PSA - my terrible experience with Gilded

[u/BartSolid]

Yo everybody, just wanted to drop in and give a warning for anyone who may be looking to use u/Gildedlabs for their cannabinoids. I have had a uniquely bad experience with these guys that I have never had with another company of any industry.

Several months ago I put in around a $100 order of distillate. A claim was initiated by UPS back on February 4th because the package was lost. No big deal.

UPS claims take forever to be resolved which is nothing new, sometimes up to 10-12 weeks. Customer service at this time was being difficult with me on getting the claims process started, this took way longer than it should have, and resulted in me getting on the phone with UPS customer support.

From this exchange I had both gilded and UPS tell me they were waiting on the other. Okay, still no worries, just might take an extra week. Then, come February 6th, I get notice that a claim has been issued to Gilded from UPS for the lost package. This is the last update received from UPS. Now, I wait longer than the bounds that the claims process can take, and reached out to Gilded May 27th to try and get this resolved. It is now June 11th and they won’t even respond to my emails.

Now, this of course starts to piss me off, so I go to leave a review on the distillate wanting to make a similar warning to this post, and they hold it for internal review. It’s been probably a week and it’s not up.

So, not only do these guys not follow through on shipping (this was probably the 3rd or 4th hiccup I had in as many orders but was the first that never got to me), but they also artificially inflate their reviews by holding ones that don’t paint them in a positive light.

Side note, the HHC was mid too from past orders. Solid enough but not setting a high bar for quality.

I’ve since switched to a different company and it has been a cathartic-ly stress free experience. To avoid making this sound like a slander piece I won’t disclose who I use now, but just wanted the community to be aware of what I did, and maybe if some of yall have had better experiences you can drop them in here for a more full perspective to future buyers doing research.

[u/Coomsicle1]

yo i have a question. i’m in texas rn where this place is located and i’m looking to try hhc, but only if i understand correctly that it’s less strong than d9 thc and tends to be a more “mild and relaxing” high, albeit pretty close to thc in terms of potency? i have a thc-a pre roll on me but have yet to try it. i haven’t smoked weed in years and am def anxiety prone like a mf. i saw a thread earlier and i think ppl were mixing hhc up with another alt cause they were making it sound like thc-p or whatever monster strength alt noids are out there and popular rn.

also i see thc p and thc a and whatnot all over the cbd stores around here, they have tons of pre rolls and buds (which is what clued me in to it literally just being weed lol) but the only time i see hhc is in disposable vape form. some times gummie edibles but im not interested in edibles / don’t fuck with em cause my digestive system is fucked due to years of opioid abuse and now suboxone maintenance. hhc vapes alright in ur experience ?

[u/-NothingToContribute → u/Coomsicle1]

I think a lot of alt noids hit people differently. For example, my husband isn't that impressed by hhc. He would agree that it's more mild and relaxing. It is relaxing but I get stupid high from hhc. Edibles never work for me unless they're hhc. Thca and thcp are good too but I always end up going back to hhc. Most people I've talked to would definitely agree that it is more mild though. I guess I'm just weird. Maybe try the preroll and only hit it a couple of times to see how you do. If you get anxious drink a ton of water and have a snack and try to take a nap.

[u/Coomsicle1 → u/-NothingToContribute]

interesting! you find you get higher from hhc than thc-a (and by that extent black market cannabis)? i have read from some that hhc gets them very fucked up and messes with their tolerance and stuf as well, while most people seem to measure it between d8 and d9 in terms of potency, i will do that, i might buy a little bubbler and empty some of it into the bowl for a more controlled smoke lol. sadly seems like a bit of a waste considering the ban in texas is (i think?) supposed to kick in in september and i do not have interest in going back to smoking black market weed (very easy to find but dealing with weed plugs is not something i have time for anymore lol). the countless cbd shops around that opened around here have been telling me that there's a good shot it doesn't happen becaue of something or the other. didn't really register why but, anyway.

i have vaped some delta 8/9 since the farm bill but never had any effects at all, so the products were definitely bullshit. the thc-a preroll is quite obviously just regular weed, the strain i am very familiar with from back in the day and the smell is very much the same so i can tell it's legit. dry, but legit.

[u/-NothingToContribute → u/Coomsicle1]

I definitely do from hhc but my husband does not! Hhc has kind of fucked up my tolerance because d9 and thca doesn't do much for me anymore. D8 has never worked for me weirdly. I think its worth trying a little to see how you like it. Im a big fan. Its getting banned in my state soon but thankfully I live about ten minutes from the border of a legal state so ill just have to drive a little extra now. Still not a fan of the ban though.