Recommendations Wanted
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 9:16 pm
My budget for pot is small. Thank God I don't smoke a lot. I'm a sativa guy - either "pure" or sativa-leaning hybrids. I usually buy 5-6 grams at a time, one each of different strains, so that, if I get something I don't like, I'm not stuck with much, and I didn't waste much money on it. Also, if I find something I really like, I can pick up a bit more to have around. But...
I've noticed a few things. Most MOMs copy and paste their descriptions of strains, including THC percentages, and I know from personal experience that those percentages are unreliable, if they don't come from testing done by the grower or the MOM, themselves, on the batch in question. For example: I won't point fingers, but I bought some Pineapple Express awhile back from one MOM, and, as soon as I opened the bag, I knew it was garbage - it smelled like hay, and, when I smoked it, it was just about as potent as hay. Just about. It might have been 'washed,' though I can't say for sure, but I would put the THC content at about no more than 12%, at most. Recently picked up some from another MOM, reluctantly, to round out my order, and, voila! - 25+% THC! Thing is, I paid 10$/g for both; how is this possible? Especially when, in the same order with the hay, I got some Ghost Train Haze that had to be 27%, minumum - for the SAME PRICE! And then, many sites don't include potency numbers, at all, using the 'A-rating' system exclusively, which is just as bad. I know potency isn't the only criteria, but AA, AAA and AAAA mean different things to different people, apparently. 15-20% THC weed might be tasty (probably in the sense of Crystal Light, with that little resin, though...and I'll admit: I prefer Kool Aid), cured well, trimmed well, and grown organically, but it's still weak...and yet some people think that the other criteria justify a AAA+/AAAA rating, and that that mediocre weed should cost 11-15$/g. Personally, no matter the other criteria, if it's 18% THC, and 12$/g, I might as well just go to the liquor store. If it's not gonna get me high, why do I care what kind of cure it has, or if it's trimmed well? If a dealer, or a brick-and-mortar dispensary had tried to sell me that shit, I wouldn't have bought it.
Having spent a great deal of time looking over MOM after MOM, I've made a list of hopefuls, but having made the points above, I don't know who I can trust, and, having tossed some money away a couple times, already, I'm looking for recommendations from people with personal experience. I can't really afford to spend more than I do, and the shipping cost grates on me. I'm not expecting miracles, but if the shipping cost is going to drive up my pot by 2$ a gram, I'd like to feel that, at the end of the day, at least I got good pot for it. I need some MOMs that sell strains in gram increments, not 1/8ths or more, and who, when they make claims about their pot, don't just make them with the hopes you'll swallow the hook and waste your money. Preferably, MOMs with lower shipping costs, but, more than anything, I want QUALITY, and preferably, at a reasonable price.
Any help's appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I've noticed a few things. Most MOMs copy and paste their descriptions of strains, including THC percentages, and I know from personal experience that those percentages are unreliable, if they don't come from testing done by the grower or the MOM, themselves, on the batch in question. For example: I won't point fingers, but I bought some Pineapple Express awhile back from one MOM, and, as soon as I opened the bag, I knew it was garbage - it smelled like hay, and, when I smoked it, it was just about as potent as hay. Just about. It might have been 'washed,' though I can't say for sure, but I would put the THC content at about no more than 12%, at most. Recently picked up some from another MOM, reluctantly, to round out my order, and, voila! - 25+% THC! Thing is, I paid 10$/g for both; how is this possible? Especially when, in the same order with the hay, I got some Ghost Train Haze that had to be 27%, minumum - for the SAME PRICE! And then, many sites don't include potency numbers, at all, using the 'A-rating' system exclusively, which is just as bad. I know potency isn't the only criteria, but AA, AAA and AAAA mean different things to different people, apparently. 15-20% THC weed might be tasty (probably in the sense of Crystal Light, with that little resin, though...and I'll admit: I prefer Kool Aid), cured well, trimmed well, and grown organically, but it's still weak...and yet some people think that the other criteria justify a AAA+/AAAA rating, and that that mediocre weed should cost 11-15$/g. Personally, no matter the other criteria, if it's 18% THC, and 12$/g, I might as well just go to the liquor store. If it's not gonna get me high, why do I care what kind of cure it has, or if it's trimmed well? If a dealer, or a brick-and-mortar dispensary had tried to sell me that shit, I wouldn't have bought it.
Having spent a great deal of time looking over MOM after MOM, I've made a list of hopefuls, but having made the points above, I don't know who I can trust, and, having tossed some money away a couple times, already, I'm looking for recommendations from people with personal experience. I can't really afford to spend more than I do, and the shipping cost grates on me. I'm not expecting miracles, but if the shipping cost is going to drive up my pot by 2$ a gram, I'd like to feel that, at the end of the day, at least I got good pot for it. I need some MOMs that sell strains in gram increments, not 1/8ths or more, and who, when they make claims about their pot, don't just make them with the hopes you'll swallow the hook and waste your money. Preferably, MOMs with lower shipping costs, but, more than anything, I want QUALITY, and preferably, at a reasonable price.
Any help's appreciated. Thanks in advance.