ATTN: ALL GROWERS, you must see this video.

cowboylogic

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He willingly lied up until the point he got fired. Big Mike is a big whining baby. Yet a new low for the fat fuck What a bunch of bunk. Keep spending ypur money on his piece by piece products. Oh wait, many have come to thier senses and stopped buying his over priced shit. Thats why he has all of these tabloid videos out.
 
He willingly lied up until the point he got fired. Big Mike is a big whining baby. Yet a new low for the fat fuck What a bunch of bunk. Keep spending ypur money on his piece by piece products. Oh wait, many have come to thier senses and stopped buying his over priced shit. Thats why he has all of these tabloid videos out.
And the academy award goes tooooo...
I really had no clue what this was all about, but as they say "First impressions are everything".
MIKE, you're a real SCUMBAG. I can here his gripes about his competition cornering the market... but 33 mins. long? Really?
And why did he bring up that guys special needs kid? Calling his wife out too. What an idiot.
If I ever go back to watch this vid. it's only to find out the name of MIKES company so as I am NOT to spend my money there.
 

doc111

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Big Mike is unbelievable! So now he's found a disgruntled former employee of Sunlight Supply. Is anyone seriously falling for this crap? I will say it again.......it's because of Operation Green Merchant that the owner of Sunlight Supply is pissed at Big Mike and AN. Big Mike is putting the entire grow shop/hydro industry at risk by continuing his personal crusade. I agree in principle with what Big Mike is doing as far as standing up and saying what his products are for. On the other hand by doing this he is putting everybody who uses his products at risk. Evidently Big Mike thinks all of his customers are idiots and don't know what he's up to. This tactic of recruiting disgruntled former employees of his competition is a new low........even for Big Mike. :roll:
 

Tyrannabudz

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What has got to stop is these fat cats with deep pockets playing Monopoly. A person should be able to choose which products he is able to buy and like wise store owners ought to be able to sell whatever products they wish to sell. Fair competition is what keeps the industry on the cutting edge. But there can't be fair competition when the corporate giants band together to protect thier own interests.

I wanted to open a hydro store in my area. So I contacted several wholesalers to inquire about prices in order to work out a merchandise budget. I contacted the biggest ones first Hydrofarm, National Garden Wholeale, and BWGS.
I never got a reply from BWGS and National Garden Wholesale sent me an e-mail saying that they have fulfilled all of thier account quotas in my area and were not interested in opening any new accounts. Hydrofarm responded with open arms but wanted to know how much start- up capital I had to work with and where I wanted to open a store before they would consider even just a straight cash account with them, much less credit.

They did not see the value in helping out a hopeful small business owner. Apparently they have all the stores they need to sell thier products. They want to be not only in control of your inventory but also they wish to control who you do other wholesale business with. They want you to lie to people in order to help thier bottom line. So you stick your neck out there risking your 401k or whatever source of capital you have to start a business with, and you wind up working for the wholesaler. If you are not willing to play along then they make it harder for you to compete by limiting your credit or playing keep away with your order. All while giving your direct competitors an advantage by giving them great credit terms for playing Monopoly with them.

There is a big thing about alcohol going on in my state right now. The law recently was changed allowing liquor stores to be open on Sundays. Now the grocery stores and convenience stores wish to sell 6.0% alc. beer and hard liquor. These stores had the Sunday alcohol sales market locked down. They were able to sell 3.2% alc. beer on Sundays before the new law was enacted. Now of course no one is buying 3.2 beer at the grocery store on Sunday because the liquor store next door has the good shit. So the grocers and convenience stores started a petition to allow them to sell the hard stuff. Keeping in mind these are corporate owned stores with locatons throughout the United States, With thier buying power they will undoubtedly be getting a much better deal then the mom and pop liquor stores recieve. I am not a drinker so it does not effect me anyway. But the owners of the liquor stores are going to go out of business. It is the Wal- Mart way of doing business.
Bottom line is Greed must stop but that will most likely never happen.

Just keep doing as your told and all will be just fine.

" Fuck you I won't do what you tell me!"
Rage Against YOUR Machine
 

cowboylogic

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So you actually believed the BS coming out there mouths TY? Mike has been crying over dropping sales for over a year now. It has nothing to do with a 'conspiracy' against AN. Most likely just the fact people are tired of paying for overpriced and incomplete products. In a tough economy less known and cheaper products have a way of making there way to the surface. And many growers are learning that you do not need all of the 'bells and whistles' your just throwing your money away. Inexperienced growers flock to these products, hoping for a miricle to make up for lack of horticulture skills. Veteran have learned long ago, give what they need, when they need it.
 
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