So, here’s the crack (not literally), the head shop round the corner from me has set up a place for medical users to go, socialise and have a brew.

They don’t sell it, they don’t buy it, but they do provide all the equipment necessary to medicate.

All they’ve done is jump through a loop hole, there is no reason any establishment can’t do it. All you have to do is allow vaping on premises, that is it. It would be illegal for any establishment that allows vaping, to stop you vaping your medical cannabis. They would have to ban vaping in their establishment all together.

Please, work the system, I believe it is the duty of every stoner to jump through this loose loop hole.


“I can’t afford it”, yes you can, it’s now £10 a month and the cheapest bud (which isn’t that bad) is £60 for 10gs.

“I don’t have a condition that qualifies”, invent one. Go to your doctor’s with a bad back, ask for pain relief and physio. Hey presto, you qualify, as long as it is on your medical records.

“I work in a role that will not let me take it”, then your employer are discriminating you under the disability act. I work in a very sensitive industry and found myself being rewarded with a 2x 3 month breaks (all expenses paid) holiday, while they investigated. Zero hour contractors, be cautious, they will fuck you off for a different reason to save hassle. Put feelers out and don’t make a move until you’re 100%

Let’s win this fucking war, once and for all!

Ps, the setup my headshop has is fucking lit, staff are ace and accommodating. Vibe is as you’d expect.

Can I get medical on ADHD & Autism? Always been curious but never actually tried. I'm getting convinced though lol

The vape and headshops setting up those sort of locations is pretty awesome. I used to live near someone who setup a CBD and hemp product shop.
They had a nightmare for a while with the local constabulary, but they had set up a booth/lounge area in their shop for the vapers.

The medical route is something everyone should try to get onto if possible. I'm in the process of getting diagnosed for some conditions anyhow, but will be heading in that direction. My only concern is, the only stuff I hear about med bud, is that is pretty low quality.

Yeah that last sentence is exactly why I haven't gone for it over the past few years. Self medicating via biggy for a couple years has been a godsend, but sometimes in the future, I might be moving out of the country so I want to make sure I have some medical backup!

Travelling with medical cannabis can mean jumping a lot of hurdles depending on the destination country, airline etc. Scrips won't post out of the UK that I am aware of. Things might ease up in the future though...

Been to one in Spain, would be nice to have somewhere local to go and have a smoke with some new and familiar faces.

biggy secret handshake solves this :)

sounds lit

FOR

So it's been a couple of weeks and still nothing has really happened as far as coming up with a solution to bring some stability in the pricing for the buyers and vendors, and now that the dollar to pound conversion rate has very very quickly hit it's worst rate on record, and it's clearly showing no signs of slowing down, what are we going to do about this?

My solution, which has been backed up by so many of the sites users that i've lost count, would be the obvious

>CHANGE THE SITES CURRENCY FROM DOLLARS $, TO STERLING £<

$60 is as near as makes no difference, £60 now (£55.26), once you factor in fees for buying btc etc! this is absolute insanity, i'm now unable to afford the order i planned for today due to literal overnight changes in conversion rates

$60 right now is £55.26
$60 a year ago today was £43.20
this is HUGE

I've explained this way too many times in the past couple weeks, but the only reason we are experiencing all the negatives of this is because we are still (for no actual given reason) using Dollars, instead of Sterling as the sites currency!

at the very least, 90% of the buyers on here are within the UK, and all have Sterling in our bank accounts, not Dollars

Dollars and Sterling are neck and neck when it comes to stability in the worlds market, claiming the use of Dollars for stability reasons on here is disingenuous

and how are vendors expected to be sat at their computer 24/7 constantly adjusting their prices on hundreds of listed items just to make it fair for buyers, when all this could be solved with a simple currency change?


$60 right now is £55.26
$60 a year ago today was £43.20

this is INSANE biggas, and it has NOTHING to do with inflation in the context of this website and market

£60 a year ago is £60 today.


one final thing i would like to add biggas that a lot of you probably wouldn't have even seen at the time, or joined long after, but about 2 years ago, before we had initiatives, i was very outspoken about the fact that the BTC prices on here used to be only set in 5 digits, for example 0.0050BTC, and with the instability of BTC, this lead to us never being able to actually pay the correct amount for our orders (0.0057464BTC < how prices look now) often having to pay way more than the order is worth because we didn't have the correct amount of decimal places, this was hugely frustrating and it was costing everyone a fortune, and after making topic after topic screaming at the top of my lungs about how much we need extra decimal places and then out of nowhere with no explanation we were finally given this much needed change when LB went under it's overhaul a couple years back! i wanted to end on that, for the biggas that thought that i'm just bitching, i'm not, i poured so much energy into those topics to benefit all of us, the amount of money that we have all saved since the decimal place change would have surpassed the hundreds of thousands of £ quite some time ago, just like the change i'm asking for now, it's going to save so many people so much money at a time when we coudn't possibly need it more.

Peace.

Perfectly said . JJ & DGT

Thanks for your input JJ good to see you here pal!!

I,ve seen some of your posts before and definitely agree with you 👍

£60 a year ago is not £60 today. i wish it were mate

https://ycharts.com/indicators/uk_inflation_rate

i know it's not, but that's not how inflation works on here as i've already explained and so have others, you're misunderstanding the point, that's not how this site works, as other people have already stated, this kind of inflation isn't relevant within the context of this site and buying weed

a £60 listing a month ago is a £60 listing today
a $60 listing a month ago would be about £48 then, and £55 today
^this is unnecessary inflation and instability

if we were using sterling this whole time then prices wouldn't have been changed by much at all

https://cannabiswealth.co.uk/2022/03/30/inflation-affecting-cannabis-market/

when have you ever gone to your dealer and he's said "sorry mate that quarter is going to cost you an extra tenner today because of inflation"... that's just not how inflation works in relation to cannabis

FOR - Despite the complete collapse of the £ it is still the most stable currency to use because 95% of buyers and sellers are in UK and the £ is the currency we use. This means that a listing of £100 will always be £100 today, tomorrow, next week if its still listed at £100 then you will still pay £100 - this is stability. A $100 listing is £76 then £78 then £82 then £86 then £90 now it's £95even though its still listed unchanged at $100 - that is instability.

Sellers don't want to adjust their prices every day depending on international markets that have no baring on their business.

everything you've just said makes absolute perfect sense and it's disheartening to see that this is still misunderstood by a few

the only reason i can see this not making sense to someone is if they either haven't though about it all, or they have little to no buying experience on here

FOR voters
Please make sure to upvote next to FOR
that is what is counted.

ALL VOTERS
Downvotes do not count.

For

previous topic with nearly 400 votes

Bump bump bump
Being silenced by LB here

original topic was posted 3 days ago (23 sep) but it's not being shown on the wall

we've waited too long and now look

at what point does this insanity need to reach before we can get something changed?

This is just common sense. Hesh talking absolute facts in here.

There are a lot of up votes on individual comments, shouldn't the up votes be against this hesh comment 'FOR' in order to be counted? Or am I reading the instructions at the top wrong? "Votes for comments are just appreciation"

Shouldn't there also be one AGAINST comment to register votes?

Is all the voting going to waste? If I am right get up voting on the hesh comment FOR!!!

FOR

there's some shite thinking here but if i take the proposal literally as "a more stable / suitable currency and or pricing" then yeah. not sure how that would work though.

there's some shite comments as well... unbelievable some people.. sorry for being the only person to actually get traction on this topic and start making much needed changes on here mate...

my whole point is to try and bring more stability for everyone as quickly as possible, and thinking of a way forward is the only way

calling this 'shite' without giving any reason why, or actually contributing a good idea, what use is that?

FOR - preferably stable coin, then theirs no issues with payment release dates of 16days for vendors who are then stuck in huge currency fluctuations and this year alone has seen at least 3 occasions of the escrows halving in value within that 16 day period.

It does not make sense, not with the pressures of staying stealth and not being caught by the bizzes we now have to have a degree in economics just to make sure have enough to pay our supplier's in 2 weeks for the reload or have enough money for fuel etc.

The world is at a financial knife edge and if this does not get sorted some poor vendors going to be getting a hiding or 2 from some pissed off supplier who wants their money the plain facts.

Please listen LB
This has mine and many others support, please stop hammering us with exchange rates it’s crippling

please add all comments under FOR or AGAINST

FOR

FOR

FOR

I’ve found myself going else where recently due to the prices on here. 🤷‍♂️ but sadly some people don’t have that option :(

FOR

FOR

100% behind this initiative but sadly I think the site owners don't care. They posted last week about prioritising things behind the scenes. I've not once seen a feature the community has asked for implemented here. I get the feeling the site is run part time by a small group. I know of other marketplaces that have even the most basic of features... dated posts, search features, pages that don't take minutes to load if they have more than 200 topics on them. I can get over the dated posts and loading times but I can't get over the prices. The other place I buy from has lots of flower variety (shit for carts and edibles etc) but flower has always been £37.50 for eighths and doesn't change. It think the LB staff maybe reached the limit of their abilities. Simple functions that any other online marketplace in the world has, the LB staff don't to have the knowledge/time/tools to implement.

as of today 27th sep:

26.2 votes for
5.2 votes against

1 of the votes against is from a new account with no post history, 2 other votes are from fairly new accounts with little post history, none of them have presented an argument against this either

For

FOR

Yea this is super frustrating. Why is this even a thing?

Why isn't the GBP&USD price linked to the BTC price?

Altough, tbh, as vendors we should be price checking ourselves and our competition regularly anyway. Or, our customers would give us a nudge I'm sure.

At the same time, the best addition to this site would be both the currency prices, and the ability to settle funds, both customer>vendor and vendor>customer direct on the site.

The current 16 day escrow is laughable and a potential exit scam waiting to happen... the option for the customer to finalize on delivery hurts no-one

WeedStar

100% behind this initiative but sadly I think the site owners don't care. They posted last week about prioritising things behind the scenes. I've not once seen a feature the community has asked for implemented her. I get the feeling the site is run part time but a small group. I know of other marketplaces that have even the most basic of features... dated posts, search features, pages that don't take minutes to load if they have more than 200 topics on them. I can get over the dated posts and loading times but I can't get over the prices. The other place I buy from has lots of flower variety (shit for carts and edibles etc) but flower has always been 37.50 for eighths and doesn't change. It stink of incompetence now on the LB staffs part

worst part is i'm still sat here trying to explain to some BUYERS on here that weed for £37.50 a year ago like on other markets is still £37.50 today

the next person that tries to gaslight me on inflation i swear to god.. just can't help some people

😂

Hey Hesh
Opened up my account to loads of notifications and upvotes on this thread which you still have my full support on but but worried peeps are voting on a year old thread, is this null and void at this point ? I know both buyers and sellers are being shafted with fees again or still do we need to start again or will the recent activity count ?

Hey Emz, yeah pretty sure it's null and void at this point, i should have dated the original post i guess but i didn't think we would be facing the same problems over a year later

I think someone mentioned that this topic was open so i tried to revive it and also started a new one.

It has been noted but the issue is the dev work that needs to be done is a fairly big job that from what I am gathering hasn’t got much incentive.

I also know blockhead have announced they are setting up an alternative recently.

Sorry for all the notifications though!🙈

for newer biggas that are unsure of the context of some of the replies in this topic, it was created over a year ago when not only did we still have the same problem of literally being robbed by fees, but we also had the problem of every single dollar costing 92p, rather than the 81p it is now which made every single order considerably more expensive for absolutely no reason other than the site being set to the wrong currency for it's customer base

over a year later, all these votes, and we still have all the same problems apart from those same problems essentially being worse than they were a year ago due to cost of living crisis etc,

all these problems could and should have been solved over a year ago

the outcome of resolving these problems means everyone has more money to buy more weed and everyone wins in every possible way

https://littlebiggy.com/link/EzmSNU

This is a link to devvy borg. There's a bounty on there for 1800 dollars to complete a page that will allow vendors to specify a currency. It's under react/js post.
It has a screenshot of the possibility. Looks good if it can be completed

100% for. we need more options especially somthing faster with less congestion and fees.

Valid comments on both sides of for/against, ultimately for me I'm FOR.

For

FOR

BTW BIGGAS THE ONLY POSTS THAT NEED VOTES IN THIS TOPIC IS THE ONE POST THAT SAYS "FOR" WITH NO OTHER WORDS
AND THE OTHER POST THAT SAYS "AGAINST" WITH NO OTHER WORDS

the rest of the posts are opinions / debates!
the result of this initiative is decided by the FOR or AGAINST votes as explained by the initiative borg!

Thank every single one of you for your input especially the vendors who have already made changes to their pricing to try and help with this situation <3

The immediate need for a more stable / suitable currency and or pricing system! GAW

Massive FOR 👍

FOR

Not gonna lie I would love to save money being on the side of the buyers however, I do feel the conversion rate inflation we feel is balanced by the loss the vendors can take in BTC. It seems like a harmony that is keeping this site going...even if only barely. I will add that if BTC has a nice rise than vendors should reduce their prices accordingly.

I made this post nearly 3 years ago mate when the dollar to pound conversion rate was 92p per dollar and was changing by a huge amount daily
despite the vast amount of votes, nothing ever came of it and the initiative borg was last online 910 days ago lol

Haha I gave a good effort.

FOR

FOR

FOR 21/11/2023

FOR 5/11/2024

Hola amigo Don, for me:

BLUE L DIESEL
LEMON CHERRY GELATO
MANGO LEMONADE
BUBBLEGUM BANSAI
STRAWBERRY TRUFFLE

Thanks for giving your Irish neighbours a quality service, product and price point 🙏🏻

💚🇮🇪

Ya would have to agree with furball,,exceptional service you give to ireland long may it last🤞🇮🇪

Love brother x

Thanks familia x

Thats some selection, my votes go to…
Blue diesel
Orange crush
Lemon cherry gelato
Mango lemonade

The blue gushers a few months ago, was the best strain I’ve had on this listing, id be all over it if it ever returned

Wow, what a selection!

MANGO LEMONADE
PINEAPPLE SODA
MAUI WOWIE
GRANDI GUAVA
PINK GRAPEFRUIT
ORANGE CRUSH

Gotta put in my vote for:

Mango lemonade
Cereal zoap
Gastro zushi

Bubblegum bansai, banana cream jealousy, cereal zoap for me

I’d have to say Cheese, between 2000/2005.

Reminds me of my school days when we used to chip in £1/2 to get a £5 draws haha

These were the days 3 pound each and trying to pursuade a dealer to give us a tens

4 ways on a teenth was not uncommon in NW2 in 1998.
Some lame hash with dog hairs in it from the local hippie-🤣🤣.

Those WERE the days ay.

And there'd be a party at 2am when you found a blim in the sofa recess during Shithead.

Damm this brings back some memories doing the same things with my mates how things have changed 🤷‍♂️

Definitely and Luton blues

Shaman by Dutch passion skunkxpurple#1 strain great sativa.

Totally agree! Pure Banger! Light green color with a strong beer smell! Kept an eye open for it, never to be found!

Hello mate. Just to let you know. I didnt mean anything by downvoting you it was an accident i meant to upvote you

I don’t know if it’s the best, but my favourite strain is Sour Diesel. I’ve been a fan since I tried the East Coast cut that Grey Area used to sell in Amsterdam. Some of the best tasting weed I’ve ever had.

Yes I remember that sour diesel from the grey area 👍😂😉also the New York city Diesel from Abraxsas.that was a nice smoke.i drove to Amsterdam that year 2006 if i recall world cup time..I smuggled 6 grams of that back 🥴.and made it through ha ha 🤣.those were the days 😉

It’s for sure a classic

A Rare Cherry Pheno AK 47 from SIlk road in 2010.

I see we got a dark web veteran here

Ooh that sounds interesting.
Cherry AK.

I wonder what strain is it that brings this cherry terpene to the plate?

For me it has to be some Bruce Banner #3 from 1e hulp in the dam all the way back in 2017. I've never been able to recapture that one. It was a skunky, kind of gassy & fruity type all rolled into one with such a unique flavour profile to finish. The high was second to none. Wiped me right out. Left me looking at the world with my eyes so bulged they were basically closed. They say you'll never recapture that first high, this one took me above and beyond.

Bruce Banner great strain very powerful

For sure! It flew under the radar quite a bit and I think it's unique musk and it's face melting is why.

Yellow Zushi for me.

Chocalope!

Probably the timeless Afghan Kush for me

I’ve only had this once but it was beautiful.
Tasted like Afghan black hash, made me very happy for about 30 minutes then sent me to bed.
Same with you?

classic Stardawg, u can never go wrong

I had the best stardawg from SDL recently classic old school gassy dawg

I couldn’t agree more

I’m not ashamed to agree.
Gets you boxed too. Can’t deny that.

Quality Stardog is done off the best bud

Super Lemon Haze from the original Greenhouse Coffeeshop in Amsterdam :)
Also Arjans Strawberry Haze is right there with it, properly grown in soil for pure taste, can't beat the sweet berry on the exhale!

Ooo I forgot about strawberry haze, that was a great flavour esp the ones that genuinely tasted of strawberries!

Yess! I still think about that SLH smoke and have never found anything quite like it.

God that was like 15/20 years go!

Blue Cheese for me. One best tasting and strong high, wish it would come back.

I absolutely love blue cheese. So tasty and so strong. I used to get an oz every week off my plug back in the day. Couldn't get enough of it. Got it recently in the dam too at Greenhouse effect. Was just like how I remembered it.

Yeah man, the real blue cheese was so pungant, it don't matter if it was wrapped in 3 layers, you could still smell that shit. it's just not same nowadays! :(

Yea you know if your saying that. A taste of more off it. The stuff I got in the dam was really nice but nothing like years back.

8 month break with the family and dam is it good to be back with you Biggaz.

My favourite strain ever was back in 2004 and called MMG “Martian Mean Green” from DNA, I managed to get a few beautiful phenos from a pack of reg seeds

It was the ultimate strain and I’ve never seen or smelt anything like it since then ❤️

Absolutely loved that strain. I remember queuing for a long time as I was there for the cannabis cup (2006). Grey Area’s queue was ridiculous on a normal day!

A very special strain which I haven’t seen since unfortunately.
Would love to see someone give that a go and bring it back.

1995 Northern Lights
2023 FBC (from Druids Magic)

The two best strains/grows I’ve ever smoked. By far.

Purple Haze back in 2008. Smelt and tasted like lavender. Haven’t had anything quite like it since then.

Man I used to get some banging street weed back around those times. Northern Lights, White Widow and good ole Cheese were the norm.

haven't seen any white widow for ages one of my favourites

Purple Haze back in 2008. Smelt and tasted like lavender. Haven’t had anything quite like it since then.

Man I used to get some banging street weed back around those times. Northern Lights, White Widow and good ole Cheese were the norm.

Never knew the strain but I've been forever trying to find something that I smoked about the same era that had a lavender terp.

Lovely stuff, got it once and then I've never seen anything like it since.

I used to get some critical mass that was just like that around the same time. Nice big round buds.

got an oz like that in the late 90's, had the potent lavender smell and taste. think it was a bit on the indica pheno side. very dark purple and when you snapped the buds in half the core was almost black. amazing bag appeal. really strong and tasty stuff too

Gelonade I had a lovely batch a few years ago off the dw never tasted gelonade like it since and can’t even remember who the seller was called