The Amsterdam Exchange
5/25/2014
This is a serious operation so I want to give it a serious review, both the good the bad.
First the good: You will not find better prices anywhere. This is essentially a wholesale operation. For example, $30 a gram for shatter, vs. $50 at most shops. Lots of vendors (20? Maybe more) on a trade show floor. Also a dab lounge and downstairs a cafe which serves reasonably priced food ($2 extra for medicated). The decor is still a bit primitive, but they're just getting started so I expect it to improve. They are making a serious effort to make this a comfortable, social environment where you can shop and chill for a couple hours.
The bad: Obviously all the vendors have realized that the trick to making a sale is to get a customer into a conversation, give them a sample dab, then the stoned customer almost always makes a purchase while their head is spinning instead of trying to stagger around the floor to haggle at another booth. Consequently, you are going to be verbally accosted by EVERY SINGLE vendor. Ahead, behind, all around. "Hey! How you doing?" It's like dragging a pork chop through a dog pound. I'm an introvert so I have a bit of a problem with this.
My counter-intuitive advice would be to go when it's busy, say Saturday afternoon, so you can walk the floor without a pork chop around your neck.
Not yet perfected, but definitely worth it for price and selection. I will be back!
The only thing missing was a vendor that sold replacement parts and attachments for vape pens.