I really don't believe we have 5 months left. Stores are starting to fold now. When the general vaping public really gets it through their heads this is happening the stock in existing stores is going to vanish fast. Of course congress could pass and trump could sign legislation to ban the USPS from shipping anything vape related. THAT would radically up the costs of stocking up and take some people out of the running at all.
I agree 120%. I hope we are wrong.
I posted yesterday that I believe things are coming to an end. FT lost it's CC processor and does not appear to be getting it back. They only take Paypal and BTC now. It looks like it's only a matter of time before paypal stops "tobacco" transactions in China, like they have in the USA.China has a vape ban on sales to the USA and that is going to make the China bank system forbid "tobacco" transaction via Paypal, just like the banks did here in the USA years ago. At least for USA shipping addresses.
This kept me from sleeping well all last night because I have to buy more nic base. Was thinking I would just buy 4 liters with the "vapemag" 5% off coupon today.
But lo and behold I got up this morning I had an email from heartland vapes $10 off all liter and gallon bottle of nic base. It's like a blessing in disguise (sort of).
I still can't afford it, but I went ahead and bought 6 liters on CC anyhow. So at $32.99/liter, that came to $198 + free ship. Put on my CC and will worry about it later.
HOWEVER: You cannot use any coupons with that $10 off sale. If you try to use a coupon code, you don't get the $10 off per bottle.
In fact, it messes things up even if you cancel the coupon - the cart will show your $10 off per bottle, but at checkout it will show the coupon discount instead. The fix for this is to
- clear your cart,
- log out,
- clear your cookies & cache,
- close your browser,
- OPTIONAL - clear your cache/files and cookies with CCleaner or similar program is if you wish - always a good idea.
- restart your browser and start over with your order making sure to not put any coupons in your cart!
This sale is good until 12/13.
I now have 7.120 liters of nic base plus almost 2 liters of juice ready made. That should last me 10-15 years, depending on my mg and consumption levels, which I will have to start lowering, especially the mg. I would like more, but I just can't afford it.
Effectively, this ends my hoarding/stocking-up spree. If I can find employment before vapocalypse occurs, then I may buy a little more nic and maybe other hardware. But I'm in the "rust belt".
Good news is, I'm pretty good to go (I think) even if I never get the chance to buy anything else from this point to d-day.
So to answer the question in the title of this thread...
Q: Are you done stocking up?
A: YES (unless my finances change lol)
Luckily, I started hoarding hardware and accessories almost immediately when I switched to vaping, so that made the recent blow to my finances much softer than it could have been. In fact, I would never have been able to hoard at all.
I got into vape just before the banks made Paypal put the ax on vape vendors and they were scrambling to find reasonably priced merchant CC processing capability. So I saw the writing on the wall and decided to hoard immediately when that happened. Some of the stuff I hoarded then was nothing I would ever use today but I was luckily able to sell it off or give it away a few years ago. Well most of it.
Good luck to those of you who still have to hoard. I don't mean to be chicken little, but do everything you can to get your hoarding in well before May 2020. I really have a bad feeling you don't have until may 2020. My suggestion to you is, if you have very limited funds and do not want the mafia govt to dictate what flavors you vape and tax you to death in the process, get your nic base now and worry about hardware later.
