"poor customer service and angry vindictive customers can be equally devastating to a business... "
Angry vindictive customers don't occur in a vacuum. We've all been very patient with OL as they closed down in Aug and Sept, relaunched, and promptly cancelled all of our orders and closed again. OL had very loyal customers who were willing to, and did, put up with a lot. But his business just self destructed these last few months and that's not anyone's fault but his. Poor management and a lack of business fundamentals, as well as communication will do that no matter how good the product is.
"If you could recap with some of the ones you tried and your experiences including negative experiences that would be awesome. I lurk this thread and tried the OL products but I am very new to CBD wax and would love to know more about which companies to stay away from and which to try. There are other CBD suppliers mentioned in this thread, however my read through eluded me to believe that OL was the only game in town when I purchased some CBD wax in October. Now it sounds like there are others out there but they are lacking reviews. The more you can elaborate on your experiences the better."
--Of the non-OL CBD extracts I've tried so far, the tinctures from the netherlands have been the best. Dutch natural healing and natural resource cure on Etsy. $35 and $70, takes a long time to ship, good extract but not on the level of OL and not good enough to keep me ordering just those without trying other vendors. Flower extracted, dark green, but just not strong enough or enough quantity to give OL a run for their money.
--I just ordered a 1500 mg Cherry tincture from RealCBD along with butterscotch candies that supposedly have 30mg CBD each for a total of 1000mg, and also a 250mg 1g dose of CO2 extracted oil. The candies and CO2 extracted oil are both from 'hemp oil collective'. Hoping that works in my vape pen for thicker oils. Despite the names, all of these are flower extracts which makes a huge difference in quality. They appear to have legit HPLC testing as well. I want a good CBD tincture as well as something I can puff on. The edibles looked too good to pass up. I am hoping these 3 items will meet my CBD needs for December.
--I ordered the 53% FECO CBD oil on Etsy in Nov, it was pretty much straight dabs and knocked me on my ass after 2 hits. Not what I was looking for.
--I've ordered "A few of my faves Nancy" 's CBD in olive oil but you have to take a lot of olive oil to get a decent dose. Also on Etsy.
--In the past, I've ordered NuLeaf Naturals Hemp oil 750mg CBD, it was disgusting and made my eyes very red. Hemp extracts are gross.
--Also ordered hemp extracts from "da crema" on etsy, same story.
--Before that, the first CBD product I tried back in 2014 was the "Cannchew" gum. Worthless.
I will review the cherry tincture, edibles, and CO2 oil extract as soon as they arrive. I don't mind paying a little more for less CBD than OL if the quality is there. With that said, I don't see anything that compared to the types of wax OL had (that were low in THC, before the recent batch). Nor have I found a tincture that compares to Darkside or Curall in mg/$. But, hoping my recent order is a decent substitute until Chris gets things back up and running.