Are you done stocking up?

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I kind of worry for vape stores for one reason: so many people have stocked up for years /decades. When ( if) the flavoring ban doesn't happen vape stores will have far less customers since every one has stockpiled. It's a horrible catch 22. Stock up, nothing happens, vape stores lose business - don't stock up, ban happens, vape stores lose their actual business.

This is so heart breaking :(
Honestly I go into our to visit people. I always buy a pack of coils or something but they have never had anything I need. I just support the business because they are very good at what they do. Helping people switch.

For me though I graduated out of that gear LONG ago and I have been DIY since 2013. :)
 

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Well after sleeping on it I pulled the trigger. I have been wanting a BB for the better part of 6 years. An Authentic is WAY out of my price league given how much in the way of spare parts and accessories I need to keep it viable. The people I have talked to tell me the 60W SXK clone is half decent. This is purely an OOOOOOOOO SHINY not an I need and I fully admit it.
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Well after sleeping on it I pulled the trigger. I have been wanting a BB for the better part of 6 years. An Authentic is WAY out of my price league given how much in the way of spare parts and accessories I need to keep it viable. The people I have talked to tell me the 60W SXK clone is half decent. This is purely an OOOOOOOOO SHINY not an I need and I fully admit it.
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If it makes you happy, and you can afford it, go for it! I hope it arrives (relatively) quickly, and is all you hope it will be! :thumb:
 

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It feels like super bowel sunday, big event in Washington today. Problem with doing it on a Saturday is few government officials will be around to see it in person. Will it get any time in mainstream news that most people watch?

Like most of us I mix. Early on I fell into the habit of using such minimal flavor I don't need variety. I vape one mix the way smokers smoke one brand. The reward is mixing takes 30 minutes every two months and cost of materials is about one cent/ml, 7 cents a day, basically free.

The vape shops provide a service where customers sample flavors before buying. For that they pay an extravegant premium. I think the most important health benefit of vaping is protection from relapse. The vape shops contribute to that for some people.

But I'm concerned vape shops aren't doing a good enough job of helping smokers switch. Are smokers getting the same results with convenience store products that come with zero support. I wonder if JUUL users have more or less success avoiding relapse.
 

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I got up off the couch for you BigPappa...:) The bottles are identical. Very squishy too.

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You had the black one right? Did you also get the Metallic Resin one? Because I am now realizing the included bottles are different, the Metallic Resin one does not have the metal ring. (I did not get a black one... at least not yet, I got just 2 of the Metallic resin). Also, someone had mentioned built-in protections on this squonker, but I do not see that on the Metallic Resin one. Does the one you have have built-in protections?
 

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i already tried there first and out of stock and got a refund. They have been discontinued and are impossible to find in starry night. But thanks for helping us. :)
Well that's annoying as all heck that they do not say out of stock on the site. I can understand the first time running out because the inventory did not match what was online, but they should have updated that once they refunded you.
 

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You had the black one right? Did you also get the Metallic Resin one? Because I am now realizing the included bottles are different, the Metallic Resin one does not have the metal ring. (I did not get a black one... at least not yet, I got just 2 of the Metallic resin). Also, someone had mentioned built-in protections on this squonker, but I do not see that on the Metallic Resin one. Does the one you have have built-in protections?
I got the black one. The black one already has the upgraded better bottle and with some protection from what folks said in this thread.
 

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It feels like super bowel sunday, big event in Washington today. Problem with doing it on a Saturday is few government officials will be around to see it in person. Will it get any time in mainstream news that most people watch?

Like most of us I mix. Early on I fell into the habit of using such minimal flavor I don't need variety. I vape one mix the way smokers smoke one brand. The reward is mixing takes 30 minutes every two months and cost of materials is about one cent/ml, 7 cents a day, basically free.

The vape shops provide a service where customers sample flavors before buying. For that they pay an extravegant premium. I think the most important health benefit of vaping is protection from relapse. The vape shops contribute to that for some people.

But I'm concerned vape shops aren't doing a good enough job of helping smokers switch. Are smokers getting the same results with convenience store products that come with zero support. I wonder if JUUL users have more or less success avoiding relapse.
Has anyone heard anything about who is going to stream it? I really want to see as much as I can of it (between laundry loads).
 

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I got the black one. The black one already has the upgraded better bottle and with some protection from what folks said in this thread.
Now I am wondering if the Metallic Resin one without the protections will work with the upgraded bottle because those protections may take up a tiny bit more space. I guess I will just need to order the black one so I can compare them. lol Fasttech has the original bottles without the metal band for the Metallic resin squonker but they are only in 10 and 20 packs (only $3 and $5 though). However, I guess there were complaints about those bottles. I like the idea of some protections, so I will probably get the black and compare the bottles.
 

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Has anyone ever ordered from 3avape?
I tried to order from them, but it was not letting me add an item to the cart, whenever I tried, the page would just refresh and nothing would get added to my cart. I emailed them about it and they got back to me the same day (the item was out of stock, but it just wasn't registering correctly on the site). My point of all of this is that it was at least a good sign that they replied the same day.
 

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