Buyer Beware

[Pepsifreak]

I talked to a guy at the mall too the other day, friend told me they sold juice, so I figured I'd check it out. Turns out he's just selling those normal mall cigs at outrageous prices. 45 bucks for a 4081 atty. I asked about juice flavors and he told me that juice is only made in regular and menthol, the other flavored ones don't have any nicotine in them. As far as price is concerned, he says he's paying 20 bucks for 10 ml himself to sell at 39.95. The guy really didn't have a clue. I actually felt bad for him so I told him about ECF and gave him a good suppliers card. He seemed quite interested.

I figure it can't hurt. All these mall rip offs gotta be giving the whole e cig business a bad name. Around here there's the mall guy and the gas station versions only. I myself would love to have someone nearby selling stuff I can get in a pinch if need be, someone with some decent stuff. I know it'll still be overpriced but oh well.

 

[CGardener]

they all are in just about every flea market in the area. gatorvapor, smokersvapor, whitecloud ect.. whitecloud being the biggest ripoff (mall setups) with the most clueless vendors. The other two were ran by the same family but split. Both have lied to me about there products but gator made me want to puke on his counter. none of them sell anything genuine but you can get a relabeled riva that they will sell to you as a real ego. the liguid was cheap import imo and sits in plastic bottles in 100 degree heat all day.
not all the vendors were 'evil" people, some straight up nice, but ill-informed and ready to lie to make a sale.
sorry to put out all the negativity just trying to help.

 

[GolemGolem]

It's horrible that this is the way most of our target market finds out about ecigs. This stuff, the mall stores, radio adds with "free" trials. First impressions are important. Everyone I know with a negative view of ecigs is a anti smoking nazi, or been or known and loved someone who've been ripped off by clowns like these.
First bit of advice I give anyone who seems interested in my box is, "go online, never trust a guy you meet in person selling this stuff (other than my one friend who makes mods)." And that is good advice, but i feel dirty giving it. Drug dealers seem to have more scruples.

 

[Harleydiver]

Actually, I find the Smokersvapor juices to be quite good. It's how I was able to quit smoking on the first day of trying them.

 

[rushguy]

Thats a great flea market, haven't been there since moving back from Washington State. Shame they are taking advantage of people, I overpayed for my ego kit in a local store (I may have mentioned that in my first post here) I went back with buyers remorse and the owner gave me 4 free 10 ml juices to make up for the price difference. I no longer regret the purchase and my cigs work awesome and last me all day and night without needing a charge. Guess I won't be supporting my vaping with any flea market purchases, oh yea those mall guys are bad, I ran into them at the outlets and they were starting at 170 dollars for a basic 510 kit and every time you try to walk away they go down in price. All my future purchases for anything related to vaping will be done online from vendors I read good things of here on this forum.

 

[RazorNribbonz]

I see ecigs in flea markets, malls, gas stations..Cheap units for jacked up prices..And that TV commercial for smokeassist, kills me- Rediculous price for stock batt/atty and some cartridges..Cartridges they make a killing off of and blatently say one cartridge = 1 pck of cigs... It makes me want to grab a handful of ECF cards and throw on an informative ECF tshirt like a billboard lol

I actually called one of those commercail #s once(because on the commercial the kit only came with one atomizer) I asked how much would an extra atty cost..Evasive at first he finally told me 45$ then rushed to tell me I wouldnt need another atomizer lol

 

[Uncle Willie]

When it comes to Mall vendors, those that complain about their prices have no idea what it costs for space in a good mall .. swap meet / flea market space is cheap .. Mall space is very expensive

I'm not defending them, but charging what they need to make a profit is dictated by what the cost of selling is .. and rent is the biggest part of that ..

As well, any and all public exposure to the e-cig is a good thing for all of us ..

 

[jjlee138]

Wow, sounds bad. Glad I found ECF and had a veteran friend guide me before making a 1st purchase.

 

[Nik-Lux]

You should have reemed his behind for lying to you. Not wanting to ruin his business? His "business" is a scam. If no one says anything, he will just lie to more people.