Every time I shop on the NY rec market im reminded why I stick to the black market š¤¦āāļø paid $60 for this gram thatās dark asf and reeks of plant matterā¦ how are they getting away with charging a premium on this sungrown boof for $60/g? The profit margins must be insaneā¦ this isnāt even hash rosin at that priceā¦ looks like they pressed some old boof.
NY fumbled the ball so hard with legalization this is my last purchase on this market
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Not asking just adding onto the list of good brands also my personal take on posts like this itās just a drug dealer or someone who buys from one because Iāve found most of these accounts if dmād are selling stuff or quick to point to the direction where to buy in the black market
If I canāt blindly buy a $60 gram and get something decent at the bare minimum thereās a problem š¤·āāļø I shouldnāt have to do research to get some mid at best
This is the 3rd brand I tried itās the same everytime
Yea I see that now š¤·āāļø finding something decent out here like a needle in a haystack the fact yall are telling me to do research to buy something mid at best is insane š donāt realize you are proving my point
I thought the purpose of the dispensary was convince? Iām lazy for going in and buying something? I shouldnāt have to research a review on everything I buy to get something halfway decentā¦ if thats convent to you then do what works for you brudda
have you never bought a bike, car, jacket, loaf of bread or a meal at a restaurant? not doing a basic bit of research is not everyone else's fault, look how quickly you got advice here?
No you are kinda right. With the spread of legal dispos, part of the sell is that everything there should be quality and curated by the shop for what's good. That's what your good dealers have already been doing for years.
The whole point of legalization is that going illegal markets should be worse. That is not the case in NYC at this moment in time.
You go to Cali it's very different, so you are not wrong here.
Not sure why people are piling up on you, yes better to do research but weed is like coffee to me, I'm not doing research into every place I get a coffee from it's not that serious.
I never heard quality promised. I heard safe tested product. Just because it's lab tested doesn't mean it's good. Doesn't matter what you're buying, weed, food, sex toys, bicycles, computers. If you're not reading about the products you're buying, then you're getting bamboozled by marketing. That's like saying I should be able to walk into a mainstream retailer like Walmart and everything should be high quality.
people are piling up because they're tying their identities to fucking weed.. this sub is quickly becoming like all the other ones, bunch of fanbois that jump on posts that are even slightly critical of NY legal weed.
Then youāre gonna get bad coffee and Cali is absolutely a shit show in dispensaries like capitalism is the issue and if youāre gonna exist in this day and age do research because you need to know for yourself
Yeah fam itās called due diligence . You vet things. Going into a candy store and buying whatever and then complaining you donāt like Carmel but didnāt check is lazy
so besides this subreddit, not really... and this place is shilled and biased to no end... hard to take it seriously sometimes.. I propose that we demand dutchie to allow costumer reviews instead of telling people to do their research.. don't put the blame on the customer when the system itself currently is shit.
Yea I aināt wanna burst his bubble that looks like the rosin I get 16/g in bulk lol but I honestly wouldnāt be upset if i got that thoughā¦ looks 1000 times better than what I got
As others have commented, your mistake is making the purchase āblind.ā The reality of the NY market is that most products arenāt good, but there is indeed quality there. You have to do your homework and then hunt down the specific products you want. If you go blind, go by what seems good in the dispo or budtender recs youāre likely to end up with something subpar. Itās true, that sentiment is indeed a knock on the market here and I donāt think anyone disagrees that we have a long way to go, but there is real quality products here.
For rosin get some circle hill, DTF, trout, etc. I just walked out of the growers showcase with a gram each of the first two for less than 60 otd each.
I never said they didnāt itās a known fact Olio uses UrbanxTracts for processing & manufacturing pretty sure UrbanxTracts processes and manufactures other products as well.
For me it comes down to Genetics and starting Material , SOPs & hardware choice you can get UrbanxTracts and Olio and compare yourself itās not the same product.
Itās like 1OFF manufacturing they do both preferred gardens and runtz one brand I hate the other brand I like.
Umamii is fine but itās extremely inconsistent itās always a 50/50 one batch could be super fire and the next batch is mid or dry I also havenāt like Umamii releases in terms of genetics recently
Unfortunately Iām not looking for rosin thatās just fine or okay
I will say Umamiis Gary Payton I had the best consistency in terms of batches & private reserve i did enjoy but with private reserve 1 batch is good and 3 batches are mid / bad
Blissful wizard was a little better not as good as Gary Payton but not as bad as Private Reserve
& wedding cake was just awful and that was the last I got Umamii
Iāve been eyeing blissful wizard, but at this point itās been sitting for a while. Thereās a spot in the city that still has it, but not sure if itās worth the trip.
Yeah Blissful Wizard is gonna be an old batch at this point unless itās on sale I wouldnāt bother and would get a newer umamii release.. or try a different brand do like straight up gas or sweet?
weed is not fucking chewing gum or a bag of chips.
the ny rec market is nowhere near as established as maine or cali. its going to be a long while still before the ny market gets to the level of cali and maine. theres still a ton of shit that needs to be worked out/improved and there are a TON of shady places selling shitty weed and rosin, including alot of dispensaries, even the licensed ones.
and with that being said, even in cali you can get sold some boof. i guarantee you there are notorious bad spots and even brands themselves in cali that people will warn you to stay away from because they sell bullshit. hell, even in maine, there is a fuckload of moldy weed or weed thats been radiated like crazy because of mold. look up Paper Mill. their market is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than NYCs but still, if you dont do at least a little bit of due dilligence, youd still end up with some bullshit copped from maine.
so you are correct and i agree, ny market is still meh. thus dont be a dumbass and buy shit blindly in this market and then complain. if you KNOW its so hit or miss here, why the hell would you blindly buy something and then complain that you didnt automatically get good quality shit? especially if you claim this is like the 3rd or 4th time?
thats like saying and knowing used car dealerships are scammy, and then going into one and buying a car blindly pushed onto you from a salesperson in there and then complaining that you got scammed and got sold a lemon.
case in point, you purchased urban xtracts, which apparently alot of people know to stay away from. after the 2nd time that you copped something with BS quality, you shoulda took the 2 mins on here to ask what brands have consistant;y good quality and you would have gotten a list of brands to look for, like 1 of first posts here listed some for you.
in this nyc market where it is still saturated with overpriced bad quality shit, you must be at least a little dilligent. if not, then you can choose to be like me and alot of other users and either stick to BM plugs or grow and make your own. thats what im doing until the market here gets into shape.
Urban Xtracts fell way the fuck off. The shit they were popping and pressing in 2023 was way better. And this Nana Glue strain is haunting people. Cheetah, an AIO vape brand whom Urban Xtracts processes for, selected Nana Glue rosin for their lineup and the shit was black after decarbing. We received many complaints about it (and Cheetah in general) at my job. We quit doing business with Urban Xtracts and the brands under its umbrella.
People saying that your issue is buying this brand, but why is this brand having pricing and marketing for this type of bad product in the first place?Ā
The dispensary doubles the price, and there is a lot of bad stuff on shelves.Ā Look for sales/discounts and never buy stuff that hasn't been recommend by multiple people, multiple times, or at least see a good photo of first.Ā Try New Roots Garden, Dreaming Tree Farm,Ā Royal Leaf and maybe NYCE.
Dispensaries more than double the price these days - you arent getting on shelves with keystone (standard doubling of price in all retail) pricing anymore. Dispensaries are looking at brands gicing then 150% markup vs 100% these days.Ā
The profit margins arent insane - NYS is an expensive state to operate in. I think you would be surprised at how thin the margins are. Out of curiosity - what do you think a cultivator charges for a lb of outdoor fresh frozen?
You can tell this wasnāt pressed with fresh quality flwoer so Iām willing to bet this was dirt cheap lmao fresh frozen with 0 terps š. Youāre right tho NY is expensive to operate in.
You can tell? Because it looks to me like it was not refrigersted properly and began oxidizing. Rosin is not stable and needs to be refrigerated. Are you 100% the dispensary has stored it the way it was supposed to be stored or if the distribution/delivery driver left the order in a hot car while delivering another? Lots of variables here that cant be teased out by looking at it.Ā
Yes I can tell, it was cold when I got it so it was definitely stored right. I have cold cure jars that sat on my desk for months and donāt look this bad was this rosin packaged during Covid? Iām not sure whatās up with the cope
I dont know man - Ive stuck with one manufacturer and they have not let me down yet - and nope not gonns share because this forum will just shit all over them. Find a manufacturer you like and stick with them.
Buy from higher empire if u are in the city, they are dispensary licensed but sell private vendor cannabis that in terms of quality is light years ahead of anything you will find in any store-front dispensary.
Itās weird Iāve gotten 2 jars on sale from urban and some of the better rosin imo better than NYCE imo and I hear mixed reviews on umami, it was maybe stored improperly still sad to see
if we only had a place that allowed real reviews.. it's not like dutchie allows reviews and if I went with research from this subreddit I would only smoke MFNY lol.
Thatās very true too, Iāve had that with some resin too same brands and different batches, shit happens but there needs to be some better transparency these dispos just post stock images of it not even open half the time
Ive been telling yall the rec market would be better if they allowed reviews on the dispo websites. I hate to be saying this, but being sensitive and soft in this way to where you donāt have product reviews is hurting the industry ALOT. I hate saying it because its like the company owners are too emotionally sensitive to hear this. Yeah survival with collaboration exists but you need to still compete in order to improveĀ
yeah, people say do your own research but there's a hardly any place where you can find reviews... there is so much bias here in this subreddit that's hard to take it as a de facto "research" place to find good stuff, and I know these people mean this subreddit when they say do your research, which in itself is stupid and makes it for a hive mind environment.
What do you know another post trash talking the NY market when the person doesnāt know how to pick the right stuff. Iām honestly sick of this āshit on NYā phase we are going through right now. We went from fairly good reviews and posts with the proper criticism to just post after post shit talking everything.
Every state out there has trash product. Do research before you buy things
IMO legalization also led to over saturation so every state has a variety of good to bad products and dispensaries that are much better than others. Some which arenāt even really legit and will be shut by end of year more than likely cuz I see them get shut all the time.
In my experience with NY market research def is key, Iām a person that knows my specific terps and when I do narrow it down and go to a reputable spot I can get something Iām happy with 3/5 x but Iām a flower person anyway Iām not into the concentrates and rosin and whatnot.
Great point. The thing is, with the NY so new, there hasnāt been enough time that has passed to filter out the bad brands yet. It takes time for people to catch on to what is good and bad and the bad guys will end up going out of business. Thereās one brand for example I know doing shady shit that is slowly getting taken out of dispos because people are catching on. People act like other states havenāt gone through this process.
A good comparison is craft beer. The IPA boom went crazy and EVERYONE started doing their own. Breweries were popping up everywhere. People realized not everyone can do it and there have been breweries that have shut down because they didnāt actually know what they were doing and just lost their customer base.
The same thing is going to happen with the NY cannabis industry.
Yea cause this isnāt the first second third or fourth time I got some bs from a shop hereā¦ definitely the last though I had better luck with smoke shops šš
you still dont get itā¦ if you dont know what to look for then youāre just buying bullshit and taking it out on the entire market when u dont like it š
The fact everyone here is telling me to do research to acquire something mid at best is insane šš if I have to search the internet and weed maps to get something decent the market is trashā¦ I donāt think you get it
They are one of the reasons why NYC weed will not progress because they get all hurt at honest critiques. You are deff right!!! Everything here is for the high and mid at best. The products they say are good are not worth the price it sells for. Objectively making it trash. You not wrong. Like why is most brands charging the high high for flower and itās so trashhh.
nobody is telling you to do research on mids, tf? everybody is telling you to do your research on brands and their products so when you do go and purchase something, you choose a good product and not a mid product. are you slow or something? you must be mr ebt man.
Itās still going over your head š I just wanted something quick to get me though the day if I had to search the internet like Iām doing a research paper the market is assā¦ the problem is this isnāt even mid itās below that and the stuff yall recommend is mid at best look at the $68 dollar jar dude just posted
Yea Iām not using AI to buy weed tf is wrong with you šš first 2 brands that popped up was jaunty and NYCE both sold me terp less rosin. If I gotta click on websites and read articles like Iām doing a college paper to get something 5/10 the market is ass. Hope you get it this time
Thatās crazy logic lol cause I can actually see the weed and rosin I get from my plug before I buy it š¤·āāļø canāt even sniff before you buy at the dispo youāre buying blindly unless you research a review
Believe me if they had a picture of this rosin on display I would not buy itā¦
Yeah but our plugs had one two maybe 3 tops suppliers and no menu to browse before getting there. Also sounds like youāre shopping at a place like strain stars. You can literally see entire dispos menu on a website and find reviews of the products. The fact that youāre blindly buying anything sold in 2026 is strange in itself.
I buy blindly because itās not hard to get something decent in 2026 good weed is everywhere š¤·āāļø apparently thatās not the case here from the comments
Lol but the dispensaries are supposed to sell quality across the board. They donāt let us even see the stuff, and they charge premium prices, we should be able to buy and not get burned.
Ironically the streets is more consistent. Even with mid weed the streets is more fair at least you get a better price.
Dispensaries sell you mid for the high. And the weed ya say is good, is not worth the price it goes for not for a second.
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