I've posted a lot about the middleman thing....I guess it really comes down to if you have a habit or not and whether or not I know you....
If you have a decent size habit and have to buy enough dope to get you and your girlfriend well for the night...If I already copped that day, I'll do it for you as a favor, particularly if you drive...
If you're still using heroin recreationally, you don't need to get a bundle for what I pay for it....You'll never be able to finish it anyway, having seven bags left over the next day isn't doing you any good...If I'm sick and a recreational dope user asks me to get them a bundle, I'll tell them I want half for getting it...Five bags is enough to kill them anyway, they don't need a whole bundle...
I don't fuck with people's bags or lie about what I'm giving them...Honestly, if I'm sick and you only want a half gram, there's nothing I can do for you...The little bump and the five dollars gas you wanna give me isn't worth it...I won't fuck with your bag or burn you, I just wont do it!
Yea it def depends on the persons circumstances, but you getting half the bundle seems steep. I think that charging double for the first bag (guaranteeing that you get 1 off the bat) and then $5 on top of every bag after that is fair for the most part (maybe stopping the tax after a certain amount though), then more or less depending on circumstances.
I definitely saw a change in how middle-men charged me from when I was living at home and working a lot to when I was on the streets. Another factor is what you bring to the table. If you have your own connects that the person might need you for if their connects aren't around then they should know better than to charge you the same tax as the people that solely rely on them to get them shit. So if you've got connects then a 1 bag tax on 2 bags or less then a 2 bag tax on anything over that is fine by me, and is what has been my experience.
The worst though is if there's one person driving and then another person who has the connect, so both are trying to get extra from it. That's when it's hardly worth it since you are likely going to be paying double per bag at that point. Not on my watch...