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> Its more than that. I have a few dispensarys in CA and the experience is shit. The places are loaded with cash because they cant legally accept credit or debi

> Its more than that. I have a few dispensarys in CA and the experience is shit. The places are loaded with cash because they cant legally accept credit or debit cards. So you have to bring cash or use their ATM and get charged a withdrawal fee. This also means they are targets for robbery so security at these places is crazy with guards, waiting rooms and check points. This meeans you have to wait upwards of 20 minutes just to get inside to wait on a counter line for another 10 minutes. The experience is miserable. That sounds awful to me. Here in Canada, legal dispensaries accept debit, cash, and various credit cards; you can order online for in-person, same-day delivery (within a couple hours); you can order online and pickup in person, too. If you go in-person, you might have to wait if their employees are all helping other customers, but otherwise I can be in and out within 5 minutes. > I pay $80-100 for 0.5 oz. That seems obscene, coming from Canada. A decent-quality 28g bag of weed here tops out at 160 CAD, from what I've seen (edit: and I just bought an ounce I am perfectly happy with for 90 CAD). I'm not sure I've seen an ounce for more than that. Half-oz usually range from 60-80 CAD, depending on quality/sales. At this point I greatly prefer the legal dispensaries to any black market weed for quality, convenience, price -- whether MOM or dealers. I think the only place dealers would have an advantage is more freedom to offer a better price to certain clients.

golergka 5y ago
It's wild hearing that in other countries drug dealers still accept cash and meet people in person. Although prices for practically everything are way higher here (10g would cost you about 200$ or more), the convenience of using bitcoin and not having to meet a single soul to make a purchase at any hour of the day still outweighs it for me.
- MisterTea 5y ago
  > not having to meet a single soul Then how do you get your weed? Teleporter?
  - golergka 5y ago
    Deaddrop. You get an address, sometimes a GPS spot, a couple of photos, and retrieve whatever substance you ordered yourself.
    - MisterTea 5y ago
      yeesh. That sounds awful. The reason why I get curb side are: 1. If he doesn't have your number in his phone ahead of time, he wont respond. I had to be recommended by a close friend of his who is in turn good friends with me. He has to trust you and any deviations from basic rules will get you banned (he ghosts you). 2. He doesn't deliver himself, he has 2-4 drivers he pays well ($400/day + all the weed you can smoke) 3. Most people in my neighborhood know how to mind their damn business or smoke too so no one gives a shit.
      - golergka 5y ago
        Well, when a couple of grams of weed can easily get you a 7-10 year prison sentence, you define convenience a bit differently.
kf6nux 5y ago
For additional context to my Canadian friends, it's not actually legal in the US. Various states have banned state and local law enforcement from enforcing the federal law. Since it's still illegal federally, dispensaries can't use banks as their funds could be seized without a trial, and merchant services (credit/debit network access) can't offer services to those businesses as it would be aiding in a felony.

golergka 5y ago

It's wild hearing that in other countries drug dealers still accept cash and meet people in person. Although prices for practically everything are way higher here (10g would cost you about 200$ or more), the convenience of using bitcoin and not having to meet a single soul to make a purchase at any hour of the day still outweighs it for me.

MisterTea 5y ago
> not having to meet a single soul Then how do you get your weed? Teleporter?
- golergka 5y ago
  Deaddrop. You get an address, sometimes a GPS spot, a couple of photos, and retrieve whatever substance you ordered yourself.
  - MisterTea 5y ago
    yeesh. That sounds awful. The reason why I get curb side are: 1. If he doesn't have your number in his phone ahead of time, he wont respond. I had to be recommended by a close friend of his who is in turn good friends with me. He has to trust you and any deviations from basic rules will get you banned (he ghosts you). 2. He doesn't deliver himself, he has 2-4 drivers he pays well ($400/day + all the weed you can smoke) 3. Most people in my neighborhood know how to mind their damn business or smoke too so no one gives a shit.
    - golergka 5y ago
      Well, when a couple of grams of weed can easily get you a 7-10 year prison sentence, you define convenience a bit differently.

kf6nux 5y ago

For additional context to my Canadian friends, it's not actually legal in the US. Various states have banned state and local law enforcement from enforcing the federal law. Since it's still illegal federally, dispensaries can't use banks as their funds could be seized without a trial, and merchant services (credit/debit network access) can't offer services to those businesses as it would be aiding in a felony.