I wouldn't worry about it. Consider it good fortune. I recently lost my fave pod, the Vladdin RE, and didn't replace it because of pending May 11. Then I tried a friend's Alto, and loved it.
Great hit. So I picked one up, got extra pods. On both pods I tried, not even 25%
thru the pods (trying different flavors), both got seriously dry burnt hits. Looked them up, and found it's a very common problem. I even tried refilling one with DIY
juice, but they just don't wick well. Tried the youtube fix of finger over the bottom intake, and blowing on them. Works for a hit or two, but then back to really nasty. Bad design.
It's a shame, because when new, they deliver a
great hit for a pod. I wouldn't buy one even with a coupon if I were you. Others will eschew them because they're owned by big
tobacco, but I won't buy because they're just not any good.