I took a cut in pay to come to a med state and play by the rules for sure...it is one costly bitch to play with
I don't charge at all for the meds, I charge $200 an oz to trim....lol
Trimmin is a $12.00/hour job down here, plenty of it to go around still, its just another job except you have to register witrh the state, get a back ground check, pay a fee, and get on someones time clock...its a tough livin though and you better have a decent back
Funny thing is that alot of us here could probably hit your town and do very well, its all in the attitude and mindset....motivated entrepeneurs dont really have the time or mindset to piss and moan....they just get to gettin...why others are having a problem, I could only guess
My spoiled brat ass had $50k in attorney fees the first 6 months of trying to follow the state guidlines, that was just to start...we were blowin out big spaces just to keep up with the fees and changing regulations...moved a full blown bakery three different times and one of those was a ground up new buildout that Le Mandeline would have been proud of...I felt real spoiled that week..lol
As far as the contracts, they look and sound no different than they have from the beginning, an owner trying to figure out how to pimp out a bunch of growers in order to feather their own nest......bring your gear, your genetics, your talent, and then when you have it all on the line, get into a pissin match about quality, price, expences, amount....I mean everything and pretty much the next step is to lock you out and they say fuck you sue me
If someone tells you that you are goin to make $100k a year as a grower and you get two payments for $2500 bucks and then get run off...you didn't and aren't makin $100k a year..you made $5000 bucks, some people just can not make that destinction.....kind of like sellin $250/oz's and tellin everyone you get $4000/lb....not the same thing at all and there is alot of that out here