waxes and shatter flooding Amsterdam

[BackInDam]

judging by how long these extracts last me, they are worth it for me.

I would even buy them for 300€ a g.

[OneHighMofo]

The word 'exploitation' comes to mind...

To some degree yes. Agreed.
Roll on things changing for the better - so we can all enjoy top quality oils at affordable prices

[kingbee]

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[BackInDam]

judging by how long these extracts last me, they are worth it for me.

I would even buy them for 300€ a g.

Don't encourage them BackInDam

OneHighMofo, they play on the general high prices in Dam to justify preying on people like that.

What's worse is that many oil users are medical patients..

Why would you call that preying on people? Especially when someone breaks the law for my smoking pleasure.

[kingbee]

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[BackInDam]

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BackInDam,

It's preying on people, because you are being victimised by paying 95e for BHO/shatter/wax.

Whether you realise it or not, you are still being victimised, as you are being held to ransome at that price, because there are hardly any other opportunities.

Like if you go to an airport, that's exploitation as well asking you to pay double or triple the prices you would pay locally.

You can't go elsewhere, so they've got you over a barrel if you need/want to buy something.

Like you in Dam not having many options for buying oil/wax.

Yeah it's illegal, and they make good money off it as a result, too good money for what it is though. The maker is not selling it to the public, and it's unlikely a coffeeshop owner or budtender would go to prison "for selling class A", i.e. oil, otherwise why didn't loads of people go to jail when they were openly selling it on menus last year, and Willie Wortels in Haarlem still has " Willie"s Wax" blantantly on the menu for something like 35e. That's still expensive to me, but better than in Dam, so why don't you just keep getting Willie's Wax from WW Sensemilla in Haarlem? I think if you buy 4g, you get one gram free, so a better deal.

The ridiculous prices in Dam for oil are taking advantage of people, which is human nature for some people, but I just don't enjoy seeing stoners get ripped off, especially medical patients who often rely on strong concentrates to ease crippling pain.

I am not being victimized tho. I have plenty of budget for my trips to dam. Yes 95 euro is expensive. I am aware that their profit margin is way too high compared to the relatively minimal risk they are taking. You have to keep in mind it is medical lab grade. If I buy imported Froot loops from the US here in Amsterdam, I have to pay 3 times the US price as well BHO is a luxury good and I prefer to treat it that way. Unless it gets legalized it will always remain a luxury good, even in Amsterdam.

[kingbee]

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[BackInDam]

I feel for the people who require it medically, if you let a passionate grower know about your medical conditions and your dependency on it, most will have sympathy for you. And some will offer to act as a caretaker.
People supply others with RSO across europe, but since I dont require it medically I would not want to take advantage of such services.
As long as concentrates need to be imported from the west it will barely reach affordable prices for lower income patients.

[Old Timer]

Ok dude, if you want to think of it like that (i.e. from.a pure consumerist point of view), then you are welcome to. The market exists because of two types of people then: rich dudes who don't care about prices at all (like you), and the rest of us who have to work hard to earn a living and don't want to get badly ripped off in our freetime, or MS/cancer patients who need oil and use their savings/benefits money.

Nobody is getting ripped off!
It's not a must have, nobody has to buy it, and the price is clearly displayed for all to see, this does not constitute a rip off.
A rip is when you think you're buying X but end up with Y.
Is it too expensive for what it is, yes of course, but the same can be said for a lot of weed in Amsterdam.
1 gram of high quality BHO will usually get you more stoned and for longer than 5 or 6 grams of weed @15 Euro a gram.
I'm not saying that the prices are not too high, but like everything else, it's supply and demand, if there was no demand the price would drop.
Most coffee shop prices are aimed at tourists, not medical patients or even locals.
The bottom line is it's a personal choice, similar to restaurant prices, people who afford can eat in Michelin starred restaurants and pay top buck, might choose to, people who can't, don't. Some buy Rolex watches others Casio, choice, not rip off!

[Uncle Ron]

Well, if it's not a ripoff, then it's fleecing the stoner.
Here's the deal, like it or not, the way it is in Amsterdam.........they charge the amount(s) because the tourists are willing to pay, and it's called fleecing, plain and simple.
The prices for oil/wax/shatter have basically remained the same, 40-95 a gram, since hitting the shops.
Who pays these prices, anyone here? Perhaps give some thought before purchasing, because if fewer people buy their product, the prices will either come down or they stop selling (doubtful). It's called supply and demand. Lower the demand, the prices should drop. But I am talking about Amsterdam, and that will not happen.
I pay Euro 1.65 for a can of gas, I know the risks involved, and they just don't add up to 40-95 Euro a gram.
Something to think about, as a parting gift - the more that is made, the less that it cost to make. That is a fact!
They can and will charge what the market can handle, plain and simple. Shame that in doing so fleeces so many.
Cheers.

[BackInDam]

If you buy weed for a nug run, it will take 7-8 grams of buds to make 1 gram of BHO which costs anywhere between 70-100. So relative to the weed prices in Amsterdam I dont think the BHO is too expensive

[orle]

If you buy weed for a nug run, it will take 7-8 grams of buds to make 1 gram of BHO which costs anywhere between 70-100. So relative to the weed prices in Amsterdam I dont think the BHO is too expensive

Hard to believe that the people producing the "nug run" BHO would purchase their nugs in the coffeeshops at tourist prices

[kingbee]

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[RvanSteensel]

If you buy weed for a nug run, it will take 7-8 grams of buds to make 1 gram of BHO which costs anywhere between 70-100. So relative to the weed prices in Amsterdam I dont think the BHO is too expensive

thats where u are wrong lol
7-8grams of weed costs 40euros for locals lol

[kingbee]

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