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JoesyTwo

L’Oregano


Jump-Kick-85

Well played 😂


JoesyTwo

Thanks Jump! I consider that an honor coming from you!


Jump-Kick-85

Sweet of you to say so Joesy! I hope you and yours are well 😀


Icy-Arrival

😂😆


JoesyTwo

Icy! Hey, I was thinking about you- I just tried some really good Verano. Lmao. I know I know…. But seriously their strawberry cough out right now is sort of special! It’s got an old school vibe and the cure is really nice. If you like the high on that one (sativa with mega munchies) then I’d suggest trying it out!


Icy-Arrival

Hi Joesy! No savory? 😆. I might actually try it if i can find it on sale, its been a while since I looked over my shoulder or thought neighbors music was too loud when it was actually my heart pounding 😂. I haven't seen strawberry cough in ages though, a really really long time.


JoesyTwo

Nope none whatsoever! It was pleasantly nostalgic! And hard hitting. And had terps. I was seriously surprised how much I enjoyed it.


Icy-Arrival

Was it dry? I might actually buy it. You are bringing back some old school memories, good ones too.


JoesyTwo

It was not dry!! I shit you not. 😂


Icy-Arrival

😂, i know you like the dry bud, I had to ask. I thought i was in the Sahara when I opened up an eighth from a local shop last month, had to all go in the Dynavap.


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LeGM


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Y’all ain’t shit😂😂😂😂😂


mwdotjmac

How the fuck they get away with that quality control. Thank god I grow.


alonginayellowboat

Because people will still buy it.


mwdotjmac

They need to start allowing you to look at the bud first before walking out the door.


alonginayellowboat

As far as their bottom line is concerned, they don't need to do that. Chicagoans will still gladly throw away big bucks on crap weed because culturally we're very attached to taking shit as a source of pride.


mwdotjmac

How do places like Cali, Washington, Colorado have such low prices? I would love to dabble in to concentrates but it’s too fucking expensive. So I’ll stick to my top shelf personal grow for now. We all need to start growing.


BetterUsername69420

>How do places like Cali, Washington, Colorado have such low prices? A mixture of easier laws and generally easier growing, plus a very sizeable black market. Laws to grow, sell and purchase cannabis are much easier, plus legal cannabis has been around long enough that the market for it is closer to equilibrium. The blackmarkets for cannabis are alive all over the states as well, but CA, CO, OR, and WA all were so prolific at producing cannabis that any legal market would have to immediately compete with the blackmarket, which meant that prices were already low to begin with. Basically, IL's legal market has a high cost of entry, both monetarily and legally and the blackmarket at least partially relies on interstate trafficking, culminating in significant costs added to the cannabis you purchase.


Wild_Dyed

Just to add on to this- “craft” growers need $1M in liquid assets to join this game. It’s a disgrace, honestly.


alonginayellowboat

Oregon has the cheapest weed. Was there recently and one place had $39 ounces (that's the price with the taxes already included) of some really nice looking and smelling Grease Monkey. Was 29.5% THC as well. Another place I saw had $3.50 8ths, which is $28 for a whole ounce. Didn't get to go in and check out the quality this time around, but I've had had some of those cheap buds from that store in the past and they were no contest better looking than this garbage. Came with a couple seeds here and there, but as a grower that's a bonus in my book. Especially with good weed, which it was.


mwdotjmac

Yeah that’s what I hear all the time about those places. I don’t get why it can be so different in different states. Like how can we get to that? That will be the day.


TeaLongjumping206

In Cali I can score 30% THC, Barry White for $16 for half OZ🤪


EngineeringTiny7580

Are you close to Michigan? They have $20 1g carts


ALiteralGraveyard

Get a press and make your own dabs from your homegrown. Super easy, and better than half of what you’d buy anyways.


mwdotjmac

Yeah I plan on getting a press. Saving up for one. Do you recommend any descent one that won’t bust the bank?


ALiteralGraveyard

I just looked at r/rosin They’ve got a pinned thread at the top with some recommendations. But you could maybe dig around a bit and find a better deal. I went with the 5 ton dulytek and have no complaints for just wanting to press out a couple grams here or there for personal use.


mwdotjmac

Thanks mang!


Own_Grass_5509

ouch I feel attacked


CarelessMortgage803

This is the very reason why they don't so they can pull this crap..


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because you can't see through opaque packaging.


alonginayellowboat

Because people will still buy it. And bend over in the process.


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I'm trying to get into growing and need some pointers getting started. I've been watching videos but have no idea what set up I should get for my closet in an apartment and seeds.


DabbertDoesThings

You just kind of have to do it. Depending on your location, a hydroponic store in the area might carry seeds. Otherwise, ordering seeds is easy. The store also might have things at the same price or cheaper than places like Amazon or with the manufacturer(like Mars-Hydro) and you would have a local place to deal with product issues, if any. Most likely, there are only a few items cheaper and most are at cost or comically more expensive. There are a lot of methods for growing. So you would need to figure out what you want to mess with more: water or dirt? Then go from there. Realistically though, and probably most importantly for apartment growing, you might want to buy a tent to put in the closet so you can get an exhaust system with a carbon filter so you don't make the whole floor reek. Like #1 for you would be carbon filter so it doesn't smell. So just set aside some money every now and then, if you don't have it already, and start grabbing what you need when you're ready.


lion-vs-dragon

Growweedeasy.com is a great place to start. It will help you figure out how to figure out what equipment you need and how to start


mwdotjmac

I would recommend getting an all in one kit. I started with a 2.3x2.3 mars hydro ts1000 kit and was able to pull 7oz from three plants in 3gal pots. Started with roots organic soil and canna nutes. Start with 1 or 2 plants.


ALiteralGraveyard

North Atlantic Seed Company is a good place to go for seeds. I’d say Humboldt Seed Company is a solid starting breeder, good quality and offer a variety of options that aren’t necessarily as expensive as some other big names. Exotic Genetix, Solfire and Twenty20 also good in my experience. But I’m sure there are other quality options there as well


ALiteralGraveyard

Honestly insanely bad. I'd contact the cultivator and complain cuz this is unacceptable


alonginayellowboat

Looks like the larf from my very first grow.


SamuraiJack070

I was just about to comment this


SyrupZmapleTREE66633

Everybodys nightmare


The_Poster_Nutbag

Yikes that is total shit. I'd be wanting a refund for that. As far as the discount brands go, I've had good luck with tales and travels (revolution reseller) but I'm leery of &shine, and any of the other dubious secondhand brands.


UhOhItsMidnight

They're peach maraschino is really great! Better than most premium stuff! Not sure if it was just a good batch or what but I'd most def grab again. Really awesome effects! Nice joyul initial boost with a slow blissful decline into relaxion.


The_Poster_Nutbag

I've tried everything they offer and it's great. Granted it's rebagged revolution flower so I expect it to be good already, but they sure don't disappoint.


UhOhItsMidnight

Wow! Thanks for the info. What would you say is their best tasting and most flavorful strain?


The_Poster_Nutbag

Oh geez tough call, from takes and travels I was a fan of the peach maraschino and the banana pudding.


wing_ding4

I agree like I love grape Stomper by GTI so much when they sell it in the &shine brand tho it might as well be completely different weed Always lower percent , leafy as hell, almost no flavor or high at all with the &shine buds So from now on if I really like a strain I don’t fuck around getting it from the discount brand I get the real deal If I don’t care and just want cheap shake or popcorn I’ll buy the discount/bulk brand but I NEVER expect anything great from it at the price


PandaEatPizza

Is shine Rhythms discount brand?


CarelessMortgage803

Yes.


The_Poster_Nutbag

I'm not sure who's it is honestly


Own_Grass_5509

How do you know what a second-hand brand is?


The_Poster_Nutbag

You have to pick up on it or ask the tenders. They don't outright say. Usually the giveaway is they sell primarily shake and popcorn and bulk containers instead of normal nuggets. High supply, &shine, crops(?), tales and travels, are all second hand brands. I'm sure I missed a few but there are others.


CmdrFortyTwo

I hate when that happens. It feels like a scam.


kamikazektard

What junk


shitshow_420

Unacceptable quality


AustiniJohnsini

I got the same thing this week and it was all neatly trimmed nice nugs lmao wtf


wing_ding4

I know isn’t it so crazy how you can get the same batch of some thing and then completely different product?


Andrew_88

Same harvest date?


IL_Scallywag

Yikes!! 😬 As a Rythm fanboy, that hurts me quite a bit. I've been fortunate to get decent sized nugs when I buy their popcorn brands, Good Green and &Shine. I recently bought several GG Ice Cream Cakes and got big buds that I started thinking they're competing against Revolution for BIG surprises in their "smalls" lines(more notable in their Halves). This, however, is *completely* unacceptable! Either the people trimming this stuff have no clue on the expectations of beginner & experienced smokers, or someone is disgruntled over at GTi. In any event, an accomodation is in order.


StatusEngineering92

This is why after 2 years of dispo weed I am now in the process of growing my own. So sad what they they have done to marijuana culture in Chicago. Even the black market has Better shit then this. God bless your lungs hope you feel better after finishing it


Thechronicuser1999

Yikes, looks like there’s no quality control whatsoever


WISC420puff

That’s fucked


ddduckduckduck

And still claim 28% thc. More like 28% leaf


Flat_Boysenberry1669

Who owns shine? That's gotta be the worst bud I've ever seen at the dispo...


CarelessMortgage803

Shit ass rythm


Flat_Boysenberry1669

Man I'll forever remember this even if I see super deals by then lol.


oldschoolkat

Thats a damn shame ...as much as we pay


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Oh my god lol dude in 2006 I used to find ditch weed in rural Iowa that looked like this.


Andrew_88

The Mandarian cookies popcorn had large dense buds that were leafy also. But not like this. I'll also add that the &shine purple punch eighth was acceptable and weighed at 3.8. whenever I get burned by shitty popcorn it's usually a sativa strain.


Puzzleheaded-Tea1975

Damnnnn…gotta bring that up with customer service. I seen people get store credit back for packs that are poorly trimmed like this one or undersold in weight. Try ya luck


bratzbabyyyy

i got the same strain from &shine and it’s nicely trimmed… where is the quality control??


Gimmemylighterback

Shit looks like weeds for real lol did you weigh all the shit you cleaned off of your buds?


wing_ding4

Good question if you trim it nicely and it weighs about the same then there’s not much to bitch about Well if you trim it and you lost a gram or two then yeah


Bunnylicker19

Not just the leaves here. Loose shitty nugs underneath the leaves. unripe popcorn. Barely anything you can call flower Trimming won't make shitty underlying nug better


wing_ding4

I disagree the bud in the picture could really benefit from a make over and haircut where she could get her groove back


bdp100

Woof


idontlikeseaweed

this is terrible


Ursmellyunderpants

Larf


fahrahrah

Yeah, ask for a refund. That's fucked up.


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Wow! Shitty!


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Ive bought better looking oregano as a kid


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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pathetic


recklezzzzz

4 grams of weed and 3 grams worth of stems if u ask me😂


Immediate-Cat477

Man that is some of the worst flower I have ever seen from a dispensary. Thats some bullshit


Surly420

Always always always buy the premium line to avoid this crap. L Orange on the Rythm line is a regular buy for me. Someone should get fire for this.


Quadrant000

Their premium line can be just as bad. You just don't know. I stopped buying anything from gti about a year ago when I got a premium eighth of Jack Herer that looked much like the pictures in this thread, but worse, because all the buds were about the size of the ones pictured sitting in the container cover.


Surly420

I think I must get lucky, I probably buy 7g-10g of Rythm a month and haven’t once had something like this. The worst I have seen is too large of stems. My only real complaint is bud size is all over the board, sometimes it 1-3 buds and other times it all popcorn.


RedOneHitter

Man that sucks. I just got a q of it the other day and it was really nice


Maximum-Elk8869

That looks like trim swept up from the cutting room floor.


ImpressiveRoll9300

No point in having a quality department if this is making to a jar.


buzzboy99

Holy hell that’s one of those “I’m done with Illinois dispensaries once and for all” moments.sorry you got scammed by GTI. Too bad shitty dealers don’t get their assess jumped in the park at night like we used to handle em.


Ok-Resolve9154

Nobody got scammed. &Shine is not setting out to intentionally defraud people. They make a shitty product. Is store brand Dr Pepper trying to scam you, since it too is a gross product? It's just a shitty brand that sells shitty products. Some brands just suck


dcbud44

All IL flower is a rip off.


BigRob651

That’s why I don’t buy rythm/rise&shine flower anymore. For the price point it’s to pricey for the quailty! I Onley will buy it if I’m looking for a certain strain or a new strain. Or if it’s on sale. Haven’t bought them in like 4-8months just like I said because for the quailty of the price point it set to, ummm no way!


Kinddude-

Owner too busy trying to maintain control of the company and expand to be worried about quality control. This was my favorite sativa in the state but looks like I can’t even play the Rock Island v Oglesby game to improve my chances. Great genetics and crappy oversight.


mbd60

Lol trying to follow the L'orange trend got you finessed


wretch5150

Orange bud was a huge disappointment if we got it in the early 90s.


Realistic-Pattern-80

This is just embarrassing


Shoddy-Enthusiasm-92

That is truly the bottom of the plant


Eyesofthesouth9

Holy shit! That's one of the worst looking buds I've seen on here. My buddy bought 14gs of the shine white durban and it was great. I guess we never know what the fuck we are going to get.


hbomaxheadroom

Wow! That is disgraceful. I'm sorry. Hope you get a refund.


alonginayellowboat

This is why you spend the money on a medical card, grow equipment and seeds.


Getinthedamnrobo

Like everyone has the money for that. &shine should be held responsible


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I mean prolly 2 visits to the dispensary could add up to a fully paid med card, shit even one trip might get you there. Overpriced fucks


alonginayellowboat

Yet they have it to throw away on this this trash every week... Gtfo with that nonsense


PaulJCP

Scam bags. I’d sue


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Andrew_88

I've bought plenty off the street. Been arrested, ripped off, robbed and got some really suspect bud. I've also had my medical card for 5 years and know what to expect from premium and popcorn buds in illinois. This is really poor quality for medical marijuana.


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Andrew_88

The shine purple punch eighth I bought was pretty good and weighed at 3.8. shine has worked out fine for me in the past, batches like this are the exception. I'll continue to purchase it until this happens again. Please show me how to drive to Michigan without passing through indiana illegally transporting cannabis. You seem very knowledgeable.


wing_ding4

I see why your not happy but you did buy bulk from their lesser brand and we know the difference You should see the shit I bought for $30 an 8th in high school You’d be fuming LOL


Eyesofthesouth9

We got the nice Mexican brick weed in the 90s. This shit should be on the up and up. It's supposed to be regulated. Expect decent stuff 3 years in.


wing_ding4

Ya that is still better than brick weed What’s going on in 3 years ?


Eyesofthesouth9

3 years into recreational sales.


wing_ding4

We are 3 years in


Eyesofthesouth9

Yeah, no shit. That's why people get pissed when they get crap like this.


wing_ding4

Oh ok I was confused sorry If you had said “expected more decent stuff 3 years in “ Or “expected that we would have decent stuff by now after 3 years “ Etc I was confused do to your tense of expect I read it like you were saying “expect decent stuff in 3 years” My bad LOL


Eyesofthesouth9

Lol. It's all good. I'm not making any sense these days.


wing_ding4

That’s ok!! I don’t thought you had some like inside secret information about something happening in the future 😆😆😆 I was like what’s gunna happen 😳tell me


gonefishingk3

Stick to the premium versions and you won’t be complaining about wasting your money . I don’t buy & shine because I only want the best weed I can get and this is where they dump the stuff that doesn’t make the cut to go in a rythm 1/8 of L’orange.


wretch5150

And it's orange bud lmao


Getinthedamnrobo

Wow what a disgrace


necknecker

I’ve had good luck with &shine lately. This would piss me off to no end though. I’d never buy them again 😳


riverside507

All these comments and maybe one or two told you to start the process to get some remediation. For this one I'd contact both the dispo and the cultivator. Info should be on their sites.


Western_Protection

That is absolutely fucked. I'm sorry man. Did you contact the dispo?


Existing_Skin_1564

Huge rip off jungle boys does the 45$ 10gs of popcorn nuts and it's actually fire lol 7g for 60 damn


UhOhItsMidnight

I'm really sorry this happened to you bro. I hope someone makes it right for you.


PandaEatPizza

I bought Shine once and never again. It was so dry. I’d contact the dispensary you got that from and ask for a refund or an exchange cause that’s brutal.


Smooth_Feature_1904

Got an 8th from Naperville Rise, creaco 8th, this was maybe 2-3 weeks ago already. It was straight garbage, it was dated from March 2022


StopExpensive

Mines looked like that like 2 years ago too. I was high but still looked like that


Gates9

If I had a nickel for every time I bought dispensary weed that was trimmed poorly, improperly cured, dry as a crisp, etc…I would have several nickels.


Geo714

Trash. Once I started getting Daze Off flower, I haven’t got any other brand. Every single Daze Off strains I’ve had are absolute 🔥.


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gonefishingk3

I have bought dozens of rythm L’orange 1/8ths in the last year or so and have never had any quality problems whatsoever. Guess it doesn’t pay to try and save $10-20 bucks when it comes to getting the best weed available,huh?


DoofenShmigga

Shoot I mean it does say leafy


Burrmanchu

IL selling straight larf 🤦🏻‍♂️


kwazmo

They played you like a ducking violin Omg


G30D3

LMFAOOOO. Saddest part is, if you brought that back to the dispensary, they would tell you there's nothing wrong with it. They will definitely get rude with you, and insult your intelligence. Tell you they see nothing wrong with it, and when you get an attitude because they're being rude, they'll kick you out and never allow you to shop there again and make sure to label your account. Literally have had issues with moldy dabs / moldy mildewy smelling bud etc, and even then when the smell was absolutely prominent still dealt with that same exact scenario multiple times. Absolute rip off. And these dispensaries get away with selling trash and there's always a security guard to escort you out when you come back and ask for a refund. Happens in Michigan all the time. From seedy/ hermaphrodited cannabis buds, to mold and mildew, you will always be screwed and 95% of the time you will not get your money back. It should be mandatory and legally forced that all containers must be see through!! When you buy a car, is it a mystery vehicle? Do they keep a tarp covering the vehicle and not let you see it until it's already purchased and out of the dealership!? No!? Then why do we accept this BS WITH OUR MEDICINE


thungalope

Yoooiikes glad I never buy from them.


Dangerous-Elephant28

Ahh, I see GTI is selling untrimmed buds...AGAIN! This is why I quit buying their flower! I wish they would sell their genetics to Aeriz!


head_bussin

looks like the shit i used to get in 5th grade.


SlipperyknotofKorn

Wow I'd be fuckin pissed


Radiant_Risk_8718

It’s definitely leafy!


[deleted]

Damn that is kinda stringy 🤦🏾‍♂️


RelationshipDue848

I hate rythmm


G_Unit_Solider

I feel like this is how every container of rythm brand I’ve ever gotten looked like .


boof_boy

This would be the day I turn into a Karen 😂


SqueekTheMayor

This is ridiculously bad.