Catfish Atty Mods the next Chapter

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inswva

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No more fasttech for us! We gots da good stuff. Btw all of the HellBoys that I have in stock will be donated or thrown out. If you know of an underprivileged vaping Organization I would love to send them a pile of great attys that I just can't in good conscience drill and charge $45 for. I have about 25 hellboys and 45 bambinos I would love to donate, muttx2 also. I need to get rid of stuff that either doesn't sell or doesn't pass my standards. All of them would work fine as drippers, they just lack the strength to be drilled for BF and retain enough strength to be viable as a bottom feeder.

On that note I will begin grading clones as I mod them for quality. For instance the Rogue would be a 9/10 where the Hellboy second run I would call a 6. Anything below a 6/10 will not be done. I will have Manta clones pretty soon with straight and aligned posts. I ripped the head off of my supplier over that. She is currently having them made correctly. I saw the pics.

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LOL - have you seen the sites where people troll the scammers? Tellin' them that they'll send the deposit but FIRST they need a photo. A very specifically described photo usually...
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Bad news guys....
I'm rich! Apparently my ship has come it....
I just got this from some sultan...

Fred Martins doesn't seem very Sultan-y but 40% of $6.5million should keep me in Sunboxes a while..


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LOL - have you seen the sites where people troll the scammers? Tellin' them that they'll send the deposit but FIRST they need a photo. A very specifically described photo usually...
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I love that site. When I was unemployed I would read those stories for days.
 
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Sorry about the current and upcoming barrage of attys. it seems to be atty season. Every time I turn around there's another three that would be perfect. Hobo3, Vector, Element, Marquis, all on the immediate horizon.

Thanks for making the Manta2 authentic a success. I still have Derringers, Manta2s, and a few Rogue authentics ready to ship.

All currently paid orders (and trades) are packed up and ready to ship. Just waiting for the post office to open.
Huh? What? I'm confused. Can there really be too many atty choices? :D
 

inswva

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I don't see where they take donations. Seems they just want you to buy their juice. Seems fishy to me..

Admittedly, I haven't looked into VAV in much detail. My wife works for the VA and has encountered several vets who have benefited from VAV. From a cursory look, you'd likely have to become a sponsor.
 

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Okay I'm curious if this idea is even possible. 22mm atty with top air intake but routing the air to the bottom under the coils.
My idea was maybe a smaller internal chamber say 18mm and letting the top airflow feed via the space between the 2 chambers to create the under coil air flow. Advantages are bottom air for flavor production, virtually leakproof via use of top air intake and of course a conical top for the inner chamber to enhance flavor.


The idea of an 18mm while great for Reos it's not an accepted size for any of the higher end platforms that use the drip cup system. Once upon a time I was pushing hard for an 18mm offering or option. The very same reason the IN 'Ax18mm was so short lived. Cool concept but lt must be used along with an adapter (bog rat) to look right. Currently there is no shortage of great attys that work better as a BF than it ever did as a TF. All of the current low rider mini 22mm attys work well as do the overpriced 14mm options.

Until I have a thriving mod bussines to go along with the Atty business I See no upside to diverting the needed resources ($$$$) in the direction of an atty. my entire business model nearly requires me to not make an atty. I have built Catfish by simply not being married to a single atty. simply if it sucks I dump it. I don't want to be in the position where I have to sell you something that is not the best for your situation where as I have to sell you my faulty freshmen effort because I have all of my money tied up in a failure. As it stands I sell honest products either you want them or you don't. I might help the fence sitters one way or another but I just state the fact as I see them. Making 500 of my own atty sounds glamorous but this is nische market at best, and poor investment of $20-25k. Would you bet your house on this market?

My hat is off to you if you decide to run with this particular ball but I'm afraid I will not be of much help financially. Where I do see a need is in the mid range every mans regulated Squonker, the flask tried but it was plagued with failure from the outset. I can do better for less.
 

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Catfish wins
I don't consider this a win but simply a statement of where I'm at with my walk.... This was just to explain why I don't feel making my own atty at this point to be a good idea. There is much more room in the Mod business for small batch handmade mods with purpose. I hope this pans out for,all of our sakes.
 

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No more Fasttech for us! We gots da good stuff. Btw all of the HellBoys that I have in stock will be donated or thrown out. If you know of an underprivileged Vaping Organization I would love to send them a pile of great attys that I just can't in good conscience drill and charge $45 for. I have about 25 hellboys and 45 bambinos I would love to donate, muttx2 also. I need to get rid of stuff that either doesn't sell or doesn't pass my standards. All of them would work fine as drippers, they just lack the strength to be drilled for BF and retain enough strength to be viable as a bottom feeder.

On that note I will begin grading clones as I mod them for quality. For instance the Rogue would be a 9/10 where the Hellboy second run I would call a 6. Anything below a 6/10 will not be done. I will have Manta clones pretty soon with straight and aligned posts. I ripped the head off of my supplier over that. She is currently having them made correctly. I saw the pics.
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I agree, the amount of time to design and prototype an atty along with the cost. Everyone is making the newest atty everyday. Look at how the reo is doing. I bet your mods could be just as successful or more than his.
I don't consider this a win but simply a statement of where I'm at with my walk.... This was just to explain why I don't feel making my own atty at this point to be a good idea. There is much more room in the Mod business for small batch handmade mods with purpose. I hope this pans out for,all of our sakes.
 
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Think you may have misunderstood the atty concept I was suggesting.:) It was for a 22mm with an 18mm internal chamber with the 4mm space being used to get the airflow from the top directly under the coils. Leakproof, undercoil airflow, etc. revolutionary, maybe? I certainly understand your position on not investing large sums into a new atty design. This market is changing so fast right now that the best ideas are obsolete in a few months.
I'm truly excited about the mods you are currently building and will be developing in the future! I'm thinking this will be a great direction for you to take your business. Still hoping to see a CAM1 somewhere down the road though! ;)
 

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Reading thru your section has convinced me to jump on the list. I also sent you an email.

CH SX350J Mod List
1. robbieblood
2. jhhollier
3. Hildicat
4. Houndb
5. Nautilusfan
6. TheDigital99
7. snakedoc
8. Eric Snyder
9. Finagle69
10. Chowderhead1972

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1. strongdad
2. inspects
3. BENTHOS
4. Calpis
5. Wongster360
6. Henry Etta
7. Yiorgo
8. pwheeler
9. havok333
10. Magnetnerd
11. Yinsen
12. distortoblotto
13. penguiness
14. LittleBird
15. AllPepperS
16. joecarroll42
17. d4gger
18. IonMan
19. rudedog
20. Yiorgo
21. jotuck

This was the last list I saw, if incorrect please correct it.
 

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Allow me to shoot a whole lot'a THANKS right back at you my brother for opening up an entire new world of choice to the bottom fed vaping community with straight up, No B.S, honest and excellent service.

I second that! [emoji4] Thanks CH!


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Think you may have misunderstood the atty concept I was suggesting.:) It was for a 22mm with an 18mm internal chamber with the 4mm space being used to get the airflow from the top directly under the coils. Leakproof, undercoil airflow, etc. revolutionary, maybe? I certainly understand your position on not investing large sums into a new atty design. This market is changing so fast right now that the best ideas are obsolete in a few months.
I'm truly excited about the mods you are currently building and will be developing in the future! I'm thinking this will be a great direction for you to take your business. Still hoping to see a CAM1 somewhere down the road though! ;)
Do you see the irony here? 901 atomizer design? Atomizer drip shield? Lol ...
 
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Think you may have misunderstood the atty concept I was suggesting.:) It was for a 22mm with an 18mm internal chamber with the 4mm space being used to get the airflow from the top directly under the coils. Leakproof, undercoil airflow, etc. revolutionary, maybe? I certainly understand your position on not investing large sums into a new atty design. This market is changing so fast right now that the best ideas are obsolete in a few months.
I'm truly excited about the mods you are currently building and will be developing in the future! I'm thinking this will be a great direction for you to take your business. Still hoping to see a CAM1 somewhere down the road though! ;)

I've wanted this exact atty for months believe it or not. I think it's just a matter of time before someone does this and I'm able to make the purchase
 
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