Agreed on the price thing.. it really pains me to pay $60 an 8th. $55 with tax has to be absolute fire for me to feel okay about it. I still do it (mostly for the website), but normally I end up buying it at that price because I'm just getting a gram to sample. That's fine, but a $50 inc. tax cap would do a lot for business at many places.

Native's Choice on Larimer/Broadway has really impressed me with their quality. 15 in-house strains and every one I've seen has been very nice. I went on a Sativa spree and am really happy with them, especially for $48 out the door. Same with the Grasshopper on Federal -- $48 with tax for stuff that competes with the top level dispensary wares pretty much anywhere.

I don't mind price tiers (I'd personally like really high-quality seeded "mids", both to get seeds and for the price), but I do appreciate places that give good deals on normally top shelf product rather than just passing off their crappiest vendor meds as a special. Daily specials and whatnot are great, especially for cost-conscious patients who can't really afford even $40/8th on a regular basis, much less gathering up enough to get quantity discounts which normally kick in around $175 (half oz). Chronic Wellness does a good job with this, their $30 rotating specials are normally still very good meds... I've only been disappointed once and have gotten their top shelf meds at that price plenty of times (they reward people who sign up for their newsletter also). Botanico's the same way -- buy one get one (or half off) and stuff like that is great to get traffic in the door as well as helping people out with a good deal. It builds relationships and community -- I know I seek out places that seem like they're not in it to wring out as many dollars as possible, and many others are the same way. Not simply for the savings, but for a general belief that they have your well-being in mind, y'know?

Speaking of rambling.. gat damn! It's 1:30 and this Apollo 11 from Native's Choice was probably not the best idea, because I'm all Sativa'd up and hyper.

EDIT: Yeah, that's an awesome idea GratefulMeds -- empower the community to grow their own top-quality smoke and keep yourself stocked. Synergy, right? Love those hokey business words haha..