I had never heard of ECF before when made my first purchase. I was googling things like "best electric cigarette." Try that and enjoy the hilarious results.
And so it begins: E-Cigarette Commercials
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I had never heard of ECF before when made my first purchase. I was googling things like "best electric cigarette." Try that and enjoy the hilarious results.
Not only that, but word of mouth is better advertising!
I honestly think the biggest draw to ECF is those crummy el-cheapo PVs. When people are dissatisfied with them, but still resolute that they want to make it work ... they head to Google. And, BAM! There's ECF, easy to find. That route is how I got here. Word of mouth is good, but lots of us find it through Google and an inquiring mind.
LOL, nobody told me about ECF.
But, as soon as I walked in the door, a friendly crowd greeted me and told me to RUN, don't WALK from the Free Trial I had just purchased. Whewww!
Unfortunately, it's impossible to know how many people don't bother to pursue a better solution.
I agree with that and thats how I found ECF. Maybe they should start sending email advertisements to people saying "STAY AWAY FROM FREE TRIALS". A fried of mine got burnt by one of them Prado trials. I told her but she wouldn't listen.
I don't remember how I first found out about this stuff, but I kind of did the same thing for a long time. I searched "electronic cigarette" and got all sorts of stuff. As I started to get a little more familiar with parts and whatnot, I started searching for phrases like "best atomizer" and ECF kept popping up with the best and most honest answers. Then I just bookmarked ECF and whenever I wanted to learn more, I would just come here and look. I just wish that I wouldn't have waited for a year before jumping in. I could be into my 2nd year without cigarettes, and maybe have come even with spending, LOL.
Well, neither had I. But, I had heard of forums and knew there were forums for any imaginable interest. That phrase is precisely the one that led me here.
EDIT: I just checked it, and it's the forth item down in Google's autocomplete after typing in "electronic ci". Yay! That's a good thing.
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You sir, are definitely wiser than I when it comes to searching.
Fools like me are probably the ones who fund the "free trial" ad campaigns!
Gee, thanks King. Although wise might be to strong, LOL. There is a technique, a way of thinking, when it comes to searching.
And, I'm still learning. 5cardstud did it too. I hope lots of folks do.
And, I'm still learning. 5cardstud did it too. I hope lots of folks do.
I hadn't even heard of e-cigs, until I heard ads from American Blue Tip & Vapor Mate.
When I called about the VM ad, I was told one carto was equal to one & a half packs.
I asked about the nic levels & was told it was 0 nic.
I then called ABT & they said the same.
I'm guessing it is on-par for all of these "free" deals, due to the FDA and such.
Personally, I'm thankful for the mass marketing of these products.
I'd still be sucking down at least a pack of American Spirits every day.
I know it's not good for the overall industry though.
Catch-22 all the way.......
(BTW...both ads aired on 1260 WNDE during the Jim Rome show.)
When I called about the VM ad, I was told one carto was equal to one & a half packs.
I asked about the nic levels & was told it was 0 nic.
I then called ABT & they said the same.
I'm guessing it is on-par for all of these "free" deals, due to the FDA and such.
Personally, I'm thankful for the mass marketing of these products.
I'd still be sucking down at least a pack of American Spirits every day.
I know it's not good for the overall industry though.
Catch-22 all the way.......
(BTW...both ads aired on 1260 WNDE during the Jim Rome show.)
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You have a pretty good point there. I started with and managed to quit using the inferior greensmoke. It wasn't until I became frustrated with it that I found the ECF. At least the word is getting out one way or another.
i've been getting those e-mails from prado...they arrive directly in my spam mail box. that should be a big red flag right there.
it's not surprising that people fall for it. my gf works in a bank, guaranteed every few weeks there will be someone falling for a nigerian mail scam. they simply don't want to hear that it's b.s.
i'm of the mind that people could do much, much worse than buying a blu. at least blu is cheap, better that than buying this-
Electronic Cigarette by White Cloud E-Cigarettes
yup, that's $250 for a kr808 with shorty batteries. i don't know how anyone could charge that much and keep a straight face.
Smoke Assist is how I found ECF. I googled it and only ONE hit came up for this site (lucky someone asked about it, or I probably would have bought one).
It made me find this site and realize a world I didn't know existed! I called them and said "what's the catch?" The guy was a true die hard aggressive salesman who finally fessed up, the carts cost $75.
It also made me realize, give one of these things to a normal consumer and they'll quickly grow tired and get rid of it and smoke more analogs. We may all take for granted our dipping, dripping, cartos, OHMs, mods, tea bag stuffing, etc.. but I would guess 95% of the folks that get these, don't keep it up. Heck, I'm on that same boat and I am happy with my new eGo, but It's still not quite that good to make most quit analogs.
Plus, could you see Billy Mays "Call now and we'll throw in 5 blank cartos, 20 5ml samplers of e-juice*, and a drip tip for free!"
In the bottom of the screen it says in really small letters:
*flavors and strengths selected at random, no substitutions
Oh wait.. we already have that last part.
It made me find this site and realize a world I didn't know existed! I called them and said "what's the catch?" The guy was a true die hard aggressive salesman who finally fessed up, the carts cost $75.
It also made me realize, give one of these things to a normal consumer and they'll quickly grow tired and get rid of it and smoke more analogs. We may all take for granted our dipping, dripping, cartos, OHMs, mods, tea bag stuffing, etc.. but I would guess 95% of the folks that get these, don't keep it up. Heck, I'm on that same boat and I am happy with my new eGo, but It's still not quite that good to make most quit analogs.
Plus, could you see Billy Mays "Call now and we'll throw in 5 blank cartos, 20 5ml samplers of e-juice*, and a drip tip for free!"
In the bottom of the screen it says in really small letters:
*flavors and strengths selected at random, no substitutions
Oh wait.. we already have that last part.
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I'd seriously like to have E-cig parties. Think Tupperware, Avon, Marykay... Aren't they basically word of mouth companies.? If I had it in me, had a supplier it would be a cool way to get the good PVs at least talked about. I've thought about this for a bit.
that's how i found ecf too....but i was lucky....my search lead me here, and i researched and chose the right pv for me...that was 4 mos ago....
Indeed.....they HAMMERED our airwaves for a long, long time with that crap. I actually knew one person that fell for the "free" part and they got screwed. The device was crap and it had 0 nic....pointless for getting off the analogs. They were also duped into buying $80 worth of BS extras like a charger. LOL Plus, they automatically put them on subscription (CC billing) for refills. SCAM SCAM SCAM
what i don't get is that people will spend weeks researching where to save an extra $5 on a tv they're thinking about but will just sign up for one of these offers with zero research.
American Blu Tip has been hitting the airwaves pretty hard in central NC, too! The first morning I heard one of the commercials during a break in the talk show I listen to; I almost drove off the road!
i'm hearing ads for them on satellite radio too. it's a media blitz lol.
I think, due to the new federal appeals court ruling, that we will soon be seeing a lot more ads soon.
E-cigs will be regulated as tobacco products - Health - Addictions - msnbc.com
Or perhaps maybe none at all. I guess we wait and see what the good ol' FDA does next.
E-cigs will be regulated as tobacco products - Health - Addictions - msnbc.com
Or perhaps maybe none at all. I guess we wait and see what the good ol' FDA does next.
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