Just ran into this... smoktek.com is selling bobas and gorilla juice, right at the time AVE is out of stock... Porphy are you aware of this?
edit: thanks pearl, fixed address in my post
edit: thanks pearl, fixed address in my post
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If smoktek isn't an authorized reseller, they are cashing in on the popularity of AVE's Boba's Bounty and Gorilla Juice, plain and simple. Is it illegal? Not to my knowledge... but it is quite underhanded and shady. The fact that AVE is currently out of stock, and these prices are higher than AVE sells them for tells me they probably are not a reseller, and are simply looking to make a few dollars from the markup price.
BTW, are those nicotine strengths the same AV sells?
Also, yes Fernand they are the same nic strengths AVE sells.
It's not a question of "my opinion", that's just a way of saying I'm mistaken, or that no truth exists. To tell you the truth, I don't follow your presentation one iota. So-called speculation is one of the mainstays of free-market capitalism. Aren't the most basic business guidelines "buy low and sell high", and the corollary "buy in plenty, sell in shortage"? There are laws and rules against fraud, misrepresentation, collusion-price fixing, trademark violations, etc. I can see you say you consider Smoktek's actions (without AVE's explicit agreement, let's leave that out) shady and "screwing customers", and I see that you are presenting examples of actions you consider shady, but I don't see any argument or logic as to what ethical or legal rules you consider broken, and how. Can you clarify?... but it is quite underhanded and shady.
If you see no problem with this, that's your opinion. If you want to dig deeper into a hypothetical situation, give the following some thought. Vendor A puts on a great sale, and Vendor B makes a huge order. Along with all of the regular juice sales, Vendor B's huge order has depleted the stock of the juices ordered. We now have an artificial short supply situation. Vendor B then turns around and sells the juice at an increased price. If I, as a consumer, want that juice, I *have* to order from Vendor B and pay their increased prices. If Vendor B had not made their order, I might be able to still order from Vendor A. Creating artificial demand and raising prices is a wonderful way of making money, and a wonderful way of screwing consumers. I'm not saying this is exactly what happened, and only outlined this hypothetical situation to clarify why this kind of thing would make me, as a consumer, angry.