

A drug buyer pays less for a kilo if he buys 10, rather than 2 kilos.Īlso, dealers who have been in business longer have lower overhead than newcomers and can undercut them, he says.

Like their law-abiding counterparts, merchants in the drug world give discounts to customers who buy in bulk, Fernandez said. Obviously, underworld prices aren't fixed.

News value isn't the only reason for the discrepancy over street value.
