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Quote Originally Posted by Dorje113
Whaddaya think?

If there are X number of dispensaries competing in the front range market, all of them legally allowed to grow as much as they want, this kind of competition could really drive prices down.
It will definitely drive prices down for the growers. I've been getting between $3600.00 and $4400.00 per lb from local dispensaries. That's going to change drastically...and soon. Look for growers for dispensaries to be offered $2500.00 or less. It's already happening. Once that becomes widespread, look for the quality to suffer unless the grower really knows his shit relative to being able to produce high quality yields from homegrown nutes. No more of those expensive boutique nutes......at least not without a major hit to your profit margin. It's definitely possible to do it with homegrown fertilizers, but not every grower has this level of experience. Those who know how to do this will be able to keep their margins high enough to stay in business.

Others think there will be fewer dispensaries, and they will conspire to keep the prices high. I seriously doubt it, as not ALL dispensaries will go along with price fixing, plus it is illegal, and this industry is going to be closely monitored. If I owned a dispensary, I know I could make a lot of money AND sell $10 grams, $25 1/8ths, and $150 ozs.
That's going to be interesting to see how it gets sorted out.......of course, once a grower is locked in to a contract at a certain price, he's really not going to benefit/suffer from price fixing, as long as his price is fixed and the dispensary can cash him out on a weekly basis. Being cashed out immediately rather than the dispensary taking the product on a front for x amount of time will be absolutely essential to the grower being able to continue to cover his fixed overhead.