Got some questions about going to local hydro store

Hey guys, been around for awhile lurking, and recently a hydro store has opened in my town. My question is how sketch is it to go to a store in your own town, any precautions I should take or am i overreacting . I have the option of going 2 hours out of town, and liked the fact that it was far away and not close to where i live. I am not getting my light at the store in my town, but just small things like bags and nutes. I always thought dont shit where you sleep so i dont know if that applys to this... haha well thanks guys

You sound like me! Lol Before I realized that there was a "Feed & Garden" store literally walking distance from my house, I went to the store 30 minutes away from my house. I think you should buy your lighting from the one furthest away and any small sh!t like nutes and bags are fine to buy from the one closest to you. PAY CASH! Its no mystery to the people at the hydro store what you are using the stuff for and all they care about is selling the products like any other business. They never ask me what I'm growing and I tend to know exactly what I want before I go so that I am in and out. When I went to buy my light and there were other young men in the store buying 1000w HPS lighting and shit, I swore that the police was staking out across the street trynna find out who the dopeman was. Lol Young people (male especially) don't grow vegetables where I live.

the post above me is good advice... my store "tomatoes" is the code... the only thing i do as any precuation, is i do not directly go to the spot i go run other errands or go to my boys house first.

Shop local, you should support your local store, your going to need it some day and you will be glad its there. There is nothing illegal about ANYTHING they sell there. Don't use code, don't say anything, plants are plants if you have plant questions just refer to your garden or your plants, do not try to be clever or sneaky. Traffic in and out of your house or selling dope to someone who gets busted will get you in trouble. Telling anyone about your garden will get you in trouble, showing off, having reasons for police to come to you house, fighting, drunken mobs, things like that. The 2 biggest worries PEOPLE and SMELL.
Dont steal power. Oh yeah Posting picture on the internet, Bad Idea. SHOP LOCAL!

morbocreepwad said:

Shop local, you should support your local store, your going to need it some day and you will be glad its there. There is nothing illegal about ANYTHING they sell there. Don't use code, don't say anything, plants are plants if you have plant questions just refer to your garden or your plants, do not try to be clever or sneaky. Traffic in and out of your house or selling dope to someone who gets busted will get you in trouble. Telling anyone about your garden will get you in trouble, showing off, having reasons for police to come to you house, fighting, drunken mobs, things like that. The 2 biggest worries PEOPLE and SMELL.
Dont steal power. Oh yeah Posting picture on the internet, Bad Idea. SHOP LOCAL!

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i agree with morbocreepwad on the fact that you should go to your local hydro store, But i HIGHLY DISAGREE with the fact that you should not post pics, because posting pics means spreading more knowledge through the cannabis world and I also believe that IT IS NOW OUR TIME AS STONERS TO EDUCATE THE WORLD ON THIS AMAZING PLANT.

morbocreepwad said:

Shop local, you should support your local store, your going to need it some day and you will be glad its there. There is nothing illegal about ANYTHING they sell there. Don't use code, don't say anything, plants are plants if you have plant questions just refer to your garden or your plants, do not try to be clever or sneaky. Traffic in and out of your house or selling dope to someone who gets busted will get you in trouble. Telling anyone about your garden will get you in trouble, showing off, having reasons for police to come to you house, fighting, drunken mobs, things like that. The 2 biggest worries PEOPLE and SMELL.
Dont steal power. Oh yeah Posting picture on the internet, Bad Idea. SHOP LOCAL!

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+rep the local store

If your going to post pics, make sure there are no identifying elements in them, this includes fixtures, architecture, cars, etc. Make sure you erase any RAW info (pics are tagged by your camera with tons of information some now include GPS) and do not up load from your computer or network, using proxies such as TOR may help you if you can not use other equipment.
Thanks for the REP, my first here.

BTW Does anyone know what happend to UTG?

Yeah, posting pics isn't too bad. Just make sure you use an anonymous proxy. Good advice is to use a proxy inside of a proxy to be sure. I use www.barackobama4president.info. Make sure that if you are posting pics that there is no incriminating evidence in them that will identify you and use photobucket as the middle man and just paste the links in your post. If someone wants to really find out who you are, they will. Just make them have to work for that sh!t. Good Luck and support your local store.

dogglet forever said:

the post above me is good advice... my store "tomatoes" is the code... the only thing i do as any precuation, is i do not directly go to the spot i go run other errands or go to my boys house first.

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LOL, yeah, I think tomatoes is the code in all the stores. When I was purchasing my set up years ago, the lady looked and me and said TOMATOES, you are growing TOMATOES then winked and pointed to the sign that said "if you ask about growing anything illegal, we will ask you to leave our store".

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LOL, yeah, I think tomatoes is the code in all the stores. When I was purchasing my set up years ago, the lady looked and me and said TOMATOES, you are growing TOMATOES then winked and pointed to the sign that said "if you ask about growing anything illegal, we will ask you to leave our store".

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So if tomatoes = pot, then what is the code word for tomatoes?

tomatos...lol

i went on vacation and there was a super hydro store RIGHT NEXT to my hotel., BONUS!

theres only one in my vicinity only 20 R/T min drive to the next city

Just go to your local store. IF, which I doubt is the case, the PoPo were staking out the store, it doesn't matter which one you're at. All they have to do is run your license plate to obtain your home address. Going to one 2 hours from your home might look that much more suspicious. IF they are watching at all. I try to always stop on the way home from work when I can. I have a company truck, so if they run that plate they'll be going on a wild goose chase.

I dont think it is probably anything to get too excited about. all of the above posts are sound advice. if it makes you uncomfortable, take as many precautions as you deem necessary. better safe than sorry. borrow someone elses car and take the shit you buy somewhere else until night time if thats what makes you feel better. always pay cash, dont talk to the salesperson about where you live (duh)

but really most folks only get busted by TIPS from some one you know that you pissed off.... keep it simple and remember your doing a good thing so maintain positivity.

Thanks guys for the advice! I love the fact that my town has a store now, and have no problem spending my money there. My Mom has 2 600's that she uses to keep plants alive during the winter and start new stuff, so I planned on using some of that as cover, using her car and driving back to her house before going to mine.The stuff at the hydro stores is usually much better, My moms 600's work good but i just haven't had a good experience with them (I got them at HTG Supply) Besides having my order wrong and finding it hard to get a hold of someone there, and also going through to bulbs that just blew for some reason. Got all the kwirks out of it and there running great now. So I went and got a 400 for my mom at the hyrdro store, and haven't had a single problem with them and i have run it twice as long as the 600plus it has a 5 yr warrenty. So there is know problem with me spending my money at a local store especially if its in my own town!

one the code word subject i bet the code word for tomatoes are petunias and the codeword for them are lillies...lol
i need to not post after smoking