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How do all these CBD and vape shops stay in business?

Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:15 am
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
7726 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:15 am
I never see anyone in the parking lots and they’re everywhere.

I don’t even know wtf CBD is? Like legal non potent weed? Who buys this crap? And why do you need a store? Couldn’t you just order your trashy vape stuff online?
This post was edited on 2/21/23 at 9:16 am
Posted by lsufan9193969700
Madisonville
Member since Sep 2003
55839 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:18 am to
Trash gonna trash, baw.
Posted by YeastExtract
Member since Jul 2021
407 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:23 am to
Money laundering
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
12270 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:25 am to
Average vape shop has $29k in sales with a 40% margin. Pay a kid $15 an hour to sit behind the counter and you can clear $100k per location per year.

Horrible, horrible business.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:27 am to
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Who buys this crap?
cringey boomer dads
Posted by SouthMSReb
Member since Dec 2013
4700 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:39 am to
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I don’t even know wtf CBD is? Like legal non potent weed? Who buys this crap?


People who use it for an anti-inflammatory?

Why does it bother you?
Posted by PillPusher
Gulf Coast
Member since Oct 2009
5920 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:42 am to
They’re a front for selling illegal drugs out the back.


Allegedly.
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
59112 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 9:58 am to
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How do all these CBD and vape shops stay in business?

So we will use logic here. It is because they make a profit.

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I don’t even know wtf CBD is? Like legal non potent weed? Who buys this crap?

Cancer patients, it help with the nausea from chemo. My dog takes CBD treats to help with her joint pain because shes a 13 year old lab mix.

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And why do you need a store? Couldn’t you just order your trashy vape stuff online?

Because not everyone buys online.

Hope this helps.

Posted by runningdad85
Member since Mar 2013
313 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 10:00 am to
You don't know what CBD is? Whose fault is that? It takes a simple google search to educate yourself on that one.
This post was edited on 2/21/23 at 10:14 am
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
105978 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 10:01 am to
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So we will use logic here. It is because they make a profit.


I’m curious how many flip to dispensaries once THC is legalized in their areas as well.

Makes sense to buy up a bunch of real estate if you think legalization may happen and already have a set up for dispensing.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
135376 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 10:05 am to
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How do all these CBD and vape shops stay in business?



Welfare checks
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100174 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 11:24 am to
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
35610 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 12:36 pm to
There is a lot of off premises sales off the books in cash. Here in StTammany a bunch of Jordanians just got pinched for "underage" sales. Read marijuana
Posted by Swamp Angel
Somewhere on a river
Member since Jul 2004
9611 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 2:54 pm to
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I never see anyone in the parking lots and they’re everywhere.


The parking lots at the porn shops aren't exactly overflowing either, yet they remain in business at the same location year after year after year.

Vape shops in Georgia frequently carry Delta-8/10 and Delta-9 gummies to boost business. Weed hasn't been legalized here (yet), but there's a loophole in an agricultural bill that was passed a couple years ago that allows the sale of certain hemp based products whose THC content is below a certain threshold. So, adding that to their inventory, they bring in a slightly larger client base.

A lot of the folks who own the vape shops are the owners of the shopping strips with four or five stores total in the collection. Say the owner has five spaces available but has only leased out three. He's not going to make enough from his tenants to make the note that HE has to pay to his creditors who loaned him the money to build the strip center. So, until he can find another couple clients to fill it, he'll open up one of the spaces as a vape shop to help fill in the void to cover his note to the bank on the property. This happens all the time in Atlanta and the surrounding counties. Ownership of these new little strip centers changes pretty frequently as well for obvious reasons.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
11825 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 3:56 pm to
They also sell Delta 8 and Delta 9.

Good stuff. You should try it.
Posted by AllemanWC
Bayou Corne
Member since Jan 2015
990 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 4:23 pm to
When I pass through the LSU campus damn near every 18-25 year old is sucking on those little plastic peckers. So many adults have swapped cigarettes for the vapes. The market is huge. That’s how they stay in business.
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
17033 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 4:29 pm to
Those numbers don’t add up at all.
Is this that new math?
Posted by AUTailgater
Member since Sep 2020
43 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 4:39 pm to
My brother is addicted to huffing nitrous and gets his canisters from a vape shop in Atlanta

He's been buying these form one for at least a year that we know of

LINK
This post was edited on 2/21/23 at 4:41 pm
Posted by JBM210
Member since Dec 2010
3192 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 4:40 pm to
Yea. That’s the math they be teachin in skools now
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
Member since Nov 2010
5776 posts
Posted on 2/21/23 at 4:45 pm to
Legal delta 9 thc gummies thanks to a 2018 farm bill.
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