u/bravexhaze

Hey guys. I'm a long-time member but I use a different account to talk about weed stuff now.

I don't know how many of you have experience with other markets, but I feel compelled to let you know that you are being manipulated.

What I mean by this isn't necessarily just the price gouging; let me explain.

As many of you know, Good Day Farms is one of the only places licensed to sell here. Odds are, if you have walked into any licensed dispensary in Louisiana, you have purchased or come in contact with a product made by them. If you don't know anything about Good Day Farms, they are currently facing a lawsuit because they are basically running a monopoly throughout the Midwest where they originate. You can read more on that here, and I urge you to before continuing. You might notice a few familiar "brands" on there (looking at you, Highway Hotel) Interestingly, the case has recently moved to Federal Court, which you can read more on here.

My fiancée is originally from Missouri, and when I met her, weed was not recreationally legal there. Between trips a few years ago (we typically visit maybe once every three months) a whole host of new dispensaries popped up. Every one gleaming and smelling like fresh paint and dank. Take some time and look around Missouri subreddits, and you will find horror stories of workers who worked for GDF or any of their brands at every level.

Here's my line of thinking, so hear me out. It isn't just about the shady business practices, it isn't just about the monopoly. Think about it: on the coast, people have been smoking weed legally for ages. A Californian mind cannot feasibly comprehend paying $70 for a gram of live resin or 35 dollars for a half a gram of distillate in cart form. Quality be damned. However, in places like Colorado and California, those things have been a part of the culture. By the time weed became recreationally legal, people already knew what it was worth and had a lot of contact with it, so there was only so much they could sell it for. Still today, people are buying live resin carts for $18 a gram there. Not from a loose dude on the street, but from a licensed dispensary.

Now cut to here. The south, where for most of my life even getting caught in the car with a cart probably meant you weren't going home that night. We do not really have the same "open and transparent" culture around weed, and that contributes to a lack of knowledge about it on a more scientific and formal level. However, by opening dispensaries and seeing how much we are WILLING to pay for weed, if they are successful, why would they lower the prices? I mean, supply and demand. Even if it becomes recreationally legal, the supply might go up but the demand will go up with it. I can tell you this: Missouri has had a legal recreational market for going on two years now and the prices might look great online but the taxes are KILLLERRR. They're disguising lower prices under egregious taxes added on that almost make it rival Louisiana. If I find one of my receipts I might post a pic.

So where is all this leading? Well-- in my brain, I figure that the government realized they screwed the pooch big time. All that sales tax revenue on cannabis in legal states is great, but if they were charging more the taxes would be higher and they would be making more. They can play a lot of catch up if they just make sure this time around they make the prices higher. We've been starved for so long--what won't we pay for? Good Day Farms saw the opportunity to do the same thing in Arkansas and Louisiana as they've done in Missouri with Story. I asked a budtender at my local dispo if they'd heard about the lawsuit when it first broke and they told me "yeah and I hope it doesn't go anywhere because we would be out of business."

Not to mention, I had an issue with a tank disposable I bought from them one time not hitting properly due to a bad battery connection and the manager had the nerve it in the back run air through the bottom and tell me it was fine. What are we even paying for if we can't get decent and polite service?

We didn't need a pilot program. You call the number you get a "Script"-- this WAS the pilot program.

And regardless of whatever-- if nothing else I said is true, does anyone not find it a little whack that a program that is strictly "medical" would be so unaffordable? I mean, the chance of socioeconomic instability rises with disability and/or medical issues, does it not?

Don't let this scammy system win. YOU are the consumer. YOU make the choice. Whether you post a bad review or not, when you spend money there, you are telling them that it works. That the pricing system is feasible. That it can be done. Don't let them win.

I don't have the answers but I do know as stoners we've built a culture around advocating against big pharma, and we cannot let them start whatever legalization we are going to get with the idea that we'll just take what we can get. I know a lot of people aren't down with the thca market-- and that's fine, but you have to remember that our responsibility as consumers starts with being responsible about what we support. What do we do?

Hold your pitchforks. Back with a comprehensive review.

updates- the vapes are great for the price. I’m coming off a bad run with bronchitis and anything even a little harsh triggers my coughs really bad. These are smooth asf!!! I’ve gone thru so many carts and vapes and for effects, authentic taste, but still being smooth, these are 100% the best value per gram I’ve had. Especially online.

the one i opened today is candy fumez (hybrid- Zkittlez x Sherbanger-82.85%) -and the more i puff it the more the candy notes comes out until it's straight in your face and you wonder how you ever missed it. The window kinda looks like this weird glass effect tho that at first made me question if it was a whole gram. After looking closer I think it’s just refraction from the posters design. really good effects; i did find myself kind of leaning over once it wore off a little bit with tiredness, but it was a sufficient time after so i don't feel like it would bar me from getting anything done. id feel fine hitting it all day. The strain is in one of my favorite extracts ever (Superman Punch (candy fumez x north end punch) so I was really excited for it, and I don’t feel disappointed at all.

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Tried all the jars on puffco pivot green setting:

kandyland cured resin- sativa
GDP x Bay Plantinum Cookies
84.54%

The one I was most excited for and didn't disappoint. the jar smells absolutely amazing. when you smell it you just instantly feel like there can't be another name for it lol. 10/10 for me on the nose based on expectations vs reality. the taste stayed true. good, sweet, gassy, fruity. it's a little more on the yellow side and it holds its shape super super well. for that reason it was easy to dose. Effects were true to a sativa but nothing that made me feel jittery. Just a really nice cloudy nice little head high

jungle cake live resin- hybrid
White Fire #43 x Wedding Cake

tasted wayyyy better than it smelled-- i was a little stressed at first because on the nose it's just super gassy and piney. on the taste end, all those fears melt away. it lends way to a still gassy but with sweet floral notes, the effects are immediate and feel so euphoric and calming, like a warm blanket. so super stoney and beautiful. texture is like a wet sugar. Ended up my favorite high out of the three!

grease monkey cured resin- hybrid
GG4 x Cookies and Cream
88.23%

was again not as bad as it smelled, but definiely my least favorite of the 3. my fiancee quickly noted that she could tell why it had that name based on taste, as it leans very heavily into that fuel note with almost no reprieve. i dont think it is terrible tho. definitely smokeable. it's just dank, but if you are after something that has a lot of complexity in taste, this might not be the one for u. I can see why some people are offput by it. If ur just tryna get high tho you'll be fine.
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overall i really enjoyed the order, i'd definitely order again. it got here two days faster than originally projected, and everything i got is better than what i'd find at my local dispensary right now. those are pretty much my standards for good service as of late

Ordered early Friday morning; paid a little extra for priority shipping. Was scheduled for Wednesday, but it got here today! Packaged extremely well; it's raining today and the delivery driver left it on my front step, so I was a little stressed, but the products themselves were entirely sealed and entirely safe from harm. As if that wasn't enough to have my allegiance, they included PRINTED full page COAs for each product I bought. This seems like a simple thing, but it really blew me out of the water. Most companies barely wanna post proper COAs these days, let alone include them printed out with the box! Definitely saw that as a small but amazing detail. So yeah! Shout out to them; honestly with service like that I'd be willing to buy from them again even if all of it is ass.

Product reviews to follow soon I guess!

edit because apparently im a sleeper agent: my last sentence means that i would be willing to give them another chance even if the quality was a little bit lower than i expected!!! i will not buy from them again if it taste like chemicals and boof butt juice! thought that would be obvious!!!!! guess not!!!! thank you!!!