Quote Originally Posted by alfonso2002
YOUR right as usual CFO but when I look at the numbers 12.00x28x16x2.5 a week thats not to shabby.
Well, thank you! Not many will tell when I am right.

The numbers sound wonderful. Just received the newest e-newsletter from the most vocal producer and see that they are now up to 51,000 watts with five flowering rooms. WOW!!!! That is a lot of operating costs. I think they have a staff of 5 or 6 (maybe more), an office which they pay rent, utilities, insurance, etc., grow facility which even if purchased and not rented has the same costs. I am not saying they spend every dime they charge, but being patients themselves, they are working towards and have been giving the medicine at no charge to those patients with limited or no resources.

So although production may be up, the revenues may still only be covering costs. I don't believe for a minute that compensation is exorbitant and no one is getting rich. I think everyone wants a reasonable compensation and benefits from their employer and many of these producers have put in hundreds if not thousands of hours with zero compensation. No one really expects these producers work for free or even minimum wage, do they? How much would any of us want to be paid for risking jail time? (A normal work year is 2,080 hours and I am positive they put in more time than that!). So, now that production is up and prices are reasonable, they can finally get paid for their devotion to this program. We know that at least no one makes the money the pharmaceutical companies make.