Whoa!!! I'm going to Southridge this weekend! Wanna meet up?
Get out!! Really?? What in the world would bring you down to this neck of the woods?
Which day are you coming? The way things sit now, I can make either day!! WoooHoo!! Saturday should be a sure thing; if hubby comes back early on Sunday from his dad's, that could throw a kink into things since it's Father's Day...but heck; he's not my dad! LOL
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I went and checked out the kiosk today.
After reading stories here on ECF & hearing about unscrupulous men running them in other areas of the country, I was loaded for bear.
So, here I am, armed with my 510, PCC and I'm going to WOW this guy into leaving the kiosk right there and then and heck; maybe even give me some juice just for showing him the light.
One of these days, I'll have to realize no matter what the situation, it never ends up the way I think it will....it's always opposite....LOL
I walk up & it's a "Smoke Everywhere" kiosk. They have 2 video screens set up....there's no customers around and I just kind of go up and appear to be watching the video. Then I see her; this nice looking young lady working the kiosk..... and she appears to be sooo nice.....and my gut tells me exactly what's going on...
"Do you smoke?" she asks in a kind of timid way.....
"Yes......." oh wait! NO I DON'T!! LOL But, let's see where this goes....
"Would you like to try one? I have a sanitized one here just for people to try...."
I decline. Although, looking back, maybe it would have peaked the interested of those passing by.....
Instead, I listen to her schtick....poor thing...but, she's young and the kiosk is new.
Although I did think about pulling out my cryptonite when she informed me that 1 Smoke Everywhere cart = 20 cigarettes (does she realize this is a pack?? LOL), I refrained. Something about her pulled at my heart strings (having spent my entire adult life in the customer service industry does that to me....I cut a lot of slack, but at the same time, don't take a lot of crap....and this girl deserved slack...)
I finally asked her if she smoked. She did admit she didn't. What happened was she saw the SE at a mall down in Texas, bought her boyfriend one & was so impressed by them, they decided to invest in this venture.
I asked for a business card; she gave me a SE one & a flier and encouraged me to read up on e-cigs on the internet. How many times I have read on here how people purchase SE, only to come online, discover ECF and have buyers remorse??
But, that made me smile. They had the guts to invest their $$ to promote something they believe in. Do I like their particular product?? I didn't step up & try their product when it was offered to me, so I'd have to decline comment. But, 2 batteries, 1 atty and maybe 50-100 pre-filled carts for $150, or, they have a 1 complete PV set for around $100...???
But hey; you get what you pay for - instant gratification.
So, over all, I will do everything short of purchase from them to keep them at the mall and at least get the word out.
OK; that may be a lie if I suddenly find myself completely out of PV devices LOL
They don't carry juice or even mention topping/dripping, but they do have pre-filled flavored carts for the SE. Guess if I was really starved for juice, I could get some of their carts (I think they averaged out to be about $1 each - in packs of 5 or 10??), pull the wool and put them through a blunt syringe to squeeze the juice out of them LOL
Which leads me back to Vick's announcement that she's going to be in my neck of the woods this weekend. I did see the post this morning before I headed out, but didn't have a chance to respond. I had originally thought "of course! we'll meet at the SE kiosk!". But then I started thinking that may be a little disrespectful to be using other devices around their kiosk (there's a Starbucks in that area, and I thought we'd chat over caffene and nicotine LOL). But, on the flip side; using other devices shows that we aren't out there shilling for SE, and it might actually help their sales, which in turn would get others to get on the PV band wagon.
Yes; I warned you that I over think things!!
Looking back; I handled the whole thing totally wrong. What I should have done is gone up to her, told her I was a vaper and was glad that they were available at the mall; how I learned about e-cigs from Vicki McKenna and how it was their ad on her show that alerted me to the fact that they were there.
That's what happens when I leave the house with attitude <sigh>.
And once again, you have had to sit through another of my late night ramblings LOL
So, that's my 'report' on what I believe is the first WI mall kiosk selling e-cigs!!
