I have a question... As Shakemarker says, I too wish it was 3-4 years ago. Coke was so much better quality, even your average street dealer was getting half decent stuff. We were getting very good stuff for £50 a g back then, crystalline rocks and lumps of flakey goodness. Didn't even really appreciate how good it was. And when it was short notice even the twats round here could get decent repress for £40 or so.
So my question, we know why the prices of MDMA has rised recently. Lack of raw materials, less production, RC's.... many other factors and the fact it wasn't around means people are simply willing to pay more.
What I'm wondering is why has coke gone up in price? According to SOCA the wholesale price for cocaine went up conciderably a while back.. But why did this happen? And why did 90%+ of coke become utter shite 2years ago? I'm not saying it was all brilliant before by any means.. but there was much more of the quality stuff around and even the repress actually had a % 3 years ago. There was obviously crap bits too, there always would have been.
The only reason I can see for this hike in price with coke is because they are greedy as fuck and putting less and less in it, so this makes the good stuff worth more? But then when you think about it, it doesnt explain why its costing more wholesale really.. Unless they just know it can be sold for more, so charge accordingly?