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Re: Show HN: Premium Medical Marijuana Subscription – SF Only

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Post by zhengyi13 »

dghughes wrote: post #58
notastartup wrote: post #2

how difficult is it to become a medial marijuana user in SF? it seems pretty tough in BC with the classic "stress/anxiety disorder".

Isn't medical marijuana lower in THC? It's not the THC that is the benefit it's the cannabidiol. If so why are some people (not all) who are supposedly "sick" trying to get low THC pot? Although these days with very strong pot low could mean 10% THC.

Not necessarily, particularly depending on what you specifically want to treat.

If you go poking around weedmaps.com (well, after their site starts functioning again :/), and look into strain-specific details there, there absolutely are low THC strains available, and also amazingly high THC level strains. High and low CBN/CBD, etc.

In addition, they have some space dedicated to breaking out the main/known active contituents in MJ, and what they're believed best to affect.

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Post by anigbrowl »

zhengyi13 wrote: post #70
anigbrowl wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't have to pick out a different strain every month (or however often you purchase). Once someone finds 2 or 3 that they like they just keep buying those. People are already faced with a huge number of choices for alcohol and numerous other consumable products, but have little difficulty identifying their favorites even if they're not not connoisseurs of any particular product.

I think there's also significant value to the supply chain if there's evidence that certain strains have a committed market over time. You get better informed decisions on what to deprecate/not grow in the future, and if you have a dedicated customer base for a particular strain, you've got data telling you exactly how much growing space to dedicate to that.

True, but I am not seeing the claimed consumer surplus. Data-driven decision-making is good up to a point, but it too easily becomes an excuse for chasing the lowest common denominator, because it mistakes popularity for quality. Budweiser is (I think) the most popular beer int e US, but anyone who likes beer knows it's not particularly good, it's just the least bad across multiple criteria.

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Post by joshontheweb »

dpieri wrote: post #38
djtidau wrote: post #36

I too don't understand such negative responses here. As far as how it looks the site seems just fine to me. Not being too familiar with this market I'm unsure of the feasibility of the business but the idea seems sound. Is there any reason why you are cash only at the moment? You really should look into adding some kind of online payment integration (Stripe is very easy to get up and running if the allow it for this…

Thanks for the encouragement! If only we could use Stripe! Unfortunately marijuana is specifically mentioned in their list of prohibited businesses: https://stripe.com/us/prohibited-businesses

Why not accept bitcoin?

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Post by fein »

refurb wrote: post #64

Suggestion, get rid of the "retail value". I first saw that and thought "$115 for a 1/4?". Or at least make it less prominent. $95 for a 1/4 still seems high, but since you're aiming for the high-end weed and it's delivered, all in all, not too bad.

Wow, what are legal prices supposed to be?

50/100/150/300 is the norm around these decriminalized parts.

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Post by DonHopkins »

everly wrote: post #66

What is the benefit over an existing SF delivery service like the Green Cross? They have better rates and I can have up to an ounce delivered within 90 minutes. They also have 'top-shelf' product and an itemized list of strains available. I don't mean to denigrate the idea, just want to hear some thoughts because I have been extremely impressed with every aspect of the Green Cross' service.

I think they covered this in an episode of Weeds. Rich people love to pay extremely inflated prices for "exclusive" products that they think nobody else can get, and don't realize are exactly the same as the normal stuff.

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Post by refurb »

fein wrote: post #75
refurb wrote: post #64

Suggestion, get rid of the "retail value". I first saw that and thought "$115 for a 1/4?". Or at least make it less prominent. $95 for a 1/4 still seems high, but since you're aiming for the high-end weed and it's delivered, all in all, not too bad.

Wow, what are legal prices supposed to be? 50/100/150/300 is the norm around these decriminalized parts.

Take a look at the dispensaries like GreenCross. Sub $30 for an 1/8th is pretty typical.

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Post by lizzard »

lizzard wrote: post #78

I would love this if they offered arthritis cream and edibles. Not so much with the smoking.

And let me specify nice smelling natural arthritis cream. Like put something other than camphor in that stuff! A little lemon verbena... some lavender... us old lady hipsters are waiting. I just bought like $60 worth of hand lotion in Common Scents. Opportunity awaits you Marvina!

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Post by dpieri »

lizzard wrote: post #78

I would love this if they offered arthritis cream and edibles. Not so much with the smoking.

Absolutely! We have our eyes on topicals, edibles, and concentrates. That's really where the market is moving. Look out for an edibles only Marvina box soon!

Until then I'd recommend docGreen's cannabis infused creams. I think you can pick them up at SPARC in San Francisco.

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