Ah . That IT guy . <| sep |> Finally ! All lame guns though ! <| sep |> Can we take another look at Florida and NC while we ' re at it ? <| sep |> haha , i lol ' d . but on a serious note , the idea is actually that the timing is really on , just not perfect . Like a really good drummer . No human can hit it on the beat every time . But a really good drummer can get pretty damn close . That ' s what you want , at least IMO . RelevantHeRZyL 89 tIfeatureyoutu . bet 4 m 17 s <| sep |> Do you happen to live on Elm St . ?<| sep |> Well , it is hard to compare pharma companies who make the meds overcharging than a retailer who are buying a product and then reselling it . I was not defending anyone charging $ 400 a kilo because that is insane no matter what you are paying or your expenses are . If you have to charge that much , you need to change your business model or leave the business . But , I do not believe every vendor charging more than $ 120 a kilo is price gouging . As I said before , expenses and other factors vary too much between vendors . I seriously doubt all vendors are paying $ 40 or less . In fact , if things are still the same from a few years ago , I know they are not . As of a couple of years ago , there was over 200 online kratom vendors in the US . Some of them are very large and have lots of buying power which are the vendors we mainly see here in this sub . However , there are a ton of other vendors we never see discussed here and some of them are very small companies with like 2 or 3 people working . They likely do not have the buying power of a larger vendor . If you go to a mom and pop owned convenience store , there prices will always be higher than what you find at WalMart or Target because their cost is substantially higher . It is the same with kratom vendors of varying sizes . Do you remember when Best Buy sold CDs and they were 9 . 99 to 12 . 99 but when you went to Sam Goody or a local record store and they were 16 . 99 to 18 . 99 ? That is the same concept . Sam Goody wasnt price gouging , they just didnt have the buying power to be able to charge such low prices . I just dont like to assume that a business is purposedly ripping people off . Before I owned my own business , I probably would have the same mindset . But , I now know how hard it is , how competitive it is , and how little control you have over certain elements of your business . Also , it is very likely that some kratom vendor who have higher priced kilos have them priced that way because they do not want to sell kilos they want to sell smaller quantities . That is a pretty common tactic used by businesses in all types of industries . I do it with certain services that I just hate doing so it is basically an attitude of I will do it but it is going to cost . Insurance companies are notorious for this for like insuring certain vehicles , people who live in certain areas or other demographics . Please do not think I am defending people overcharging others and I agree that it is shitty for new people . I was one of those new people years ago and paid a lot more for leaf than I should have . But , I also dont want to see a business get bad mouthed on the assumption they are ripping people off when that may not be the case . Not that you were bad mouthing anyone .