its a friend and you feel bad cause they have a family, so you let it go, besides you are still making cash you prepared for some loss.

Then your main guy starts.complaining, its not as good, it came in dry, the seal was broke, his customer base is pissed, and he needs a discount.

Then the discount turns a permanent discount because thats expected, but he stopped complaining.

Then you start getting paranoid everytime a shipment comes 2/3 days no sleep.will it make it? Are the cops coming? then new drop but your boy set it up, he wants more money off, profit is now almost nothing..

Then a pack doesnt show that was paid for upfront, but reasoning dowsnt work, now you have enemys even tho you where the one making them money...

Tl:DR nope the fuck out unless you are the only dude.


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[6 Points] Yourconscious69:

That truly is dangerous as fuck. Unless I knew the people in the post office personally I wouldn't even attempt it. Unless maybe the vendor would be willing to go above and beyond on the stealth and ship them inside of decoys. On that kind of increments you would be better off driving to a medicinal/recreational state and driving home with it in my opinion. Its just to likely that 1 little thing could go wrong and your suddenly out of thousands of dollars, have LE trying to do a controlled delivery, or worse they wait till its in hand and just raid your ass.


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[8 Points] RosyPalm:

The thought of FE'ing $3k off the bat, and then upwards of $5-10k once things get rolling, gives me more anxiety than the fear of getting caught.

You will get scammed

You will have the bottom drop out of BTCs mid-deal

You need to always have a reserve you can tap or else you'll fail.


[5 Points] None:

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[3 Points] thejewclaw2015:

Man, it sure would be great if some vendors could chime in...anyone?


[2 Points] thascarecro:

First thing i would do is NOT post on clearnet your plans to sell pounds of weed.


[1 Points] ThatGetItKid:

You're biggest issue here isn't just that you would be caught its how they would try you if you were caught.

To use your previous comments as reference:

"I supply it to this one guy, only him, and he supplies it to 4 other guys who then most likely street deal"

You know what we call that? A drug conspiracy, or if you prefer, organized crime. They would throw you in a hole and let you rot for at least 25 years but probably much longer.

The amount of money you'd get is not enough to justify the risk of procuring it.

If you had a local supplier you might be able to skirt it long enough to make enough money and dip. But not supplying through a DNM.


[1 Points] clairvoyance1:

You will be caught moving this much weed through the postal system. Weed is the smelliest and bulkiest drug. No amount of vac sealing with save a dog from smelling it. Is a couple thousand a week (assuming you can get it), the risk of being scammed, risk of a market exit scamming, risk of going to prison for a very long time worth it for a couple thousand a week? You are going to have issues getting bitcoins, issues with shipping times and late promises, issues with people flaking out, issues that you can't see yet. It is way to risky imo, the dnms are not the place to be buying bulk drugs from, find a plug that can get you $1k pounds and then start making money. Bulk drugs on the dnm are very not worth it despite what people might tell you. People in the dry states be getting $1500 lbs. The dnm only has good deals for mdma and some pharamacueticals, mainly because they are hard to find a plug for irl.


[1 Points] CumberlandGap:

it doesn't seem like a 'drop' would help with that much weed. like what's stopping from LE from just allowing the package to be delivered with a tracking device, or just staking out your abandoned house or whatever, i mean at some point you need to physically retrieve it. might be worth their time for a pound. i wouldn't fuck around with this sort of thing man, sounds sketchy, money isn't worth prison time. on the other hand i'm the dude that used his real name as his evo username so i'm not exactly one to be giving out opsec advice


[1 Points] brnqll:

if youre more scared of losing 5k than getting caught, well you should rethink your position


[1 Points] indicasativamix:

That's a lot of charges if caught for such a low payout... Tell your dude to man up and do it himself, it isn't worth the risk for what you're being paid to be honest.

Stay safe though brethren.


[1 Points] cosmiccharlie33:

What I'd suggest is to go to Northern Cal and find a grower to deal with directly. There are plenty who would welcome moving that kind of poundage with one connection and much less likely to scam you if you know who/where they are.


[1 Points] None:

all these people tell you not to do it... I've sold drugs in the past. sometimes you gotta take chances you make money. the idea of giving that much money up to fe is the only part I don't like. the rest is worth it if you have perfect opsec.


[1 Points] JunglistJunkie:

this has been an awesome read.


[1 Points] 2015throwaway123:

Someone mentioned getting bitcoin and turning it into gold. I've done trades here without any issues, both buying and selling.


[-1 Points] brightBlinker:

No offense OP, but this is some goddamn stupid shit posting this (in clearnet nonetheless--not like that matters much these days thanks to shit like this) for all to see.

Bad, bad OPSEC /r/DNM. Bad. This thread needs to be removed by admins immediately.


[0 Points] None:

I'd use some sort of cart to move it