So I need to build a couple new coils and am tired of 28g and want to try 24g so I looked on Amazon and can get a 100 foot roll for $4.85. Then i thought I would run by a local vape shop and see if they have any cuz I didn't want to wait til next week. I walked in and asked the teenage girl there if they had any and she said yes, so I asked how much it was.....$1.00 per foot....WOW I was shocked, I expected $10 to $15 for a roll but I didn't expect $100 for a roll! So I told her that I thought that was a little outrageous and I could get it on Amazon for 5 bucks....she said "Well this isn't Amazon", so I told her I would take 1 foot. She then bent over and stretched the wire out on the floor using the tile for a measuring device. I gave her my dollar and walked out. I didn't even bother looking at anything else, with a profit margin like that I was scared to look!
First B&M experience...Can you say "Profit Margin"!
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Did you ask how much rent was, hydro bills, gas bills, insurance and shelling out their money out front to buy stock? Someone has to pay for that. They are not in business for the goodness of their hearts. They have to feed families also. Can not expect a store to have prices of someone selling stuff on internet out of their house. CHEERS!
LMAO! Guess not, If it was I likely would have bought a foot in all sizes. LOL
I didn't expect the same price as the internet, as I said I expected 2 to 3 times the price but I didn't expect 20 times the price.
I guess they do need the profit margin though so the 2 or 3 sales a month will pay the bills. Every time I have ever driven by there was never a single car in the parking lot.
Does it matter when they're charging over 1000 times what an item is worth.....
Do a lot of the people here run shops, ones that rip people off, because they sure do love defending horrible business practices
B&Ms have overheads for sure but that kind of profit margin isn't going to get them customers. Most people have internet access and most people have credit or debit cards. B&Ms have a choice - either offer a good service at reasonable prices or become extinct. It is always their choice.
I have worked with several B&Ms.
$1 per foot is more than normal.
Our local store sells 30ft rolls for $9.99
Out local headshops only charge $0.50 per FT.
$1 per foot is more than normal.
Our local store sells 30ft rolls for $9.99
Out local headshops only charge $0.50 per FT.
profit margin on products people dont buy in bulk is huge. If you are surprised about wire, take a look at eliquid.
Overhead aside, one thing to consider is that the B&M probably is not in the business to sell coil wire. My guess is that they did not carry rolls of kanthal for sale, and based on what the OP said it appears that they were selling the OP wire from the rolls they use to make coils. It's also like going to the B&M and buying cotton pads to make wicks. For the price they will charge you for the cottons pads, you can get 10 times the amount for the same price at a beauty supply store.
There is no question at all to me that some of these people are clearly B&M owners , charging that much for wire to me is essentially "theft " . The overwhelming majority of B&M's grossly overcharge for the products they sell , a 20 watt MVP for $75.00 , an iStick 50 watt for $85.00 , it's comical.
There was a great thread that a few B&M owners were involved in and they said outright that the rent, utilities and all the other stuff they say is required to run a business DOES NOT make it necessary to price stuff so ridiculously high .
Now i got to find it , it was very informative lol.
I can understand marked up items in a local shop, most do it, but if the service is good then you have reason to buy.
I don't really understand the charge for wire. If they are not selling rolls of wire, the shops I've been to usually give it away no charge if you need a small amount. Then again that's just the shops I've been to.
Use temco to buy you're wire. Super affordable.
I don't really understand the charge for wire. If they are not selling rolls of wire, the shops I've been to usually give it away no charge if you need a small amount. Then again that's just the shops I've been to.
Use temco to buy you're wire. Super affordable.
Yup one of our local stores also sells 30ft roll for $9.99
Mesh on the other hand goes for $2.50 for a 1ft sq, which seems high but hell, that's a lot of mesh, more than I used when I was using a gen.
Then there is the other local store that will have the owners son whip you up a coil at no charge, they say it's just part of the service they offer. If you wanted or needed you could go there every day and they'd make you a new coil each time.
Then there is the *other* local store that wants you to pay them $5.00 to make you a coil. But this is the place to go for hardware like tanks, eLeaf 50w etc if you pay cash they'll charge no tax and you'll be getting the true "internet" price of the item or really close to it.
Personally, I just roll my own, it takes literally no more than a minute or two and at $9.99 for a 30ft roll, it's going to be a long long time before we need to buy anymore.
I usually buy my coils from Fasttech but I was running low so I went down to my local B&M to buy a 5 pack of Aspire Nautilus BVC, and a 5 pack of Sub-tank OCC. $44 for both, wow talk about a mark up. I will have to plan better in the future and become a loyal Fasttech customer for my coils seeing as they are half the price of my local B&M.
Lol the store by me charges $10 for a basic coil build, and the same 1.00 a foot of wire. They do have a large overhead and most new vapers are usually not that handy, the stores I think cater to smokers who want to switch to vaping and the older folks don't want the hassle of it becoming a hobby. Not that there aren't the elders who are able to figure it out, but the frustration of those who want to vape to quit the stink sticks. It does go both ways though, my little sister (20yrs old) has issues with her nautilus mini. I get texts about how to unscrew, replace coil ect.
We build coils and wick for free. Come to the store and you can build them for free any time at our building stations. . No I do not own a store but I do building classes every Thursday night for anyone that wants to learn. CHEERS!
they've got rent to pay and people to pay etc.
I'll try if it's "close" to buy at our local B&M to support them..but I'll agree some is just ridiculous. (a drip tip Ed paid $20 comes to mind, $7 on ebay vendor and $3 from SlowTech)
but I get "it" they have a "value added" (I had a bead store when my girls where in college so I get it...why buy that $5 kit from me? when it's $3 online? I'll show you how to use it.)
I'll try if it's "close" to buy at our local B&M to support them..but I'll agree some is just ridiculous. (a drip tip Ed paid $20 comes to mind, $7 on ebay vendor and $3 from SlowTech)
but I get "it" they have a "value added" (I had a bead store when my girls where in college so I get it...why buy that $5 kit from me? when it's $3 online? I'll show you how to use it.)
Holy freakin moley. A local store here in town sells it for 4.95 for thirty feet!
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