When the budtender shows you the container with the weed...

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Wed 25th Nov 2009 10:56 pm

Cool, this is all really helpful and pretty common sense really

Has anyone asked to see a strain and had the budtender react weirdly. You know, as if you've insulted them by implying that some of their weed is not super fresh?

metal4mullets · Post by **metal4mullets** » Thu 26th Nov 2009 03:28 pm

mark the martian wrote:Has anyone asked to see a strain and had the budtender react weirdly. You know, as if you've insulted them by implying that some of their weed is not super fresh?

Oh, of course. It happened to us a few times in August. The person who looked the most annoyed/bothered was the female budtender at Ben. She heaved a big sigh and curled her lips down in to a frown/sneer. We promptly said, "Thank you for your time.", and took a walk over to Basjoe instead. To be fair, it was during a touristy/busy time but we were honestly as polite and as pleasant as one could be *shrug*.

As I said before, though...don't be afraid to ask. It's your hard-earned money that is being spent and there is nothing wrong with checking quality.

tastywaves · Post by **tastywaves** » Thu 26th Nov 2009 03:38 pm

Oh yes this has happened plenty of times over all the years and i look at it this way i'm a paying customer who wishes to see the product before purchase, period.
Happy turkey day to all...

Moreliaman · Post by **Moreliaman** » Fri 4th Dec 2009 10:19 pm

I always ask to look before i buy, some places dont mind & some get a bit funny, perhaps coz im not a local....dunno.
I remember stopping at some turkish run one in some forgotten place, they were really abrupt and asked to see my passport before they served me, worth it though..... the white widow they sold me was lush.

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 06:11 am

As you are looking at and smelling the bucket of grass on offer, also be looking for brown or white mold on the plant matter. This is not stuff you want to be smoking. I went into a shop, the first day of the CC and asked to see xxx, which was their CC entry, I bought a few grams and as I was breaking it up with my fingers I noticed an excessive amount of "white". Upon closer inspection, it was either white powdery mildew or mold. I returned the few grams to the bud tender and got my money back. Greed has definitely taken over at some cs's, so watch carefully what you buy. Pot Peace.

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 11:07 am

Puffin13 wrote:As you are looking at and smelling the bucket of grass on offer, also be looking for brown or white mold on the plant matter. This is not stuff you want to be smoking. I went into a shop, the first day of the CC and asked to see xxx, which was their CC entry, I bought a few grams and as I was breaking it up with my fingers I noticed an excessive amount of "white". Upon closer inspection, it was either white powdery mildew or mold. I returned the few grams to the bud tender and got my money back. Greed has definitely taken over at some cs's, so watch carefully what you buy. Pot Peace.

Why wont you say what coffeeshop and what weed it was, I thought forums were all about sharing infomation good and bad, you really should name & shame them or not bother saying anything.

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 11:50 am

Fair point

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 11:55 am

Boner wrote:
Puffin13 wrote:As you are looking at and smelling the bucket of grass on offer, also be looking for brown or white mold on the plant matter. This is not stuff you want to be smoking. I went into a shop, the first day of the CC and asked to see xxx, which was their CC entry, I bought a few grams and as I was breaking it up with my fingers I noticed an excessive amount of "white". Upon closer inspection, it was either white powdery mildew or mold. I returned the few grams to the bud tender and got my money back. Greed has definitely taken over at some cs's, so watch carefully what you buy. Pot Peace.
Why wont you say what coffeeshop and what weed it was, I thought forums were all about sharing infomation good and bad, you really should name & shame them or not bother saying anything.

And why your there tell us which one tried to sell you under weight as you mentioned before in another thread.

Gnarleydudeman · Post by **Gnarleydudeman** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 02:11 pm

I think the weed was XXX or 'triple ex' I know they sell it in central but that wouldn't be the shop in question as they sell prebagged.

GDM

Twichaldinho · Post by **Twichaldinho** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 02:25 pm

Surely just reminding folks to take care when buying there cannabis is a good thing. I dont feel a name and shame is required.
Just be alert is all

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sat 5th Dec 2009 02:54 pm

Mold or midew can do some serious damage to your lungs, I for one wouldn't even like to risk that which is why I'd like to know what shop it was, allowing people to risk their health is ridiculous.

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Sun 6th Dec 2009 06:30 am

Twichaldinho wrote:Surely just reminding folks to take care when buying there cannabis is a good thing. I dont feel a name and shame is required.
Just be alert is all

I think Twich gets my point and the point being, be aware when you go to a coffeeshop (or anywhere else for that matter) to make your purchase. Inspect the weed carefully. Cannabis dealing is big business and some of the people dealing it dont care about your health or how much money you spend to acquire your herb.

What do people learn if they know the name of the shop? It could be a one time thing. (I confronted the dealer after I had observed the mold & he was as surprised to see the mold as I was. I dont believe it was intentional). If you know the name of the shop; then what? You will never go to that shop again and ditch that shop to everyone you speak to because of one incident that you heard about? I personally feel that it is better for a person to know that things like this can happen, to educate yourselves and be more aware when you are making your purchases because not everyone has your best interests at heart.

Peace & smoke safe.

mark the martian · Post by **mark the martian** » Sun 6th Dec 2009 09:24 am

Yeah, but you could give people the option to do that. In this case, no one here has that option, they just know that something might have gone wrong, somewhere, somehow...

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sun 6th Dec 2009 10:52 am

I really hope next time you have something positive to say about a coffeeshop or the weed it sells you dont name either.

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Sun 6th Dec 2009 02:32 pm

Boner wrote:I really hope next time you have something positive to say about a coffeeshop or the weed it sells you dont name either.

I do not understand where the attitude is coming from, Boner but if you dont like what I post, there is a simple solution: don't read them.

Peace.