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Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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Maybe I'm missing something, but why are X delivery companies a thing? Why not have just a delivery company? This is a case where I can't even think of any special handling being required, but I wouldn't be a customer so may be ignorant to something.

Believe it or not, marijuana has significant medical use, and a lot of its potential patients are mobility impaired.

How does any other delivery company willing to ferry such a product impact the patient differently?

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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Maybe I'm missing something, but why are X delivery companies a thing? Why not have just a delivery company? This is a case where I can't even think of any special handling being required, but I wouldn't be a customer so may be ignorant to something.

In the case of Eaze it's delivery for a market with a very unique regulatory and logistical nature. As opposed to say, food.

I might be missing a joke, but food also has a unique regulatory and logistical nature. Amazon and Walmart.com have had trouble expanding to groceries for this very reason, and that's why they've been partnering with or acquiring grocery delivery startups.

Food essentially requires its own supply chain and has its own health regulations. Consumer preferences for food shopping also seem to be distinctly different from preferences on other classes of products.

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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post #4

Maybe I'm missing something, but why are X delivery companies a thing? Why not have just a delivery company? This is a case where I can't even think of any special handling being required, but I wouldn't be a customer so may be ignorant to something.

The main reason this exists in this market is due to how payments are processed. Largely, this is still an all cash business due to Federal legal status that ties the hands of most financial institutions.

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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post #4

Maybe I'm missing something, but why are X delivery companies a thing? Why not have just a delivery company? This is a case where I can't even think of any special handling being required, but I wouldn't be a customer so may be ignorant to something.

Of course… Many types of delivery companies already exists for specific needs. Shipping companies like UPS or the post office aren't going to bring you a pizza or deliver a shed into your backyard.

In the case of eaze, marijuana is not legal federally so you can’t use traditional postage or banks that cross state lines.

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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post #4

Maybe I'm missing something, but why are X delivery companies a thing? Why not have just a delivery company? This is a case where I can't even think of any special handling being required, but I wouldn't be a customer so may be ignorant to something.

Delivery is all about logistics. Each product has it's own logistics. Delivering produce is a lot different from delivering books. For the fastest delivery, you need to stock what you are delivering. This is much easier to do with a narrow product range than a broader one.

Having said that, UPS and Fedex, etc are delivery companies. I assume this company is promoting same day delivery, otherwise, why not just use a shipping company.

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Believe it or not, marijuana has significant medical use, and a lot of its potential patients are mobility impaired.

Not sure I really buy this reasoning for the rise in cannabis startups; if you follow the logic, it should bring you to "prescription drug delivery" pretty quickly, and yet the focus is all on weed.

I am pretty sure they are focused on weed because it's an emerging market whereas the pharma delivery(which home delivery does exist) is an entrenched market with well established incumbents. also, weed doesn't require a prescription(past the doc's initial rec) like a script for pharmaceuticals does.

The main reason I think is that pharmacies are a major part of drugstores and are easily accessible whereas municipalities are free to say "I don't want any dispensaries here" so there is a vacuum of availability for many people. driving to the corner pharmacy or taking a short subway to the pharmacy is different than making a cross town trip to get the medication you need.

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

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Why would (largest regional pharmacy retailer) supply chain not be able to win this market? Already has all those hard assets in place with ops, people, efficiencies, etc.

Distribution. Many cities have different rules about if and where you can place a shop that can sells Marijuana. The corner store beside your house is not going to be selling weed anytime soon. Hence delivery is very handy.

Re: Eaze, cannabis delivery company, raises 27M

#30

There's something really disturbing about this given the fact that people are still rotting in jail in this country for selling a dime bag in the 90's. The time for federal prohibition to come to an end is far overdue.

I'm going to quibble about your word choice. There is something disturbing about the fact that people are still rotting in jail, not that Ease raised money.

Those people should not be in jail, and eaze is doing well to raise money. The former does not make the latter disturbing.

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