Next step if that happens is either. My weed group or back to hub 420 who accept difrent payment options if required. Bless

I'm with Halifax and not had any issues purchasing crypto, apparently RBS and Natwest are friendly to crypto purchases too.

That is who i switched to(HBOS) after Virgin decided to stop me buying btc through blockchain,they asured me they would not be blocking my transactions as i need btc for more than just on here,so far so good and visa seem to be less annoying than mastercard for fraud checks

Get your self to lloyds or any bank that accept crypto my friend and apply with new bank to purchase any bitcoin. I read all over people's banks have stopped this . Not looking forward to when or if llloyds start this also but lloyds fair for me only other sites accept PayPal and credit card only some tho . But don't think little biggy do this

Thanks mate, apparently all companies and banks have to upgrade to this within 1 year. So changing banks won’t work as they have upgraded.
I’m stumped now!

Hi Rhlr

I've been to hell and back with this too.

It IS a big issue on LB but given the number of permutations between banking providers and exchanges some people are affected where others don't even though they are on the same exchanges (and different banks) or vice versa.

I won't name which UK bank suddenly decided to block all my coinbase purchase attempts back in Nov (and my subsequent attempts to do so form 6 other popular exchanges) but as some of you have said this is Government driven (another thing to remember when we go to vote in a couple of years biggas -> I for one will not forget and not forgive).

Having worked in the City in the 90s I bet you that this bout of Governmental control freakishness will probably stop at the dragon gates at the beginning of Fleet Street (where the current PM still has his mates from his previous job remember?).

For us little people and commoners we are facing a complete clamp down on most if not all UK banks.

My November rant is well documented and I can now confirm that the one and only crypto exchange approved by the FCA UK enabled me to purchase on LB again (as of yesterday after the mandatory 60 days wait for debit card transfers).

It turned out to my advantage given the BC has gone up big time since then but I'm wary of boasting about that one exchange (you know the one) allowing us to do business here in case the fuzz is reading our posts (although they seem to be pretty busy indulging in more reprehensible behaviour themselves these days).

The whole money laundering bollox is just an excuse to assert control (did PPE medpro issue crypto transactions - nope - neither did private foreign funders of some of the UK political parties).

At least there is a glimpse of hope now that the FCA has rubber stamped one (and one only) of the exchanges for approval.

Live and learn

Updating my own post...

A quick web search seem to point to a few other exchanges being FCA approved as of late.

There is a search engine on the FCA website to check whether an exchange is approved for crypto business HOWEVER Bitpanda is listed there and I had no luck in transferring from my bank into Bitpanda so go figure.

The one which I ended up using is also listed there and it works - everything else failed (and I've tried every other one suggested here apart from revolut and the one I'm currently using).

The morale is (vendors are going to love me saying this - vendors you're welcome to send freebies my way ;0) ):

1) stash up as much as you can in case things go wrong

2) ask other biggas about their experience

3) do you research and be prepared to switch exchanges at short notice

Cheers

People keep saying to go with Lloyds- I’ve been a Lloyds customer since God was a boy and they’ve done everything possible to block my crypto purchases. I’ve had to escalate my complaints three times and make various declarations and it’s still touch and go…
I know we only call it as we find it but my experience is that Lloyds is no great solution 🙈..

Lol its me polly who says lloyds. Only cos I had no bad experiences touch wood. But I also say any bank who accept bitcoin try with them . Il be swapping as soon as llloyds stop mine. Maybe people have different experiences with banks. Bless

Monzo digital bank

I've smoked CBD flower for the past 18 months. I mix usually 3:1 CBD:THC. The CBD tea (bud) as it is marketed in the UK for legal reason, is stupidly expensive and mid quality. It's on par with THC flower in some places in price. I order directly from a farm in Oregon (horncreekhemp) and have ordered from a few other US farms but HCH do a 'fat' ounce (30g) for $30 and it's banging. Professionally grown, professionally cured, lots of strains and CBG flower also, professionally delivered to the UK with all the lab reports and a letter to law enforcement etc (it's still illegal here as it's not less than 0.3thc, usually comes in around the 1% mark for thc. Also it's still illegal in flower form here regardless of thc content. I'd certainly be interested in what CBD flower you may be able to stock but I've usually found that it's cheaper for me to purchase it from America (slight risk but I've had 10/10 of my orders arrive with no problems and perfect stealth) and even with shipping it works out better priced. And it shits on all the stuff grown in Switzerland and Italy.

I'm thinking of ordering a fat oz. Any particular strain you'd recommend?

My last order was 10 ounces which was made up of 7 different strains and they all were great. Definitely try the CBG flower if you haven't already

Thanks. Just tried putting an order in and for some reason it will only allow me to select US delivery. Odd because they clearly say they ship internationally.

Yeah I like cbd to mix with thc bud and hash.

I would be very interested in CBD bud for a realistic price. The stuff you can buy from UK sellers is ridiculously overpriced and the shipping they charge is a joke. One leading site wanted £10 shipping to send me 2g of shake.

PS I could also make you aware of US farms that I know ship to the UK and offer wholesale.

I think there would be some interest on LB, as only a couple of vendors are stocking CBD products in quite a small way...personally Ive tried several CBD buds,vapes and edibles and have used them when I might just want the taste & benefits without the THC highs..also of interest for me would be buds with low THC/higher CBD amounts which might just give you a nice "body buzz" & fractional "highs"...I would try and stock a few and see what response you get...Hope this helps in any way :) Cheers guys!

My advice is to just mix CBD flower with THC flower until you find your dosage.

Good idea...I think getting the dosage right might take several tries but in theory I can see it may well work :)

Start as low as .1g THC maybe and fill the rest with CBD. My sweet spot for smoking is .2thc to .5cbd but tolerance comes in to it eventually.

Many thanks for that advice....I will give that a try...do you mean weighing both cbd/thc buds on a 5/2 ratio?

Yes. So for example .2thc with .6cbd would be a 1:3 ratio

Thanks for clarifying :)