North End Club 420 Raided

[bestmedicine]

I can't believe a fellow pot smoker would say such idiotic stuff about a group of guys that were trying to help us get our smoke that the state said we could have. Good guys that hung their ass on the line for alot of people in need. That's all that matters and should be end of the conversation.

As for the whining about pricing. Anybody that was there knows that you had several options when purchasing your meds...good,better and best. Like anything else, best quality costs more...period! How did you figure that they would pay for the easy-to-get-to location, a comfortable office and put food on the table without making a profit? How many bags do you think it took just to pay the rent?? Were these guys supposed to donate their time, their smoke, and pay all the expenses involved in running a dispensary designed to help others? Alot of you tight ass losers would have liked it that way, but it's not reality. P.S....if it was too much for you, DON"T BUY IT, LEAVE!!

I am extremely thankful to anybody that worked with the club, and look forward to further dealings after this cleans itself up.

Peace.

It is truly sad that patients become accustomed to paying high prices...$10 a gram pays the bills!!! anything more is not compassionate to the patient period!!! even when running an illegal dispensary $10 a gram pays the bills..esp when wholesale is $200 an oz!!!!!! thats $80 an oz expense $..quite sufficent to pay the bills in even in the best location!! how much does it equate to when you charge $60 an 1/8th???? $480 an oz!!! my god so they make $280 off of each oz!!! and you call that "Expense money"!!!! I call BULLSHIT!!! if they charge that much truly then you guys have been getting taken advantage of and brain washed into thinking these "HIGH
ASS" prices are ok!!! like i say it is truly SAD... $10 a gram PERIOD no matter what kind of weed it is!!!!! go to seattle medical marijuana or go to elevated medical treatment or come up here and we are ALL $10 a gram!!!:rasta::rasta:

bestmedicine Reviewed by bestmedicine on 05-12-2010. North End Club 420 Raided Good thing they were all lawyered up. C/P Agents Raid Purported Medical Marijuana 'Club 420' Posted: 10:47 am PDT May 11, 2010 Updated: 11:28 am PDT May 11, 2010 PORT ORCHARD, Wash. -- Narcotics agents raided three locations in Pierce and Thurston counties early Tuesday as part of an investigation into a club purporting to distribute medical marijuana, officials with the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team said. Detectives said people in a group called North End Club 420 were Rating: 5

[Weezing]

It is truly sad that patients become accustomed to paying high prices...$10 a gram pays the bills!!! anything more is not compassionate to the patient period!!! even when running an illegal dispensary $10 a gram pays the bills..esp when wholesale is $200 an oz!!!!!! thats $80 an oz expense $..quite sufficent to pay the bills in even in the best location!! how much does it equate to when you charge $60 an 1/8th???? $480 an oz!!! my god so they make $280 off of each oz!!! and you call that "Expense money"!!!! I call BULLSHIT!!! if they charge that much truly then you guys have been getting taken advantage of and brain washed into thinking these "HIGH
ASS" prices are ok!!! like i say it is truly SAD... $10 a gram PERIOD no matter what kind of weed it is!!!!! go to seattle medical marijuana or go to elevated medical treatment or come up here and we are ALL $10 a gram!!!:rasta::rasta:

I suggest that unless you're intimately familiar with each business and their expenses, you refrain from jumping to conclusions. Fact is that each place has expenses other than cost of medicine, and all of those expenses vary. I doubt you know what those expenses are. For example, NEC420 provided amenities such as a patient lounge with television and entertainment console for patient use. Your website mentions that you have two available strains and no storefront, yet you think that it is reasonable for someone who pays rent to charge the same as you? You have no idea how much medicine any provider other than you gives away or provides below cost to patients who cannot afford it. You're just making a whole lot of inflammatory statements about people you know only through news stories. I am absolutely in no way shape or form involved with NEC420 or any other dispensary as a principal. I have benefitted from NEC420 as a patient and I have patronized at least one other provider. Trust me, brainwashing was not involved.

[Lemonhoko]

It is truly sad that patients become accustomed to paying high prices...$10 a gram pays the bills!!! anything more is not compassionate to the patient period!!! even when running an illegal dispensary $10 a gram pays the bills..esp when wholesale is $200 an oz!!!!!! thats $80 an oz expense $..quite sufficent to pay the bills in even in the best location!! how much does it equate to when you charge $60 an 1/8th???? $480 an oz!!! my god so they make $280 off of each oz!!! and you call that "Expense money"!!!! I call BULLSHIT!!! if they charge that much truly then you guys have been getting taken advantage of and brain washed into thinking these "HIGH
ASS" prices are ok!!! like i say it is truly SAD... $10 a gram PERIOD no matter what kind of weed it is!!!!! go to seattle medical marijuana or go to elevated medical treatment or come up here and we are ALL $10 a gram!!!:rasta::rasta:

Seattle is a different market and different law officials.

As you can see from the events of today, it is allot more riskier to deal with any MJ issues in Pierce County.
With risk comes elevated price.
You are comparing apples to oranges, or should I say, sativa to indica to keep in the theme of things.

If the risks are considerably lower where you live to be busted, the price naturally drops.
it doesnt matter what the commodity be it bear gall bladder, coffee, tobacco, or cannabis.
It all works under the same principle.

Heck, back when the feds were eradicating pot and growers and grow shops were harrassed, and you could barely find a fresh halide bulb,. the prices shot up to over 500.00 an ounce in Seattle. This was back in the early and mid 80's.
Its all about supply and demand and as long as LEO makes the supply harder to come by in Pierce county, the prices will reflect this.

Btw Mr. Bestmedicine...any fed busts in Seattle lately?

I bet if/when they come down in your neighborhood, the grams wont be 10 bucks anymore...wanna bet?????

[bestmedicine]

I suggest that unless you're intimately familiar with each business and their expenses, you refrain from jumping to conclusions. Fact is that each place has expenses other than cost of medicine, and all of those expenses vary. I doubt you know what those expenses are. For example, NEC420 provided amenities such as a patient lounge with television and entertainment console for patient use. Your website mentions that you have two available strains and no storefront, yet you think that it is reasonable for someone who pays rent to charge the same as you? You have no idea how much medicine any provider other than you gives away or provides below cost to patients who cannot afford it. You're just making a whole lot of inflammatory statements about people you know only through news stories. I am absolutely in no way shape or form involved with NEC420 or any other dispensary as a principal. I have benefitted from NEC420 as a patient and I have patronized at least one other provider. Trust me, brainwashing was not involved.

I jumped to no conclusion other than the stated fact of what they charge an 1/8th... we have more than 2 strains.. just 2 featured...entertainment is NOT an expense im sorry..just becase i do not hve a storefront (which i will NEVER be open to the public) does not mean there is no expenses!! to make that statement is absolutely absurd...just like making over 100% profit on an oz selling $60 1/8ths

[bestmedicine]

Seattle is a different market and different law officials.

As you can see from the events of today, it is allot more riskier to deal with any MJ issues in Pierce County.
With risk comes elevated price.
You are comparing apples to oranges, or should I say, sativa to indica to keep in the theme of things.

If the risks are considerably lower where you live to be busted, the price naturally drops.
it doesnt matter what the commodity be it bear gall bladder, coffee, tobacco, or cannabis.
It all works under the same principle.

Heck, back when the feds were eradicating pot and growers and grow shops were harrassed, and you could barely find a fresh halide bulb,. the prices shot up to over 500.00 an ounce in Seattle. This was back in the early and mid 80's.
Its all about supply and demand and as long as LEO makes the supply harder to come by in Pierce county, the prices will reflect this.

Btw Mr. Bestmedicine...any fed busts in Seattle lately?

I bet if/when they come down in your neighborhood, the grams wont be 10 bucks anymore...wanna bet?????

I agree there is more risk in the city but the risk does not out weigh the patients need for AFFORDABLE medication... and no raids have been done up in seattle... and just becaue the feds come down (we all have lawyers on retainer incurred initial operating expense) does not mean the price of a patients medication goes up... any court fees/fines a provider should expect to absorb not the PATIENT!! this is merely my point i am not bashing on the club i am bashing on the prices and the excuses for them.... The Patients have the right to affordable meds.. regardless where they live in the state...:rasta::rasta:

[Washedout]

This is the only thing the state and locals can relate to.

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[Weezing]

I jumped to no conclusion other than the stated fact of what they charge an 1/8th... we have more than 2 strains.. just 2 featured...entertainment is NOT an expense im sorry..just becase i do not hve a storefront (which i will NEVER be open to the public) does not mean there is no expenses!! to make that statement is absolutely absurd...just like making over 100% profit on an oz selling $60 1/8ths

Amenities are an expense. That's one of the reasons you pay more for a burger at Metropolitan Grill than you do at Applebees. I didn't say that you have no expenses, I merely pointed out that you have no idea about actual expenses for other providers. Patients are perfectly capable of selecting their providers, and if some of them choose those providers with higher suggested donations, it isn't because the patients are brainwashed or stupid. Stop bitching about people who aren't even your competition and mouthing stupid slogans like "patients have a right to affordable medicine" and perhaps you'll be taken seriously.

[Washedout]

I will be so happy once I move to New Mexico where there are sane grown ups that use common sense.

[bestmedicine]

Amenities are an expense. That's one of the reasons you pay more for a burger at Metropolitan Grill than you do at Applebees. I didn't say that you have no expenses, I merely pointed out that you have no idea about actual expenses for other providers. Patients are perfectly capable of selecting their providers, and if some of them choose those providers with higher suggested donations, it isn't because the patients are brainwashed or stupid. Stop bitching about people who aren't even your competition and mouthing stupid slogans like "patients have a right to affordable medicine" and perhaps you'll be taken seriously.

Patients having a right to affordable medication is stupid??? cmon seriously??? if we overcharge patients then we are no better than the big pharmaceutical company that charges $30 for a pill that costs 3 cents to produce..... and no i do not know anybodies particular expenses but i do know those expenses can be kept to a bare minimum to keep prices low.. all i am saying is that prices are high and ppl wanna trip out over it cuz its their profit....sign of the unfortunate times to come...wont be long before the really sick people who cant work wont be able to get their meds.... its going to be big pharma real soon

[Lemonhoko]

I agree there is more risk in the city but the risk does not out weigh the patients need for AFFORDABLE medication......:rasta::rasta:

I guess you dont get it.
If the risk is HIGH, patients wont get AFFORDABLE medicine...thats why you can gloat on your 10 dollar gram price, the risk is LOW in King County...right now.

Apples to Oranges again.


If and when the Feds show up in your county and do a few stings until they find a slip up, the supply will dry up like the mojave desert and you will talk about the days of the 10 dollar gram.

Btw, Im not a dispensary or have any business with any. This is JUST my opinion and nothing else.
I do like the people at the 420 club, they are ALL patients too.