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Well, I'm glad you finally found your holy grail PV
For me, I quit tobacco before I even knew of Eastmall, even before I worked for V4L in 2008 (or was it 2009?). I quit on a "LoongTotem v9" clone from epuffer - my first PV. I spent like $250 on everything I got, and both batteries died within 2 weeks, and I was blatantly ignored and ultimately denied on a warranty claim, so I understand the frustration of defective items and bad customer service as much as anyone else here. That was when I ordered from V4L after seeing the Vapor King review from Leaford (it was actually an "upcoming reviews" preview video he made before the actual review). Steve and I hit it off right away, and after finding out that I was a web developer, he sent me to Chicago to meet up with him about building his website. He didn't have a website at the time and was taking orders on ecf via PayPal, ala "leave a note in PayPal detailing the product(s) you want".
That's how I became acquainted with David. He was the supplier for V4L at the time, and selling V4L all their hardware and liquid wholesale. David and I became friends, and after I left V4L, he started talking to me about building a website - the last two ended in disaster, and he was desperately seeking out someone who could do it right for the right price, and who could stick around full-time to keep expanding, improving, and maintaining it. This one still has some minor bugs, nothing that you'll probably notice from a user standpoint (mostly in the admin), but it's coming along.
We were going to launch it on the first of the year, but because the last website was down more often that it was up, we needed to just get it to a point where it was secure and workable enough for an emergency launch. It's still being worked on 8-10 hours daily, 5-6 days a week, but I'm the only one who's ever worked on it, so it's coming along slowly but surely. It is (mostly) a custom system, with a lot of classes (programming lingo) "borrowed" from other object-oriented PHP ecommerce systems, so that's why it took almost 7 months from announcement to launch (and I became REALLY quiet here on the forums during that time. 12-16 hour days 7 days per week weren't uncommon during the last 3 months before launch).
Sorry about rambling off on a tangent, but I kinda wanted to give a little info on my background and past experiences, and how I came to be here. I hope you decide to at least stick with us for your liquid and batteries if you choose to get your atties somewhere else. I'm trying really hard to monitor the quality and customer service, even though it's outside the scope of my duties, because I want to help EM exceed all of your expectations. 2012 is going to be Eastmall's best year, both for the customers and for the company, because I'm determined to make sure that it is (and I don't even make commissions, so it's not for personal gain).
Well, I'm glad you finally found your holy grail PV
For me, I quit tobacco before I even knew of Eastmall, even before I worked for V4L in 2008 (or was it 2009?). I quit on a "LoongTotem v9" clone from epuffer - my first PV. I spent like $250 on everything I got, and both batteries died within 2 weeks, and I was blatantly ignored and ultimately denied on a warranty claim, so I understand the frustration of defective items and bad customer service as much as anyone else here. That was when I ordered from V4L after seeing the Vapor King review from Leaford (it was actually an "upcoming reviews" preview video he made before the actual review). Steve and I hit it off right away, and after finding out that I was a web developer, he sent me to Chicago to meet up with him about building his website. He didn't have a website at the time and was taking orders on ecf via PayPal, ala "leave a note in PayPal detailing the product(s) you want".
That's how I became acquainted with David. He was the supplier for V4L at the time, and selling V4L all their hardware and liquid wholesale. David and I became friends, and after I left V4L, he started talking to me about building a website - the last two ended in disaster, and he was desperately seeking out someone who could do it right for the right price, and who could stick around full-time to keep expanding, improving, and maintaining it. This one still has some minor bugs, nothing that you'll probably notice from a user standpoint (mostly in the admin), but it's coming along.
We were going to launch it on the first of the year, but because the last website was down more often that it was up, we needed to just get it to a point where it was secure and workable enough for an emergency launch. It's still being worked on 8-10 hours daily, 5-6 days a week, but I'm the only one who's ever worked on it, so it's coming along slowly but surely. It is (mostly) a custom system, with a lot of classes (programming lingo) "borrowed" from other object-oriented PHP ecommerce systems, so that's why it took almost 7 months from announcement to launch (and I became REALLY quiet here on the forums during that time. 12-16 hour days 7 days per week weren't uncommon during the last 3 months before launch).
Sorry about rambling off on a tangent, but I kinda wanted to give a little info on my background and past experiences, and how I came to be here. I hope you decide to at least stick with us for your liquid and batteries if you choose to get your atties somewhere else. I'm trying really hard to monitor the quality and customer service, even though it's outside the scope of my duties, because I want to help EM exceed all of your expectations. 2012 is going to be Eastmall's best year, both for the customers and for the company, because I'm determined to make sure that it is (and I don't even make commissions, so it's not for personal gain).