I would also never risk anything like this, but your edibles method makes sense and has me thinking for my next travels! 💜

Have taken vape pens etc before, your best bet is probably edibles though tbh, always a bit of an arse clencher at the airport though so make sure that you’ll be able to go through with it as you don’t want to start panicking once you’re there!

My friend I won’t give advice whether to take or not with you, but they absolutely will check disabled people too.

Hey, the buyer either accidentally cancelled or felt generous enough to just dispatch it anyway.

You have no obligation to return any funds, but if this is your intention, then it is probably best to contact the buyer directly, to see what they want to do.

Thank you. I think I’ll make another order next week and pay double

If they made the mistake of sending it whilst a cancellation was under place, it's yours now, there is no way to return these things and you shouldn't be expected to pay for an order that you cancelled.

Just say thanks to the vendor and buy from them next time :)

They haven’t contacted me expecting me to pay. But I think I’ll buy again off them next week and just pay double

Hey boooba, thanks for getting involved.

I'm guessing nobody really takes it on here due to the silence. I think I've tried most on here and his is literally the only one that actually did anything. I suspect some vendors are using thinning agents as I've had a few that were incredibly watery and weak.

To any of you out there that are eating those dam awful distillate filled gummies please for the love of god stop and get yourself some RSO. Just try it once and you will never go back. It's full spectrum, every single molecule of the plant is in there.

There's actually a few vendors on here making edibles using RSO. I'll update if I can find them or feel free to chip in.

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Alcohol is the gateway. I’ve proved that to myself at this exact moment. I’m in Amsterdam, haven’t touched alcohol or any other narcotics in 3 years. I haven’t went a day without a smoke longer than youngster’s on here have had pubes🤣. Anyways decided I would have a beer, and I knew I was a changed person. My urge to go wild was there. I don’t mean violence, I mean the false confidence, the urge for more drugs and the amount of pish I would talk to my Mrs(not cheeky). Alcohol ruins life’s, I’ve continually watched this happen with family members. Just my opinion. 😁

Oh alcohol no doubt that’s when the bugle and other things can easily creep in and alone it’s destructive beyond belief but I do believe weed too young can be very addictive as the brains not fully developed and I’ve seen straight weed smokers when there was a drought end up on the Brown 🤦‍♂️ I think as an adult with pretty good mental health it can be a miracle for the mind and healing.

I’ve have my mental health problems and always will have. I used to plead with my dad not to drink from a very young age as I grew up with its destruction. In my opinion you shouldn’t even mention the two things in the same conversation. I am an addict myself, I used to self medicated every day since I was 14 and that started for me with booze. We all have different opinions so there’s no hate here, I feel equipped in life with a good knowledge of these subjects, but I battled through till I was 45 and that’s when things changed in my life for the better. I used the brown for 2 years at the age of 25-27 for my anxiety as the Valium didn’t work no more. We’re all different mate, nobody will ever have your experiences. I’m smoking some good shit by the way. 🤣🤝🏻

I pretty much always notice a correlation in the weed and drink being used for past trauma and mental health medications but in my personal experience with addictions and the such with trauma you’re literally just putting a plaster over a gaping wound and expecting it to heal itself and if you’d seen some of the people I’ve seen clucking picking joint buts up from the ground people become addicted to brown because could t get weed I’d say some people are just wired different and will seek solace in any addiction that temporarily relieves the pain in head or body and some folks are blessed to just get the munchies watch some great moves and feel iriee 👌 loving the discussion and peoples perspectives and personal experiences.

All good mate, the way I went was CBT, 3 years figuring out my problems and once I knew, changes everything. I now say every day we learn if you can be bothered. 😮‍💨🤝🏻

Same mate cbt and the likes and I’m around the same age I’m glad you’ve been able to find a blessed life through emotional intelligence and long may it continue!

Thank you! Respect. 😁

Clean from the brown? Good on you lad, I lost an uncle last year due to that stuff, He'd been an addict since Grandad died back in 98, and it finally got to him. I used to share a joint back with him in my teens, and he was full of knowledge. He is what swore me off of stronger drugs (though he always raved about acid and Mushies, but he saw them as non addictive, more of an experience).

Really just wanted to say good on you.

Thank you. The boys I did it with have all passed. I feel so lucky to still be here, gods truth. Respect.

This is the truth right here that us old skoolers know

You was made to be tuff. Fckd us up, but still here. Don’t let them get you down. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾

I think smoking cannabis gives people with addictive personalities access to other drugs. You tend to gravitate towards fellow stoners, some of whom may partake in other substances, allowing access to it. Sometimes it's a regional/locality thing, some areas some drugs are easier to access.

This is my opinion though, yours may vary and is of no less importance than mine.

I agree and growing up around it all I’ve seen how people can slip so easily into other stuff and I’ve also witnessed plenty of people who are able to treat weed like an occasional drink me on the other hand I’m completely hopeless when it comes to weed I’m either all day everyday or nothing at all I’ve never been able to just have the occasional joint so I’d put myself in the addictive nature category lol great response thanks for the input 👍

Hey man, I smoke (Dry Herb Vape) daily/nightly, work dependent.

I don't think I have a problem. Do you think you have a problem? We all see these things differently. I am quite happy to be sober for work and have a smoke in me the rest of the time.

You sound like you’re good with your consumption and you’re working and doing other stuff so sounds pretty healthy to me, I personally am disabled and was smoking more and more Q/half a day and it just kills my motivation and my munchie cupboard 🤣

Different circumstances! I consume for mental health reasons, and its hard to make people understand that. I appreciate you opening up this discussion.

Me too but again too much and the overthinking kicks and seems to exasperate, my problem is the worse the pain the more I smoke the more I’m in this stoned bubble watching nevtflix all day lol I appreciate everyone contributing there different opinions and personal experiences.

In my opinion the Big White Elephant in the room that doesn't get discussed enough is strength. We are in effect in a whole new world of THC delivery and consumption now that bears no resemblance to the past.

Despite THC tolerance being well understood, as we fail to achieve our previous highs we look to ratchet up the strength of our chosen products and boy has the market delivered! I know so may people who instead of taking a tolerance break or applying a little moderation have switched to carts to extracts to concentrates- blasting 100% THC products constantly. Still not understanding what is happening they then ratchet up the equipment for maximum extraction.

These friends of mine might not be addicted but they sure as hell have a dependence. Even the thought of a T break scares the shit out of them. And I'm sorry to say this but they will use their medical 'needs' as a crutch and an excuse. I know people who drink alcohol to self medicate, its not always that different.

It doesn't get discussed honestly because there is of course a macho club to who can consume the strongest and the most (bit like booze again huh?). If somebody posts a warning on here saying "Jeez guys I had a 500mg Zombie Fucker last night and I was in a coma for two days and thought I was going to die!" the responses will be "I'm In!"..."Post a link" and the store will sell out the same day!

I'm really not preaching. I've tried them all and I love them all. I'm not sure if its a Gateway because I'm not sure if it needs to be- it may prove to be the destination all on its own.

I agree on this too, dependency is the big issue with a lot of things. I consume daily and I have found myself seeking out concentrates, burning through 3G in 2 days and going "Maybe I need a break".

We don't want to stop doing things we enjoy, its human nature.

Sometimes we need to though, for reflection, a clear mind maybe? It's hard, but worthwhile.

Hi Dbo

Certainly addictive personalities are a thing, it seems to be down to genetics like many other things.

I can certainly tell that this is the case with alcoholic tendencies often found with multiple members of the same family.

In that respect william.com is sharing a pearl of wisdom here: alcohol is the true evil and does immense damage to individuals and society.

But all this talk of weed being a gateway drug I have found to be an excuse for politicians looking for votes.

I'm saying that because weed being illegal is where the gateway is IMO: if you went to a weed dispensary you might never come into contact with powders, pills etc whereas when you have to buy it illegally from a shady guy down a dark alley that dealer often has his pockets full of other products as he had to branch out in other more lucrative illegal trades to stay in business.

I am well aware of the fact that with modern weed strains having been engineered via horticulture to maximize their potency the potential for mental health side effects and negative impact on youngsters are well documented.

When I started smoking in the mid 80s we could only get landrace from Zaire and other parts of Africa or traditional hashes from Lebanon and Morocco.

The stuff they produce nowadays I often found to be too strong (bouts of paranoia, tachycardia, etc) and not so enjoyable compared to the smooth high and feel good vibe you get from a true landrace.

Very well put and the part about the modern strains I’d say you hit the nail on the head! I smoke a classic og kush or the likes with a bit of cbd in I’m good some of the modern stuff makes you feel like curtain twitching and putting a tinfoil hat on 🤣 thank you for everyone’s input it’s interesting to see others perspectives.

Hi Dbo

Not sure what the status is as I stopped smoking more than 2 years ago but there used to be a few Landrace sellers round here.

The best was by far Hashishin though, its hashes were the real old school thing.

🤣🤣🫱🏻‍🫲🏾

Correct my friend, totally. Probs about the same age so smoking Thai, paki black, gold seal, red seal. The gold and red sent you one way or the other. 🤣😁

Hi William

Red Lebanese is what I started with.

After a year or so we couldn't get it anymore.

My first hash was straight out my mates brothers arse from Morocco. He arrive home in the morning and we was smoking 6hrs later. Good shit🤣

I think you went the other way most people start with the weed but you went uppers? Then I imagine the weed was like a big chill compared to a mad buzz and comedown and you found your friend in weed.

I’m one for a ego reset every year I’ll do a run of shrooms and a few big trips seems to help my depression for up to a year each time before I find it creeping back in like nosferutu lol that’s a great decrease in consumption but you’re not going overboard but it’s all person maybe try a bit of L lions Maine mushrooms supposed to be good for brain function.

No not a gateway to anything. Ive smoked for nearly 30 years and used to do a LOT of blow but thats ADHD related not related to each other. I dont drink anymore or touch other drugs. Alcohol is a gateway drug and 1000x more damaging, addictive and dangerous than any strain of weed that has ever or will ever exist

Check it out, booze is the WORST drug for all society, on the same level as heroin and costs the tax payer more than any other controlled substance in crime, nhs, damage, rtc's etc.

I think it can go both ways.
For me as a teen I started with weed, then ecstasy, then alcohol, then lsd.
For me it was a gateway cos I was looking for different ways to get high.
I’ve grown out of many things and am happy with the occasional edible to get a great sleep and microdose psychedelics for mental health.
Alcohol gives me mad anxiety so I tend to steer clear of that. I’m 46 btw

But for others they use weed to keep off other drugs/ drink.
Have you ever been heard the term “Cali-sober”?

Im 40 mate and Ive done the lot but it wasnt because I smoked weed and you say yourself you were actively looking for a different high.

I used to do coke and speed, drink 10-15 red bulls a day and smoke fags like a 50's movie star. But for me it was all fixed with ADHD and ASD meds. I still smoke a lot of pot but for specific reasons. Booze makes me over confident and then mega depressive or agressive, really not good for me either. Does microdosing really help? Im mad as a box of frogs so ive always refrained from trying tbh

I truly feel cannabis would be seen very very different if it was legal, people would treat it more medicinally. But its all hypothetical still sadly

No not heard cali sobre, but I'll check it out now.

Weed is not a gateway drug, it’s down to the individual…

Yeah I agree, it is just like screen time. Its about the person not the thing they get addicted to

I agree also,Ive used cannabis now for around 45 years on a regular basis and never once considered using other drugs such as opiates ,crack etc.I to think its down to the individual and their mental make up ,its not about the cannabis as that type of behaviour could also lead to habitual shoe shopping ,gambling ,drinking ,and in our society at present it would seem that many of us are now killing our selves with habitual eating as opposed to the starvation that used to kill us.it seems that if a resource is available then some people with over indulge to the point of self harm and others wont.

Humanity summed up perfectly there mate. Greed and gluttony are the source of most issues we have in society imho

Ive been telling peeps for 5 odd years now to stay away from Revolut

If you want to use a company like this try Wirex instead as they are much more relaxed with your crypto

It only takes a little investigating to understand revolut as a company and there goals so why anyone has any of there crypto with them is just madness to me

Ive mostly used kraken and CB for over 7 years now to receive / move crypto with about 10+ BTC moved easy

I’ve never ever had a single issue to this day

Well apart from the fact that CB now want sender details etc however that’s easy to adjust

Buying BTC is a different story though so this comment is really regarding receiving / moving / saving BTC of course

I’d only ever buy BTC with dirty fiat but it’s who you know in this life for such a route

I would like to add that anyone who is saving there BTC to plz use a cold offline method

Anyway stay away from Revolut my friends x

Anyone have any advice idk how one would buy crypto in person or how that would make a difference

I do the same method of buying on rev then sending to a external I thought that was as safe as you could go

If anyone has any advice or ideas please lmk

Thank you kickass for this post 💚

I doubt this problem is unique to revolut, just that they're being extra judicious after recently getting their banking license. crypto laws in the uk make it so legally operating businesses bare responsibility for doing more checks than they used to, which tickle down to a bad time for people like us.

buying crypto in person is less problematic in that it's a p2p transaction so doesn't require kyc checks. new problems arise from it being a random person you're doing the transaction with, so there's a certain amount of risk involved. websites like localcoinswap let you filter by this type of exchange. I can't vouch for it yet until I complete a transaction soon.

How big are your transactions? Tbh I’ve been doing <100$ orders for almost 2years now straight from Revolut to the transaxe wallet (ik not the best opsec but I don’t really understand the risks) and not had a problem

They have a limit of 50 wallet addresses you can send to, so I was doing btc orders of about $1k at a time to keep the number of transactions down.

Pm me bro

kraken seems to be mint

I can also say i have tried both coinbase and kraken. Coinbase wanted loads of i.d etc and froze the account eventually. Were as kraken works fine and has done for at least a year now. I would go with kraken haven't had any issues with them what so ever

Kraken just changed their user agreement / policy on the 2nd of June 2025.

I don't use them but you might want to check it in full.

I skimmed through it and they say that you must have at least 1) an email address 2) a phone number and 3) a street address to open an account wiht them.

I could also see a clause stating that they reserve the right to check your ID more in depth if they feel like it.

I seriously doubt any UK FCA approved exchange will survive without having to abide by the new rules.

Thanks for your response. My account is registered in my name email etc. But i only buy weed with it and the odd offshore crypto gamble now and then. Guess we wqill have to wait and see what happenes then.

p2p exchanges dont have this problem. local coin swap is one of the best and you don't have to deal in person, they have an escrow system like littlebiggy albeit everything is shitloads faster.

glad to hear other people on lb have heard of them before. have you used it before? im going to give it a try shortly.

another upside to p2p is not having HMRC emails suggesting they think you're holding crypto with a reminder to declare. likely after the exchanges hand over user data for compliance. I don't hold it and it's none of their business

Just use kraken its very good and easy to use, with the only downside i have experienced being that there is a limit on the number of transactions you can make every 24hours but its only happened to me once after making about 25 transactions in a day and it was back to usual the next day.

appreciate the thoughts. how did you bullshit your way out of it for a few months? did they hold up your exchanges each time?

Hi KickAss,

I've been using Paybis over a year now and i haven't had any emails from HMRC stating that you need to declare any crypto that your holding. Can you let us know a little more about that as when i read your comment above i was a little concerned myself.

I only buy crypto directly from Paybis and send it directly to an external wallet address without any issues. I also emailed Paybis today asking them if i had to pay tax or any associated fees when buying and sending crypto directly from my account in the UK and they said NO.

the government is using the information they acquire from legally operating crypto firms to "remind" people who have acquired crypto that any profit from fiat withdrawals are taxable. I know it was a legit email because the gov were bragging about it in the media shortly after that declared income from the associated taxes went up not long after taking the step.

you will in all likeliness be absolutely fine, but paybis and all other crypto firms declare all the information as required by uk law. just keep a record of your transactions incase they claim you're holding the crypto you bought. cheers

This all sounds like a bit of a nightmare. If I am buying crypto on CB and sending to exodus wallet and then sending from that to purchase things what kind of record could be requested and how could I prove I have no crypto, showing cb and exodus balance.

if you're buying from CB you should be fine. they keep a record of transactions in your account history. even if you send to another wallet first (good practise) the blockchain is a double edged sword in that it's transparent so you can follow the trail until it's mixed with something like XRP. so long as you never cash back out to fiat currency, and make up a good excuse for the transactions, you have nothing to declare and should be fine

Cheers KickAss
This is mildly reassuring.
Any suggestions for good excuses greatly appreciated 😂😭

if you do larger value transactions, you can point to any expensive item in your home and say you bought it with the crypto. no crime in that. for smaller value, say you're playing a gacha style crypto game. they might think you're retarded, but that's ok. rule of thumb is unless it's the tax man asking questions, you say nothing. speaking is self incrimination. always good to be on the ball but also don't worry yourself about it to much 👍

Cheers! (and apologies for late reply!)

Wha about this?

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/uk-crypto-firms-told-report-user-transaction-risk-penalties/

looks like the gov is upping their data collection. the crypto firms already have the data on request but from 2026 it looks like the gov want all the data regardless. probably going to run it though ai or sometning since they have a boner for that at the moment. just all the more reason to move to p2p trades

How and where could one look into this p2p trades. I have no clue where to start

1. Biggest bank in europe.
2. Bittylicious.
3. If you're only buying btc for transactions and no sale's are made , your P/L (profit and loss statement) is 0, that means CGT (capital gains tax) is 0 and there's nothing you can be taxed on.
Only for buyer's, if you are receiving BTC and / or aswell trading BTC, that's a whole different ocean.
The best of luck! 🤞🫡🇬🇧

So pardon my dumbness around all this, I just don’t want to get stung by the taxman. I buy btc on cb, send to exodus wallet for my purchases. I hardly ever have any btc in my cb acc or wallet, so going by your point 3 I shouldnt worry about these kinds of tax things… https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/uk-crypto-firms-told-report-user-transaction-risk-penalties/

Has the winners been announced? I think i may of won a prize 🤞🏻

Dates and times are available soon. 🤯

Looks like IG forgot to do it.🤦‍♂️

Unless someone here capped it.

The only options are: a. re-run, b. contact worldometer and ask them for the figure.

If it helps It was 8,044,862.489 when i copy and pasted it to a message around 11.55pm on the 20th as i sent it my mate thinking i might of won.

Damn shame you didn't cap it on the dot.

I mean, 5 mins? That only has to be a few hundred more at best.

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