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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: czxtvr on April 07, 2013, 01:53 am
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If growers and groups of growers are selling their product here on SR, shouldn;t prices be alot lower since there is no middleman other than SR?
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I don't know where you are, but here in the midwest US, a decent eighth costs $60. I can get a quarter of medical-grade on SR for $75, and that seems to be an average price. I'd say that's a bargain.
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I don't know where you're at, czxtvr, but I've got the same deal as loobaloo. And as long as growers have very limited quantities and they can sell to markets like mine, they will keep prices up because they can.
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Growers risk jail.
Buyers pay for the security of not residing in a cell!
I prefer hash so little point growing uinless I had a warehouse!
;D
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I wonder the same thing sometimes, so many people claim they grow their own products but their prices reflect those who buy from a grower and resell.
My best opinion is that since SR is already expensive for bulk weed on here compared to the prices here in Canada, they choose to go with the flow and that keeps their prices on par and earning top dollar. I have only seen one domestic vendor who isn't over pricing their product just because they can.
Cheapest kush or good quality cannabis I can find on here is $2500 a lb, anything under is meh and anything over isn't much greater than the $2500 mark.
My old supplier used to offer me many kush strains and some medical grade things he's been growing for a decade for about $1800-$2200 at the most since there was no middle man but he 'retired' so to speak. :(
before I get any hate, just realize I am stating my opinion from experiences and observation. I have tried almost every Domestic vendor in my country and only 3 I have chosen to stick with when it comes to buying bulk. I see where czx is coming from though.
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i think new vendors come onto the site and see what prices weed is already going for than make the prices according to that. after all this is a game for profit, so why sell your product for less if you know you can get more $$$ for it.
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Man I've been wantin to ask this since the day I discovered this place, but I was afraid of the humiliation of a very obvious explanation... Since there doesn't seem to be 1 wtf gives???
Where I live anything that isn't brown/black goes for $20 a g NO EXCEPTIONS. I come here and I'm seeing" DanK OG PUrplz smiff N WESon supER GohAN kUsh formula Gr33n", for fuckin $37 a g and It looks like the same "dro/loud" we have here.
Although I will I say on here I have seen some pics of "white widow" and other commonly talked about strains, that have made my penis spontaneously combust....Puts my areas loud dro to shame....
But on a serious note what gives? I can get an oz of some bullshit down here for 60$ a zip.... I've seen 1 vendor so far with a deal like that and he seems to be doing terrible as of late.
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Vendors do it because they can, that's pretty much it.
If a bunch of people came along and started selling dank at lower prices, well then they'd have to lower theirs. And even then, they probably wouldn't have to lower their prices, the amount of noobs on SR is hilarious.
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Don't judge until you've vended 8)
Honestly, vending on here is a giant pain in the ass. You have to be really organized, deal with tons of messages, be really good at packaging stuff, deal with kids/scammers, and a fat commission plus hedging is taken off, bitcoin price fluctuation, needing to be on almost every day to maintain customer service, etc.
Contrast that to selling weed on the street. I can sell fire all day long at $1100/qp...and don't have to go through all the hassle of SR.
Weed is expensive on SR because it's expensive on the street. Unless you live in a medical state...and even then most weed is flowing out of medical states so prices stay relatively high there too. Supply/demand.
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Don't judge until you've vended 8)
Honestly, vending on here is a giant pain in the ass. You have to be really organized, deal with tons of messages, be really good at packaging stuff, deal with kids/scammers, and a fat commission plus escrow is taken off, bitcoin price fluctuation, needing to be on almost every day to maintain customer service, etc.
Contrast that to selling weed on the street. I can sell fire all day long at $1100/qp...and don't have to go through all the hassle of SR.
Weed is expensive on SR because it's expensive on the street. Unless you live in a medical state...and even then most weed is flowing out of medical states so prices stay relatively high there too. Supply/demand.
Thanks, everything you stated is true. +1
Prices have been falling since last year, abet a bit slow.
Supply, and demand