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ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno t1_iz7scqp wrote

Reply to comment by stinkbonesjones in A little humor. by MavDrake

Bruh it’s expensive as fuck imo, I don’t know how you guys live like this. I’m from California and out here for a few weeks longer than expected so needed to re-up today.

What I’m used to is $70 for 1 oz., $20 for a 1g vaporizer cartridge, and $16 for 1g of concentrate

Here at best I could find 1/8ths for $40, 1/2g cartridges for $50, and 1g concentrate for $70

I looked at all the dispensaries in RI and MA. RISE in Warwick had a $30 popcorn 1/8th that was new today that I was going to get until I had to go to the MA border for something else and found one dispensary with $8 grams (no 1/8ths, 1/2s, or much less full ounces) that after tax came out to $40.

More expensive than I’m used to but closer to Nevada prices that I’m originally used to so I pulled the trigger. But god damn, it’s weird seeing y’all go through the process we went through years ago.

For a few years dealers will stay in business and only old rich people will go to dispensaries. Then they’ll drop the prices of flower first, little by little until they’re same price as the dealers. Then the vapes and dabs will go down in price too eventually and it will make little sense to deal with having to go to some guys apartment who twenty minutes after arriving will let you know he’s “totally gonna be down in 5 bro”

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SeveralPineapple1988 t1_iz9i9se wrote

I go to Nova in S Attleboro. $20 1/8ths but the tax is still like 25%. I still think its way better than getting your goods from a guy who knows a guy who can get you "good shit". I'm loving being able to find strains that actually work for me in the way I want them to rather than the lottery the dealers (all the one's I've ever dealt with) are peddling.

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ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno t1_iz9iubo wrote

That’s pretty good, I looked at that dispensary two days ago but didn’t see that deal though. Ended up going to CommCan in Rehoboth, definitely didn’t expect to be driving into farmland that reminds me more of Vermont than Greater Boston. Was pretty cool.

Some of the dispensaries around here try to do their own menu layouts instead of using the universal Dutchie one and can be hard to navigate so I don’t doubt it was there but I couldn’t find it.

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SeveralPineapple1988 t1_iz9jdqf wrote

Their inventory changes daily so it's better to peek in and stock up when you can. Sometimes 20 packs of 5mg gummies go on sale for $8 a bag. The $20 1/8ths are typically from Nova or Southie Adams.

Edit: Just checked their site and they have like 6 strains for $20.

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ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno t1_iz9nekc wrote

That’s one thing that’s weird about dispensaries that seem to be universal around the country…

You can never count on a good price still being there the next day. I get it, they don’t drive off younger tech savvy more budget focused customers by offering something on sale every day, but they also keep making bank from older rich people who haven’t smoked since the 80s and don’t really know what prices should be

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SeveralPineapple1988 t1_iz9ogf2 wrote

Well the gummy thing is a once a week occurrence whereas they almost always have a selection of $20 1/8ths. I don't smoke like crazy so it's not bad to me. Again, I just like knowing that what I'm getting is clean, properly measured, and what I actually want. I'd gladly pay a little extra for that.

What I usually equate it to is like going into a liquor store for vodka, but all they have is bottom shelf sambuca. That's what my 15 year experience buying from dealers has been like.

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_wheresMySuperSuit t1_iz92rs3 wrote

If you’re willing to drive, there was a place in Uxbridge that had $10 8ths like 2 weeks ago.

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ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno t1_iz942id wrote

If the stores act like the ones I’m used to is bet that deal is either sold out or no longer on sale at this point. Thank you though

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TheOGJayRussle t1_iz94lq8 wrote

Yeah I lived in CA for 10 years, moved back to RI 12 years ago, and yes watching the state act like there was no blueprint was entertaining also, plus we can only grow 6 plants, in MA it’s 12, in CA it’s 12, but RI got there heads up there but.

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ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno t1_iz95146 wrote

Better than NV in terms of growing plants. In Nevada they passed a law that you can grow one plant if you live more than 25 miles from the nearest dispensary

I don’t know if you know Nevada, but it’s a desert state with lowest population density in the country. Two counties and one independent city hold 98% of the population because those are the only places with consistent water sources

There’s only a few towns in Nevada and they all have dispensaries. The rest of the state isn’t rural like the empty parts of New England are, it is EMPTY, like areas with zero people larger than Southern New England.

Long story short, less than 1% of the population is within more than 25 miles from a dispensary making it de facto illegal to grow any plants

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TheOGJayRussle t1_iz955wy wrote

I’ve been to dispensaries there but never looked up the laws, that does suck.

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