makomike said:
I don't mean to argumentative, but don't online businesses sell lights and nutrients etc. Would it be a great security breach if you sold someone your used ballast or fan etc? I mean after all there only used to grow "tomatoes"
, while other businesses are profiting over this. I'm not talking about making a section to become industrialized, just for people that cant afford a new lights and older growers that want to help the new growing community or are upgrading.
Hey Mike, I'll try to give you an example of how the cops work.
The following story is out of the mind of Stoney Bud and has never happened. Many people COULD get busted this way however.
Poor Growby
An old time user on the group named "Growby" has discussed his grows in depth with all the group. It's perfectly plain that he grows lots of marijuana. He's even said he sells it to his friends.
Now, Porky the pig pot cop in the FBI decides he wants to take down a marijuana grower who he sees as "bragging" about it on the net in this group.
Porky the pig pot cop decides to see if he can get the guys address so he can pull surveillance him and put him in prison for 20 years. Porky joins the group as "Broke in Kansas" and says he's a 30 year old gay gal from Neville, Kansas. He even has a map to it and looks up all the places to go in that town. Even learns how much it costs to go some of the places and can describe some of the obvious locals. His cop buddies checked it out for him.
Porky spends two years on this group doing a "learning" experience and even a couple of fake grows with fake pics. Man, he's made "Broke in Kansas" a very popular lady!
One day, Porky starts a thread that says his light has taken a shit and he can't afford a new one! Oh my God, says the group!
"Broke in Kansas" begs for someone to cut him some slack and sell him a used light.
Ole Growby feels so sorry for him he tells the kid to send him a PM and his address and he'll send him one for the postage costs.
Well, the trade is made and Porky the pig pot cop has the post office do a trace on the package and gets it to the originating address.
Porky and his buddy cops stake out the place until they're pretty sure they have a crop grower.
Then, they kick in the door, scare the shit outta everyone and arrest Growby on the spot.
Growby knows 5 other growers on the same site and after Porky and his buddies make it clear that they will take his house, car, banked money and get him fired AND put him in prison for 20 years........
OR
Growby can tell the cops where the other 5 growers who also know people on the group by their real names and cities, live and Porky does the same pig pot cop shit to all of them.
When it's over, Growby and 30 other people are now in prison and the site shuts down because of the rep it's gotten.
Porky decides it worked so well, he moves to another group and starts a contest for a beautiful, expensive bong that every doper would want!
All he needs is for the winner to send him a "safe" address to ship it to.
When the winners friend goes to pick it up for him, the friend is arrested, threatened and jailed. He also gives up 2 people who in turn give up 40 more before it's over.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T ALLOW PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE TRADED ON THIS GROUP. THOSE WHO DO IT IN THE CONTEST AREA NEED TO THINK IT OVER AND DECIDE IF IT'S WORTH THE RISK.
YOU DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ON THIS GROUP OR ANY OTHER GROUP IS A POT COP!
THE POT COPS TAKE THEIR TIME AND SPEND YEARS SETTING UP PEOPLE WHO GET SERIOUSLY FUCKED IN THE END.
Stoney Bud will never let anyone know where he really is except in the vaguest terms, and of course, Stoney Bud is not his real name.
