so... why not tip our dealers?

Discussion in 'Cannabis and Marijuana' started by CUtheRE, Dec 18, 2004.

  1. CUtheRE

    CUtheRE Member

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    starbucks has a friggin tip cup. how do they distribute that? do they all get a cut or does the guy or gal taking my order take the tip? but we dont drop a single dime for fucking mc donalds? what the fuck ever.

    there are bad dealers and there are good ones. i personally like to tip based on a person's work not just because it's mandatory or out of etiquette. so the story goes, i go through 3 different dealers. one dude has some really good la, hooks it up fat and as of late (along with a lot of dealers in the so cal area lately) been slanging kush. but the fucker is so god damn paranoid to selling to me or has a gripe with me so it's just a pain in the ass with trying to connect with him. the other dude is cool as hell and as well has been dishing out some kush but he lives too far and isn't so light on negotiating prices with him. and finally there's fatty, the last dealer. he always comes through, smokes out with you by matching bowls etc. meaning more herb for your buck, front you a sack if you need it and the man fucking delivers. only thing thats wrong with him is that he hasn't tapped into that kush yet, but does come with some decent chron.

    so anyway with how hard this boy works and how he always comes through i feel that he is devoted to his customers. so my question is do any of you guys tip your dealers? and if so how much do you tip? i want to tip fatty so bad but i feel weird and in a way fearing that might be a bit arrogant. but i do want to show my appreciation and tell him that he's the fucking man.
     
  2. miami musician

    miami musician Senior Member

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    i tip them by smoking them out on occassion... i always think it's a good custom to have a mini session with a dealer, just to show them your appreciation.
     
  3. CUtheRE

    CUtheRE Member

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    maybe i should ask him if he would prefer dough or a session...
     
  4. Doc Daneeka

    Doc Daneeka Member

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    dealers already make bank selling weed, I think the only tip they should get is a smoke up.
     
  5. miami musician

    miami musician Senior Member

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    well some of them, like me, sell to smoke for free and don't make money. and most are stoners like us who don't mind a little smoke now and then... :p
     
  6. geckopelli

    geckopelli Senior Member

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    A dealer is a salesmen, not a service provider.

    Tip him 'em my ass!
     
  7. CUtheRE

    CUtheRE Member

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    haha true geckopelli but dealers especially weed dealers don't try to sell you or push their product in your face. in my opinion they are there if you're looking for them so they are more so providing service than just selling weed. i dont see them any different than from your local bartender. but your statement actually is making me think that maybe im addicted to weed.
     
  8. miami musician

    miami musician Senior Member

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    damn i guess you guys don't have good dealers then... i tend to only do business with close friends so i don't view them as "salesmen" but rather compadres... i'll smoke them whenever, if they're dealing or if not. cause it's wrong to look at a friend as a "bartender" who is just doing you a favor.
     
  9. CUtheRE

    CUtheRE Member

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    right right but to some people like the tv show cheers, your bartender can also be a close friend.
     
  10. TeaWithATwist

    TeaWithATwist Banned

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    This is why you should not tip them:

    You are doing them just as much of a favor by buying the weed as they are by selling it to you. Most dealers need buyers, most buyers don't need weed.
     
  11. miami musician

    miami musician Senior Member

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    but... isn't that why they buy? because they need weed? :D
     
  12. CUtheRE

    CUtheRE Member

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    but you are paying your waiter or waitress' for their services right? in the case with fatty, he comes to the house to and delivers. not so different from the pizza dude and you tip him.
     
  13. Therefore...

    Therefore... Antidentite

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    Well, pretty much all of my dealers have been really good friends, so I really never felt obliged to tip them. But I do smoke them out. I'm more generous with my weed than my money anyway. Plus, I'd rather smoke with someone than just give them a couple bucks.
     
  14. geckopelli

    geckopelli Senior Member

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    Don't kid yourself; the guy's making a profit.

    Don't be a sucker. Caveat emptor.
     
  15. erowid

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    when I use to deal I was always very accomodating to my customers, and never really made serious bank off them, and I always felt the best thing they could do is smoke me up, it helped me to have some trust, especially in relatively new customers. There are the sorts of dealers that Ive dealt with Id never smoke up of my purchase, so I certainly don't deny those cutthroat capatalist dealers don't exist.
     
  16. element7

    element7 Random fool

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    Somethin' I used to do with a couple of good friends that dealt and would hook me up. I've got a pretty huge bank of audio ripped from internet radio. So, I'd make em a mixed cd or something of the kind of music they dig. That way it wasn't a matter of money or smoking some of the weed they just sold me. More like a thanks check out this cd man. Good tunes never hurt anybody :)
     
  17. geckopelli

    geckopelli Senior Member

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    A "dealer" makes a profit off me- be it cash or weed - why should I pay extra?

    A REAL dealer smokes YOU out. Not the other way around.
     
  18. bradofcentralpa

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    this is not a free speech location
     
  19. DarkLunacy

    DarkLunacy Senior Member

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    You tip the good ones by smoking a bowl with them. You are not obliged just because they supplied
     
  20. TrippinBTM

    TrippinBTM Ramblin' Man

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    Why not tip dealers? For the same reason you don't tip the guy at the supermarket, or the bookstore counter, or the liquor store. They get their bonus in the profits. A pizza delivery boy or waitress doesn't make much of anything and depends on the tips; but they don't set their prices, like a dealer does, and like store managers do. Thus the difference (at least in my mind).
     

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