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> Collusion It's either straight up illegal collusion or a "natural" side effect of allowing only "big business" to enter the market. Combined with sky high t
by josefresco 5y ago
> Collusion
It's either straight up illegal collusion or a "natural" side effect of allowing only "big business" to enter the market. Combined with sky high taxes and "community impact" fees and there's not much room for price differentiation,.
I live in a state that is just now seeing recreational shops open and miraculously all their pricing is exactly aligned.
- ohyeshedid 5y agoCollusion doesn't need to happen at the point of sale, it could be wholesalers or the growers setting a price structure.
- tenfourwookie 5y agoSure, up and down the chain, but with that much surplus? That would be irrational. I don't understand. Do you mean it's like farmers dumping millions of gallons of milk to quash supply and support price x? To what end? They're worried if they flood the market, price drops? (To say nothing of legality, because I know nothing.)
- atatatat 5y agoOr new entrants just pricing everything the same as previous entrants to grow the industry, and avoid competition on anything besides quality and specific needs/desires from the plant, but it's not surprising that an industry still maintaining some semblance of customer service is a weird sight to behold for folks.