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Loved this thread, thanks everyone.
I had questions on which dispensories I should check out. Unfortunately seems all the best are a bit of a drive, and prices are a bit rich compaired to the lousy brick I typically get :eek: LOL.
Once I've been to a few of these I'll review what I've seen.
Vance, what are you doing still getting brick?
just a follow up as I returned to GreenLeaf Farmacy yesterday. This was my second time there. I feel they are unique. One reason as I stated earlier (see my thread above) the medical evaluation was no cost as I did take them as my caregiver.
Anyway, I decided to try some of their mid tier medicine . Their ranges are from 12/g to 24/g . I chose Jack Herer (18/g) and a hybrid Sour Diesel / Dark Star (14/g). Now I cant' remember if you need to be a member for the discount, however the discounts start at 4 grams - which is 10%, 7 grams (1/4) at 15% and 1/2 oz at 20 %. I believe the 20% is the largest discount, so that would apply to a full z.
I like the place. For one thing it's convenient for me being in Boulder (where I live). They have some nice glass, a growing edibles selection. Yesterday they had added ice cream and lollipops. I got a lolli ;) which said it contained 1g. Also books, and some vaporizers all sold at the right price. The silver surfer was 249 same as online pricing.
I still like the atmosphere. It's a nice size space, and a good size room as the store. The main reason I'm posting about this place again was to report on my mid tier findings. As well the extra details I found out. Currently they are working with other local cultivators but will be moving to (or adding) their own grown strains.
Hope this helps. I do not work for them :) , just sharing my experiences
I like those $13 weekly specials nugs, cause they are always top shelf. Yeah the green crack is excellent. I just posted some quality photos of what it looks like close-up:
PurpleUrkle, Thai Diesel, and Green Crack from BAM
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Originally Posted by lampost
C3 Initiatives
Variety (strains, edibles, tincs, clones, etc):
Large variety. They had about 30 strains when I was there. They had a bunch of edibles, tinc and was sold that you could order clones, but none on hand.
Quality/Price:
Out of the 30 strains, I settled on buying two. Yep that's right only two!! I had a pocket full of $$ too. Walked out with 1/4. That should say enough (but I'll write more) I picked up some of the Sour D and Afgooey. Buds are super frosty with trichs, and LOADED WITH FUCKING SEEDS!!! That's right, I haven't seen this many seeds in a bag of fire in my life. I'm talking like I put 2 little buds in my grinder to vape. From those 2 little buds I get 2-5 seeds. That is messed up. Price was great. Only paid $50/eighth + taxes. If I had paid more I would have been pissed off! Most of the strains they had were pretty crappy. Tiny, compressed buds almost looking packaged. There were some jars that had more shake then bud...
Staff Knowledge Level:
Poor at best. They guy that helped me (can't remember his name, but he told me he grows the ISS there) didn't know much. I'd pick up a jar, and ask is this indica or sativa, and he'd grab a piece of paper look it over, and say not sure.
Location/Ambiance Comments:
If I used a numerical ranking system I'd give C3 a 1 out of 5 in this category. If I used a star ranking system I'd give them 1/2 star out of 4. This place is a s**t hole. I had to wait 35 minutes. Standing there around exercise equipment, construction crew, and a bunch of random people. They share a space with some organization and they currently have one room, the size of a small office. I finally get in there, and am greeted by a desk with about 30 mason jars on it. WTF is that! Messed up thing was that they had a couple of shelves right there on the wall that they could use as a display. Instead you have to pick up every jar to find out what it is.
Overall:
It seemed obvious to me that this place doesn't give a crap about their meds. From the quality to the presentation I was very disappointed. Seems like every review I've read has been very positive, so maybe the bar was set too high, but I'm not sure they would have cleared any bar no matter the height. I'd pick up one jar and it would be full of shake. Pick up another jar, and there is a stemy, scraggly bud. Just not impressed at all. After waiting for so long to get back there ( there is 1 guy in the back when I got there, and it took him 35 minutes to leave) I literally walked in the room, saw the total disorganization of the strains on the desk and said out loud, no wonder it took that guy so long. The whole process from the long wait to the seedy buds just sucked for me! They are in the process of building out a better room with a display case etc. If I keep seeing positive reviews I may go back when that is done, but as of now, I'd rather pay a little more and not have to deal with C3.
I atually agree with most of what you've said about C3. They get a lot of props around here and I don't always understand it! The guy I've worked with there, Ricky, is a really nice guy and I think he's trying, but for a few more bucks I usually have a better experience elsewhere. With that said, it looks like they're expanding and offering greater capacity and a more traditional "budbar". However, that still probably won't be enough to get me back there.
As far as atmosphere is concerned, yeah, this place pretty much sucks! It's one tiny room adjacent to a huge, abandoned rec room in the basement of a sparsely-visited (until now probably) community center. I always feel like a criminal walking past the people upstairs who appear to have no/little association with the dispensary! Then when you get downstairs be prepared to wait if there is someone before you... ESPECIALLY if this is a first-time customer. Ricky will spend 45+ min with you if you're a first-time customer, which is nice, but maybe unnecessary for those that are already informed. So, if you're stuck behind a few people the wait can be tremendously long. This will probably be changed for the better soon with the new layout and expansion.
Atmosphere can be overlooked if the quality is there, but for me it is not. I've been pretty disappointed in the buds that the in-house grower produces! People had talked up his meds so much and they say the dispensary was built around his meds, but I usually find better meds among what they've purchased from independent growers. The Afgooey... which contained 3 seeds in a gram... was grown by their in-house grower. Not only did it have seeds... which aren't as big of a deal to find anymore with all the clones around.... but it wasn't that good!! I mean, it was loaded with trichomes, but there really wasn't much flower material... it was just REALLY trich'ed up leaves.... semi-wispy buds that were almost ENTIRELY leaf material. I can see where the untrained eye may look at these buds and think they're great because of all the trichs, but in actuality they are far from great. There is little taste, they burn unbelievably fast, and the effect for me was pretty much unnoticeable. The other meds I tried from the in-house grower were similar. It was a Sour D that didn't taste a thing like Sour D... in fact it tasted similar to his Afgooey. I think something is happening in the growing process that is not allowing these buds to meet their potential. They have a really odd "sweet" and "clean" taste..... could this be due to a lack of flushing nutes before harvest? Don't know...
I hate to dis this place because it seems a lot of people here love them, but this is just not the place for me either. However, if you're not that heavy of a smoker (lower tolerance) and you are tight on money... this place could be a godsend for you! I can see where some people would LOVE this place, but it's not for me.
That is too funny... I didn't mention it in my post, but I was thinking the same thing. I got the Sour D and the Afgooey. The Sour D definately has a funky non diesel taste. Haven't been able to pin down the exact flavor yet. But my Afgooey tastes the same way, and they look almost identical.Quote:
Originally Posted by lampost
I've been to C3 twice. First time tried some Sour D and Maui. The Sour D was alright, but I liked the Maui better for my particular pain.
2nd time I tried their Afgooy and more Maui. The Maui is leafy - looks like somebody tried to rush the harvest and left the leaves on to make up weight. Total BS. The Afgooy is LOADED with seeds. In a 1g nugget, I pulled out 7 seeds. That's a shitload of seeds. The Afgooy is good quality, but not happy with the seeds. The Maui is good, but I'll bet 1/3 of the weight is untrimmed leaves.
I'm not at all impressed with their whole operation. Sitting around an old worn out exercise room full of broken down equipment. Minimum 30-45 minute wait both times I've been there. Jars and jars and jars and jars just sitting on the table with no real organization. No knowledge of the product. Just completely unorganized. 5x8 room with a credit card machine and a couple stoners inside trying to act like professional business men - straight outta Arkansas.
Glad I found this thread. I'll be visiting a new dispensary in the future. I don't care if it's $3 more per gram. Mu fucking TIME is worth $3/gram!! Got better things to do than sit around on worn out gym equipment and wait 45 minutes for seedy buds.
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finally someone is being honest about C3. went there 2 months ago and had a similar crappy experience. I dont know why some dudes gave them a good review on here.
I'm glad to find this thread so I can hit some REPUTABLE dispensarys. My next trip is to Golden.
Don't get me wrong, I think Shane and Rick are nice enough guys. I think the pricing is okay - it's a little high, but it's nothing to throw a tantrum about - especially for somebody who doesn't grow and doesn't have a care giver. It's just too unorganized for me and I don't like waiting 30-45 minutes. My TIME is worth more than that. I don't have 1.5 fucking HOURS of my life to drive over there, sit on my ass on some old sweaty gym equipment for 45 minutes - spend 10 minutes trying to just get what I want and then drive home. It's 1.5 fucking hours!! And the place is like 5 miles from my house. Ridiculous!! I want to get in and get out. Got other shit to do.
I ESPECIALLY don't like paying for seeds in the Afgooy and leaves in the Maui. I've been around awhile. Was born in 1971 and been smoking since I was 16yrs old. You do the math. I've seen some weed and smoked some weed in my day. Not all that impressed with C3.
Got better stuff on the street when it was illegal. These are supposed to be legit - nurtured strains grown under better conditions. The risk of going to federal prison was REAL back in the day and most grow rooms were set up so they could be dismantled and disposed of very quickly.
That's the rumor anyway...... ;) I wouldn't know a thing about that. :thumbsup:
And here we got legal meds - supposedly grown under better conditions with organic nutrients ....... the shit has seeds in it and it's still loaded with leaves to make up for the weight because some jackass got greedy and rushed the budding cycle.
No more C3 for me.