to my dear merchants that aren't up on thangs

theres a lot more on the table than this though, if you'd like help come in to my office anytime.

I’m sure they do this so they can keep the positive reviews instead of starting from scratch.

reviews stay even for old items, those are the ones where the link turns black

He’s right just worded it wrong, it keeps the listing up with good reviews.
Say you have 500+ reviews on your shake, someone gives you a 1/10, it’s doing nowt to the rating, but, a new listing and you get a 1/10 then no one is buying it en masse.

It’s a tactic to sell inferior products under the umbrella of a good listing in my opinion, I tend to avoid these type of listings now

Exactly this mate, it's a pretty shameless tactic imo and it's becoming increasingly common in a pretty short period of time, it's a big red flag for me, there are plenty of other vendors on here with much much better menu's / prices / everything

i can understand it's incredibly laborious to do anything on this site sometimes with the long loading times, generally poor layout of everything and no stock counter, but it really does only take a couple minutes at most to create and list a new item

terribly unprofessional and disingenuous, not only that but anyone with a modicum of sense can see why you would want to use an old rating to help sell a new batch or strain! vendors who do this are blacklisted for me personally, just look at the absurd amount of choice and competition on here, why even risk ordering from some dodgy listing that isn't even the strain in the picture when you can just order from one of the giga professional top vendors who have very clear and presentable menu's that are also often priced much better, clearer and usually a wider choice of products too!

I still don’t really get it but knew something wasn’t right! Everything listed used to definitely have stock though that’s for sure.

Thanks mate I’m barely functioning these days.
This is what i meant.

so you are saying people sell anything out of existing good listings?

don't doubt you but can you please give us an example? seems like the light of day will help everyone.

Pistach
Green tech
Supreme percent
Budboyz

These are just the ones I can think of right now, they all have listings where the item is out of stock and they replace it with something at a similar standard.

2 follow ups

are you saying you have experienced this with each one?

can you please name the items?

just trying to elevate this beyond hearsay, thanks

Yup, it’s been a long time😢…Smoggyman (although he wasn’t a grower) also sorely missed by me…

The next harvest from Druids Magic will appear around November, easily in the same league 👍😻

Sweet! I’ll look out for Druids Magic then! 😁

Agreed. I managed to get some of Budbotanist's offerings which I recall as being TT too.
Got some bubble hash off Bubble Hash Kings when they were listing which I loved. Ohhhh how I miss them all.

Can't wait for DM!! 🧙‍♂️

I remember well. That Snowball was amazing. I remember another one he did but can't remember the name now. Hope he'll be back with some bits now and then.

Fruit Pebbles x Cheese?….🔥👍🥰

Yes!! That's the one.

You know what?..I still have a couple of nugs of that in the ‘Special Event’ section of The Shelf 🥳👍

Why the fuck were you using Coinbase for anyways? There’s a tonne of exchanges out there that arn’t the governments bitch and tool for spying, Coinbase is and always has been the anti thesis of crypto currency. Also you should have been buying BTC on there and sending to a wallet like Exodus trust wallet etc and sending to the vendor from there, don’t send directly from the exchange to protect all parties.

Ignorance is bliss man.

Yeah man I feel that, at least now you know, like I say make sure you buy wherever you want but always send to a wallet and send to the seller from that, saves a lot of hassle down the road for everyone.

Exodus is a beauty 👌🏼

Try Revolut

Cheers brother, I’ll have a look ✌🏻

Coinbase is an agent of the plutocracy, it's all they've ever wanted to be.

Afaik Coinbase is working alongside LE to crack down on drug transactions, binance recently suspended a account just because it had $1 million+ in crypto in the account because LE told them to. The future of crypto on brokers isn’t looking good.

Yeah just seems it’s it’s getting more and more controlled :(

Exactly the same thing happened to me and my other half, which we only discovered this morning as we tried putting our usual order in. Frantic scramble to register and get validated by another crypto thingy in time for a postal cut off. I was raging AND fuming. Joined Coinmama and my partner Bittylicious without too much trouble but the tension waiting was unbearable. You can imagine.

Pain in the arse mate, I’ve just gone with Coinjar now but read that Coinbase have the means to check where funds are sent to, but not sure how that’d make a difference! I’ve never done anything shady with my account, pretty strange man.

I use cex.io exchange, registered in the British Virgin Islands, to purchase crypto. They have one of the most secure exchanges, fees are fairly low, and user interface is intuitive. Unfortunately, KYC info required to set up an account. They have a large presence in Europe too. I am in the US, and Coinbase has come under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for such unsavory business practices. Coinbase is not a very secure platform either. I left btc on their exchange for trading last year, and my account was hacked and subsequently drained, even after I froze my account. Lost 5KUSD. I contacted them 4 times about this, but CB never responded. Finally had to join a class action lawsuit against CB where others had the exact same thing happen to them. Their security and customer service is way below the standards set by cex.io. I receive no affiliate money from my advice; motivated only in protecting buyers from a shady exchange.

Seems I'm well rid then huh!? Thanks man.

A drop or two of RSO in a Horlicks for me. Very restful.

When do you have it mate timing wise and what would you consider a drop?

Something kind of lentil sized works for me, about an hour before bed. Good for 6 hours I find.

What you seem to be describing is anxiety/nerves keeping you awake. If you are feeling anxious then smoking or consuming anything too high grade may not help as it can intensify any anxiety. Any strong edibles or concentrates will make you pretty high for a few hours and not sleepy for quite a while - or at least that's how it is for me. Try consuming a brownie or similar earlier in the afternoon then having a smoke of something with more balanced cbd-thc, not too strong. Watch a film or better read a book and it usually distracts your mind enough for the drugs and your bodys natural clock to take control of your eye lids. It's hard but try to avoid thinking about the event. Train your mind slowly. I've suffered a lot with anxiety and keeping busy, as in active physically and mentally throughout the day and setting out a chill out routine with distractions for the evening works for me. If you can try to have less intoxicants on the night before the event as they don't see you through the night and the minute your levels and blood sugars change you become easily woken and restless and your worried mind takes over. Failing that there are prescription meds of various forms that if taken on a very infrequent basis may not have a downside or any addiction issues but it's not my first choice. Although I have tried this route and it did work even when I was totally frantic with anxiety. Sorry for the long post but sleep has been an issue all my life and the reason I fell in love with Mary Jane. Hope you get it nailed. I've found not giving a shit about anything much these days helps too ; -) Peace.

You are so right about the booze. I’m a drinker and know that the 4-5am slot is known as “the drinker’s hour” as your blood sugar level drops and your heart race increases. A bag of M&M’s at bedtime could help a bit in the old days, but now I rarely drink after 8pm.
Low dose (0.25mg) Xanax is brilliant for night time anxiety and if I take at least 4 hours before I need to get up then I feel very refreshed in the mornings. The problem with Xanax is the speed at which you build up tolerance but if you limit it to once or twice a week it’s great imo, and just knowing that you’ve got it in reserve relieves anxiety on its own!

agree with this im a medical professional and xanax works well once or twice but the bodies natural ability to resist it is great so addiction can happen quite easily but polys advice on low dose is perfect!

Hey, this probably sounds really boring compared to finding an awesome new strain haha but have you tried out any CBD products?
I know someone who gets the pre match nerves thing but increasing CBD intake really seems to help calm it all down. Good luck in finding something man.

I’ll second giving this a go- the wife has seen the benefit of CBD for her sleeping and, while I like my THC, when I pinch one of her sweets I notice the difference the next day

I’ll grab some and try it man, totally open to all suggestions.

Great question.
I think part of the problem is we all experience products in different ways. For example I was told RSO is great for sleep but it has the opposite effect on me. Edibles generally buzz me up, as do a lot of hazes etc.
That leaves indicas and through many many strains tried when I find one that seems to deliver a great nights sleep I’ll have it another time and not so much. The 100% indicas like Hindu Kush & Heirloom OG work best for me, but interested in what other Biggas think….

Yeah I’m an indica guy and Super Hans Hindu Kush was lovely for relaxing and then sleeping. Hashisins Afghan is equally as good.

Big UP 👍 to both of those!

Yeah edibles can have an adverse effect on me too lol Researching this a bit and Grandaddy Purps seem to come up an awful lot.

Sounds like you might put too much pressure on yourself to perform well maybe? I have struggled with that over the years - I simply don't want to let myself down or other people. It's just down to the values you have as a person. Keep up with the exercise though it has always helped me get some quality sleep.

Weed recommendation: RB was doing some cheap Kerosene Krash about a month ago and really hit the spot for me before bed. 80% Indica. I'd be falling asleep before I was actually trying. I find sativas late evening are just too much of a head buzz and my mind doesn't settle down.

I have also experimented with CBD - pre made eliquids, homemade carts from cbd extracts and I have tried some cbd weed on here but I found it to have no effect on my sleep at all.

I hope you find something that works for you from all of these suggestions on here though buddy

You’re absolutely right brother, wayyy too much pressure on myself and then runs into worrying about how much sleep I get to aid my performance the next day! I’ll keep plugging away at a decent solution, thanks for taking the time man 🤙🏼

RSO works wonders for me. I can usually fall asleep fine, but, especially if dealing with work stress, often wake up 4,5 or 6 am with a racing mind and can't get back to sleep. RSO (I use the one sold by Drugs Inc UK) consistently gives me around 9-10 hours of decent sleep each time I use it. It does hang around (pleasantly so) the following morning though, so not great if you need to function.

My other - non cannabis - trick is a long soak in a bath with magnesium flakes (zechstein are the best) before bed.

Magnesium is excellent as a sleep aid, and if you add some decent bath oils designed for relaxation (Olverum is lovely, and Aromatherapy Associates Deep Relax always knocks me out) then sleep comes easy. Even just a few drops of Clary Sage essential oil in a bath or on your pillow can help - its great to calm down anxiety/stress etc.

Hope some of that helps - poor sleep is a horrible thing. Good luck!

What lovely advice, thanks for taking the time 🙏

purple afghan kush, was zen like.

Grab any concentrate from the likes of ULC or Canadian imports take a couple of nice dabs on the device of choice, pick something you like the flavour of and don't worry about indica/sativa stuff

I find using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pzizz.android

Something like pzizz on headphones is amazing for helping me sleep, I only use the free version and only need it now occasionally but it made a massive difference in my ability to switch off from the next day

Hope this helps 👍

Cheers man, I’ve got a nice little dab rig so will give this a whirl 😁

Good luck 👍 my earlier solution to this issue was to imagine the colour blue and make a wheeeeeeeeee sound in my head to stop me thinking but that isn't as effective as pzizz and makes me sound a smidge 🤪

Why doesn’t that work for me? 🥲
(I have those concentrates and a white noise generator! )
🦊⚡️🐰

Pzizz isn't a white noise generator, I have honestly tried all sorts and this is the one that worked for me

For me it's got the perfect balance of attention/ not attention needed for me to fall asleep, I suspect it's not gonna be the same for everyone but as previously stated dear 🦊 enough concentrate and my comfy cans on and ☁️🐰💤

Live Test:10pm
-2 x dabs ULC Mimosa Wax 🤤 on dab pen you are VERY familiar with👍
- currently dancing to Pzizz…
- unlikely to stop any time soon…Friday?
- non of this is bad, quite the opposite, unless sleep required!
🦊⚡️🐰

It does help to be in bed lying down 😂🤷🏻

Just gettin’ this party started! 🥳⚡️🤩

always avoid caffeine in the day before the sleep works wonders for me!

I thought you just buy an indica. No need to complicate

I think it's probably more complex than that man and besides the whole Sativa v Indica is always in question anyway!

have you tried hops tea or hops extract? melatonin might work?

I tried Pukka Night Time tea, it didn’t do much but is that the same kinda thing?

probobly, herbal sleepy stuff, you want the good stuff, have a read about melatonin pills, not sure if they are still legal.

Did anything you tried work Carverr?

Ask me again next week mate, I’ve got some events coming up this weekend which will rattle me the night before lol I’m going for smoking some Grand Daddy purps and a couple of dabs of concentrate an hour or so before bed! 🤞 (With added Pzizz lol)

Okay! Sounds like you have a plan. I hope the thing you have coming up goes well ♡ gotta love that grandaddy purp!

I want to start vaping myself what vape you recommend and are all carts 510 thread?

i think i have one, what colour is that setting?

I'm absolutely torn on it but I want to try them, I think.

I really love what they are doing, the products, the service, the community involvement, the prices! (especially the prices, lets be honest biggas).

But... importing my own bit of bud all the way from the other side of the planet? in the world we live in? bud I could be buying locally from UK growers, UK suppliers (and despite what the internet says UK weed just as good as anywhere else!).... simple fact is though you shouldn't be able to fly in an ounce of weed all the way from Canada for HALF the price of weed from within the UK, it makes no sense. At all.

Prices on here need to correct in the long run. As I said I love everything BCA are doing, they've gone about in such a refreshing way it fits in well with weed culture and the bud is hopefully absolutely banging but I'd rather not have to rely on people 4000+miles away for my smoke.

We need a price war :P

Must admit the risk of Z’s with my name on coming that far would stress me a tad but I don’t buy Z’s anyway man! Great post man, totally agree with it mate.

I don't normally either mate but if it was UK z's at that price I'd be on it in an instant lol the risk is another factor as well definitely, I'm tempted by the pre-rolls they have on now to test out the shipping but can I really justify shipping 7.5grams that far? I'm struggling with it to be honest when I could just get some chocolato from RB instead or whatever. Think I've talked myself out of these pre-rolls after I already told them I was in! I should learn to keep quiet haha

I dont know if it's the same for you, but local weed is £180-200 an oz. Im not seeing this as a "cheap" option...especially when $200 is for a lower grade oz .... I'd prefer not to risk importing internationally, for potentially standard weed. As you say, UK weed isnt actually bad lol. We aren't that desperate for the mid range. And the good shit is $350 ? What happened to $170 an oz!? Hmmmm.

Not to make a comment on anyones buying preferences, you do you...

The standard stuff is absolutely banging. As good as anything I’ve ever bought locally and a lot better that 95% of it.

I can only agree. I bought on ounce of Vader OG and loved it, better than any bud I've gotten from LB before.

If you don't buy ounces then I'd suggest its not for you - the level of stealth and packing these guys do wont be happening for smaller amounts (you'd understand if you saw their stealth). Nice to have this option here on biggy and I intend to get more :)

Fuck me you've smoked that already? lol

lol - I spread the love. When my hippy mates realised I was going to be able to try some canadian high end, they all wanted to try some some, so half of Totnes in Devon has tried Vader OG now :) I wish I had kept it all, it was tasty.

I still have well over 3 oz of various hashes and buds, so I guess I cant moan!

Class mate.

Yup good point I've been assuming the $200 is banging just because I haven't heard any complaints but as always with lb you never really know till you see a few reviews from familiar faces.

I still think there's a price correction to come on lb though, I'm not expecting price to ever be as cheap as my local connections but a slight adjustment is going to make a world of diff for us daily smokers when it comes! :)

Actually this has made me feel better about not putting my order in now! thank you! :)

I don't doubt it's good stuff. I hope i didn't come across skeptical. That wasn't my intention. I was genuinely wondering if anyone had the strains listed under "gold" in their lotto bag, just for an idea. It all looks good. But looks can be deceiving. Yep. Waiting for the trusties to slam their reviews down is always a good idea! :)

I've just seen their new wall, and I'm liking the variety. Though, not sure what happened to the low prices, promised? Looks to me like they are plugging the good stuff at some of the highest prices on LB ....?? Has anyone had the Gold level in their lotto bag?? Wondering what their lowest quality is like, in reality. I'm also thinking that the oz listings will be a double edged sword. I for one, have no interest in buying once whole ounce of one strain. I like to try all the flavours. Id be bored of an oz of one strain, by the end. Would be nice to see lower amounts. I dont think the pre rolls are the way forward. I would MUCH prefer to buy the weight and roll my own. That is, of course, personal preference. And these are just my ponderings.... :) Not meaning to cause any offence! I'm genuinely interested to see how this goes for B.C.A and wish them nothing but good luck! <3

I’d hate to smoke the same strain every night for aaaaages and buying Z’s of 5 different strains at a time could end up expensive lol Didn’t actually look in detail at the new ‘levels’ thing if I’m honest!

Exactly. Same level here Carverr :)

I like their grading system. It works well. Even the way they have listed looks/works great this time around. Their wall is pretty to say the least. I've just put up a post on my own page about the strains i got through in august...pretty much explains my reasons for being on LB and ounces isn't it. Drop to 14g and I'm in!! 4sho!

Hope you don’t mind my comments,I jumped on the first round because it was so cheap and I didn’t mind the risk. I purchased again because the weed was so good I wanted to try the hash and it was well worth it.

I put some photos up of my last drop here, I thought I’d reference so you can at least see it’s not stems and mould.

10g of hash and the (random) oz delivered for £260

No don't mind at all! That's exactly what i was looking for :) thank you for sharing your experiences :) it will only install more confidence, within the community, for a new vendor to succeed! All for it :D and also happy to hear you liked what you received! Great stuff! Always hop in!! We need more people who are ready to be honest in their experiences! It's what makes this little section of the interwebs so interestingly weird and wonderful :D

Have we seen any being re-sold yet?

Don’t think so mate but I’d buy from a reseller as I don’t buy Z’s and if the price was there for Henry’s and Q’s why not huh?

Totally. Those 4oz listings were screaming out for it.

Unfortunately they have now been blocked from trading any further and its difficult to fathom why.
So many people questioned their integrity and suggested people would be ripped off, but its difficult to see why, as they were responsive to any questions and though it took a while for things to drop, they were all coming through as described.

I guess I should trust that the 'biggy bots' know whats best for the site, and maybe their was a genuine fear that they might attract undue attention? Why ever the page was blocked, it might have been better to let customers still be able to contact them, as obviously several people will have orders they are waiting for and they will now be worried their order will not be full filled - and if BCA cant get their escrow funds I cant imagine they will ship the goods.

I guess the Canadian effect will be zero, and I cant help feeling this has somehow been orchestrated by vendors who didn't want the competition, but I'm only guessing and I suppose we will never know.

I buy my bud elsewhere anyway (biggy too expensive for me, for bud), and I've managed to maintain contact with them too, so I guess its no problem for me, but the whole way this has happened seems pretty underhanded and unfair, and I just hope that by shutting them down as they have, they have not stopped too many from trying what was fantastic bud at excellent prices.

I had heard that following legislation, canadian was the new cali. I don't know if that's true, but I'm very glad I got to try it while it was around!

And TinTin, I’m not sure you saying you’ve managed to maintain contact with them for purchasing off site will help there cause.

Appreciate what you are saying, but I should make it clear I never had contact out of biggie before their page was blocked. I never got the impression they were taking anything off site, far from it, they seemed very keen on building here in the biggy community, and I never got a sense of them playing foul. Any vendor you purchase from has your contact details. I got three letters from vendors when Empire fell...

I have a strange urge to buy some coloured laces? I wander where I got that idea? Hehe

I wasn’t having a pop man, just how others will read into it!
Like you say though we’ll unlikely find out the real truth and like zz87 I genuinely hope none of the good guys here get stung! Head to bboylaces. com mang and pimp the sneakers! :)

Im there bro! Orange is the new black!

I think I've been stung - still waiting for an order from the 8th and am in no man's land with no contact available to BCA. And I'm not the only one waiting. Of course if it does land, I'll eat my words. Keep your fingers crossed for me, peace Biggaz x

The cleanup borg just said they've been trying to go off site to avoid transaxe and that they'd been warned about it several times... that doesn't sound good to be honest although those warning messages can pop up for no reason at all!

I can only speak from my own experiences, but the efforts to get them removed appear to have been under way for some time and I was not approached to go elsewhere despite having a decent chat with em. Now that their page has been removed I have made contact elsewhere, but till last night it was all about biggy.

Something smells fishy, but I guess we will never know the whole story :)

Whatever happened I just hope none of our biggas lose out that's what I don't want to see :( and if there was stuff going in a hidden topic like they said then I wish biggas would be more open and not hide away coz we have to look after each other!

Glad it's gone well for the biggas who got it tho!, none of my business but whatever you do going forward be safe mate :)

I was not aware of any hidden topic, but I was on their VIP page? Didn't see anything unusual?
Maybe I'm just a bit thick (wife nods enthusiastically).

Maybe I'm just doing the optimist thing again, but I doubt anyone will lose out as they appeared really genuine! Whats done is done, they move on, we move on.

Yup just read that and unfortunately that the rules for everyone, regardless of the size of the operation and where they actually operate from.

That’s a shame, from where I was sitting they seemed genuine and they def brought the prices down for the none Z buying customers like me.

More power to them! Get more of that BC bud flooding the UK yo!
I'd love a fat order but not sure I fancy international post.

Love the photography

Cheers mate! :)

I’m serious man. I’ve been in my house almost a year now and have spent many a stoned afternoons looking at your pics. You do excellent work.

Getting these shots is really satisfying but very time consuming! Check this one, I’ll put the real size thing on the next comment!

And the kit in the next one.

It helps with DOMS!? I need to try that. Thanks for the review.

Good strong indicas are superb for DOMS mate!

What a great shot!
I'm salivating just looking at it..yum.....

Cheers brother! Lovely but of flower this one!

Hope you’re well man.

Thanks buddy.
Unfortunately I'm off work with 'burn out'. I never knew what that really meant, but it means your body over-reacts to stress with huge adrenaline surges you cant control. My wife dropped a tray in the kitchen the other day and it left me shaking like I had Parkinson's for 3 hours! Blah! On my 4th month off and really hoping I recover soon, I'm a working man and I'm not comfortable being off so long :)
Bud and hash are helpful to me, and at least I got a PS5 on release so I've had plenty of gaming!

Hope things are good for you bro, stay safe and keep doing as you do! xD

Shit mate not good, never heard of that either but I’m definitely aware of the stress caused by the current state of things! I think everyone’s mental health is fragile at the moment whether they care to admit it or not! Feel you on the working man angle too as my work has suffered pretty bad and left me nowhere near as busy as I usually am! I started running 6 months ago and now running around 250km a month and find it helps no end for the old mind monkeys!

Take good care my man, you’ll be back to fighting fit in no time I’m sure.

Keep keepin’on! :)

BTS

It looks like I could just grab it and break a bit off for my next spliff haha quality work mate :)

Cheers man!

Only thing you’re really missing with the capsules is a fatty food to help with absorption. The caps on their own should bang ok but with something fatty like peanut butter the THC absorbs much more efficiently resulting in better longer lasting effects. Personally I would use capsules for micro dosing if I was inclined to do so

Thanks man, makes sense! I’m thinking I might heat it up in coconut oil, strain it and then capsulise that.

I was just reading about some thing/method called ‘Swamp Water’ lol