Cost of replacement parts too much?

[VpnDrgn]

I recently acquired an 18650 NoEgo from a trade. It worked fine when I got it.
The problem was the cheap charger I had for the batt, it did not make a good connection
with the negative end of batt. I emailed JazzCartoPipe to ask if it would charge like an Ego
with the Ego Usb Charger. I got a response back that they had not confirmed it, but another
user had claimed it worked.

I went ahead and tried, knowing I was taking a risk if it didn't work. It seemed to work, although
it did take several hours as I figured it would. I checked the voltage on batt and it was fine.
Later however, when I went to use the unit, it fired continuously when I screwed in a carto even
though the switch did not light up. When I took the switch off and then put it back on the button
blinked 3 times, stuttered a little, then blinked 5 times fast. The switch would not light up when
pressed and again fired continuously when I screwed in a different carto.

At this point I figured the switch is fried. I took a gamble and lost. I went on the site to see about
ordering a replacement switch but could not find a link for parts. I sent an email and they replied
that the switch would be $20 plus $5 for shipping. The whole unit is $35 and they want $25 for
a replacement switch.

What do you all think? Is that a fair price for a replacement part?

Does anyone know if somebody else carries a similar model? The E-Power is not compatible.

Has anyone else experienced this or know of a fix?

 

[Mindfield]

The switch assembly is the most expensive part of that setup, so yeah... it doesn't surprise me at all that it costs that much to replacement. The only other parts in the NoEgo is the tube, cone, a bit of wire and a battery spring.