Prices

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I am not familiar with Washington Law. You are all bitching about the middleman mark up. Who needs them? Growers should form a co ops and sell small quanities directly to the consumer. Small quantities ( 1 oz a day)can not be resold for a big profit. In reality the growers are in the drivers seat. They just haven't got together and figured that out yet.

As your bussiness expands, you bring new members in. You brick and mortar opperational costs could be made public and a cut added to each sale to keep the lights on. Your profit rate should also be shown, so everybody knows exactly what they are paying for. The co op should be totaly transparent.

Most consumers don't want to buy an ounce at a time. They want to buy either grams, or 1/8 or sometimes a 1/4.


The vast majority of growers producing serious weight want to sell 1/4 pounds or more at a time.

The middle man exists because the desires of the growers and the desires of the consumers are different.


That doesn't mean that an all grower co op couldn't form, but it seems that its just not what both parties (grower and consumer) want.


Growers want pound level transaction, consumers want pound level prices but <1 ounce transactions. If there were a lot more dispensaries I think the increase in consumer level supplies would suppress the end consumer pricing, but we will just have to wait and see.