Switched On Gardener owner sent to jail.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8613905/Hydroponics-equipment-supplier-jailed

Always heard their ads on the radio. lol

Didn't know their stores were raided in 2010

[swindle]

"While on its own this is not illegal, putting that facts together, with the way the company conducted its business, it simply added to the companies' overall picture."

Shame we can't apply this principle to the people who really should be in jail. Like banks for example.

[Retardobot]

I was initially thinking "jail time, really? It's just pot" but then as I read on, the guys at SOG appear to be pretty brazen about the fact they supply equipment to pot heads. They deserve jail time for shear stupidity.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

I was initially thinking "jail time, really? It's just pot" but then as I read on, the guys at SOG appear to be pretty brazen about the fact they supply equipment to pot heads. They deserve jail time for shear stupidity.

Agreed. Those radio/tv ads were pretty blatant. They dug their own graves by getting so much attention.

[deadmeatwalking]

"While on its own this is not illegal, putting that facts together, with the way the company conducted its business, it simply added to the companies' overall picture."

Shame we can't apply this principle to the people who really should be in jail. Like banks for example.

so true bro

unfortunately they have to get revenue and wash dirty cash somewhere.

[swindle]

Jesus, are we the linch squad for anything drug related now?

Its pot. Big deal. Half the world has, or it, making is legal. 4 years jail time for suppling lights and shit?

Thats fucked.

Bet he still payed his taxes.

[Obble]

Go to jail Swindle, you dirty fucking stoner.

:3

[swindle]

Errday.

[Cowwie]

People shouldn't be growing their own they should be buying it from organised criminals everyone knows that, besides the war on pot is so close to being won!!!.

:sleeping:

[Lias]

<- Virtually never smoke pot, still think it should be legal, and this case was a total farce.

[Pyromanik]

I was initially thinking "jail time, really? It's just pot" but then as I read on, the guys at SOG appear to be pretty brazen about the fact they supply equipment to pot heads. They deserve jail time for shear stupidity.

What, like hardware stores supply equipment to bomb makers?
HURR DURR GOVT.

Mind you, that's only reading at face value, I don't know all the facts. If they were also laundering drug money, then yeh. But for supplying gardening equipment and having a provokative radio campaign that jests at what everyone knows the hydroponics stuff gets used for anyway... I guess free speech ain't that free. Which is an extreme worry.

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read a bit more.
The whole thing is just stupid. Selling bongs is illegal. Selling fertilizer is illegal. Selling planting boxes is illegal. Selling UV lights is illegal. Best not be caught with any fucking soil in your back yard, that shit's illegal. You might grow plants with it.
Someone better release some actual facts into the media soon as to why it deserves 4 and a bit years in jail other than "oh because he knew people might grow plants with his plant growing products."

Shit makes me just about as angry as copyright fiascos.

[pyro]

I was initially thinking "jail time, really? It's just pot" but then as I read on, the guys at SOG appear to be pretty brazen about the fact they supply equipment to pot heads. They deserve jail time for shear stupidity.

Supplying growing equipment horrible offense. We should also be tracking down those needle exchange owners and locking them up since they are freely providing druggies gear, oh wait thats the government isnt it. Should also charge engineering shops that do up cars, since they are brazen about the fact they are equipping and encouraging illegal racing.

[Pyromanik]

Mag and turbo warehouse.
Such irresponsible entreprenurship.

[Pyromanik]

The reality is the more people grow their own tomatoes the less GST the govt gets from supermarket tomatoes & the related industry.

[winter]

Wait, Budzilla is actually for BUDS?! OMGGGGGGGGGGG

[deadmeatwalking]

next on the 6 o'clock news the shocking truth is revealed

Wait, Budzilla is actually for BUDS?! OMGGGGGGGGGGG

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

having a provokative radio campaign that jests at what everyone knows the hydroponics stuff gets used for anyway...

Wait, Budzilla is actually for BUDS?! OMGGGGGGGGGGG

I guess that's the point. They marketed their company in a way to attract the kind of people who want to grow pot.  

You can get all the same gardening equipment (except bongs) at a Palmers Garden store, or Mitre 10. However Mitre 10 never made tv/radio ads encouraging people to grow weed.


I actually think all people should learn plant growing skills. They are good skills to have.

The ads were bloody annoying though.

[deanox]

The state of it, but I think there was more to it then just selling gear to "pot heads", Still can buy hydroponics from plenty of places inc SOG, for those all year round Tomatas, because they get expensive out of season!

In more important news
"The Overseas Investment Office has just approved the sale of 14000 hectares of prime forestry land to the Chinese government."

[Xenolightning]

Drugs are bad mmmkayyyyyyyy.

[Bounty Hunter]

A colleague from years ago reckoned anyone could turn a nice wee profit growing a small plant under the stairs or in a wardrobe and selling it to kids people.

He mentioned that you want to buy the parts from several different outlets and over a reasonable amount of time. He said he knows for a fact when someone walks out of a hydroponics store with a full set up one of the various gangs end up knocking on the door within a few days, and they want their cut.

In this guys case I also heard there's more to it than just the hydroponics, but that's just hearsay.

I'd  say in this guys case, he banked on feigning ignorance, but lucked out when the judge was some hard cunt who called bullshit, I bet his face dropped when he realised the judge wasn't a dumbass.

[Retardobot]

Sigh, the Pyro's are double-teaming the derp.

Their number plates, logos, some of the product they sold. I'm not saying it;s bad to sell the stuff, I'm merely commenting on how stupid they were not to be a bit more subtle about it.

[The Demon Lord]

Sigh, the Pyro's are double-teaming the derp.

Their number plates, logos, some of the product they sold. I'm not saying it;s bad to sell the stuff, I'm merely commenting on how stupid they were not to be a bit more subtle about it.

I agree with part of your arguement - but it smacks of favouritism when I can think of at least 3-4 other companies that are as blatant with their targeted market

[Retardobot]

I agree with part of your arguement - but it smacks of favouritism when I can think of at least 3-4 other companies that are as blatant with their targeted market

Agreed. The penalty the government is throwing this guy seems insanely disproportionate.

[The Demon Lord]

Agreed. The penalty the government is throwing this guy seems insanely disproportionate.

Wait - did we just agree on something in a debate?!?!?

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Wait - did we just agree on something in a debate?!?!?

You guys should totally get married now.

I can be best man for both of you. And I hire each of you to strip at each others respective bachelor parties.