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HeadFood
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My fault or ripped off?
#7823793 - 01/02/08 01:27 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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Ok so my friend got a phone call from someone he knew asking if he wanted to buy some shrooms, so he said yes. He calls me up to pick up the shrooms which we were told it was 1/2 oz. When we picked it up they were still fresh and I believed weighed out to be about 2oz.
Since we planned to do them 2 days later, I told my friends I'd try to dry them out. I tried using silica gel packets as a desiccant in a sealed Tupperware container. About 24 hours later I checked on them and it had dried a little bit but the silica gel packets were not going to do any more. There was also moisture building up in the bowl. I let it air dry for about an hour and then I poured salt over the shrooms with plenty under it as a desiccant with the container not sealed this time. About 2 hours later I checked on them and they were all slimey. I quickly got paper towels and was patting the shrooms dry and trying to get as much of the salt off as possible. They air dried for another 5 or 6 hours.
It's New Years Eve and my friends and I went to a light show that started with The Beatles, continued with Led Zeppelin, and concluded with Pink Floyd which was to start at midnight. We weighed out the shrooms which now weighed about 40grams. So we weighed out 10 grams to each person (four of us) and we each ate half arounf 8:40. 9:00 The Beatles started and we couldn't wait for our trip to begin. To our disappointment we went through the whole show without anything. Since Led Zeppelin didn't start for another hour, we went back to the car and each ate our other half. Once again time passed and we were still not feeling anything at all.
Would anybody know if anything that I did to attempt to dry off the shrooms would have affected the shrooms or do you think that we got ripped off?
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7823810 - 01/02/08 01:33 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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i think you got ripped off. Its possible it was your fault (i dont know much about using silicon packets to dry shrooms out).
But if i was to bet i would say you got ripped off. It happens, i got ripped off once too.
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avidpicker
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7823811 - 01/02/08 01:33 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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2 oz would be about 5grams dried,so yeah i think you got ripped off.You shouldve eaten more.
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7823813 - 01/02/08 01:33 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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Are you certain that the shrooms you got were in fact Psylocybe?
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Solle
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7823819 - 01/02/08 01:34 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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In my experience, drying shrooms in a sealed container or sealed plastic bag makes them go bad. (I learned that the hard way, thinking they were already dried after about four days and storing them in a Tupperware box. They turned black and wet overnight.) If they got slimy, it's most likely a sign you shouldn't have been eating them at all.
The best way to dry shrooms is on paper towels.
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: Solle]
#7823877 - 01/02/08 01:55 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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Yeah I would never buy wet mushies, and you now just found out why. I hope you didn't pay to to much for them. If you did demand your money back or take revenge.
I don't know why you would have sprinkled salt directly on them lol, should have just used a fan to dry them for about 36 hours at least.
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: DontPlay]
#7823895 - 01/02/08 02:01 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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Thats weird, you shouldve at least felt something. But yeah for future reference just use a fan.
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templeton1
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The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
that would have been fucking awesome
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HeadFood
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: templeton1]
#7824086 - 01/02/08 03:04 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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Thanks everyone. My friends and I paid a total of $140. We are going to ask for some real shrooms that work, our money back, or a shit load of weed
-------------------- Phi Alpha
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mother_of_pearl
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7824110 - 01/02/08 03:12 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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You got ripped off. Fortunately you didn't get sick from them turning black however.
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mecreateme
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7824187 - 01/02/08 03:39 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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You said in your post you were buying what was supposed to be a 1/2 ounce of shrooms and yet you did not get anywhere near that. Honestly, you probably didn't even get a quarter of completely dried shrooms.
Now, it is your fault for fucking them up by putting salt on them, but you did get ripped off. Salt is for meat, bro. The air works just fine for drying shrooms out. But really, you were expecting to buy in dried weight, which you did not do, and you got much less than you were told that it would be.
Add do it that the shrooms seemed to be inactive, can't account for adding salt and sucking out all the moisture violently, never done that myself, but I would assume that it doesn't kill potency completely. I wouldn't deal with these people again unless they make good on what they did.
You got ripped off!
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: mecreateme]
#7824476 - 01/02/08 05:29 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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2oz wet..would be about 5 grams dry, or less even. split between 4 people is just a little over a gram per person. and you said you each only ate half of what you divy'd up?
So you ended up each eating 1/2 of a gram...waiting several hours, then eating another 1/2 gram? You maybe should have felt a LITTLE something..but that's not much to trip on. Figuring that you may have lost a lot of potency when they started to rot, they very well could have been cubies, just not anywhere near a half ounce, lol.
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: enesi]
#7824597 - 01/02/08 06:00 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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So you paid 140 for maybe 5 grams,even for a half oz thats a bit steep.The person you got them off of knew they were ripping you off,next time do some research beforehand so you dont get taken advantage of again.
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7825037 - 01/02/08 07:40 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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have u seen/done mushrooms before? are you sure they weren't mushrooms from the grocery store? it seems really weird that someone that would grow shrooms and sell them wet in this weird situation to people who aren't sure how to dose them/what they got. i bet u straight up got sold regular mushrooms, for weed prices.
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mother_of_pearl
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: Kodos]
#7825719 - 01/02/08 10:20 PM (16 years, 30 days ago) |
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You can get a moderate trip from 10 grams of fresh mushrooms, or a strong trip from 20 grams fresh. That is cubesis, tampanesis, or coplandia. 2 ounces should have "knocked your dick in the dirt my friend".
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mother_of_pearl
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Here is what 12 grams of fresh hawaiians look like (coplandia cyanescens)You can get a good trip off only 1/3 of these. The whole box and you are in la la land. These cost about 22 dollars American at the time.
Edited by mother_of_pearl (01/03/08 03:03 PM)
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HeadFood
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: Kodos]
#7827710 - 01/03/08 02:30 PM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Quote:
avidpicker said: So you paid 140 for maybe 5 grams,even for a half oz thats a bit steep..
On Long Island shrooms average $35-40 an 1/8 so $140 for an oz would be $35 an 1/8.
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Kodos said: have u seen/done mushrooms before? are you sure they weren't mushrooms from the grocery store? it seems really weird that someone that would grow shrooms and sell them wet in this weird situation to people who aren't sure how to dose them/what they got.
Yes I have done shrooms 4 other time before. I thought it was wierd too to sell fresh but one other time I had bought wet and they were just fine.
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avidpicker
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7828350 - 01/03/08 04:58 PM (16 years, 29 days ago) |
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Sorry to hear that you guys in long island get taxed so much on boomers.I dont pay shit now,except supplies,but even when i was a teen i never paid more than 20 for an eighth.Better luck next time.
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HeadFood
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Re: My fault or ripped off? *DELETED* [Re: avidpicker]
#7831122 - 01/04/08 08:35 AM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Post deleted by HeadFoodReason for deletion: Irrelevant
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7831190 - 01/04/08 08:51 AM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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You got ripped off, you should be buying shrooms that are already dried unless you are friends with the grower and requested some freshies. Or if for some odd reason this particular person usually sells fresh shrooms then they should give the buyer a good idea on how much they will need to eat for a decent trip. Also they should be telling people how to store them and handle them prior to tripping, cus honestly it's tough to keep freshies in good shape. They should be consumed soon after purchase, or dried out. Really it shoulda been a tip off when you asked for a half ounce and were given 2oz.
I feel bad for ya, i've never bought bunk shrooms or even gotten screwed. Well to be honest i way overpaid for an eighth one time but it was the best 1/8th i've ever eaten, coulda easily tripped off of half. Acid however, it seems like i get ripped off with every other time i buy it (rc instead of good ol luc)
Edited by opensaysme (01/04/08 08:53 AM)
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mecreateme
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: HeadFood]
#7831425 - 01/04/08 10:17 AM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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The prices aren't that high. You got ripped off by someone who knew you didn't know much.
I would try to get the remaining quarter or so of dried shrooms that the guy owes you. You got ripped by a dick who knew he could take advantage of you.
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: templeton1]
#7831641 - 01/04/08 11:27 AM (16 years, 28 days ago) |
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Quote:
templeton1 said: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
that would have been fucking awesome
i fucking couldnt agree more
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templeton1
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Quote:
mother_of_pearl said: Here is what 12 grams of fresh hawaiians look like (coplandia cyanescens)You can get a good trip off only 1/3 of these. The whole box and you are in la la land. These cost about 22 dollars American at the time.
i can definitely attest to that. when i was in amsterdam this summer i bought a box of 12 g fresh hawaiian copelandia and readily ate them up. at that time i was not very experienced with shrooms, so i naturally assumed that this trip would be equivalent to that of 1.2 dried grams....WRONG. I was already lifting off T+20 minutes and was fully tripping within 40 minutes (and continued to for a good 5 hours). After some quite sobering events (visiting the Anne Frank museum with my family who did not know that i was tripping among other things) I had learned a very valuable lesson:
Respect the Fungus.
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opensaysme
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Quote:
mother_of_pearl said: Here is what 12 grams of fresh hawaiians look like (coplandia cyanescens)You can get a good trip off only 1/3 of these. The whole box and you are in la la land. These cost about 22 dollars American at the time.
Were those purchased in England or Amsterdam? Or somewhere else?
I love seeing pictures/videos of legally bought shrooms, i don't know theres just something neat about it. Anyone have any more shots of legally bought shrooms in their packaging?
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Helpme1
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: opensaysme]
#7886096 - 01/15/08 09:36 PM (16 years, 17 days ago) |
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I *HATE* tripping harder than you originally plan to.
I mean if its the difference between a 1.5 and 2.5, no biggie....but i can totally relate to how you felt. I am not sure how hard your trip was. but lets just say ive had dosages that i honestly didn't even believe i would trip off of, so skeptical off the bat, and then ending up tripping as hard as 8+ grams. Ego-death, ahoy!
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mother_of_pearl
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Re: My fault or ripped off? [Re: opensaysme]
#7887592 - 01/16/08 09:00 AM (16 years, 16 days ago) |
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Quote:
opensaysme said:
Were those purchased in England or Amsterdam? Or somewhere else?
I love seeing pictures/videos of legally bought shrooms, i don't know theres just something neat about it. Anyone have any more shots of legally bought shrooms in their packaging?
Those and the pictures of the others in my user gallery were all purchased this last November in Amsterdam. Most of the mushrooms grown in Amsterdam are grown by two brothers. There is an article about them in high times.
Edited by mother_of_pearl (01/16/08 09:26 AM)
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