lmno said:
I hear about this from time to time about most drug dealers not making much. What do you guys think? Would you say that the majority of drug dealers don't make shit?
Discuss.
Some of this is common sense. If drug dealers didn’t make reasonable or desired compensation then they wouldn’t continue doing it. Still, the “majority” of dug dealers that don’t make anything are your bottom feeders who choose to sell just enough to support their own drug use, and that’s all they are interested in. Therefore based on their particular goals, they are successful in that much.
Anyone who enters into the business for the purpose of making a profit, and has the customer base, the supply chain or vendors, and the resources in which to operate will/can be successful. However, it is just like most other businesses… if you don’t know how to run it, you aren’t going to last long. Are “most” businesses in general successful or do “most” fail, or “not make vary much”?
TheodoreRoosevelt said:
Also, it requires an inordinate amount of work and devotion to be a drug dealer; because you don't show up at an office or have a boss per say, many people think that they are making more money on average than they really are, not taking into account how many hours they are logging. It's a full time job and requires you to be working much longer than any 9-5.
So yes, I'd agree. Drug dealing is extremely non-profitable, and the only people making money are the top dogs who are in charge of large-scale shipping operations over borders, or oversee the synthesis of raw products. Everyone else is simply a slave.
I have to agree with Roger, you obviously don’t know anything about dealing. That’s not a bad thing really, I just wonder why you would talk and use wording as if you do.
Extremely non-profitable? Inordinate amount of work and devotion? A full time job?
Each of those is blatantly false. Most dealers who chose to sell for profit, even set working hours… often part time in addition to their legit full time jobs. Even with those hours a dealer can make a substantial profit per week. It can require a decent amount of devotion at times to remain successful but it isn’t in excesses of the effort one must place in any self employed operation, and often requires less. Such devotion, and some overhead, usually goes to guard against the know risks from law enforcement.
TheodoreRoosevelt said:
Think of it this way: If drug dealers had to pay $100 a month for their activities to stay safe, than alot less people would deal drugs because it would be too costly.
$100 a month is too much overhead for a drug dealer? If that was the case there would be a lot more dealers. The only deterrent for dealing is the same thing that makes it so profitable… government law.
pkt said:
I could have made hundreds and thousands of euro's selling dope if i wasn't using at the time.
Selling drugs can be a very lucrative business if you are not an addict yourself.
I've known plenty of people who got set for life, needless to say none of them used the drugs they sold.
The people making the mint off drugs are obviously not drug abusers themselves.
It depends on your usage, and how much you are selling at a time. Obviously what you use is taking out of your profit, but often dealers get around the issue you experienced by procuring product for resale, and purchase personal use amounts separately. You just avoid dipping your hand into the business cookie jar. Often the dealers personal stash is much better quality than what they sell, but personally all my stuff was kept the same good quality through purification even if I had to lose a little weight after buying from the supplier. Quality kept me a good customer base, rather than being concerned about quantity.
rat tat tat tat said:
The ghetto type that I deal with works at a factory during the night and slangs during the daytime, he's got a kid tho. To me most successful dealers are bound to get jacked.
pkt said:
^^^
Getting jacked is inevitable unless you got a whole crew to back you up.
Not true, and making those type of assumptions can get people in trouble. Again, like it is for most businesses, and because there IS excellent profitability potential, a serious dealer will have alarm systems, surveillance, and most likely be well armed. A mob crew can be hired is necessary to resolve disputes, but any fool thinking of jacking a dealer better be smart and well prepared.
Edited -GM
