I know that other people have that complaint, too, but it's not been my experience except when the batteries start getting old (including the PCC battery).
So here's my take (for what it's worth):
Folks tried the BT cig-a-likes, OMG! Is That All Their Is?
The News Flies, OMG! E-Cigs Are Gonna Kill Us All!
The FDA, OMG! Prohibition!!!!
The State and Local Govments, OMG! The Taxes! The Prohibition! The Restrictions!
The prices for PVs has dropped considerably of late.
Increase in competition putting pressure on high profit margins.
Could any of this have something to do with the growth rate decline?
There's no way Altria will be manufacturing things like Sigelei mods or Crown tanks.
Smoking is bad, haven't you heard?! But imagine the loss of tax revenue without it, not to mention the role of big pharm (they have a hot new monoclonal antibody just coming out now for non small-cell lung ca).
Here's a pic of mine right next to a vv3/T3S, so you can see the size -- just *slightly* bigger than a real cigarette --
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Except for DIYers. The only persistent sales there are nicotine, flavors, and PG/VG -- all much cheaper than finished ejuice.
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Over the past year I may have spent $100 on DIY supplies. I'm just now finishing up the first $18 bottle of 100mg nicotine I bought and have 400ml of homemade juice in my cabinet that I haven't touched yet, not counting the hundreds I already went through.Yea I just did the math and the $150 I just spent on DIY supplies is equal to $10,400 in premium juice(bought 30ml at a time). That's gotta be kind of tough to track from an outside perspective.
Finally, the reason we're staring down the barrel of the FDA is that as an industry, we've done a poor job of policing ourselves. There were and are bad operators who did not willingly correct their diketone issues, poorly made coils that come from China with no QC whatsoever, vendors that take forever to ship (if they ever do so at all), and no recourse when you buy something that doesn't work.
I have a totally different take on the history of vaping. It is precisely because of the operation of a free, unfettered market, without any governmental controls, that we've had such technological progress in vaping devices and improved overall quality of e-juices.
Finally, the reason we're staring down the barrel of the FDA is that as an industry, we've done a poor job of policing ourselves.
It is precisely because of the operation of a free, unfettered market, without any governmental controls, that we've had such technological progress in vaping devices and improved overall quality of e-juices.
I have a totally different take on the history of vaping. It is precisely because of the operation of a free, unfettered market, without any governmental controls, that we've had such technological progress in vaping devices and improved overall quality of e-juices.
While there are some consumers who keep putting quarters in the broken soft-drink dispenser hoping for a better outcome with the next quarter, most people won't buy bad junk a second time. "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me" is the buying strategy of most consumers. And lots of would-be manufacturers of junk devices and bad e-liquids have fallen by the wayside. Why are they no longer in business? Because we, the consumers, won't buy garbage a second time and we tell all our vaping buddies about the bad experiences here on ECF and elsewhere.
Peruse old threads here from a few years ago, and you'll see what I mean. Heck, look at the discussion of eRolls in this very thread!
The free-market mechanism isn't perfect. There's a bit of lag-time between release of a doggy product or e-juice and the market's rejection of same. The same is true for bad and/or dishonest vendors. But eventually the word goes around, and — poof! — those particular bad guys are gone.
If you want safety, reliability, etc., then you deserve the FDA banning 99.9% of vaping products.
If you want total and absolute safety, reliability, etc., then a total and absolute ban of all vaping products is the way to go for you. But I sure don't want to follow you!