Reporter Takes a Cheap Shot at Suppliers of E-Cigs??

[Sun Vaporer]

As reported here--an overall review of the e-cigs that take a cheap shot at Suppliers". In an attempt to review the e-cig, the Reporter states: "After numerous attempts to make contact with various suppliers and manufacturers and a lot of dead ends and mumbled excuses, I began to wonder if this was a valid product or not." and further goes on to state; "Only one manufacturer and distributor actually was willing to speak with me and work with me and even they have the observation that much of the current market for the devices is populated by shady no-names" The Reporter must not be a member of our Forum or really looked into all the good Suppliers we have.
Also, another statement that lacks merit is: "There are a plethora of sites based outside the US that will ship into the US if you are willing to wait 2-5 weeks for shipping". Sounds a little suspect to in my opinion. I have never waited more then a week for an order???
I wonder where this is coming from??? -- Sun See http://www.examiner.com/x-2041-Denve...e-health-risks

[Okiki]

Sounded like he favored the Njoy. He also was talking about how a battery doesnt last long but he is also an uniformed user. For someone who did research and what not would realize about how long a battery lasts.

[LaceyUnderall]

I wonder if he is on the nJoy payroll?

Edit: Ok... I was a bit harsh originally and I am editing this for why: After my third read through the article and in an attempt to re-evaluate without the taste of insult and confusion for the run-on writing style... the information is mostly accurate when it comes to the electronic cigarette. The author and I do not research or present in the same way and I will just have to get over that.

[LaceyUnderall]

Lacey--It begs the question as to where the Reporter got the information to report that --There are a plethora of sites based outside the US that will ship into the US if you are willing to wait 2-5 weeks for shipping-- Where did the Reporter get that misinformation??? Did the Reporter, in fact, try to contact "any other other Suppliers or is this an advent of Njoy? Is the Reporter saying between the lines "order from Njoy or you will wait 2-5 weeks for your order and no one else will speak to you but Njoy?? It just lacks merit in its entirety--Sun

Oh absolutely. Search Google for electronic cigarette. Our site comes up before njoys does and our two sites are two of the oldest e-cig sites online. So, if he had done minimal research, he would have at least attempted to contact us and he did not. I followed his links and they don't appear to be affiliate links so that can be ruled out. It is either lazy journalism or a buddy he knows asked for a favor.

Good find though. We had a good chuckle over here at how horrible the writing was for a variety of different reasons.

[TribbleTrouble]

Yeah, NJoy had to have paid for an article like that. It was more like an NJoy commercial than a news article.

[Sun Vaporer]

What I find an outrage is the statement, of many to be found-- that "that much of the current market for the devices is populated by shady no-names"--Shady no names?? That statment is an rank outrage. If the Reporter is going to make a statment lke that, it should be supported by facts, and there are none to be found in this article--Sun

[Liberate_Yourself]

That was a complete joke. I just had to post a comment on the article. God that guy is an idiot. I can't believe that he has probably influenced people. A scary thought.

[jamie]

Illustrating our wide variety of opinions I think it's one of the best ecig articles I've read.

Edited to add: I do understand why folks take offense at the whole no-name shady suppliers thing. However, while I'm very pleased with many, most, of the great suppliers we know here on the forum, that doesn't change the public view that most are simply folks at home running a website, getting, YES, no-name products from some factories in China or even a middleman or three away from that. I'm happy they do this, I respect them and admire their initiative and knowledge, I buy and recommend their products, but it doesn't change who they are retail-wise from the perspective of the mainstream public.

[TropicalBob]

Since this article wasn't "pro" e-smoking, it must be "anti". Nope. The reporter tried to contact manufacturers for facts and got the no-return-call kiss-off that drives writers up the wall. And no reporter will report "facts" based on any forum's content. That would be irresponsible. Few reporters will ever take information from a forum or a blog. It's usually crap.

Overall, it's not a bad article. Hey, order from E-Cig and wait a month or two with normal shipping rates applied. Order from E-Cig, as I did before they hit my "never buy from" list, and get your mislabeled package held by Customs for a month until you sign a paper saying this is for "smoking cessation," as happened to me. E-Cig lied on that shipment by saying the contents were a "plastic pipe" worth "$10". The lie got them blacklisted at Customs.

And it sickened me for the future of e-sales. Ditto for manufacturers that don't return reporters' calls for comment. What does that say about our practice? Nothing good, that's for sure.

[Cage]

I'm not a supplier, but it looks like a double edged scenario to me.
You could call a reporter and attempt to get the truth out there, but are you prepared to answer ALL the questions? Do you have all the right answers?
Sending an email after the fact is different than an unprepared statement and
people tend to miss the retractions buried in the back of the paper.

You do have to consider the welfare of your business and a smart supplier will want to weigh all the risks.
I think a journalist can only be as good as his sources when trying to cover a story.
If the Professor isn't willing to speak up, Gilligan gets all the press.

just my 2¢