Am I getting ripped

[newb420]

My dealer has some bubblegum and it is wicked dank, but he wants to sell me a quarter for $120 usd and I think this is rediculous but I wanted to see what you guys thought and if you have any suggestions on what I should do. He keeps complaining about how much he had to spend to get it. He is a good guy but I just think this price is too steep.

[MacWQ33]

I've heard of that price before....but you'll never catch me paying that much for quarter of any kind of marijuana.

[BigHyphyD]

My dealer has some bubblegum and it is wicked dank, but he wants to sell me a quarter for $120 usd and I think this is rediculous but I wanted to see what you guys thought and if you have any suggestions on what I should do. He keeps complaining about how much he had to spend to get it. He is a good guy but I just think this price is too steep.


Depends on your whole situation.

If you can get some good shit for cheaper, go ahead and do that.

If you can't get good shit,..fuck it I'm just gonna say you decide

[Willard_420]

120 for a QUARTER of BUBBLEGUM? I'm gunna go with the "hell no!" here. That's way overpricing it in my opinion.

[Frivolous248]

Fuck that shit.

If he has to pay a lot to get it, tell him to stop being a middle man! Honestly, growing doesn't cost a whole lot, I can't stand to see how these prices for such small amounts get tossed around.

[newb420]

Thanks for the quick replies, I think I am gonna tell him no and get the usual outdoor mids

[glade_1111]

Kinda pricey, but 1/4 is usually $100ish here, so not that bad. If it's really good bud, go for it.

[memoryburner]

thats hella. my dealer hooks me up with a quarter for 80. an 8th for 45. 10 grams for 70

[Chronic.Tonic]

thats hella. my dealer hooks me up with a quarter for 80. an 8th for 45. 10 grams for 70

Huh? How do you pay 80 for a 1/4 and 70 for 10 grams? Must have been a typo or something;)

Anyways, depending on the level of dankage, I'd say go for it. But that would have to be some serious headies bro.

[potsmokingnome]

Outdoor mids can be nice :) but as for payin for 120 US a qaurter? No F'in! way The most I will pay for a qaurter is 70 canadian, and it better knock me on my ass!! I ussually pay 50 for even the really good stuff :)

[Reefer Rogue]

Lol, i'd proabably pay it if I had the money to spare.

[Nochowderforyou]

That is such a ripoff. I don't care what peoples prices are in their areas, that is a ripoff for 7 grams. You know how much it cost for a grower to grow 7g's? Not $120, I can tell you that much. :p

[jamstigator]

I don't think the cost of growing has much effect in this case; prices are probably more linked to the cost of getting CAUGHT growing. It costs me like $5 to grow an ounce. So, technically, I could sell an ounce for $10 and make 100 percent profit. But if I got caught, well, that could cost me five years of freedom, and would probably cost five or ten grand in legal fees even if I avoided the prison time. What price does one put on such risks? Apparently pretty close to $400/ounce. ;)

[Hardcore Newbie]

I don't think the cost of growing has much effect in this case; prices are probably more linked to the cost of getting CAUGHT growing. It costs me like $5 to grow an ounce. So, technically, I could sell an ounce for $10 and make 100 percent profit. But if I got caught, well, that could cost me five years of freedom, and would probably cost five or ten grand in legal fees even if I avoided the prison time. What price does one put on such risks? Apparently pretty close to $400/ounce. ;)

Yea agreed, people are paying for the risk of someone growing, which technically probably isn't enough.


That is such a ripoff. I don't care what peoples prices are in their areas, that is a ripoff for 7 grams. You know how much it cost for a grower to grow 7g's? Not $120, I can tell you that much. :p

So how much would you sell for if you grew? How much would be profit, and why would you draw the line where you did?

[Nochowderforyou]

So how much would you sell for if you grew? How much would be profit, and why would you draw the line where you did?

I would sell my ounces for $150, no more, no less. If you can't afford ounces, move on then because IF I did sell, it would be no less than ounces. Why? because I said so, that's why. :)

[Hardcore Newbie]

I would sell my ounces for $150, no more, no less. If you can't afford ounces, move on then because IF I did sell, it would be no less than ounces. Why? because I said so, that's why. :)
I meant why would you draw the line at the price?

And where in canada are you from bro?

[Nochowderforyou]

I would draw the line at that price because fulls here are $170, sell for $20 or even $40 cheaper, and you get all the competitions business. A good dealer will slightly lower the price of the common price, to get all of the customers.

I live in Vancouver BC. :)

I just think a dealer selling 7g's of smoke for $120 is way too much. The way I see it, these dealers who buy a QP of high quality smoke for lets say, $1000, sells each 1/4 for $120 and makes $1920, that's a $920 profit right there, which is almost 100% of the original price. I know there is profit to be had, but people need to keep it in reason. I'm guessing these dealers don't get a lot of customers selling at prices like that, and they would get more business lowering the common price range for that area.

That's how I see it anyways. Profit must be made, but keep it in reason. :)

[jamstigator]

$150/ounce is actually what I offered the guy who buys my excess, but he said he couldn't pay me that little, and insisted on $200/ounce. And hey, who am I to complain about that. He then turns around and sells it for $100/quarter, and his customers (most of whom are also my friends) are all happy with that price. If I *did* let him buy it for $150/ounce (if he'd even let me) then I'd be making $150 an ounce minus expenses, and he'd be making $250/ounce. To be fair, he does have more risk of getting caught than me, but if I DID get caught, my punishment would likely be far more severe.

That's the problem with lowballing prices: you sell primo stuff for $25/ounce or whatever, it will still probably cost the last person in line $400/ounce anyway. The difference is, instead of you making much, it's the middlemen making most of the money that way, even though they're doing far less work, and if caught, their punishment would be less.

[JaggedEdge]

Depends how much the average price is in your area. A Q of any KB will run between 100 and 125 here. Based on my prices it is the highest I have paid for weed and have seen a few dealers selling at that price. I usually only pay it when I can't find anybody else to buy from though.

[YahtzeeG]

uhhh are you in Alaska?

[RichieRich]

The prices are kind spendy here too right now. But there is some dank going around up here right now. My last was 340 an oz.

[d00d989]

wtf.....since when is 60 a 1/8th such an insane price?

i mean yea, its expensive but shit its not THAT bad. considering regular street price in alot of US cities is 50 a 1/8. if the bubblegum is really the dank sticky sweet stuff that only takes a few hits to get blazed, id buy it for 60 a 1/8. i wouldnt buy it often, but i would every once in a while

[keeko]

thats all they charge here in texas, 20 dollars a gram, one my dealer was selling granddaddy purpple for 25 a gram, expensive as hell but was very very dank

[NightProwler]

thats 60 an eighth... i usually pay 50 an eighth for great dank but its never bubblegum.. soo... its up to you man. its not a "ripoff" in my oppinion, its just pricey

[horror business]

I've had authentic bubblegum before. I think it was 135 an ounce.

But, I've paid 60 an 8th for lesser quality "dank" before. I think prices all depend on the availability of good weed. If you're in an area such as a large city, where schwagg and shitty weed does not exist, you won't have to pay rediculous prices.
But see, when I used to buy locally, where the majority is compressed, seedy weed, or schwagg, people get away with charging alot of money for dank.

Now, I don't have to deal with that problem since I buy ounces.

The best weed I've ever had though, was 50 a quad. The dankest, stickiest shit I've ever seen. Literally a one-hit wonder. Smelt amazing. It was a pure sativa, but I can't remember the name of the strain. Anyway, it was amazing.

When people talk about grades, it can be confusing because they mean different things in different areas. For instance, in my local area, "commercial" means schwagg, and when I think of that, I think of weed that doesn't get you high, and/or tastes like shit. However, in larger areas, it's very common for dank weed to be considered "commercial", because it just means its sold commercially.

Oh, and another thing that causes insane prices, is the High Times Price Guides that they have. People are like "Oh, I live in this city, i'll just call my weed by some strain name, and tell people that this is the price", and then people believe it.

I mean, like I said, I've paid 150 for an 8th before of some purple and pink shit, that was pure indica, and it got me really stoned, but I also paid 50 dollars for a quad of that pure sativa, which was the best weed I've ever had in my life.

I've seen schwagg sell for 30 an 8th, and dank sold for 20 an 8th. So, I came to the conclusion that you can't judge quality by price. It seems to me, that the price is determined by how much they think you're willing to pay, how dumb they think you are, how dumb THEY are, where the weed is coming from, the availability of weed of that said quality, and alot of other random shit, that has nothing to do with quality of weed.

So, yeah, don't always assume it's going to be amazing weed just because it's expensive, and also don't assume it will be shitty because it's cheap. It all depends on the situation.

Peace,
horror_business :rasta:

[jamstigator]

To summarize the above comment: you don't always get what you pay for, but you always pay for what you get. ;)

[orangeman]

I really wouldn't buy it. I mean if you have the extra money to spare then cool but if you're short on cash like me I'd look for a better deal..

[Dutch Masta]

$120 a quarter.. thats not bad at all where I come from. So it depends on the prices in your area, which a lot of people on this forum fail to understand.