Do you think most dispensaries know how much an ounce weighs?

[canaguy27]

Amazon.com: Fast Weigh M-500 Digital Pocket Scale 500 X 0.1 Gram: Electronics

For $2.60, this one does the job.

[COzigzag]

State of Colorado - Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Colorado Department of Agriculture
Measurement Standards Lab
3125 Wyandot St.
Denver , CO 80211
(303)477-4220

If selling a product by weight, a Weights and Measures License is required. Inspection and calibration of scales fee: depends on capacity of scale. If business includes the selling, servicing, or repair of certified scales then a license is required. License fee is $250 for a 5-year license.

Inspectors take random samples of packages in stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants and count, weigh or measure the contents to see if the labeled quantity is accurate.
The Measurement Standards Section also tests scanner pricing accuracy at retail locations throughout the state, with verification at the checkout stand of posted prices on signs, shelf tags and advertisements.

[Kartel]

State of Colorado - Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Colorado Department of Agriculture
Measurement Standards Lab
3125 Wyandot St.
Denver , CO 80211
(303)477-4220

If selling a product by weight, a Weights and Measures License is required. Inspection and calibration of scales fee: depends on capacity of scale. If business includes the selling, servicing, or repair of certified scales then a license is required. License fee is $250 for a 5-year license.

Inspectors take random samples of packages in stores, warehouses and manufacturing plants and count, weigh or measure the contents to see if the labeled quantity is accurate.
The Measurement Standards Section also tests scanner pricing accuracy at retail locations throughout the state, with verification at the checkout stand of posted prices on signs, shelf tags and advertisements.

Nice post!!!

I worked in a chemistry lab for a few years, and feel like I know my way around a scale. Someone needs to offer these shops a one hour class or something!

Delta 9 is guilty of this ignorance too; it may not be one of their current employees.... but it just seems they should be supportive of the dissemination of functional information irregardless. :smokin:

I'd say an easy majority of shops are not aware of the grams they lose when someone sells them a 112 g qp.

[copobo]

yea, back in the day we used to say...

you can argue quality and seed count all day, but not weight.

[TheReleafCenter]

Just to correct a little misinfo in here, a dispensary cannot apply for a weights and measures license. We tried, talked to a very gruff lady named Lisa, came away with nothing.

We don't weigh a true 1/8th, but we also list our prices at 3.5 grams, 7 grams, etc, so you know what you're purchasing. And we ALWAYS weigh over to account for any calibration issues, moisture or big stems. And our scales have both front AND back displays, so you can watch us weigh out everything, which is something you should ask of your dispensary. And we weigh to order, never ahead of time.

That 3 gram eighth is harsh though, damn. You get a reeferund?

[canaguy27]

ask them to put a nickel on the scale. they weigh 5 grams.

[Vancefish]

ask them to put a nickel on the scale. they weigh 5 grams.

Aye, this is how we always used to check out little hangy postal scales, back in the day! :thumbsup:

[rudy2010]

That is at least honest and those are the de facto standards. I once got a lb that weighed 448 grams including a brown paper regular grocery store bag. That bag weighed over an ounce. I went back and received a refund.

[Kartel]

28oz-112qp-224hp-448lb on the street....only way you get 454 is when you buy in bulk(20+) & thats because the big scales only read lbs, so they dont get it down to the gram.

the more you learn, the more you know

Up to 134lbs with .1g accuracy!!:thumbsup:

A&D GP-61K - 61,000g x 0.1g Balance - Precision Weighing Balances

[PufferLungs]

For as long as I've been smoking weed (22+ yrs) it's always been:

3.5g per 1/8
7g per 1/4
28g per oz
448 per pound

That's not TRULY accurate because we all know a pound weighs 453.59237g - google to the rescue.

Somebody already mentioned why you get a full pound when you're buying in bulk quantities. Because pot in those quantities is weighed on scales with 1lb increments or maybe even 1 ounce increments and those are going to be calibrated for a full (real) pound.

The reason it's always been weighed out based on 448g in the marijuana market - is because that divides up easy.

448 / 4 = 112g per QP
112g per QP / 4 = 28g per oz
28g per oz / 4 = 7g per 1/4

It just makes the math easy.

Some of you are right that it's really 453.59237 grams per pound and an ounce should weigh 28.3495 grams if we want to be 100% accurate.

But I ask you-- Is 0.3g per ounce really that much to you? 1/3 of a gram in an ounce?

IMO everybody is technically right - but it's such an insignificant amount that I wouldn't worry about it. I haven't worried about it for 22yrs and I'm not suffering for it.

Relax smoke a fatty. :jointsmile: