Have you ever had to ask for a front?

I have always had a job since I was 13/14, so money is never an issue.  Although when I pick-up I don't always have enough cash so I end up hitting my guy back the next day.
 
I guess that's a front but since we are cool he knows he will get his money the next day or whenever I see him next. 

 

Fuck fronts. It isnt worth it for the dealer because he has to meetup with you twice for the pay of doing it once.

 

im sure if you weren't cool with your dealer that would be the case. But if you're buying lots and becoming quite good friends with the guy and developing trust then fronting is not a big deal. I personally never ask for fronts though.


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I disagree. I think you remain cool with your dealer by specifically not doing this. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

 

No but I've been offered multiple times by friends/dealers

 

Never ever ever ever ever ever have I had to ask for a front. If I'm to the point I can't even buy weed up front then I'll usually head towards people that smoke me out. Getting smoked out and asking for a front are two different things. I've never been afraid to ask someone if I can hit the blunt or whatever with them. I find people I don't even know willing to let me smoke with them if I ask. But that's only if it's gotten that far. Usually I keep a few ounces to last me enough to make more money to eventually by more weed

 

Not really... he would probably just expect to be paid back the next time the customer makes another purchase.  Again, I can only see fronts being acceptable if it's a long time customer.  If it's a long time customer, they're going to expect them to buy from them again, and providing a front can be a good business move if you think that your customer will really appreciate it and see it as good "customer service" if you will, and keep them as their dealer and form a long lasting business relationship.  Drug dealers like regular customers, especially ones that are super simple and exercise proper buying etiquette.  They don't want to lose clients and have to find new ones that may potentially get them busted, or may have really shitty etiquette about buying.

 

my guy is a close friend of mine and i work in what i buy front from him into my budget.  were adults so we call it credit.  instead of spending your cash why not throw a little bit on credit and pay it back when you get more and have more to spare.  as long as it doesn't interfere with business.   fuck it, responsible credit makes responsible adults.  

 

i have done a couple of times, only when I've forgotten to take cash out or something, not when i don't have any money 

 

That doesnt work out because dealers need to reup, and if theyre waiting on the $150 some guy owes them for like 4 days then they dont reup or sell any weed for 4 days

 

I've never asked for a front from a dealer on money I couldn't pay back basically immediately, like, if I wanted to get more than I had cash on me and ATM/my house wasn't close or he had some special goodies I didn't plan on, etc, situations like that. and am always very clear about when they'll be reimbursed. when I used to sell stuff, I'd be as reasonable as possible regarding fronts (I get it, you wanna get stoned but don't have money now...all been there) but it got really annoying when I'd be trying buy something, but was owed like $1000 collectively from a whole bunch of people. none of them were actively ignoring me or anything either (to my knowledge), it's just that they had their goods so until that changed I wouldn't hear from em again. giving fronts turns being  a drug dealer into being a drug dealer, personal credit counselor,  actuary, loan shark, debt collector and doormat. but you're still getting paid exactly the same. and fuck that.
 
I always thought of the drug dealing 'machine' to be a series of complexly interconnected gears, and when they're all clean & lubricated with cash-flow, the machine can continue functioning. now take a pebble  ('the front') and throw it into some of the gears, if the gear's big enough relative to the pebble size the pebble will be crushed in seconds.  but if you take a whole bunch of stones of varying sizes and throw em into the machine at once, chances are the gears will stop turning. and now the operator's gotta spend time fixing the machine before he can keep running it. 
 
yeah I'm high 
 
edit: meant to add that if I am actually short on cash I'll ask a friend to borrow it. I don't get why people don't just do that. asking a dealer for a front is like asking a waitress for a front. hell you could ask the owner of a small business for a front and it would be similarly retarded logically 

 

I used to get fronts in high school. I later came to the decision that if I needed it fronted, it was probably not the best financial decision. Luckily I'm good now and I don't have to worry about that. There have been a couple of occasions however where the bank was closed due to a random holiday that I forgot about or something to that nature, and he'd front it to me until I could get to the bank. 

 

Once in awhile, but we go way back.
 
 
I never had a problem fronting, atleast to the people i saw like clock work every week.. sometimes i'd just throw em a dime on me if they were dry, who cares about the 10 when you know they comin to get an oz next week.
 
Make alot more money in any business with loyal customers

 

fronts always seem to get messy.
 
if you're the 7% who can actually be trustworthy and pay back in a timely fashion (like the next day or 2) and you feel like it's a smart move for you, then go for it.
 
Otherwise, it's much easier for a dealer to develop a no-front mentality. I go to the dispensaries out here... try asking them for a front LOL.

 

 
Exactly! People seem to think since it's a person to person thing it's okay. Those same people would never walk into a restaurant, gas station, grocery store, etc. and ask to be fronted. They know how ridiculous that is and what a little beggar it would make them look, People who would never go into McDonalds and ask them to front a $5 happy meal would ask a dealer to front them a $50 1/4.  There's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on in this thread! Act like a beggar, be a beggar.

 

 
What goes on between friends is one thing. I'm talking about buyer/dealer relationships, which are friendly but aren't necessarily friends. I get what you're saying about friends, and that's cool.