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@Mowgli - I've always used Bulk Apothecary for VG and PG and have been very happy with the products, the prices, and their CS. If you'll browse their website for a few minutes, they should pop up a box that will give you 10% off your order if/when you sign up for their email newsletters. Also, they'll send a coupon code for $10 off an order of $29 or more, 17% off your entire order, 20% off, etc. several times a year. I get my VG and PG when those email specials come. It's usually been about $38-42 delivered to my door from Ohio...for a gallon of each.
 

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Forgive me if I'm trying to compare apples to oranges here, but I went to heartlandvapes and saw that they sell VG for $17/gallon, which is significantly less than the price you were happy paying ($40/gal). Is that $40/gal VG significantly higher quality?
Read what I wrote. I never paid $40/gal and I'm not about to. They raised their price so I'm looking for recommendations from people that have tried assorted brands.
 

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But the FDA considers devices to be tobacco products... They even have to be labeled as containing nicotine even though they do not.
Forgive me if I am wrong but I believe its not the FDA but a CA law that requires the contains nicotine labeling.
 
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Sorry for being snappy. Lower back agony + brutal sciatica (with no opioids) for 2 weeks now and got denied for an MRI. Doc's going to fight it for me but F M L right now.
Thanks for trying to help. I've heard enough good things about Bulk Apothecary from friends to try theirs. I'm pretty ...... at Essential right now but I haven't called them yet so who knows.

I bought another blue classic Boxer mod while they were on sale (for on topic content).
Getting this shot with both doggos at once will be impossible. Pic from 3 years ago.
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I don't see vg being crazy priced as a long term issue. We can still get it anywhere from 17 (heartland) - 27 (Amazon) per gallon. Any glitches right now are likely short term spikes, people buying it to mix with iso alcohol for hand sanitizer.

Then again, that's just my thought [emoji16]
 

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I don't see vg being crazy priced as a long term issue. We can still get it anywhere from 17 (heartland) - 27 (Amazon) per gallon. Any glitches right now are likely short term spikes, people buying it to mix with iso alcohol for hand sanitizer.

Then again, that's just my thought [emoji16]
Thank you
 
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Forgive me if I am wrong but I believe its not the FDA but a CA law that requires the contains nicotine labeling.
Sry but it was written in Congress authorization to FDA when they pass that rule. All products used for vaping has to say they contain nic even when they really do not. Made no sense then and still doesn't.
 

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Sorry for being snappy. Lower back agony + brutal sciatica (with no opioids) for 2 weeks now and got denied for an MRI. Doc's going to fight it for me but F M L right now.
Thanks for trying to help. I've heard enough good things about Bulk Apothecary from friends to try theirs. I'm pretty ...... at Essential right now but I haven't called them yet so who knows.

I bought another blue classic Boxer mod while they were on sale (for on topic content).
Getting this shot with both doggos at once will be impossible. Pic from 3 years ago.
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If your talking to me, no problem. I didn't take it that way.

Sorry about your back. Hope you'll get approved for the MRI.

I never used ED, but I sent them 2 emails, once in Dec and once in beginning of Feb. 1 simple question each time. Never replied. Nothing in spam folder. So I crossed them off my list of vendors to use.
 

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I don't see vg being crazy priced as a long term issue. We can still get it anywhere from 17 (heartland) - 27 (Amazon) per gallon. Any glitches right now are likely short term spikes, people buying it to mix with iso alcohol for hand sanitizer.

Then again, that's just my thought [emoji16]

Pg has also gone up. I had a quart sitting in my Amazon cart. I was going to place the order after mixing up the last of my current bottle. Now that it's time, the price is up about 40% in 2 weeks. Ah well, this next quart should last me about 2 years. Just curious about the rational for the increase.
 

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If PG or VG have anti viral properties I'll take it but probably just having better lung function is the benefit. Two years ago I got serious about diet and exercise (which could only happen because of not smoking). It's been a strict program, not half assed. Along comes the virus. If I catch it at age 71 it is a serious test of how important all this getting healthy stuff turns out to be.

I have 7 or 8 different mods with 5 different atomizers ready to use to find out what I think of them. Most are are new to me. Vaping used to be much simpler.
 

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@Mowgli and anyone else who might need PG and/or VG - I just went to see what Bulk Apothecary's prices are on their PG and VG now, and found out the following:

First, they're sending new email subscribers a 15% off code now (not 10% as before), when you sign up from the pop-up window that appears. Their coupon codes also apply to sale items, too. So signing up before placing an order will be a further savings.

Their PG is actually on sale now - Their 16oz. is now $4.28, and their 8lb. gallon jug is now $16.20 (that's actually about a $2 Savings for the gallon)

Propylene Glycol

Their VG is $4.13 for 16oz. and for the 10 lb. gallon jug, it's $14.60. They've not raised their price on it...contrary to what ED has done!

Glycerin
 

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Heartland vapes:
1gal pg
1 gal vg
4 oz Capella Apple pie flavoring
4 twist caps (to get me just over $50, free shipping, handy for my larger mixes of diy)

Total, shipped: $50.07

I'm used to paying around 23 + tax at tss for pg, same for vg via Amazon, so $50 at heartland is like getting the flavoring and caps for a buck [emoji3] (8% sales tax where I live)

Granted BA has lower base prices on pg and vg than heartland, but given I'm interested in getting flavoring too the hv play costs less.
 
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Pg has also gone up. I had a quart sitting in my Amazon cart. I was going to place the order after mixing up the last of my current bottle. Now that it's time, the price is up about 40% in 2 weeks. Ah well, this next quart should last me about 2 years. Just curious about the rational for the increase.

people are using it to make home made hand sanitizer in place of the aloe Vera gel that is hard to find right now. Supply and demand.
 

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Heartland vapes:
1gal pg
1 gal vg
4 oz Capella Apple pie flavoring
4 twist caps (to get me just over $50, free shipping, handy for my larger mixes of diy)

Total, shipped: $50.07

I'm used to paying around 23 + tax at tss for pg, same for vg via Amazon, so $50 at heartland is like getting the flavoring and caps for a buck [emoji3] (8% sales tax where I live)

Granted BA has lower base prices on pg and vg than heartland, but given I'm interested in getting flavoring too the hv play costs less.

Agreed. I just bought a gallon of PG, a gallon of VG, and 16 oz. of flavoring at Heartland for $54.34 shipped. Great prices and the free shipping of very heavy items make it the cheapest I've found. I used to buy from ED until I saw HV's prices the last time I bought nic.
 

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    1 gallon of Essential Depot VG is now $40 and a Glycube is about $109.

    I've been using them exclusively for over 6 years and now I'm shopping around.

    Wow I just came on here to announce that VG is going up and you guys are already on it. Been using this one brand exclusively from Amazon for 3 years but was surprised when I went to put one in my cart.

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    Naturally @JCinFLA has already solved this problem before I realized there was a problem. Getting at least a gallon of VG now.

    FWIW I got rid of that OCC coil. It was good, then bad, then good and I didn't have anymore time for it's games. New GT 0.4 coil I'm trying out for the first time is great right out of the gate.
     

    Mowgli

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    I went with Heartland Vapes. They assure it's Palm derived VG.
    $25.50 shipped - $3 less than ED last time I bought a gallon from them

    Now ED is sold out on Amazon. They're back ordered for $49 bucks for a single gallon of VG
    "Back-ordered. Due in stock March 23 -- order now to reserve yours"
    Profiteers lost a 6 year customer. No biggie for them I'm sure but IIWII

    EDIT - I left ED a 1 star review highlighting profiteering from COVID19
     
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