mmmmm........
i agree with u guys , he does seem abit pushy towards meeting and getting FREE gear.......i think this sort of tipped it for me:
in the intro section:
offering myself as Drugs Tour Guide
https://www.coffeeshopdirect.com/forum/viewt ... 81&start=0
Hi Stoneys All over th Whole world
I am Stan Da Man From Amsterdam 24 years old i live in the amsterdam all my life and i love my city becoz we can smoke legally here and we got the nicest shit over here
i offer myself as a drugs tour guide for all the coffeeshop and all strains
and people that come for the first time in amsterdam u can mail me for da real shit and good buds/strains/weed/ganja/marihijuna and smokes HASH Skuff etc....
Gapstan@hotmail.com
leech imo!
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Very well put DaveS .
Anyone who's done anything totally out of order , can be excused with the classic ''We're all different''.
That's hairy fairy hippy bullshit .
Bottom line is if someone is taking the piss, they're taking the piss.
And from what I've read , something just don't add up with this dude.
I've thought it for a long time , the stories I'm hearing only confirm it .
People wanting a real Amsterdam experience , Ironically the very thing he hints at providing should look at his web page.
Remember his face and avoid like the plague.
Anyone who's done anything totally out of order , can be excused with the classic ''We're all different''.
That's hairy fairy hippy bullshit .
Bottom line is if someone is taking the piss, they're taking the piss.
And from what I've read , something just don't add up with this dude.
I've thought it for a long time , the stories I'm hearing only confirm it .
People wanting a real Amsterdam experience , Ironically the very thing he hints at providing should look at his web page.
Remember his face and avoid like the plague.
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Actually DaveS (very mature and level headed response btw Karma +1) and others I apologise for taking umbrage at this, I've been reading up on the guy abit and it does seem dodgy this tour guide business and you're right I haven't met the guy so can't really judge on what you're saying or whether he's mooching. In fact after reading alot of his posts I'm pretty glad you've warned us noobs about it.
Peace
Peace
If I had the money to spend and wanted a guide, I think a Ganjatour would be pretty fun. That is unless your definition of a tour guide is someone picking out shops that you could find yourself off the ACD map, smoking all your grass and making you embarrassed on your first trip to Amsterdam. Of course since us Yanks usually get called out as being obnoxious, its nice when we can blame a local. 
I can fully understand that its annyoing to have someone with you who makes trouble. but if this would happen with me I would have told him to be a bit quiet or would have left at least....but doing nothing is the wrong way, this way we will always be ruled by politicians who only see the money.....turn up your voice, if its about big politics or just about a guy who is destroing your vibe 
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sorry guys but i said my piece at the meet n greet ....and then switched into stoned zombie mode....i felt sorry for daveS....but my feeling was about the same as most others,and i noticed that the staff didn't take their eyes off of him....each to their own...but not my bag and really gapie hasn't been on the forum that long compared to some that are placing their opinion....peace that was my perception,i may be wrong but who cares.....pass me a mars bar
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"Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on, for, it wont be long, till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on." - Bill Withers, 1972
So yes, I am old. I've walked chin first into all sorts of pitfalls and cons in my life, I am disabled, and I could be one seriously jaded fuck.
I have seen every stripe of chatroom, and without fail, no matter how good it was/is, the desire to be right, rather than the desire to do right becomes the undoing for each in my mind, so that journey to jaded should become easier, shouldn't it?
I have also seen, heard and spoke with every stripe of person, and you know what? Jesus is still sitting on a big pile of first stones to be cast by non sinners.
Perhaps I have a dual perspective on this since I, 45 now, 44 in early Jan, was in Amsterdam with my 22 yr old son. Stan had never talked to me about meeting up, and I advertised the hell out of our visit. Did I advertise because I am a babe in the woods, and I need a hand to hold when Im far from home? No, I was hoping to have a more "local" experience by hooking up with people from and familiar with the area.
My son and I encountered Stan (gapie) on our first day at a meet and greet with cantona7, Andrey and SoulRider. There wasnt a "one by one" showing of people, they came in groups, and Stan was in one of the groups. We began with Rockerij as a meeting place, then onto 420.
Stan passed around a joint of Shiva, SoulRider (if I recall right) sent around a cone with Terminator on it, cantona passed something, martian mean green methinks...there were usually at least 4 or 5 joints, balloons and bongs in various combos going around at any given time, I lost track of what was what. I know i had some SSH Vaped, but I dont remember all the bong loaded stuff I sent around, cuz I was just smokin.
Stan knows I think he is one hyper ass guy and I couldn't take the hyper stuff in large doses, but outside of that I didn't have an issue with the dude. I saw him one more time while we were there, we shared and had a good time then too.
Here's what I would say. I don't have the same story or impressions that others here might, but isnt that the point? Who may irritate the hell out of me may be your very best friend. I am not to judge how he was with anyone else, all I have is my own story, and it wasn't bad.
Personally (and I speak for myself only), since we are all adults, we do have the ability and right to walk away from any situation, regardless of how comfortable or uncomfortable it is. I know it's a whole lot easier to tell someone what you really think of them when you're behind a computer screen, but my question is, if your feelings about this are strong enough to share with everyone, why couldn't you have said any of this to gapie at that time. Perhaps it would have been resolved, perhaps not to either's liking, but it would have been an honest face to face discussion, rather than an electronic pile-on.
I could be wrong, and Lord knows I have been many times. And maybe I am a stereotypical, cookie-cutter spittin image of one of those 70's "everybody's ok" kooks, but my feelings are that Id rather err in believing good about others than to err about believing ill of their flaws. Stan is a resident of a city we all like to visit, and now we're complaining because the characters in our "own personal Disneyland" may not meet with our taste?
I am by no means wealthy and if someone was seriously imposing, yes I would speak up. I don't believe in letting things fester. The sooner the issue is made known, the sooner it is dealt with, period. I am not in the market to supply the world with weed either, but I'll tell you what, if you can give me a precise count on how many times a buddy got you high vs how many times you got him high, then I say there's an argument. I have a friend of 30 yrs, and I would just bet one of us owes the other a dozen or more highs, but we just never counted.
My vote goes for telling someone when they are trespassing, while they are trespassing, or forever hold your peace.
And lastly.....my long winded self who is stuck in my home would really like to find a place to visit online with people where wars don't often occur. It's dime a dozen shit, I've seen it in every chat, forum or bbs, and I truly hope this doesn't become that kind of forum, since I would like to not leave due to hostile vibes.
And yes, I know, you are all just looking out for all the new folks, but if a person travels abroad without knowing potential mishaps, worse things than bogarted weed will ensue.
Notch your arrows and fire away at me, gentlemen.
So yes, I am old. I've walked chin first into all sorts of pitfalls and cons in my life, I am disabled, and I could be one seriously jaded fuck.
I have seen every stripe of chatroom, and without fail, no matter how good it was/is, the desire to be right, rather than the desire to do right becomes the undoing for each in my mind, so that journey to jaded should become easier, shouldn't it?
I have also seen, heard and spoke with every stripe of person, and you know what? Jesus is still sitting on a big pile of first stones to be cast by non sinners.
Perhaps I have a dual perspective on this since I, 45 now, 44 in early Jan, was in Amsterdam with my 22 yr old son. Stan had never talked to me about meeting up, and I advertised the hell out of our visit. Did I advertise because I am a babe in the woods, and I need a hand to hold when Im far from home? No, I was hoping to have a more "local" experience by hooking up with people from and familiar with the area.
My son and I encountered Stan (gapie) on our first day at a meet and greet with cantona7, Andrey and SoulRider. There wasnt a "one by one" showing of people, they came in groups, and Stan was in one of the groups. We began with Rockerij as a meeting place, then onto 420.
Stan passed around a joint of Shiva, SoulRider (if I recall right) sent around a cone with Terminator on it, cantona passed something, martian mean green methinks...there were usually at least 4 or 5 joints, balloons and bongs in various combos going around at any given time, I lost track of what was what. I know i had some SSH Vaped, but I dont remember all the bong loaded stuff I sent around, cuz I was just smokin.
Stan knows I think he is one hyper ass guy and I couldn't take the hyper stuff in large doses, but outside of that I didn't have an issue with the dude. I saw him one more time while we were there, we shared and had a good time then too.
Here's what I would say. I don't have the same story or impressions that others here might, but isnt that the point? Who may irritate the hell out of me may be your very best friend. I am not to judge how he was with anyone else, all I have is my own story, and it wasn't bad.
Personally (and I speak for myself only), since we are all adults, we do have the ability and right to walk away from any situation, regardless of how comfortable or uncomfortable it is. I know it's a whole lot easier to tell someone what you really think of them when you're behind a computer screen, but my question is, if your feelings about this are strong enough to share with everyone, why couldn't you have said any of this to gapie at that time. Perhaps it would have been resolved, perhaps not to either's liking, but it would have been an honest face to face discussion, rather than an electronic pile-on.
I could be wrong, and Lord knows I have been many times. And maybe I am a stereotypical, cookie-cutter spittin image of one of those 70's "everybody's ok" kooks, but my feelings are that Id rather err in believing good about others than to err about believing ill of their flaws. Stan is a resident of a city we all like to visit, and now we're complaining because the characters in our "own personal Disneyland" may not meet with our taste?
I am by no means wealthy and if someone was seriously imposing, yes I would speak up. I don't believe in letting things fester. The sooner the issue is made known, the sooner it is dealt with, period. I am not in the market to supply the world with weed either, but I'll tell you what, if you can give me a precise count on how many times a buddy got you high vs how many times you got him high, then I say there's an argument. I have a friend of 30 yrs, and I would just bet one of us owes the other a dozen or more highs, but we just never counted.
My vote goes for telling someone when they are trespassing, while they are trespassing, or forever hold your peace.
And lastly.....my long winded self who is stuck in my home would really like to find a place to visit online with people where wars don't often occur. It's dime a dozen shit, I've seen it in every chat, forum or bbs, and I truly hope this doesn't become that kind of forum, since I would like to not leave due to hostile vibes.
And yes, I know, you are all just looking out for all the new folks, but if a person travels abroad without knowing potential mishaps, worse things than bogarted weed will ensue.
Notch your arrows and fire away at me, gentlemen.
How am I not myself?
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Yeah, this has totally turned into the gapie thread now. just to say my piece- and I have never met the guy- I've read enough people's reports to realise he DOES share if he's got it, and enough of gapie's posts to realise he's a bit hard up for cash sometimes (as most of us are form time to time). Nonetheless I love this forum and I don't want anything/one to f**k it up.
But at the same time, having a nederlander on the forum could be a great source of local info, which is partially what this site is about, so lets not be too hasty to drive him away. If he even still posts here after all this. Hi gapie.
But at the same time, having a nederlander on the forum could be a great source of local info, which is partially what this site is about, so lets not be too hasty to drive him away. If he even still posts here after all this. Hi gapie.
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^^Yeh he does still post and still comes on here^^
and TBH the people that have not met him should wait before giving an opinion and not go on what other people have said.
I am yet to meet him as my last trip (when we was going to meet) was at the start of all this cyber bullying so he was a bit pissed.
Fair enough he got cocky and offered himself as a drugs guide and yes some of you got sucked up and spat out, some of you put your foot down on the situ (Correct way), and others just jumped on the band wagon coz thats the way of life for you.
There are some good members on here who have no problem with him and seem to smoke regular with him. I have not heard to much bitching from them so to me there opinions count.
You should always hold judgment until you have met some1. If you dont like them then fair enough but there is no need to slate them constantly.
People dont like me but hey thats life, thats the way i like it and thats the way it will continue.
and TBH the people that have not met him should wait before giving an opinion and not go on what other people have said.
I am yet to meet him as my last trip (when we was going to meet) was at the start of all this cyber bullying so he was a bit pissed.
Fair enough he got cocky and offered himself as a drugs guide and yes some of you got sucked up and spat out, some of you put your foot down on the situ (Correct way), and others just jumped on the band wagon coz thats the way of life for you.
There are some good members on here who have no problem with him and seem to smoke regular with him. I have not heard to much bitching from them so to me there opinions count.
You should always hold judgment until you have met some1. If you dont like them then fair enough but there is no need to slate them constantly.
People dont like me but hey thats life, thats the way i like it and thats the way it will continue.