Wow I'm glad this thread was zombied. I read every post and have had most of the same things happen to me.
The worst for me recently was a guy I worked with who "Didn't Smoke". However it seemed he would always bum several a week from me. At least he would buy me a pack every month or two, which would cover about half of what he bummed. I know he is going to try it when we get back to the states.
I also remember loosies that were 10c each. Of course, a pack of smokes at the time was about $1.50~1.70 so the stores had no problem making the extra money.
Any else seriously consider buying friends e-cigs? I'm really tempted to buy my best friend a setup for a combination XMas/BDay present.
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As for saving money, just look at my banner. It includes the cost of my daily juice and coil usage, Vape Box, and ~$15 a month (repace batteries, tanks, wire, cotton etc). Only thing not include was my initial Mods and tanks. Since I got my Mods at a nice discount (gotta love Black Friday) the money I have saved in a month of not smoking has paid for them. Granted I have a *TON* of juice, but I don't think I'll be buying much other than what comes with my monthly Vape Box. In another two months my cost savings will cover all my tanks, RBAs, RDAs, initial rebuild supplies and tools.
The only thing not paid off by the monthly savings will then be all the juice I bought. However since I plan to vape all of it and included $2.20 a day of juice and $2.20 a day for my vape box (which has 75ml of juice) in my daily savings calculation even at worse (ie unexpected gotta have it $100+ items) I'll be completely in the black at five months in.
Additionally all the numbers are just from cigarette consumption. We are ignoring cigars, pipe tobacco, and supplies for the two above (lighter, pipes, cleaning supplies, humidifier, etc). I will be giving away cigars and pipe tobacco for a while into the future, since even my portible humidifier out here has ~$200 of cigars in it.
The worst for me recently was a guy I worked with who "Didn't Smoke". However it seemed he would always bum several a week from me. At least he would buy me a pack every month or two, which would cover about half of what he bummed. I know he is going to try it when we get back to the states.
I also remember loosies that were 10c each. Of course, a pack of smokes at the time was about $1.50~1.70 so the stores had no problem making the extra money.
Any else seriously consider buying friends e-cigs? I'm really tempted to buy my best friend a setup for a combination XMas/BDay present.
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As for saving money, just look at my banner. It includes the cost of my daily juice and coil usage, Vape Box, and ~$15 a month (repace batteries, tanks, wire, cotton etc). Only thing not include was my initial Mods and tanks. Since I got my Mods at a nice discount (gotta love Black Friday) the money I have saved in a month of not smoking has paid for them. Granted I have a *TON* of juice, but I don't think I'll be buying much other than what comes with my monthly Vape Box. In another two months my cost savings will cover all my tanks, RBAs, RDAs, initial rebuild supplies and tools.
The only thing not paid off by the monthly savings will then be all the juice I bought. However since I plan to vape all of it and included $2.20 a day of juice and $2.20 a day for my vape box (which has 75ml of juice) in my daily savings calculation even at worse (ie unexpected gotta have it $100+ items) I'll be completely in the black at five months in.
Additionally all the numbers are just from cigarette consumption. We are ignoring cigars, pipe tobacco, and supplies for the two above (lighter, pipes, cleaning supplies, humidifier, etc). I will be giving away cigars and pipe tobacco for a while into the future, since even my portible humidifier out here has ~$200 of cigars in it.
