Quote Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
If and when it passes, you're right, that's the only way. Private, under five patient caregivers, will no longer be able to vend their extra meds.



I hear what you're saying and I think $800 is lowballing at its worst. We have select caregivers we work with that always have top shelf meds and are paid top shelf prices. I think the problem a lot of caregivers have is that they always used to set their own prices and were insulated from market pressure. Dispensaries are not.

We're responsible for more than just putting buds in jars. Sure, you have a rough idea of what we pay for an ounce, but not of our overheard. We have to give our patients free meds, too. We have to give extra discounts to patients we caregive for. We have to offset the costs of wellness services we give out for free. We're the ones who have to repurpose your shake for little to no profit. These aren't huge margins, guys.

Most of the experienced growers I know are still turning a profit on what they do. The most frequent complaints I hear are from novice growers who thought they'd just expand what they had already and are dealing with a host of problems that comes with getting bigger. Or from people who just put too much time and effort into a bud for marginal improvements in quality.
I have been selling meds to patients for 9+ years, way before dispensaries entered the picture and I could have gotten 400.00 but would only charge 250.00. My patients always get free meds and edibles and I can guarantee there is no dispensary giving the amount we give out free, I agree with what you are saying and yes 800.00 is in insult to growers with multiple years of exp., I also understand your overhead and I know all to well about overhead. but to pay 800.00 for a qp and then sell it for over 400.00 is a flat slap in the face, and if you are paying top dollar to your vendors and getting shake then shame on them, and you for not scolding them. Experienced growers sell bud without shake, or at least I do.

I guess in a way I take what you say as an insult, and that is because you have stereotyped caregivers as not being capable of understanding your costs, this may be an over reaction on my behalf, but come on we all are not just uneducated pot growers. We all have overhead.