Had the same drama last night (25% fee on the total amount) so I waited and ended up with a £2 fee early this morning.

A general rule of thumb seems to be ‘off peak’ hours are cheaper so evenings and weekends, but this will be US evening and weekends so take the time difference into account.

Cheers mate, nice to know there’s hope I won’t get hammered on the fees.

If you want to get deep... fees are subject to outbreaks of war and sudden conflict. Bitcoin is a good way to buy more ammunition. And governments sometimes buy up all the rockets etc that are available on the black market so they aren't used against them - Exocet missiles being an obvious example that were used during the Falklands. And recent rockets ETC

Deeper the better. Interesting to know though cause I love learning information that isn’t common knowledge and that people would easily label a “conspiracy”. Thanks for the info.

Coinbase works best for me between 05.30 - 06.00 in the morning £1.99 - £2.99 fees for sending £100/£150 any time after that it goes up to £6.99/£8.99ish. Lots of people day trade bitcoin in other countries to make a daily wage, busy traffic on blockchain seems to raise the fees in my experience. Hope this helps x

Wow. Maybe it's just me.

Coinbase wallet wanted 35 bucks on a 100 dollar fee this morning.

I've legit started putting an extra 10% in people orders to cover these mad fees

Think I spent £45 in fees last week on 2 different orders totalling less than £100. Half the stuff didn’t even turn up either

Thanks saga, really appreciate it. Definitely helps x

Bitcoin halving is happening on the 19/20th April. (the amount miners get is halved). So the market is kinda busy now with people either buying hoping for the price to increase crazy amounts again, or people selling due to thinking it might drop. If you google "bitcoin transaction fee" there is site which tracks the average cost. Like others have said, try sending at odd times and the price should be lower. The more transactions there are taking place, the higher the fee is.

Cheers for the heads up about the website trippycat. In your opinion, do you think the fees could be as volatile during the halving or is there no way to tell?

As a pure guess i'd say the fees will stay volatile, probably get a little worse in the next couple days. Though they should be less so after the halving is done and settled

But the fees have been fairly volatile for the last 6 or so months anyway, so not sure at all.

Best time for transactions are around 12pm to 2 am!

Cheers Pablo. Strangely enough I’m trying to get the crypto to get 2oz of your shake. Am I right in thinking it’s delivery say Thursday if the payment clears to you by 2pm Wednesday?

It used to be regularly lower overnight (when the US is in bed) but not recently. It's never really calmed down properly from when fees went mad at the start of November 2023.

The website mentioned I've linked above. You can see the cost of being in each block in real time, and the symbol like a guage in the bottom left gives the fees needed for various priority levels and speed of likely confirmations. You can save a huge amount in fees if you're setting them yourself when sending from your wallet by checking on here first.

Completely up to you, but that's what the dispute system is there for and very often opening a dispute is enough to get people to suddenly look at their messages and reply. Think about it though, if you're treated like this over an order of dust, do you want to keep giving them your custom? There are lots of excellent vendors and superb products on here.

Clicking cancel just sends a request to the vendor for them to cancel it on their end. It's not automatic, to prevent cancellations in situations like this where they've sent it out. You'll get your order, won't have to pay the extra, and don't need to worry about the cancellation.

Cheers mate, so the seller will still get their money even though I’ve put in a cancellation?

Yeah. They wouldn't have sent it otherwise. There's discretion to accept any small underpayments and mark it as paid on their end, as far as I'm aware. It's all held by Transaxe mate so even if there was an issue (which hopefully there won't be) they can always sort it out. They're very efficient, if not speedy.

send refund borg a message and explain ...

Cheers mate, I’ll have a look

payment is most likely awaiting confirmation ... u should b able to check eta. of confirmation on the mempool ... could b running a little slow

Hi Kfawglfc

Are you just talking full spectrum oil or concentrates in general?

Neither yet mate hopefully will be as a cost affective a less intrusive way to piss off me neighbour but I do enjoy a joint on the beach on a hot day.

The ones I was looking at are 50/50 cbd /thc ratio an people seem pretty impressed

I’m not sure what products you are looking at?

Which are the 50:50 CBD/THC ?….we have 50/50 live resin/distillate vapes..

Which 200 drop oils?…what equivalent THC are they?

I’m currently looking at mj concentrates sky Walker og. Says on his page it’s 200 drops a bottle.

Oh, you mean wellness oil….sorry I was thinking about other stuff…

What other stuff mate

If that’s the case.

If it’s ninja 🥷 stealth

510 carts
DAB pen. I use an AIO but I have heard good things about the upgrade lighting pen.

In regards to oil. If it’s full spectrum wellness oil. I use it quite a bit but it’s not get you smashed kind of stone.

Maybe that’s the oil I’m thinking of. Thought I was onto a winner 🤦‍♂️ appreciate your advice

Don’t get me wrong I love the stuff and highly recommend it but by your post. I get the impression that’s not what you’re after. It gets you fucked but not like you think.

A few vendors list it as wellness oil and that is a spot on way to advertise it.

How do you think it’d go with flower? As in do you think it’d go good side by side. Tbh, life is pretty difficult atm and most evenings am either drinking, smoking or both.

The bud helps with my anxiety, sleeping and overthinking otherwise all 3 are off the charts but it’s gettin pricey even with cutting it down from a half a week to an 8th an spending most nights awake but I’m also tryin to keepin my neighbour from giving me shit considering the last tenants where nutters an smoked the good stuff like it was goin out of fashion (then again, even the bin pisses her off in the summer)

Anyways, sorry for waffling on. I’ve had a few too many drinks 🤣

Aye you’re spot on. With your thoughts on it being an add on to other gear. So you can take the oil in the morning take the edge off it and you can leave the bud till later. Not sure if you day smoke.

Good going on the consumption reduction 👌

Yea we all find ourselves in shite situations/ routines but the main thing is you are aware of it and dealing with it beat you can.

So fair play 👌

Tempted to give it a go, really appreciate the responses. I’ve probs only reduced it cause my alcohol intake has increased significantly but enough waffling.
Definitely a day smoker, more an anytime I can afford it smoker tbh.

Thank you for the positive words and advice, really appreciate it.

Oh can I just ask what voting does? I’ve never thought to vote on posts I like

Your high fees aren't a Coinbase issue, it is Bitcoin's Network fees that are the issue.

Coinbase don't charge withdrawal fees and their purchase fees are some of the lowest of any exchange.

Should be 3-5% with fluctuations for a decent exchange mate for the initial loading of your wallet, then last night the fees were high and I sent at 45 sat/vB which cost another $3.50ish. My wallet wanted to send at twice that, but I checked the fees on Mempool.space and saved myself about $5. It's designed to take money from people who don't understand the fees structure, it seems.

Bittylicious to Exodus and send from there. Wait until it rises as it invariably drops, because of course it does. Waiting for the day that it rises after I buy.

put the questions of the test here on little biggy, we'll help you pass mate!

You owe me a brand new Apple Magic Keyboard, less than 6 hours old!!!!!

It was a shit joke mate, sorry! xD

In all seriousness, no idea how to pass it.

It was quite funny, to be fair.

Legend! Highlight of my night to be fair reading that 🤣

I thought it was very witty mate, made me laugh anyway

Do you have any conditions that warrant a UK medical cannabis prescription? If so take the plunge and make an appointment. It covers loads of issues.

There is fake piss and stuff you can take but you need some advance warning. Our unions dont allow random drug tests at my employers. They tried last year and it was shut down at once.

Fake urine in bag with heat pad to get correct temperature, it's called Quick Fix Belt Kit and you buy it from Urine Lick web site. I used to wear one everyday for work but never had to use it though. My work now do a finger print test which only detects use up to 16 hours before test. So I only smoke when off work now.

I respect the dedication you made!!!

I had that a few years ago. A week isn't really long enough to clear your system. I had advance warning of the test but made an excuse and cancelled the first appointment to buy more time. I stopped smoking for about 28 days and went to the gym most days, did a lot of treadmill running and what ever I could to make me sweat. The day of the test I drank several litres of water, an occupational nurse followed me into the toilets and watched me from behind to make sure I pissed into a cup. Luckily the test came back clear. The job lasted 5 years before I eventually got sacked for being crap at it! 😁

From us peeps, gator aid and drink lots of water and iron tablets. Iron tablets for colour gator aid because they test for people over hydrated and it apperently replacess lost electrolights. But saying that I would presume a rehydration pack would work

Cannabis proteins bind themselves to blood cells, they can take anything up to three months to clear your system dependant on weight, age, metabolism, how long you’ve been smoking etc.
As a rule of thumb if you want to cleanse quickly try to drink your recommended amount of water daily, eat healthy foods and exercise.
Urine tests and be very thorough, they are sensitive enough to detect a drug from one drop of urine in a swimming pool allegedly!
I found cutting out entirely then gentle jogging three times a week and water will cleanse you fully after two months if you’re a daily toker.
A week might be a bit optimistic?

Nobody should be urinating in a swimming pool. Even one drop is too much in my opinion. It's just not my cup of tea and is a far worse offence than doing drugs! 😁🤣😆

Cleansing drink, if you are a heavy user with high toxins buy two bottles and you take one and a half 1 hour before your test. You have to follow the instructions and drink a lot of water two days before. I've tested it with drug kits bought off the Internet and got negative results on dry runs

The timeline for detecting marijuana is vast and can vary from 1 day up to 90 days. piss test can pick it up for up to 4 weeks .... But if you got a perscription for cbd or take cbd then that could give a false posative test result because all cbd has trace amounts of thc in it.

I do tree surgery in UK, and spot checks only happen if an accident happens, depends on your industry too.

For this product you do really need to know when it is most likely they will test you, with a new employment you would hope that that would be on the first day or in the first week or them actually telling you the specific date/time. Some employers insist on a pre work medical to be undertaken which is when they normally would carry it out. Not ideal but you could buy 7 bottles for every day of your first week to try and cover yourself but that is the only way I can see when not knowing the exact time.

Other tips are sauna/steamrooms, drinking pure water (over 3L per day) take b12 vitamins to make your urine yellow again. Eat healthy prior to the test, a few days before test refrain from exercise as you don't want to put more thc (from your fat) into your pee. Hoping for the best for you 👍

This why I have to be self employed contractor, because I love a smoke, but lads who take coke pass drug test every time, If it's a '48 hour swob test', you can easily pass that, just stop smoking for a day or 2, have a shower before test, mouth wash etc, your 100% pass them, if it's a piss test you got no chance, you will need months off and need to do detox, If you can some how find out from someone who works there, I know you can't have that convo straight away with the lads at work, but 1 of them is bout to be on a level, the key is to find out the style of test, if it's a 48 hour one or a piss test.

The timeframe I always had in my head for clearance is 4 weeks? I have friends in the US who've used products that are supposed to aid clearance and/or mask any testing and they've passed tests using those. Not sure of the timeframe they stopped smoking beforehand though, or what they used, but I can ask if you like. They'll be US products though and unlikely to be shipped here within a week.

Depends on the drug test. AIUI urinalysis could detect metabolites for upto 4 weeks I believe.
Saliva test is less sensitive and a moderate to heavy user would likely be clear in something like 72 hours to a week.
Hair follicle and blood tests would be unusual for a spot drug test but can detect for upto 3 months.
Is the nature of the testing for health and safety reasons? That is normally the only justification permittable in UK law.

Best thing you can do to speed it up is drink lots of water.

Bare in mind though friend drinking too much water can be dangerous.
Do a little research from Google on how to flush safely for a drug test.

Bro too much water will only kill you if your on e's lol, drink loads of water, salt crystal baths too!

Bro, not exlusive to Ecstasy.
https://www.livemint.com/science/health/woman-drinks-2-litre-water-in-20-min-due-to-dehydration-dies-of-water-toxicity-11691209074822.html

Did it coincide with a covid infection?
I got covid in October 2020 and it stopped my sense of smell in it's tracks.
Whilst my partners sense of smell returned - mine didn't and for about 3-4 months I just had no sense of smell. I was eating the spiciest food I could find(prior to which I wasn't fond of) to taste SOMETHING.
One day it returned, totally distorted. Nothing smelled or tasted right apart from chocolate.
From this point I perceived anything with alot of fat to smell rancid. Walking past a chippy is still excruciating.
Plant matter tasted like mouldy food smells. All plant matter apart from onions, garlic and coriander which tasted like sour milk, shit and sour apples respectively.
Nearly everything apart from sweet stuff tasted different and most smells were nauseating.
30 odd months later I would say my smell is at 70%. I have parosimia.
Extremely dulled alot of the time - but i believe there are some promising therapies for these smell and taste issues people have since covid.
Stellate ganglion block injections have seen some success
Smell training has seen success and has kicked up a notch since 2021. I believe there is now a machine that can just spray out different smells on it's own in order to programme your brain to recognise the smell correctly.
Vitamin D drops have seen some success too.
Repurchased epilepsy medications like sodium valproate have also seen good success in returning people's smell..
I only taste urb on the first toke too. I really need to concentrate on tasting the exhale to counter this which is not a conscious decision most of the time. I have to concentrate which means I can't relax which is paradoxical to smoking weed 🙂
I have tried non of the therapies - but intend to..
Follow 'Abscent'.

after a quick google search i can confirm this is an extremely common issue and one i have myself even when i’m not smoking but have smoked a day before, it dulls the senses and if you stop for maybe a week it comes back even stronger; i stopped for 2 weeks and couldn’t believe the shit i was smelling and tasting it was crazy it felt like a new sense and generally felt so strong

Hiya mate,

I’ve always had this problem or as far back as I can remember which is why when people mention the notes they ‘taste’ in their joints I’m sort of like I get the taste sometimes but the smell is literally nothing.

Even if I’ve had some and my wife asks me to smell something she’s cooking etc I have to tell her I’ve had a joint I can’t smell a thing.

Best mate has the same problem, two other mates don’t.

Yeah I get this after smoking occasionally. Having a break helps a lot.

You are supposed to smoke it not snort it

A few things.

1) Flavour and taste are different - taste is sweet, sour, salty, bitter and Umami. That's it. That's what your taste buds perceive on your tongue and in your palate.

Flavour is essentially smell - volatile particles from your food entering your olfactory system.

2) What happened to you could be a lot of things - might be post viral (eg Covid and others). Might be to do with some sort of imperceptible neurological change (like a mini stroke or a minor head injury) or could be something else.

3) Cannabis ruins your sense of smell https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4243870/#:~:text=The%20sense%20of%20smell%20will,noticeable%20deterioration%20of%20olfactory%20function.

Probs due to smoking.

Buy a grow tent big enough for you to sit in then get an extractor fan with a carbon filter, connect it from the outside so it sucks the air out, then get a small fan and put it over/in one of the vents so it pushes fresh air in, you can smoke as much as you want in there and your neighbour will not have the slightest clue

Haha that's hilarious, imagine someone walking in your living room and your zipped up inside your grow tent hotboxing it 😂😂

While this is good, you could just oversize the filter and Chong freely in the room.

Back when I grew, I left fan on in room when harvesting and missus couldn’t smell a fucking thing and she has the nose of a hound 😂

A current grower can prob advise the size based on dimensions. Main thing is matching it to the fan. Nothing worse than not enough suction!

I had mine in a tent as easier to control environment.

I run the exhaust from the grow along the ceiling and out a vent in the rooms door.

Using hps got HOT, so that hot non smelly exhaust heated the upstairs of the house 😂

I’d hazard a guess around a 250/250 cfm if your box rooms like mine

Also it all depends on your space, 2x2/3x3 tent is perfect size for one person, you might be best off getting a hunting blind though as they are designed to sit in and are not as wide, you’ll just have to cut some holes for the fans which could be a problem, but there is things for that, and budget as cheap fans and extractor fans are very noisy and also if you have a wife she might not want a 2x2 tent up all the time

You should try it, only takes a couple minutes to hot box it, once that happens you start floating in your own mind, then when you come out of the tent it’s like you’ve been reborn, seriously trippy and yeah easy enough to dissemble and reassemble if family or anyone suspicious comes round

Have you tried a SmokeBuddy or a homemade Sploof?

Avoiding combustion via vaping is also a great solution…

I got a smoke buddy yesterday it does work but your still left with a lit joint

Yeah, I was thinking bongs for some reason..😉

I've been looking at a few bongs but can't make my bloody mind up

Every time I roll one makes me feel like I've done something useful 🤤🖖

Well, of course, you have! 😎

Good idea, but in my experience they're only really any good for one-hitters and bong hits, and even then there's 'spillage'.

You need constant extraction for joints.

Tis true👍

Simplest smoker solution would be to use a grow fan with a carbon filter. You can just throw it in a cupboard when you're not using it.

The other solution, of course, is vaping.

You don't need the pipes mate. All you need is the fan connected to the filter and the power. The fan sucks in the air from the room and then blows it through the carbon filter.

I overheard my lovely neighbour last week saying about how he likes cigarette smoke more than my smoke lol
And he told this to local coka cola person lol

This is me right now haven a puff . It needs cleaned

Sparkling strawberry chaser after the joint sounds delish mate!

lol elderflower is much better but strawberry does the job

Bit posh for me mate 😂😂😂

Be careful he don’t ring the police because of the vibrating noise, he may say your cultivating and worst case scenario the police come round while your indulging in cannabis activities and catch you red handed spliffed out your mind, and is coka cola a code phrase for cocaine ? If that’s the case then he most likely won’t ring police so you should be fine

I've been using the smoke buddy with the fan running works great . Alot less smoke

I could be wrong but I recon the pipes are for fresh air exchange and not for odour reduction. The carbon filter and fan does most of the odour filtering inside the unit, which you should just be able to place on a table

Use the above along with an Air purifier which has a carbon or HEPA filter as this will also help the room massively, these are inconspicuous so can be left in your room at all times. Can get a good quality one for £30 - £40

Not sure if any good but could get a secret Jardin extractor (small one) with a 150 filter and the connection pack.

It’s very low profile fan indeed!

With that, you should be able to fabricate the table to house the filter and fan.

It all screw locks in place, so filter under table fan in or just coming above it.

Would be ok if smoking by table / blow it directly in and then turn it up full blast when done for a bit.

Couple this with ONA gel and your neighbour ain’t smelling shit mate 🤜

For a ghetto approach, just get a cheap in-line and whack filter for size of smoking space. 😂

No worries, this posts had my stoned thoughts loads.

The secret Jardin route is expensive 😂

If set on mounting in a table, you could do the secret Jardin.

Alternatively, you can get a couple of 15 quid ram air in-line fans and then link them to a low profile filter.

Saw blade drill attachment the holes and fit accordingly.

Size of room / table determine approach.

Table is great as you say, can put ashtray on it and it will grab the passive smoke when not toking 👍

Yes, cancelling a dispute is a clean record.👍

Hey mate.

Yeah, As far as I'm aware if you cancel the dispute that's the end of it. Neither parties reputations are harmed!

Hope this helps, ULC