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Question about etiquette in drug deals

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when i was younger and a pothead the etiquette in drug deals was not to give the dealer money before you had the bud, it was always acceptable.

these days i still do this (with hard drugs though, not weed) as i refuse to get robbed (i would react with ultraviolence and put myself in danger of harm and/or arrest) so i still demand the drugs before i hand over the money. sometimes the other person/people will start bitching and yelling, or trying to scare me but i'm not willing and can't afford to get money taken from me.

so i was wondering what is generally the etiquette in drug deals, money or drugs first?
 
I go to the bathroom or somewhere else where no-one can see me and count out the exact amount of money I need (I do this all the time even before going to the gas station to get cigarettes or whatever), so I don't have to pull out my wallet and let people see how much money I got. I won't even show them the money untill I get to see it on the scale, and take it out of the bag and check out the quality. Only thieves want the money before drugs.
 
Laquan27 said:
Only thieves want the money before drugs.
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ya i assume someones gonna rob me if they ask for money first, it's happened a bunch of times recently and it struck me as strange that so many people would try to rob me in short succession.

and i'm not even talking "i'll go get it after you give me the money"

it still strikes me as a robbery if it's in their hand and ask for the money before handing it to me, i assume they'll try to make a mad dash or some other junky bullshit.
 
Asking for the money first is the fiery red flag telling you to get the fuck outta there. I've found that when the money is requested up front it is nine times out of ten a straight robbery. There have been a few times when I've held out on characters like this and actually ended up getting product (copping off the street). But yea I live by the golden rule, never give money away or front unless its your best friend. It's not like you are giving him a deposit on a job or something, it's straight business and you should get what you came for way before currency comes into play. This isn't McDonalds
 
it depends on who you are dealing with

i've been dealing with my guy steadily for years now and i guess it's whatever makes it through the car window first. either my money or the dope. never had a problem with him.
 
Last time I paid in advance I never saw the dealer (or the drugs) again. Only hand over the cash if the dealer has the drugs ready. Give them time to count the cash, while you inspect the product, and if all is good you can both go on your merry way. :)
 
I've been buying drugs from the same people for years now, there is definitely a trust that has evolved which makes it easier, if I'm not going to the persons house I have the money counted out beforehand, if I'm meeting them in public than I just have it ready and we trade.

I really only buy prescription opiates and prescription amps, rarely in large quantities, so it's not that sketchy really. I notice some people like to talk and make it friendly, others just like to make the exchange as quick as possible, I usually prefer the as quick as possible method even though I actually like all the people I go through.
 
njevad said:
it depends on who you are dealing with

i've been dealing with my guy steadily for years now and i guess it's whatever makes it through the car window first. either my money or the dope. never had a problem with him.
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Yea, thats wat i was gonna say. sounds like yall aint copped on the street much. when you coppin on some hot ass block you dont sit there like, no give me the dope first! its just however you hand it off. you do it at the same time, or watever. when you deal with your regular guy you aint gotta worry about that shit. they trust u, to some extent and u trust them that same amount and you know neither one of you wants to fuck it up so it aint some kidn of "no, you first" thing.


but anyways, this thread is borderline stupid yo, Etiquette? in a drug deal? who the hell cares. "oh sorry yo, i didnt meant to hand your dope to you on the left, we all know that amounts of one bundle and higher get handed off on the RIGHT side, where is my manners? here, ill give you a extra bag, sorry, i hope you aint offended!"

the internet makes people want to discuss shit that aint got no need to get discussed. seriously, nobody would even be askin this shit , if there wasnt a internet to ask it on. you wanna ask "the drugs first or money first" then thats one thing but if you worried ab out 'etiqette'....come on now....
anyways....
 
Definitely depends on who I'm buying from. If it's a first-time kind of thing, then I would want to at least have whatever I'm buying in front of me before handing over any money. I don't think that is unreasonable. I probably wouldn't have further dealings with someone that had a problem with showing me the product first.

Most all of my transactions are: meet up, friend shows me what I've requested, hand over money, friend hands me product. I count the goods, she counts the money. We both end up happy. :)
 
i've given up giving people money first now. one time i was copping a $30 sack and my dumbass gave him the money first so he'd go to his car 5 feet away to get it, needless to say he drove off... :( another time me and a friend gave 40 each to a girl who we've fronted before, needless to say this team she took the money to pay for a rave she was going to..

fuck sketchy people
 
I do not hand over the cash unless I can see the goods or they are in my car/same area. Or sometimes I know someone that is hooking me up with a deal so it involves people "higher up" in the drug dealing hierarchy or whatever closer too the original source so I don't know them and am will to trust my buds
 
Unless your bigger than the dealer and u think he might be intimidated by u then dont hand over the loot until u get ur shit
 
If you're dealing with people you don't know its a good idea not to give them the money first. I really only deal with people I've know for a while now and I know they have integrity. I wouldn't be sketched out if they asked for the money first (even though they never do) because they are businessmen, not low life criminals. A businessman wont rip you off because they know they won't get any repeat customers if they do, and good business is all about relationships.
 
Just depends on what my dealer is doing, normally I just lay the money on the counter spread out so he can count the amount easily then wait for him to hand me my pills. Or either he will lay out the pills after i tell him what i want and then I will hand him the money.

Just get dealers to hand you the drugs at the same time you give them the money. Or find someone you can trust.
 
This is why, when I smoked marijuana, my dealer was a very close friend. I'd just come in, lay the money on the coffee table and then he'd measure it all out, or sometimes have it ready. Or sometimes he'd throw the bud to me first. And I always smoked some with him. He was a really good friend. Sadly, I haven't seen him much since I stopped smoking bud in Jan '09. I could probably hang out with him now and not be tempted to smoke. I may do that... we had good times.

Damn, I will never forget when him, my brother, and I stole a big marijuana plant from a field. It was my dealer's dealer. It was his uncle I believe. I was the driver. It was night. Old country road. Dropped them off, they ran in the field. I circled a few times and then here they came, running with a huge marijuana plant between them. It was quiet funny. They sat in the back and the plant nearly took up the whole back seat. And the smell. 8o We would have been fucked if we got pulled over. For sure.
 
I buy from personal friends, I could give them 50 dollars and take off on them for days. They will still remember what I bought and will still give it to me. I don't have to worry about being ripped off, my dealers know what I do to dealers that ripp people off. I hunt them down and put them out of business (: So money first? Drugs first? Doesn't matter to me, I know I'm getting my stuff.
 
I wouldn't do anything else. If they make a big deal about it go somewhere else.
 
Always two very sly handshakes if it's in public (CCTV cameras everywhere nowadays!) with the drugs handed over first. It's never been any other way no matter who I score from and an unwritten rule for politeness. Usually meet up for a beer anyway. I'd never buy off a stranger.
 
If you cold cop in the hood and you have someone at your car window they won't give you shit until they at least see the money in your hand, and sometimes they will ask you to count it out in front of them before they give you the shit, but if they want you to give them the money first theres a 99% chance they will walk away without giving you shit.
 
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