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I just checked my supply, I have a total of 11l of 100 mg nic, 1l of 48mg (mistake on the part of a company that gifted it to me and sent the right strength afterward and 2l more 100 mg nic on the way. I hope I'm good as it all should last me until I'm 90. I also have about a year and a half supply of zampleboxes that I haven't touched yet as I keep forgetting to use them. In regards to mods... well I have my 3 reo grands, 2 reo woodvilles, provari radius, p3, 2- p2.5s, crebox, rx200, I stick 100 tc, about 15 clone mechanicals, 30 or so rbas, 9 bf rbas, 4 subtasks, 2 propane 4s, 10 kayfuns and probably 20 or so rebuildable tanks. I have not bought any replaceable parts (O rings, Springs etc.)... do I really need these right now? I am 34, so if anyone has any other suggestions I would love them.
 

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I just checked my supply, I have a total of 11l of 100 mg nic, 1l of 48mg (mistake on the part of a company that gifted it to me and sent the right strength afterward and 2l more 100 mg nic on the way. I hope I'm good as it all should last me until I'm 90. I also have about a year and a half supply of zampleboxes that I haven't touched yet as I keep forgetting to use them. In regards to mods... well I have my 3 reo grands, 2 reo woodvilles, provari radius, p3, 2- p2.5s, crebox, rx200, I stick 100 tc, about 15 clone mechanicals, 30 or so rbas, 9 bf rbas, 4 subtasks, 2 propane 4s, 10 kayfuns and probably 20 or so rebuildable tanks. I have not bought any replaceable parts (O rings, Springs etc.)... do I really need these right now? I am 34, so if anyone has any other suggestions I would love them.
Wow you are stocked up :) I would buy some replacement parts. I bought rebuild kits for my Reo and for my Kayfuns. I also got a box of O rings in a variety of sizes just to have on hand.
 

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I think after 8/8/16 we will no longer be able to use CC's to buy vape supplies because CC's are not allowed to be used to buy tobacco. PayPal neither, plus shipping tobacco products is also a no no. So my advice is buy now before 8/8. This deeming vape as tobacco has us screwed coming and going !
 
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If your budget is limited, I would prioritize:

#1- Nic base
#2- More Nic base
#3- Do you have enough nic base?

Because I strongly suspect that everything else, hardware-related, will for the most part, continue being available for the next 2 years, and even past that. There may be shortages, it may take a while to order, but really, the USA (and every other country on Earth for that matter) is incapable of keeping hundreds of tons of schedule 1 drugs out of the country... I just don't see them succeeding in intercepting packages from fasttech, or hundreds of other companies spread around the world, who sell hardware. For that matter I don't even see them succeeding with nicotine; labs in China are more than happy to sell you nic, and label the pkg and manifest as anything you want, "This is NOT the nicotine you're looking for. Contains 100% PG!" How do I know this? Because if you order anything with a US address they'll leave you a helpful note stating this. They don't care, they have no consequences for doing so. Of course, you probably don't want nic from China ;-)

Yes, after August 8th everything becomes a tobacco product (and you're gonna enforce this how exactly? It would require an infinite budget that you don't have), but in actuality is means the states will pile in and make nic and juice either unavailable, or taxed through the roof. If you've got nicotine, then finding devices to use it with, will never be impossible.

These are only my opinions of course, and yes I've stocked up on *everything* down to wick and wire, because I just don't want to deal with it moving forward. But if your budget is limited, go for the nic first, that's gonna be the big one.

Yep, I get you totally. The reason why I'm not done is I'm trying to buy things for 10+ years on a fixed income... Social Security plus a small part time job. I'm doing fine. I like everything that I have. I know that everything that I want does not need to be bought in July, but I want to get my nic in July or early August to avoid any problems. Some of it can be spread out over the following six months.

What do I have or what am I considering at the moment?

Have 2L+ of nic right now. I'm only buying Nude Nicotine Armor v2(in amber glass w argon gas). I believe in the packaging and will not consider anything else at the moment. I'll be buying at least 2ga more of NN (16 - 500ml, 100mg/ml), 1L of ea PG/VG, along with at least 25 flavors for DIY. Have 10 flavors for DIY now. Want freezer bags for the nic b/c I want to make sure freezer burn is not a possibility.

Have 12 box mods right now (2 of which are unregulated). They are all decent mods for the long haul (1 Mech - Scotts Mods Vet, 1 Mech - MVC Raptor, 1 - 75W Sig, 1 - 150W Sig, 2 - Sig 213, 4 - Sig Fuchai 213, 2 - RX200s). Considering 4 more RX200s, and 2 more mech box mods.

Have: 5 - Aspire Atlantis IIs(2 - extra pyrex glass), 1 - Triton v2, 2 - Twisted Messes Squared RDA(with 4 extra RDA bases). Considering the following with spare parts(glass, screws, o-rings): 4 - GeekVape Tsunami 24 RDA, 4 - Kayfun v5 RTA, 2 - Twisted Messes Squared RDA(and at least 4 more bases), 4 - Velocity v2 RDA.

Have a lot of wire and some premade coils. Want to buy more of ea, all SS 316L and Kanthal A1.

Just bought an XTAR VC4, and I have two Nightcore chargers. Need 6 new batteries for the RX200s, and I need at least two plastic cases.

Other items: Ultrasonic Cleaner, variable speed reverseable drill, digital scale, 2 - Koh Gen Do Cotton(have 2 boxes right now), ...
 

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    Wismec RX200, Voidray 60W TC (Haven't seen much on it here but I watched a girl throw it off 4 stories onto pavement and vape it no problem... in cart you go), Vaspresso Tarot 200W TC.

    Griffin 25 and Vaspresso Gemini (Auth), 3 clones from fast tech. Some batteries, wire, cotton, battery accessories to get the new mods rolling. Coil Master, more cotton, more wire. 3 packs of subtank TC heads in case building doesn't go as planned.

    3 Bottles of the ONLY juice I've vaped in nearly two years, HHV Heavenly Tobacco. And I need to put in a gallon of 100mg/ml order in soon and start thinking about a good RY4 flavoring. :( I hope this isn't good bye HHV.

    I wasn't even really stocked up before this, have a few old Eleafs, some subtanks and a NEBOX for my best setups right now.
     
    I think after 8/8/16 we will no longer be able to use CC's to buy vape supplies because CC's are not allowed to be used to buy tobacco. PayPal neither, plus shipping tobacco products is also a no no. So my advice is buy now before 8/8. This deeming vape as tobacco has us screwed coming and going !

    I'll have my new CC for vape supplies in 7 to 10 days, with a $1,000 limit. The nic is a done deal.
     
    Have a lil spare cash left over. Last minute purchase? Provari? Some other mod that's on sale?

    Disregard if you're flush with cash.... OOPS!

    Do you live near a major city with a Chinatown? I do, and when I'm short cash I go to a Chinese retailer and buy a 35lb bag of rice. Lasts almost indefinitely, and with spicy peanut sauce or soy sauce on it - it tastes great.
     
    Tanks 1 need to do an inventory of totals but I have these I know of off hand:
    Kayfuns Lite & Mini V3
    Avocado
    Serpent
    Cerabis
    Derringer
    Reomizer 2
    Malstrom
    Kanger Top tank
    Corolla
    Merlin
    Hmm and another I can't think of! LOL

    Whatever you do, make sure you have two of ea and spare parts for tanks. If the market reveals scarcity, you will not be able to get parts, that is why I'm buying multiple of ea of the things I am buying.
     
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    I think after 8/8/16 we will no longer be able to use CC's to buy vape supplies because CC's are not allowed to be used to buy tobacco. PayPal neither, plus shipping tobacco products is also a no no. So my advice is buy now before 8/8. This deeming vape as tobacco has us screwed coming and going !

    I am just not convinced on this.
    When I was smoking I used both credit cards and my paypal credit card to buy cigarettes with zero issues no matter where I purchased them from. One glance at ebay and you will find a wealth of vape gear that can be purchased without issue using paypal. Quite a few online stores that sell vape related gear use paypal as their payment processor. So in-spite of a few retailers saying their cc processor dropped them, I really do not see anything changing as far as using credit cards or paypal after 8/8. As far as shipping tobacco products, I think that will come down to a state by state issue, for now anyways.
     

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    Whatever you do, make sure you have two of ea and spare parts for tanks. If the market reveals scarcity, you will not be able to get parts, that is why I'm buying multiple of ea of the things I am buying.
    Yes I did most but some I can't find parts for but I have quite a few Kayfuns and bought a bunch of parts for them and extra tanks too, they both have metal tanks so figure they are my long term ones. The ones I could not find kits for I will just use until they give it up LOL,
     

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    I am just not convinced on this.
    When I was smoking I used both credit cards and my paypal credit card to buy cigarettes with zero issues no matter where I purchased them from. One glance at ebay and you will find a wealth of vape gear that can be purchased without issue using paypal. Quite a few online stores that sell vape related gear use paypal as their payment processor. So in-spite of a few retailers saying their cc processor dropped them, I really do not see anything changing as far as using credit cards or paypal after 8/8. As far as shipping tobacco products, I think that will come down to a state by state issue, for now anyways.
    I used to buy cigs online too years ago, then one day I got a notice I could no longer use my CC. Then another notice they could no longer ship to my state. Apparently since CC companies are heavily regulated they have to follow the rules and you can't even use them to buy loose pipe tobacco. We shall see how bad this gets. It is not looking good for when vape becomes tobacco. All these darn tobacco laws!
     

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    I am just not convinced on this.
    When I was smoking I used both credit cards and my paypal credit card to buy cigarettes with zero issues no matter where I purchased them from.
    Face-to-Face or online? I believe it's illegal to buy cigarettes online. Illegal or severely restricted. Why do people pay the ridiculous prices for cigarettes. Because to do otherwise is very difficult to manage. It's doable, but very difficult, unless you happen to live close to an Indian reservation maybe.
     

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    I vote Provari just because they last :)

    It is about time... I guess technically I've been looking at these things for three years. Being that I am aforementioned NOT flush with cash, I think I'm going to pick up a 2.5 while drooling over a Radius. Is there even really a big difference between P3 and 2.5? Both go from 2.9-6V I see one has VW but VV basically same so that can't be the extra $150.
     
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