The Saphire Electronic Cigarettes Scam

This is the latest example of this sort of scam - stay away from e-cig vendors who ask you to sign up for free trials or incredibly cheap introductory offers. Research is your friend with these sort of scams. Here's what really happens - you sign up for an amazingly low priced deal on an ecig and some cartomizers. Then a little later you notice your credit card has been charged for a much larger amount - it could be $100 or more.
What happened?

In the fine print on these sites it says you are signing up for repeating orders, which you will be automatically charged for. They charge excessively high prices for items you could buy much cheaper elsewhere.

Here's an article in Spinfuel, an online vapers magazine, on the Saphire ecig scam:
http://content.spinfuel.com/2013/01/scam-alert-saphire-electronic-cigarettes/

I've never subscribed to one of these scams myself, but unfortunately people are sometimes taken in by them. If this happens to you, contact your credit card provider and stop the automatic payments as soon as you can.

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