Yeah they do that here all the time where the 8th will be 25$ at one location (omfg I just noticed that it said lactation and not location!!!
) and then you look at another location it’s 55$/8th
I prefer a nice modelo myself…
I prefer reserva de familia platino (tequila)
Been thinking about the tier-based system recently, thank you @GroovyOctopusLabs for bringing it up. The methods, the chemistry, the art of the extraction craft, I pretty much get (with a lot of help from all of you here at F4200, thank you all). Human behavior like shopping can be just too complicated for me to figure out.
From the point of view of a distributor, the tier system makes some sense. We can get a few more bucks for a lucky crop. The customer can usually wrap their head around the tier system. In the dispos, we can’t stop some people from throwing money at us for a label that ‘says’ 40%. They get mad when we run out and they can’t throw their cash at us (for some B.S. 40% label, which I might fall for too knowing ‘no way’). Also, we can’t stop people from buying up as much cheap crap as they are allowed to buy. It kinda works when we have some bunk, you know, move the weight and get on to the next crop. It may help translate to the public that there is some variability inherent in our products. Plus, some of the dispo agents haven’t delved any deeper into cannabis than THC%. At times, they are barking numbers at us but, most of us here might spend with our noses. It’s too bad because I can show you something +/- 15% that will put you to sleep on the toilet.
Washington state has a pretty good consumer experience, not perfect, but easy. The pre-pack allows anyone to find their brand(s). But this is where it gets uncomfortable, we didn’t brand in the old days, that could go very wrong. Also, something about branding seems irreverent to the plant. But now, when I go to Washington, I know my brands and that’s what I’m buying. From the processor’s pov, we can assay any batch and direct the finest nugs to be highlighted it in a clear jars with an appropriate price and take their larf and put it in a foil bag for $25 a q. Just a top shelf brand and bottom shelf brand, neither one risking reputation.
This is just rambling and I still don’t know. Maybe the tier system complements bulk sale models. Good stoner question though, thanks man
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Effect or desired effect is subjective.
It’s going to depend on the grower. A competent growers cbd hemp should be just as high quality flower as whatever thc strains they would be growing.
That 15% strain is an outlier. And may be also genetic. Headband. Bubba etc won’t have super high numbers on paper most of the time but will be that type of high but that’s more of what I would consider to be a small batch run. Your going to sell more product of apples and whatever currently then some classic og that is better weed.
If the shop your going to is quality and knows how to buy weed then pretty much everything they sell should be good and then it’s really up to the consumers preference on taste or look etc.
And from my time in the industry. Lower numbers in general usually equates to sick plants or poorly grown product.
The “lows” at some places are just the mite ridden dudded cuts the license holder still decides to grow.
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I know what you mean and for those that are inexperienced and not heavy consumers, it’s all the same to them sadly (40% is viewed as better, and they will feel better because they beleive it is better). Perception plays large part in the users’ experiences. Your perception for instance is widened and is conscious of these distinctions.
Thus your perception that the 32% thc joint is more powerful will hold true, and if you consume the 40% thc joint you would inherently derive less from it.
How does that sound to you?
Yes!, as you say “It’s going to depend on the grower.” In markets where growers can show off their talents or hard work and even sell their own labeled or ‘branded’ products, we will come back for more of their specific products. I guess this could still have a tier system applied, but I can’t see how it would be easy to explain to consumers holding the package that they last bought and now the price (as associated with quality) has just changed. But, sticking with the original post, the tier system looks like an easy way to maintain inventory flow when working at scale.
You make a great point about simply finding the shop that works for you.
Yeah, that fifteener is an old classic. Not my favorite because I have too much to do in a day, but I respect it. Kevin Jodrey seems to understand the music between the notes.