Uncle Ando's Wurld of Weed — Local services in Centralia

I've been going to this store at least twice a week for the past two years and this is what I've noticed:

Pros: A large and respectable selection of flower/concentrates, edibles, and smoking accessories in Centralia/Chehalis. They offer rewards points, and a 15% discount to veterans.

Cons: The teeny-tiny parking lot is one-way in/out, and is regularly congested with cars and people going to/from the store. Vendors park in front of the door to unload, too, causing completely unnecessary bottlenecks. Always BRING CASH, because their ATM is completely unreliable - out of order, out of money, unable to connect, etc. Their card-reading machines at the registers are rarely functional, and only one register has a working card reader (one time they asked me to pay them via Venmo or CashApp). This store can go from having nobody in it to complete and utter chaos in less than a minute with multiple people in the store. They go to one register after shift change (evening shift), so if you're trying to get in and out, go in long before 3:00pm. "First come, first served" does NOT exist here. Expect that multiple people will be helped before you, even if you were there for 10 minutes before them. The flower you ordered shows 31% in the case, but what you're given reads 27% or 24%, but is from the same batch. Always check your flower before leaving to make sure you're getting what you asked for! They don't carry high-end flower (Gabriel, Panda) in sizes greater than 7g because their demographic never buy it. This means if you're looking for large sizes (greater than 7g) so you don't have to go to the store 3 times a week, you might be best served somewhere else.

tl;dr: Bring CASH Expect delays in service Be careful of the parking lot Check your weed before leaving Go somewhere else for large sizes of...

First off I want to start with, Andos is great, it's the ONLY local dispo I will patron any more. The employees tend to be pretty chill, the environment is always warm in the mornings. I gotta give props to Walter always doing a stellar job listening to suggestions on product and being a kind soul in general. You can find a nice selection from top shelf to working man's cannabis here, so there's a little something for most budgets, even the heady hash kids.

2024 Update. The skinny guy with the shaved head has an attitude problem, and should be honestly let go. I have been in both sides of the counter and have never gotten such sub par treatment. Most staff members know me personally and treat me well but for some reason, this guy every single time has an attitude with me. I just wanted to see what RSO was in stock and get it priced. This dude has the audacity to be as vague as possible, not giving me any price on anything. When I asked him to please price check something for me he threw a hussy fit and said "It's all 20-30" well neat. Maybe I have a budget I am working with, can you help me a little better? For some reason, he messed up and tried giving me the correct discount and got snippy with me as soon as I asked for my industry discount. This spacific employee has been nothing but problems and this is the THIRD TIME now with this spacific guy. Even when I request to be helped by some one else I get "This is what you get sorry buddy"

This dude obviously hates either his life or his job, whatever it is figure it out because it's getting...

Long story short, do not go to the store unless you know exactly what you want, and you cannot get it anywhere else. Their prices are too high, their staff knows nothing, and you will have to beg for their attention to make your purchase.

On a Saturday afternoon there were only two shop attendants, four customers in the store total. me and my partner, and another couple. Even with the low foot traffic we were not greeted, we were left unattended for 15 minutes, we were not carded at any point during our visit, and the prices were almost double other stores prices. For the exact same items.

I know stores that have more staff, more knowledgeable staff, more helpful staff, quarter of the square footage.

It's really not worth going. oh, it's a beautiful store, but no one there cares about helping customers. The most attentive member of staff, was the dog. We were told of a sale that was buy one get one 40% off, and that was the only explanation of the sale. They don't have a wide or varied selection products. The selection is very narrow and limited to a few specific brands. If I were to guess I would say at least 80% of the square footage in that store is devoted to floor space. Just empty floor space with nothing in it. Items line the walls and there's a counter with products and a small peninsula of products But most of the store is just...