dude probably ment to say $50 but....
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dude probably ment to say $50 but....
yea, who's gonna call them to see if they still have some?
I bet they don't.
Holy shit this thread got good quick.
FWIW, this sort of discussion is good to see, since the viewpoint of caregivers etc doesn't really get the PR it deserves.
There is a lot of 'turnover' on threads it seems, and I might be missing a current events section or something.
Carry on.
MMJinColorado, I appreciate you addressing the issue of being biased or not. It's easy enough to give on that.
However, you haven't said that you buy your meds anonymously like willbreathes does, so you can't really say what you are reviewing is what's going out the door. I can't tell you how many times I've bought a bag from seeing the nugs in the jar, only to get home to substantially lower quality. This isn't really your problem, but in my opinion, should be addressed.
I would consider buying an 1/8th anonymously, reviewing that bag, then contacting the MMC for a photo-nug. It's a fair criticism that patients aren't getting the medicine that they see in the 'preview' jar/display case, nor are they getting the same quality sample that you get, in many cases. This is a problem with shops that pre-weigh and package their meds as well. I guess I'm old school, but I prefer when shops take meds from a larger jar and weigh it in front of me.
Thanks for taking the time to respond, and keep up the good work. As a patient, kindreviews and mmjincolo are great sites and great resources for MMC's. Hopefully we'll see a dozen or so strains on the A+ side moving forward, I'd absolutely drive somewhere if it's worth it.
This is really a good thought. A true, unbiased review.Quote:
Originally Posted by cologrower420
If I was a dispensary owner and 'knew' I was going to get reviewed, I would throw the reviewer my best meds. Seriously, with the competition out there, who wouldn't?
It's a shame the prepackaged meds are not the same as the preview jars. It's like false advertisement especially if the meds seriously differ in comparison to the preview jar. Have you ever complained to a dispensary about the difference between the preview jar and the prepackaged?
I'm usually pretty good about inspecting my meds at new shops, so this never happens at unfamiliar places. At the places it's happened, it's not that big of a deal. When they're charging other patients $15-$16 a gram while charging me $10, I'm not going to complain if an 1/8th is stemmy or full of popcorn. It has happened more when I'm in a hurry or not paying close enough attention, so it's just as much my fault as theirs.Quote:
Originally Posted by COzigzag
Thanks for the reply. As far as the display vs. sell jar issue, we almost always get what is in the standard large under-the-counter jar. Rarely shops will hold a special photo-friendly nug for us, and it's not from some special reserve... they just want to make sure it's decent-looking for the pictures instead of us making a trip and ending up with popcorn buds that don't photograph well at all... We normally end up with several 'levels' of nug in each sample, with one of them being at least 1.5" long... that's about the smallest you can use for a decent wide shot. We got one recently that was almost all shakey popcorn buds because they were running low... it really just depends on their stock.Quote:
Originally Posted by cologrower420
Also, I haven't been to a shop that had their meds pre-weighed in a LONG time... don't see that as an issue really. If a shop is showing off a display nug then selling garbage bottom-plant buds that've been shaken, the word will get out soon enough. When I go into shops to buy something for myself, I almost always see them pick nugs out of the jar (sometimes with their hands.. eew) and weigh it in front of me.... I'd probably choose another shop if they made that aspect of it a mystery. Legally you're supposed to be able to see the scale... and really, it should also be a LFT-quality scale that weighs to the hundredth of a gram a la grocery store delis, but hardly anyone is doing that because it hasn't been officially mandated/enforced by the state.
Again though, our job is not to review the shop, their prices, or their service -- we're strictly about the medicine and don't take any of that other stuff into consideration, which is why I think the anonymity factor is overrated in our case. Breathes is reviewing SHOPS, so anonymity really matters. We can get attacked by an owner's dog at a shop, and if the meds are great, it's still getting an A, y'know?
There are plenty of other resources for dispensary reviews where that sort of info is available. Price is not considered in our overall grades either. For example, if there is a $35/8th B+, that's a damn fine deal that most people can appreciate... if there's a $70/8th A+, then you may have to weigh the value of that quality and your level of connoisseur hunger to try what is deemed the best at that elevated price. None of our previous A+s were over $60 I believe though, so it's one of those things... we just post the price and leave it up to the patients to make those value decisions for themselves.
As to your suggestion re: buying samples then asking for photo nugs... we're trying to review 10 strains per week or more, so buying that many 2.5g samples simply isn't an option... We strive to get as much information out to CO MMJ patients as possible, and free samples are absolutely necessary to that process. I used to buy samples for MMJinColorado.com and tried to be anonymous for the most part, but being a person working a normal job and not loaded to the gills with cash, that became a big stress on my budget and left the site with only a few posts per week if I was lucky (more often 1 or 2). Getting samples allows us to publish a lot more content and do it more quickly and regularly than anyone else...
We're pretty much an open book on the process... if anyone has questions about how we handle the intake process or the actual reviews, let me know here (I can create another thread if that's cool, don't want to go heinously off-topic here) or e-mail at [email protected] and we can talk further. Our reputation is important to us, and we're open to criticism and suggestions -- we're trying to be the best resource online for medical marijuana strain reviews and info, so everything is taken into account.
Watch for a new website soon as well... it'll be "so long" to the basic blog format. Thanks everybody.
Unfortunately it seems our suspicions about the melters were correct; the $5 was a typo as it actually sells for $45 a gram.
Medical marijuana dispensary review: Budding Health blossoms from Peace in Medicine - Denver News - The Latest Word
wow, now this was a spirited thread.
We were reviewed on KR after calling them out on their old advertising policy. They've never given us any special treatment or offered us anything to get better reviews. We don't give them special photo buds, either.
I will vouch for what they do any day, but I guess you guys would expect an MMC to say that, right? ;)
Hey all....
funny how a typo can cause such weirdness... anyway, I'm not sure how the "4" vanished before the blog was posted, but they were offering grams for $45.
it's now been fixed over on the Westword site.
hope everyone is having a stoney Friday evening and has a great weekend ahead of them.
-WB :rastasmoke:
I am sure I'm not the only one who appreciates that WB followed up, here.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
I'm sure KR is totally unbiased, however, it is a totally legit criticism that patients don't get the same meds if MMC's are pre-weighing medicine or otherwise providing photo-nugs. Releaf, it's quite clear that you're no (insert shitty MMC), so I'll be in tomorrow for some fullmelt.
I don't think legit MMC's would be 'offended' if you ask them to see the bag or otherwise 'request' better looking medicine.
Food critics go through the same thing. If a restaurant is turning out good plates for them and not the rest of their customers, they're exposed pretty fast. I think the same rules apply for KR, WB, and all reviewers.
And I tipped off WB on this thread. :thumbsup:
Yeah, I mean this may have happened once or twice back in the day, but since I've been on (early May), that hasn't happened at all. We get the same meds you guys do, straight from the big jars on the shelf. They may pick a nice chunker out for us to photograph, but if a customer asked for that same nug, I'd imagine that most shops would sell it to them... if not, then they're assholes. The normal nugs we get for photographs are about 2" long and about 1g or so for the most part, we're not getting colas and stuff...Quote:
Originally Posted by JeepGuyCO
It's certainly a legit criticism, but only of the shops doing such things... that really has nothing to do with us or our review content. Thanks for your thoughts.
Speaking of Releaf Center, we just posted a re-review of their Jack Flash, this time a soil batch (as opposed to SoG that we reviewed back in March I believe)... it took some freaky pictures as always: Jack Flash Medical Marijuana Strain Review | KindReviews
I love how the trichs on that cut always seem to lean over under their own weight and grow in all sorts of crazy directions...
We almost lost that cut entirely. Almost had a viking funeral for it. We're two months out from the next crop. Sorry to be a tease.
For anyone with experience using small-scale butane extraction.
I just harvested a single plant, first grow. Things are looking good, just in the middle of drying (day 4ish), getting ready to go into the jars.
I have a lot of trim and a lot of small flowers that are not worth smoking or spending time manicuring, but the flowers aren't dry yet. There is more smokable material than I ever thought I'd get, so there is a lot of leftovers/lower growth and I'd like to experiment with bubble bags and liquid extraction.
Is there anything wrong with running butane with flowers that are still slightly 'wet', or should I wait? Yield doesn't matter and I don't care how it turns out, I'm just wondering if it's a waste of time to bother with 'wet' flowers.
Thanks.
Dry as possible is the way to go. Bone dry. Crispy. For any hash method.
I was the old manager of T.O.L. in Ned. and for the last time the people who opened tree of life were never from cali. I started t.o.l. with my buddy from michigan who had lived in colorado for 2 years and I have lived In C.O. for almost a third of my life so get you're facts straight. When I worked in ned I had locals that would paint( go back to fucking cali!) and I had my car vandalized also. So of these so called colorado locals are just a bunch of inbred mountain folk. If you care about the colorado MMJ community and you do not want to support people who only care about money then keep going to the tree and have a great day .Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenMopho