Doobius1
Well-Known Member
Its hard not to lose faith in humanity when this kind of thing happens.I hear ya , long post comming .
Sadly it is human nature to exploit everything for our benefit , i feel ya on the slimey end of the business , i spent allmost 3 yrs owning & operating a non profit co-op , the only liscensed med mj business in Michigan , i set the business up where all 3 owners could become millionaires within 10 yrs & at the same time provide quality jobs where our employees could make a carrer & support their family without working 1,000 hrs a month , i showed my partners how we could legally take $100k salaries for ourselves , pay employees $16 to $20 an hour & at the same time give away 1/5 th of our gross weight to patients with the top 6 diseases .
I showed them how we could provide healthy & nutritious meals delievered to shut in's in need of medibles at no cost to the patient , i showed them how we could afford to give discounted meds to low income patients after our doctor approved their illness as not being a back ache , or a questionable reason to have a med card & still be able to pay ourselves & employees bonuses legally & still remain non profit .
I was so proud of what we accomplished , proud as hell to have 7 employees who we paid enough to become middle class , proud of the people we helped with free meds & most of all proud of the shut in's who ate my wifes home cooked meals made with canna butter , canna oil & laced heavily with hash , the wife & i delievered many of the meals ourselves when our driver was too busy filling orders , proud of going from being a 2 time looser felon with a prison record from violence where i hurt people to a man who gave back to people who NEED MEDICAL mj , proud to be thought of as a good person from helping so many people , even the city council approved & applauded our helping the community & i loved that feeling .
Even though my 2 partners never put up one dollar to buy the grow building & its grow gear , not one red cent in buying & remodeling the store front building , neither partner helping ME operate a legal 400 plant grow using eight 4 x 8 flood tables & trimming 25 lbs a month they got greedy & wanted more profit faster , they saw free meds as lost revenue , they saw discounted meds as bad business , they saw our hot meal.program as laughable waste , they started stealing lbs of my top flight buds & selling the lbs off the books , they mixed in schwag they grew poorly with my primo bud to make up for the missing buds .
Each partner was making less than $50k a yr before going in business with me & making $100k to $150k a yr wasn't enough for them , they had dozens of scams going & started cooking the books , they had so many scams going i couldn't keep track of the money & was in danger of getting charged with a felony for using non profit status as a front .
I ended up selling most of my 51% controlling interest back to the business along with the grow bldg, all the gear & 8 fully stocked tables , they paid my asking price for the business with all cash ! , took out loans to buy the buildings from me , dropped non profit & relaunched as an unliscensed dispensary , raised prices , stopped all free or discounted meds , cut employee wages & fired my store manager , replacing her with their family member , they sell moldy bud , uncured bud , moist bud & put shake in peoples high priced buds .
I coulda made them millionaires legally while still helping people & their greed blinded them , they threw away a 40 yr friendship with me & shit on everybody they could all so they could become filthy rich overnight , they are as slimey as the business gets so i understand why so many people blame fuckheads like the growers outlined in this thread , the shit those guys pulled with running thousands of plants dont help our situation & gives government patsies to blame law amendments on , greedy dicks just like my ex partners , i feel victimized from showing them how to grow mass volumes & for teaching them the business .
I took a down and out 35 year long best friend, gave him a job, a phone, a truck, set him up good. $20 an hour. He turns, takes his training and all my company secrets and starts his own biz.
All we can do Pan is know that Karma takes care of people like this
