I just stay away from Cali branded shit !
So for me is rather off putting than advertising lol.

Yep. Great big red flag

Hear hear.

I've never purchased any of these strains, but that they are an option seems only a good thing. There will be people that take advantage of that, just like there already is with any other claim of a weeds origin, or even strain, but it also allows the real deal to be sold.

I think we should be left to make that decision ourselves, not have them removed, which will be the result of a ban on claiming its origin, as that is what commands its price. There are so many options here, that no one needs to pay those prices for that weed, real or otherwise. My 2c.

Essentially, you can 'claim' anything. In the cryptoverse there is really no way to prove anything. If people choose to buy 'Cali' weed online, they take the rough with the smooth as far as I'm concerned. It's the buyers responsibility to follow up and ask questions of the vendor. It's up to the vendor to address any buyers' objections. This may be done with or without proof. It's then up to the buyer to decide if the vendor stands up to scrutiny or not. Banning the term 'Cali' essentially opens up a can of worms. Buyer beware and sellers back up your claims. It's simple as that. I won't risk 'Cali' weed because I cannot verify it. Seems like a pretty simple and logical buying methodology. Belief is down to you. Proof is the vendor's business.

Definitely, nobody is forced to buy anything and it's up to the buyer to determine what represents value for money to them

100%

Yeah anyone can share a pic of weed and says it's cali or Dutch purely to charge more

I agree. Though I know juggle boys have barcodes you can scan to check its theirs

Oh god, don't get someone started on that barcode stuff, apparently it's super easy to fake! lol
Don't see why some people are so intent on vexing about this topic; use your common sense, you're either willing to pay premium or not, chat to the seller and see if you're comfortable laying the wedge, and worst case dispute it if you think it's fake / you've been misled.
Banning terminology, ffs, where does it end? There's always going to be people trying to mug you off, be sensible and you probably won't get burned.
Peace and love biggas
PS don't be that guy and shit post on established vendors when you haven't even purchased the product!

is there any opposition to this?

Opposition is a strong word but...

Why single out Cali? Is Dutch going too? Morrocan or Thai?
How about Organic?

They're giving buyers some idea of what to expect.
The bigger the claim the bigger the spanking if the drop doesn't match.

I agree HMT. I've been happily, every now and again, been ordering 'Cali'. V pricey, yes. If it isn't 'cali' I'm pretty happy as its been v good quality IMHO.
Just taken the plunge with a newish but well respected LB vendor on some $130-ish an 1/8 Cali (nice bag and everything!)
At worst I'll still be $130 worse off but with some weed. In these times I'll take that as a general result in life. Maybe I'll be pissed off for a day or two but that'll be it.
Anyway, I'm rambling now.
Not sure if 'Cali' claims should be banned. let the reviewers tell the tale.....

yes if the name is thrown around enough it becomes a generic term which thai certainly is.

Yeah I'm opposed to it, I find it ludicrous that it's such a big thing that people are making threads over it. If your not interested scroll past. Oh and I'm gonna put a proper thread up later but it appears using the cannverify app that the Cali I got today is actually from California. As for the codes being easy to fake one Reddit post (which is all the proof I have seen so far) does not a 100% factual statement make. So yeah I'm opposed to this suggestion ;)

Is that the 'fake' stuff from The Gentlemen? Seems legit to me...

Yup it's the stuff that was declared 100% fake in another thread

Have always thought this as ppl charge premium prices for cali. Some ppl buy cali as it is seen as dispensary quality stuff. So they don't want to put anything in their bodys and trust sellers thinking theyre buying superior qwaulity product less harmful to health.

bigg up

Here here boris. Couldn’t agree more.

It’s a shame so much fake Cali as it means the real ones can’t be trusted as well

I would completely agree this would solve many problems, just looking through and there are some really amazing newish sellers but they are right at the bottom below all the "Cali" too which seems unfair.

Ban ban ban if you ask me, charging a premium for something and not having to supply any real proof (for opsec obviously) leaves way too much room for cheeky beggars.

We have to agree with you sir. We sell shake but have been taken off the wall.

Your shake to smoke is very good but just because your not on the wall doesn't mean you should support the above posters. It's more likely that the products you vend are niche and due to that and the lower engagement you get on posts because of the goods will likely translate into no wall time. Have you considered perhaps offering a budget conscious but less shaky and more bud like offer as that's something LB could always do more with (in my opinion)

This just causes unnecessary stress to the buyers. I hope a resolution will be found soon as I see a lot of people complaining about the payment system for a number of reasons which can push away buyer from buying online.

The round up thing still being like that is a bit ridiculous to be honest.

It's well annoying and makes small and test purchases well expensive !

By having LTC option this would be fairly mitigated though, so let's usher transaxe to set up the LTC wallet.

Just realised this also means the options for postage are £4, £8, £12 etc you can't pay anything inbetween and nothing less than £4 no matter what the seller actually wants to charge (unless it's free ofc!).

This does the sellers a disservice as well as the buyers and all the extra couple of quids being rounded up here and there will turn people away.

appreciate you putting this up here, this needs to be seen asap and followed up on asap, or if not at least someone who has any authority on here can they please communicate with us and let us know either way?

needed to order today but this whole situation has just stopped me from doing so, i simply can't afford to just round up by £4 on one, sometimes two orders per week! it's actually extortion at this point and after almost 2 years on here i'll no longer be reccomending this site to mates and will take my money somewhere else if this isn't sorted promptly, also noticed in another thread on this subject it was mentioned that someone could be making a looot of money from this 'admin error' of not adding the extra digit and just rounding it up, i'm not sure how that would work exactly but if that is the case, that is concerning!

agreed. am only here a few months but it seems, to me, to be just the same couple of vendors over & over again. if I want a book, guitar or handbag - ill go onto another sale site. why are they even on here?

We need to start dating our posts. This was up when MK first started out, he’s doing roaring trade now !!!
19/NOV/20

True needs to be dated. Roaring trade hahaha Please I wish

Just meant you are doing a bit better than those days, glad you are making a name for yourself pal at last, happy days !!
19/NOV/20

Finally now this is a good idea

Arguments For
upvote here for the initiative

When you make any post you are speaking in public. I don't see why your other public statements should be hidden, they are also public statements. As for others statements on you that is a primary mechanism of accountability here. Is there anything else on the page?

Maybe some kind of "context throttle" so you can't just dive into a person's life's posts if people feel sensitive about this but the real issue is vote throttling so access is not abused.

I think just a switch, close your page and then all your posts across the site are invisible so if someone has a panic they have this control switch. I'm sure that it can be abused but it need not be a permanent also a kind of throttle.

Funk shway, This is a great idea! Perfect compromise.

I see folks shitposting and hiding. Their victims are often sellers that can't hide nor can they retaliate. It's an invitation for trouble as this community grows.

I agree, as a self policing community we all inevitably become a police department. Like any cop I'm lazy and would rather have intrinsic crime prevention than get all into some petty domestic case.

I think all the resistance against this is really 1 thing: people don't want to get posted ON, they don't want to be the subject of posts because it doesn't seem to have much utilty besides getting trolled on.

How about an initiative to clean up the initiative format?

yes someone needs to take the initiative on this

what does it take to make this happen?

Yes!

Arguments Against
upvote here against the initiative

Just make thei author's links appear colorless/dead, that will be accurate and it says something about the author that deserves disclosure to readers.

i cant believe this still hasnt happened

littlebiggy should only record orders from registered users.

this would make a better name for the initiative, noobs will misinterpret what you have as a call for legacy identities.

Arguments For (upvote here for the initiative) DEADLINE 7 May

There is no anonymous posting or voting on little biggy but for some reason people can click “buy” without registering, this offers no additional security (a throw away account is for all practical purposes the same risk) but creates several problems.

Buyers are subject to worse treatment as they lose the power to rate the seller.

Buyers get no reputation and never have an even hand in transactions.

OK you've convinced me :)

I agree anonymous accounts are a perfect example of security theatre.

More ratings clearly makes a better community.

Where does this stand?

Arguments Against (upvote here against the initiative)

It makes people comfortable for their first transaction. Yes to keep buying this way is stupid and I understand the argument for preventing it, I just think it's a weaker argument.

when you post on little biggy or vote or list an item you are adding content to little biggy. buying on the other hand does not happen here but rather at a payment processor. apart from anonymized reputation there is no permanent content and thus no owner to assign the data to.

I am for the idea but I have to vote against the initiative, it is terminally biased. Here is the problem: the "eliminate" option can not be fairly represented. People that don't want to register are presumably not registered to begin with. If they do register a throw away account for the initiative it will be a noob account with little weight per vote. I can't think of any way to mitigate this problem in the public format here. With biggyscript you could do a few things I suggest this approach or changing the structure of the initiative.

This was voted down a while back, the consensus was why not let people do what they want.