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Frick

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It's just so wrong.

Okay I laughed at that.....:lol:


I'm still laughing at that...Mad Photoshop skills yo!
 

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That was Redemtion. He's a good guy. He maybe shouldn't have said that the way he did, but don't assume he's some company plant, because he's not. Tensions are a bit high here with the disappearance of our Bloog spokespeople, so take that into consideration.

Since I can assure you he doesn't represent the company, brush it off as another forum member disagreeing with what you wrote and defending a company he happens to like and use. If you're going to let a post on an internet forum "ruin a product" that might get you to quit inhaling deadly carcinogens into your body in the form of cigarettes...well that's just sad.

oh no my secret is out. I admit I lost my temper this morning and Apologize to Golfer for saying what I did. As stated in numerous posts its a touchy subject and I shouldnt read the forums before my morning coffee.

I am at a loss I guess. I am a new member that comes to a board and thanks everybody on the forum for getting me off of analogs. Tells them my story and gets called an a**ho** because a company does not return my emails or phone calls. I was not even a member of the forum when I placed the order. I saw people saying some things on the forum before I placed my order, but because of the constant defense being played by some, I assumed that it is was just some impatient consumers and everything was fine. Yet in the end, it is the same as representing a company if they are the only ones speaking to the company and sharing a company message such as "I just spoke to them and we will know what is going on today".

It being a touchy subject is near comical to me, I must say. A company took people's money and for some they are getting treated like they have a contagious disease. And because others like the product, the people are not supposed to speak about it. I accept your apology, but still cannot believe that anybody (before coffee or not) could think that it is acceptable to feel that way about someone voicing their opinion on a matter that is obviously going on.

Again, thank you to all that have PM'ed me and explained what to expect out of some of these here. You all are wonderful for that and I think after I get my Blogg stuff, I will be joining yo in that "other place".
 
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I have to totally agree with you golfer. While I love My BMF.... I am totally disappointed with their lack of customer service. I have personally not had any problems with any of my orders.

however, when I first started using the bloog there were reps posting here in the forums daily. im not sure what is going on but .... that has stopped. It kinda sucks. ok so the company is flooded with demand for product, overwhelmed even. I get that. Soooo ..... you hire more staff. Thats what you do when your company is growing. I read they hired a CS rep named chris.... great! so where is he? If his only job is C.S. he should be here in the forums communicating with all us folk.

just sayin' :p and yes were testy. we found a great product we all love. we growl at the thought that anything could go wrong. I kinda gave up posting in the forum for that reason. uh, like .... without any responses from those in admin whats the point? been a few weeks now .... frustrated. :p
 

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Hi guys.

Golfer, I take full responsibility for not being on this forum lately, and with not giving you the response you deserved. It's a long story which I told in another thread, but I've been offline for a couple weeks since my computer crashed. Getting it fixed or replaced should have been simple, but I have bad computer karma, so it wasn't (and never is for me).

I am also sorry you've had trouble getting a response from our CS department. I'm not involved with that side of things (except for technical questions), but I know they hired a new CS coordinator, Chris, just a bit before my computer crashed, and they're working on setting up an improved CS system.

Bloog was a very small company before I came onboard, with an unexceptional product and a small customer base. But MaxxFusion was a real breakthrough for Bloog, and the demand for it has simply been greater than we were prepared to cope with.

But we're trying to fix that. We've hired two new CS representatives since I came on, plus Chris. We're revamping our website, and will be able to offer better order tracking and confirmation services then. And we have a new arrangement with our manufacturer that should help us prevent sold out items once it gets rolling.

All I can do is apologize and ask that you have patience with us through our growing pains.
 

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Leaford,
Thank you for your response. I am glad to hear that the company is showing growth. I must ask one question though, if the company has Chris (that seems to be working the CS) and hired a couple of new CS people, where are they? I dont mean on the forum, because while that is a bonus, the first priority should be customers.

I mean returning a phone call or replying to an email should not be a secondary thing. Replying to 5 emails from one customer waiting for a response is not that difficult even if its a stock email to say that customer service is revamping and will be unable to assist for a few days. Especially when emails are going directly to Chris (as he apparently is in charge of this side of things).

I appreciate your apology and take it to heart. In the end, that is all you can do from your side. However being called an A**hole from someone in contact with Chris and being told from that same person that Bloog would have a statement coming and then not making one make me wonder a lot about the future and where my money will be spent.

Thank you for taking the time to respond.
 

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Thank you all for the PM's. Some of you truly know what we are going through and walking on constant eggshells in fear of getting called names and other things by a select few. Its not worth posting the negative anymore or anything about the experience, yet we still feel compelled to share experiences because that is what a forum is about (too some I guess, others do not allow it).

I wont post PMs here obviously, but some of you are so helpful and its an amazing group effort to find something that works. I some day hope that we can all look back at these testing days when we were technically the "lab rats" and say we are all healthier because of it.

Despite differing of opinions we are all here for the same reason and while some feel as though they are compelled to not allow certain comments, the comments are what make other consumers aware.
 

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Just to jump in quick with my own experience thus far. Placed an order on 3/5 ,billed immediately upon checkout.
Receive a email next day confirming order , never heard anything since. Leaford if you can pass on some suggestions to the higher ups , I order from 2 places both work like this . Place order ,immediately receive confirmation , receive email shortly
After that the order was processed and then a final that it was shipped with a tracking number. All of this usually takes place within 2 days max. I'm in ny and one place is in pa and the other is in long island ny. Standard shipping I usually get my stuff the next day . I'm also about 30 minutes from bloogs adress in nj. So I was expecting the same time period.
 

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Although it wouldn't have shipped til Monday or Tuesday, you should have had it by now. Did you try using the tracking number to see where USPS says it is? I've seen some people say the tracking shows the package taking some really weird detours.

Just to jump in quick with my own experience thus far. Placed an order on 3/5 ,billed immediately upon checkout.
Receive a email next day confirming order , never heard anything since. Leaford if you can pass on some suggestions to the higher ups , I order from 2 places both work like this . Place order ,immediately receive confirmation , receive email shortly
After that the order was processed and then a final that it was shipped with a tracking number. All of this usually takes place within 2 days max. I'm in ny and one place is in pa and the other is in long island ny. Standard shipping I usually get my stuff the next day . I'm also about 30 minutes from bloogs adress in nj. So I was expecting the same time period.
 

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That's the problem never got a tracking number or any notification of it being shipped or completed, just a
Email right after I ordered showing my order .never heard anything else.

ohhhh, I mis-read that then (you were talking about how it should have worked). First, did you look for an email not from Bloog, but from cs@weblogixx ? Kinda goofy that the order comes from one email and the shipping from another.
 

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I have a question. I send bloog an email on 2/25/11 about one of my batteries not working and have not received a response yet. My question is should i send another email or call or should i wait to hear back from them. I dont want to be pushy but the one battery doesn't work and the other got lost at a walmart when my wallet was stolen it fell out of my pocket or was taken too. So i am back on analogs right at the moment hating the taste and smell. I would love to get this all figured out I love my bloog and i used it a lot. Thanks for listening and I feel better now that I have vented
 

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I have a question. I send bloog an email on 2/25/11 about one of my batteries not working and have not received a response yet. My question is should i send another email or call or should i wait to hear back from them. I dont want to be pushy but the one battery doesn't work and the other got lost at a walmart when my wallet was stolen it fell out of my pocket or was taken too. So i am back on analogs right at the moment hating the taste and smell. I would love to get this all figured out I love my bloog and i used it a lot. Thanks for listening and I feel better now that I have vented

There was a change in personnel and I think some of the older emails ended up going to someone who isn't there anymore. I've been seeing people lately saying they get a response from the new guy, Chris, pretty quickly. Others not so quickly, but within a couple days. I think you should try again. Bummer about having your wallet stolen! geeeez that sucks.
 

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There was a change in personnel and I think some of the older emails ended up going to someone who isn't there anymore. I've been seeing people lately saying they get a response from the new guy, Chris, pretty quickly. Others not so quickly, but within a couple days. I think you should try again. Bummer about having your wallet stolen! geeeez that sucks.

And others still get no response at all. To the poster, I would definitely keep emailing. Each day that passes is another day eaten up on your warranty technically. You can try calling, but I gave up after about a dozen or so calls with no answer.
 

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This was posted in the new members section, but wanted to get Bloog enthusiast thoughts as well.


I am new to the forums after I have been a lurker for the last month. I started vaping to get off analogs and yay me, it has been nearly 3 weeks. No issues of wanting to go back and my wife has never been happier. It was time for me to get off of analogs and it worked.

I know many on this site are using bigger and badder devices, but for me it has to look and feel like an analog I guess. I started with the Volcano kit about a month ago and then added a drip tip to it and some great juices thanks to the many great reviews on this board. I know that people say not to drip on an auto, and these are not great units or that there are better choices out there, but in reality, for me I went with a place I heard great customer service stories on because I was new.

Fast forward a month and my device still works great and I have not had a single issue. I decided after reading so many great thoughts and reviews I would add a second device and after much research on this board, I went with the Bloog Maxx Fusion. It seemed to be one of the favorites that still fit my criteria of looking and feeling like an analog.

As I await for the delivery of this device a few things come to mind. Are we as early adopters of devices such as these extremely tolerant of short comings or is this where us "being a junky" or "addicted" just play a larger role? I read so many posts of items that are broken on arrival and you just would not see that tolerated in the mainstream purchasing side of things as much.

Not a knock on the industry or the fine people here obviously, but definitely not something I was used to. I also will say that I hope the Blogg Maxx Fusion blows my mind because their customer service has been a major let down. I have read all the threads about "where are they" and such but assumed it was just over anxious consumers based on the response from other forum members.

I ordered my device last week (saturday) and know they are not open on Saturdays. Because my wife and I are leaving to go on a trip, I wanted to upgrade my shipping to the fastest possible because I had read that items do not always ship same day or next day from them. That was my mistake on the original order as I should have just done it right the first time.

However so far I have called the number on their site over a dozen times (left 2 messages) and never received a call back. I have also emailed them 3 other times with the same info and not received a message back either.

Now I know that the fans will stand behind them and say "patience", and "your device will be there", but to me that is really poor customer service. However in the end, if the device works as advertised and keeps me off that nasty habit of analogs for good, there is not a whole lot to do. It just makes me realize that I need to find out the best place to purchase cartomizers that are a perfect fit outside of their store. It comes down to communication. Follow this forum long for a little bit and you will see some incredible vendors when it comes to communication. Then you see others that have very little. Then you see even others that are incredible with communication when it comes to orders and sales and announcements, but are no where to be found when it comes to concerns. Nothing "wrong" with any of them, but I have my preference in choosing where to spend my money.

To wrap this up, I want to personally thank the wonderful members here at ECF for many things.
1. Making me smell better each day.
2. Saving me money in the long run.
3. Making sure my money was spent wisely.
4. Making sure I have a support side when things go bad.
5. And everything else that goes along with this hobby/addiction/amazing discovery

You are all game changers in my opinion and have been a welcome addition to my life. It is nice to meet all of you. Sorry for the long windedness ahead of time, I guess I should have joined a while back and this would not have all been in one post.

Try the DSE906 Extreme Starter Kit at Apollo E-cigs. It is nearly identical to the Bloog; the customer service is amazing; the shipping is free and lightening fast, and it is cheaper. Check it out. I have both the Bloog and the Extreme and cannot tell the difference. I ordered cartomizers for the Bloog on 3/2 and found out Thursday that they are out of stock of what I want. I had to order something different, but the notice came only after I complained about the wait time. On the other hand, I had two cartos from Apollo that were dead; Apollo replaced them immediately. I love both models, but Bloog needs to consider communication and service now that it clearly has a winner with the MaxxFusion.
 

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That's the problem never got a tracking number or any notification of it being shipped or completed, just a
Email right after I ordered showing my order .never heard anything else.

My experience too. Would have been nice to get a tracking number and confirmation. My order did show up on time but I had to call CS to see if it even shipped. This should be #1 thing Bloog fixes.
 

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And others still get no response at all. To the poster, I would definitely keep emailing. Each day that passes is another day eaten up on your warranty technically. You can try calling, but I gave up after about a dozen or so calls with no answer.

I didn't bother suggesting calling the number listed on the website - I don't think anyone has ever had luck with that one.
 
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