Thread: Question about marijuana dealers

I have tried to read this thread from beginning to end, but by the the time I get to post...........wait a minute.................sorry had to scroll up.

By the time I get to post 12, I completely forget what I read and have to start over.

Awesome thread dude.

Epic!

The way it worked with some friends I knew (wink wink) is the dealer would go a bigger dealer (or distributor) and take X amount on loan. Then he would owe the bigger dealer money. But he was also getting lower prices because he was getting in bulk. So the smaller dealer turns around, increases the price, makes a profit and then pays back the distributor what he owes him.

The answer actually completely depends on context.

• Is the dealer only a little older than the guy in school being sold to or is he mid 20s?
• Where is this happening? What city/country/region and year?

Reseller

• A 15 year old buys a larger amount than single use.
• Let's say he buys 1oz (28~g)
• He buys it for around £150 (not real value by the way)
• He breaks it into smaller bags, traditionally 3.54g (1/8; £20) or 1.77g (1/16; £10)
• Actual weights will be more like 2.7g (£20) or 1.2g (£10)
• Profit is made from discount at bulk (1oz is cheaper than buying smaller; hello economics) and cheating the weight

Supported Seller

• No restriction on age but generally older with connections to the distributors that the resellers use
• Distributor shares amount between sellers (dependent on known sales volume per seller)
• Distributor can set price and weight restrictions to accomplish 'brand' loyalty
• Profit comes from profit-sharing with distributor at street prices vs weight
• Could encourage loyalty with better weights (3.0g/3.2g instead of 2.7g)
• Distributor has access to large amounts so can work on large economies of scale

Drug dealing is the same as any other business, what is more likely depends on the characters involved, how much detail you want to go into and the context we are discussing here. What I described above is more modern in terms of structure and of course from what I know about what happens in London specifically.

Hope this gave some info and wasn't just a bad copy of other's comments

Originally Posted by redrock

Thanks this is helpful. I need to have my distributor be a menacing character who tries to get revenge on my high school dealer kid so for my story its better if the kid is always owing him money.

The way it worked in the 70's was a person started small. I quickly realized that people would be willing to front ten dollars for an ounce and trust me with the money. Ten people equaled $100.00 which was what a pound sold for back then. After removing the large stems then separating it into bags the size of a beer can or "four fingers" as was the standard, I would then meet the ten people at a remote location say on the river bank at night. After cutting out ten bags there was always 6-8 bags left for me to sell or keep.

Generally, the relationship between a supplier of pounds and a distributor of bags was a friendly one, there was mutual trust involved. Eventually the supplier would then front the pound and wait for his money. In the 70's he didn't have to wait long.

Making the story real, the menacing character should be a rival dealer or supplier who sees your character as competition that needs to be eliminated. There was always a mutual trust between the supplier and the dealer or the relationship would never have taken place.