PLUS: IMPORTANT CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMATION INCLUDED

High everybody,

We hope all of you on the northern hemp-isphere are having a fabulous summer! And to our friends down under, welcome back! We're so happy to be shipping to Australia again, we really missed you guys. Sadly there's always something.... you may know there have been some problems with tickets and confiscations going on. Please scroll down for an explanation of what's going on and more importantly, what we've done and are still doing to fix it.

But let's not forget there is plenty of positive news to share as well. We have an amazing BUY ONE GET ONE FREE deal going in this weekend's Weedportal Weekend Whopper and we've got some great news for you about Weedportal EXPERTS too! Finally in this newsletter, this summer's what-to-watch-play tips.

Enjoy!

TWO PACKS OF ROYAL FLUSH FOR JUST €25!

Get ready, because this weekend's Weedportal Whopper is...

2x regular Royal Flush for the price of 1!!

Get TWICE the FUN for the price of one! That's a whopping 50% discount!! So what makes Royal Flush a must-buy?

• dreamy yet crystal-clear Haze effect
• mouthwatering sweet-n-sour flavour
• vigourous plants with hefty nugs
• greatest giggle-ganja ever!

ATTENTION: All you need to do to is buy one pack of regular Royal Flush seeds. We will add the second pack of seeds in packaging. The second pack will not show up in your cart.

ROYAL FLUSH CUSTOMER REVIEW 1

Yield: I got about 200g/plant. Vegged for 9 weeks under 400W MH and flowered for nearly 11 weeks under 400W HPS
Flavour: Royal Flush smells quite sweet during flowering (citrus and mango) and the final product is indeed lip-smacking if cured properly. Very unique tropical smell and taste.
Comment: Very clear high, great for daytime smoke. If you're looking for a couch-lock stone, look elsewhere. But if you want a great social/active high, look no further. Long flowering period, but well worth the wait. Royal Flush is quite resistant to high temp. as well. Sativa lovers won't be disappointed.
--RRR

This Double Whammy Whopper will be available for purchase from Saturday 6 August 00:01 Central European Time to Sunday 7 August 00:00 CET (click here for a nifty time zone converter so you won't be late!)

BUY NOW FOR ONLY € 25! (you save €25)*

* If you shop in a different currency, the equivalent discount in that currency applies.

ROYAL FLUSH PHOTO BY YOSS

This close-up shot really shows off the exquisite trichomes on this beautiful Royal Flush bud. Make sure to click on the pic and zoom in - you won't believe your eyes. Kudos for the stunning photography, Yoss!

ROYAL FLUSH CUSTOMER REVIEW 2

Very vigorous plants, true hybrid vigour! [...] The smells of the plants vary from flowers & pine (hazy) to tropical fruits (mango). Cured buds smells vary from sweet fruits (peaches, mango) to sour tropical fruits (grapefruit), all with pine on the background... quite Hazy smells, but more sweet than pure Haze. Taste is sweet and woody and stays in the mouth for at least 15 minutes. High is very clear and social. Some plants are quite trippy, yet no paranoia at all. Others are plain giggly. I've been smoking Royal Flush day & night for the last month and there's totally no burnout. The big smile stays on my face all day long and I have energy for everything :)
--S.N.

Want to see some of the actual rewards you could reap if you ORDER ROYAL FLUSH 2 FOR 1 NOW?? The links below will show you some of the prime bud harvested by our customers who grew Nirvana Royal Flush. Tasty tasty!

Click to see pics of cured Royal Flush:

Long & hard nug... NOM NOM NOM!

Thinner leaf pheno, sweet woody taste.

Nirvana BlackJack photo by KlosetKing

And finally...

What's changed?

• Keeping our fingers crossed, but so far, no more bugs! Yay!
• Different Point System.
• Private Message alerts through e-mail.
• Updated design.

So please visit Weedportal Experts and contribute your questions and/or answers!

Do you need more help still, or are you looking for a single source of info that will answer all your questions? Check out Growing Elite Marijuana - The Complete Guide by Ryan Riley. This comprehensive manual is sure to help you professionalise your grow room. A mandatory read for marijuana growers - order yours today!

NEW & IMPROVED: EXPERTS

REAL EXPERTS BUY NIRVANA MARIJUANA SEEDS!

Our never-resting programmer "Donald" had a nice surprise in store this month: a completely revamped version of Weedportal Experts for you to enjoy!

Although the previous incarnation was a really great idea in theory, the software we were using posed more problems than it was worth. We thought about canning the whole thing, but we loved the interaction between Nirvana Shop fans that was going on, and the plethora of cannabis growing tips you all brought together.

Thankfully, one man decided to save Experts from an untimely demise! So what did the software upgrade accomplish? Well, for one, the site is now actually usable! We'd love for you to try it out!

What's gone?

• Badges. It is just not part of the software and we are not going to include that in a later release.
• Debates. Most people were using these to ask questions rather than pose debate propositions. They might return in future though!
• Picture uploading. However, you can now include images in your questions or answers!

What's new?

• The ability to include images in your posts. Just upload your images to an online image gallery like weedportal share, and you can include those images in your post. Very nice indeed!
• Browsing posts. The old site was nigh impossible to browse. This one should be much more user-friendly.
• Related questions are displayed when you post a question.
• Improved, much more powerful search engine
• WYSIWYG post editor.
• Thumbs up and down votes show in your posts.

U.S. SEED CONFISCATION & HELP DESK GLITCH

Some of you may already be aware of this problem:
Lately, U.S. Customs have been confiscating more shipments from Europe than usual. Sadly, this has affected customers of several other seedbanks we spoke to, as well as our own. So we wanted to give you a heads up about the measures that Nirvana Shop is taking to prevent your orders being confiscated.

First, we've recently switched shipping companies for all shipments to the U.S.A. This means orders to America are now shipped by a different courier from a different European country. The results so far are promising. Second, we've retired some of our older stealth shipping methods, just in case Customs are watching out for these specifically. Again, the results of our current method are very promising so far. Please know that we will continue to keep out a watchful eye for ways to prevent order confiscations.

If you think your order may have been confiscated ( you won't always get a letter), please contact us through our Help Desk. We will do our very best to help you out. Don't worry if we don't answer within an hour - we are extremely busy and may take a few days to get back to you. rest assured you will get an answer a.s.a.p.

And speaking of the Help Desk, sadly, we have another problem to report:
Some days back, we had a major glitch in our mail servers. Several hundreds of tickets got stuck in the system and were then released all at once, completely flooding our Customer Service Team. They have been working even more diligently than usual to reply to all the delayed tickets as fast as humanly possible. Our development team has made sure the glitch is now fixed. However, delays have simply been inevitable. We are very sorry if we haven't responded to your ticket as fast as you've come to expect from us. The backlog is nearly gone now, so if you've been waiting for our reply, please be patient just a little while longer - you'll be hearing from us soon!

WHAT TO WATCH & PLAY!

Here are our top tips for a Lazy, Hazy summer. Not just the cheesy stoner classics y'all already know anyway - we're gonna assume you've found your own way to Cheech & Chong... So here's a mix of interesting, serious and funny shows & songs as recommended by Nirvana Marijuana Seeds (none of the lists are in any particular order, of course):

Nirvana's What to Watch (TV)
1. Breaking Bad - Terminally ill chemistry teacher decides to make the best crystal meth in the world. His protagonist role has already earned Malcolm-in-the-middle's-dad Bryan Cranston three Emmy awards.
2. That '70s Show - Hyde: "I got busted for possession." Leo: "Join the club." Hyde: "Yeah, thanks." Leo: "No, I mean join the club, man. We meet every Thursday. We're trying to raise money for a field trip to Amsterdam."
3. Boardwalk Empire - Interesting take on the futility of prohibition politics with Steve Buscemi as a powerful but corrupt Prohibition Era politician (or should that be powerful thus corrupt...!).
4. The Wire - Possibly the best TV series ever shows the Baltimore drug scene through the eyes of dealers, traffickers, cops, politicians, journalists, manufacturers and innocent bystanders.
5. Weeds - "I'm not a dealer, I'm a mother who happens to distribute illegal products through a sham bakery set up by my ethically questionable CPA and his crooked lawyer friend."

Nirvana's What to Watch (film)
6. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - Most excellent!
7. Hemp for Victory - Educate yourself: watch how the US government promoted hemp production.
8. Requiem For A Dream - Not for the faint of heart! Of especial note: the excellent musical score and Ellen Burstyn's heartwrenching performance as lonely woman losing it on diet pills.
9. Lost Highway - Mindfuck central with a kickass soundtrack. Don't worry - it doesn't make sense when you're sober either.
10. The Big Lebowski - "Mind if I do a J?"

Nirvana's What to Play
1. Cypress Hill - Light It Up (or pretty much any Cypress Hill, really)
2. Afroman - Because I Got High
3. Luniz - I Got Five On It
4. Richard Cheese - Smoke Two Joints (originally by The Toyes and covered before... but Cheese is made of awesomesauce)
5. Peter Tosh - Legalize It
6. Bob Marley - Kaya (bonus - live video is exactly 4:20 mins long!)
7. Kyuss - 50 Million Year Trip
8. Kottonmouth Kings - Where's The Weed At?
9. Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy
10. Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

ANNOUNCEMENTS

We're feeling generous, so we've reserved 1000 Points for each customer picture displayed in this newsletter! So if you recognise one of the photos in this newsletter as your own, please send an e-mail to Mary (mary@nirvanashop.com) using your Weedportal Share e-mail address account so we can verify that it's your photo, and we'll add the Points to your Nirvana Shop balance!

Peace, love and hugs,
The Nirvana Team