The Hemp Company

I used to like this shop but I am less impressed now. They are good at ignoring their customers here. They never got back to me when I e-​mailed them with a question, even though they have their e-​mail prominently displayed on their web site with an invitation to contact their shop.
The last time I visited the shop I tried to get the attention of the sales clerk because I wanted to buy one of those expensive Hoodlamb winter coats. These things cost about 300 euros. However the sales clerk guy was too busy having a political debate with some customer at the counter. He never even looked my way or said ‘high man’. If you’re actually helping someone I can understand, and I can be patient. However it would be courteous for a sales clerk to look my way and say, «be with you in a minute.» Since I got no attention, they lost a 300 euro sale. That’s a simple rule of business. One they should probably learn if they want to pay the rent.
Anyway, I was in Amsterdam a month later and found myself at Hemp Works (address: Nieuwendijk 13). I bought the same Hoodlamb coat there for 200 euro, and the sales girl was nice as pie. She even gave me free hemp lollipops. How cool is that?
Sorry «Hemp Company» but you kinda lost my support. I’m a Hemp Works customer now.

There are people who swear by hemp. These people are usually decked out head to toe in hemp clothes, probably down to their help socks and undies. They give off the faint odor of hemp balms and lotions. They tell you all the benefits of hemp between bites of their hemp muesli doused in hemp milk.
These people might be totally off their rockers, but I am buying what they’re selling. I think that hemp is really cool, and the fact that so many products have been created from the stuff is pretty impressive. The Hemp Company (note the initials –THC — not an accident) sells just about everything you can imagine, but with hemp.
I found the apparel to be boring, like most hemp stuff, but everything else was great. The bags and backpacks were really cute and sturdy, and the lotions smelled great. I ended up buying some hemp salve that contains calendula which is excellent for healing cuts, rashes and irritations.