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Imagine

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should be August 1st it will be on washington st. between 7th and 8th aves :)
When and where is the Hoboken store opening? It is a little far for me, but nothing beats instant gratification! Oh yeah, then I'd get stuck paying sales tax, too, NJ is such a swell place.
 

cindycated

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I am not sure I will check :p

haha, would you like me to post this pic for you every Friday?
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Qew

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What's up with the Smokeless Image site?

On the Menu across the top:
When I click on Cartomizer, there are no cartomizers.
When I click on Refill Liquid, there's only a video.

What's up?

I believe Imagine said a few days ago that the website would soon be updated. Maybe it's being worked on?
 

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Imagine, I never thought I would be asking for help with customer service. I've been dealing with SI for about 4 months now and have had excellent service. But I just received 2 of the new clearos and 1 of them has tasted terrible from the very beginning. I thought it might have had something coating the wicks and maybe it would just take a tank to clear up. I vaped it down 2 lines and refilled it since I was headed out the door and the next vape was that horrible dry burnt taste and it has tasted horrible ever since. I contacted customer service and after a few messages back and forth this is what I was told:

"I am sorry about the issues. I have noticed every now and again I get a burnt taste when I am using them. That is normally because I am always puffing on them and I do not allow them to rest. I have burnt a few wicks on the clearomizers this way. when they start to get that burnt taste too much it will be nearly impossible to get rid of it. I got in the habit of after 3-4 puffs I will let it rest for a little while before hitting it again. I am just very dead set in my vaping habits that sometimes I forget. But as well sometimes I will rotate a few batteries and clearomizers just to be sure I am vaping as much as I need to but not burning my clearomizers. Though it is a pain to keep two of them on my desk. Everyone is different though. We are still working out the bugs with these and I am happy to say we will be bringing out a new Clearomizer very soon which is a Ce3 Bottom coil clearomizer. Where our X2 clearomizers are a top coil clearomizer. These bottom coil ones will have more of a constant juice flow which should reduce the burning flavor you may get. They will be a smaller clearomizer than the ones we currently sell but they are very cool I have tested them here and there and I do like these, though I have to fill them a bit more often."

I have not put the name of the CS rep since I didn't know if that was allowed. My first email about this issue was with Heather and she had a question and told me not to worry that this would be taken care of. Now I'm being told that the clearos are known to do this and I'm stuck with it! Needless to say I was not happy with his response. Why would anyone buy something that you can only vape on 3-4 times and then have to set it down. I'm not paying to be a beta tester. I want a product that works. I responded back but I have not heard anything else. The ticket is #YWH-64628. Is it possible for you to look into this for me?

Thank you, Rebecca Hutchins
 

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Hi Bukket I am sorry you are upset... but I do not see the response the same way that you do. The first thing we always try to do is trouble shoot to ensure it is not a user variable or error. If it is user error or simply a certain variable causing an issue...then no matter how many times we replace the product the same issues may occur. It appears the response is not answer but more of a sharing of his experience...to which he is most likely expecting a response.. to say "yes I do vape heavily and that might be causing the issue....now what do we do?" or "No I do not vape that heavily...now what do we do? Vaping heavily can cause any atomizer to get very hot.. and may outpace the wicking....

Most people have no issues with the clearos and a few people can't seem to get them in their sweet spot... there are a lot of variables that play in... how much you vape.. how many fills a carto/clearo has had...what liquid you use... how much pg/vg.... etc...and at the end of the day some products just may not be a good fit for certain users...

I believe the CS person to be engaging you in a dialogue to get to the bottom of the issue...

Also suggesting that clearos may just not be right for the way you vape...and you might have a better experience with the coming CE3's.

You are by no means a guinea pig.... we sell thousands of these clearos and only a small % have had an issue.... which is usually caused by a variable (example: cracking in the past due to certain chemicals in a few e-liquids...which we responded to and have now fixed.... overfilling the cartos past the 1.6ml line will cause a burnt taste or some leaking... not rotating the clearo to ensure it is wicking....vaping it before it has had a chance to wick... which may have been your issue as you were running out of the house... not sure? etc)

I think the disconnect is you felt this was a final answer... which it is not simply further communication on the issue.

It is true that once a clearo or carto has acquired a burnt taste it is hard to fix...However I do not think he was implying that they all have an issue.. just that if the clearos is not filled properly or is not wicking well... it can cause this...

Now that all being said if this is your first clearo out of 5 that has had an issue.. then it would make sense that it be replaced... however if that is not the case then it is important to get to the route of the issue.

I hope that you may re-read the conversation with new eyes and reply back in order to rectify the situation for you. One way or another I am confident that it will be settled to your satisfaction :)
 
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