Whew, I guess this is a common problem....the issue is these dispensary owners don't know shit about quality, if its green, it sells, and therefore equates to money in their twisted little confused minds. Greed...ruins everything...
Oh, and hey, Seamaiden, nice to see you over on this side of the world....don't forget, Colorado is only 1 hour ahead of you, not 2!
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LMAO! I think I got you sussed now, and I will
definitely remember that time difference thing.
I'm not so sure that the main issue is dispensary owners, and this is from my perspective of hearing a
lot of things through the grapevine from others who've made investments and tried to start up their own operations out in CO. One fellow, from what I understand, and this kind of blew me away because I thought he was already established and already a known good businessperson *in* this biz (supplier of hardware, if you will) simply didn't pay the landlord the rent due. Because he did that, for whatever reason, others were screwed very hard. It's broken up friendships, for sure.
I think, personally, the main issue is that people in this "business" don't actually know how to operate a business, or how to conduct themselves as businesspeople. There are very few growers I know who aren't flakes, who aren't ignorant, especially of laws outside the spectrum of MMJ, and whose business acumen doesn't leave much to be desired. For instance, the idea of contracts was brought up here--how many people are making an actual
contractual agreement before they step into a big pile of steaming, stinking shit? I have a feeling not many, and when that happens, that means that no party can be guaranteed that all interested parties are on the same page and agree and understand everything the same way. When *that* happens, there are problems. So what's happening? Problems. Lots and lots of problems.
I told a friend from Kentucky not to make the mistake of moving all the way out to Colorado for a bud-tending job. She's got a great job as a bus driver out there, steady work, pays every week, benefits, pension. Why give that up to be shit on as a bud-tender?
hey man, employ yourself.
SM for real, its because people try and go huge. dude just do enough to keep yourself irie and pay your bills. you dont need an extra 25K goin in the bank ever year. thats the real hoardin fuck seed hoarders haha.
Whoa.... Do we have some of the same acquaintances? Or is it
that common to try to go huge and aren't happy with just goin' large?
just take what ya need and get rid of the rest. anyone that cant do that shouldnt. most people mess up cause they have visions of cars and houses and shit. dude its a plant nothing on earth should make life that easy.
IMO, and this is based on many hours spent talking with someone who's been in the business for decades, too many people want to use growing cannabis as their sole source of income. He has always advised that a 'real' job be held and that the cannabis job be a side gig. People are trying to shift that paradigm, but I don't see it working unless more folks start treating it like a business and hold to some standards of practice, ethics, and so on.
but i mean its just like anything else, you can try and start a business or something, but if your product is inferior and you dont have marketing skills dont expect to go anywhere.
let everyone try, its the users fault as much as the grower that they are still in business if they suck. have the decency for YOURSELF to say "nah dude this shit is not worth it, or this is bunk" stand up for your money/time/medicine, and in the future it'll pay you back with people that give a damn, other than $
I am constantly putting off people who tell me to do it cheaper, to allow other 'inferiorities' and so on. I simply will not do it. I have a minimum standard, and there's no way I'm going to compromise myself by compromising my standards.
Difficult to say more without being allowed full edits.
