if sellers are buying it by the litre and then putting into bottles themselves, there might be room to move down in price. but if they are buying it pre-bottled, there is probably as much profit in it for them as the hardware which is not as high as they would like it to be due to competition.
a big problem for sellers is that they cannot "lock-in" a consumer to their products as any liquid can be used with any device. this of course is great for the consumer. if they could lock-in consumers i think the liquid or cartridges would be much higher and they would give the devices away. but this is not a possibility with the current set.
it is a tactic that could have worked for loong totem and their no longer unique cartridge system but unfortunately for them, they had more greed than sense and have now sullied their reputation indefinitely. they had the opportunity to earn themselves a base of brand-loyal customers and a large percentage of the market before any clones wars started but maybe brand-loyalty is unknown to chinese manufacturers.
perhaps as pillbox mentioned when EU measures limit how and what e-liquid can be sold in 2009, we will see the price rise further. tests and child proof containers will have to be paid for and dont bet on the chinese to foot the bill. any reduction in their current profit margin will be made up by substituting cheaper components and ingredients. and as we have seen before, that's when things get ugly.
a big problem for sellers is that they cannot "lock-in" a consumer to their products as any liquid can be used with any device. this of course is great for the consumer. if they could lock-in consumers i think the liquid or cartridges would be much higher and they would give the devices away. but this is not a possibility with the current set.
it is a tactic that could have worked for loong totem and their no longer unique cartridge system but unfortunately for them, they had more greed than sense and have now sullied their reputation indefinitely. they had the opportunity to earn themselves a base of brand-loyal customers and a large percentage of the market before any clones wars started but maybe brand-loyalty is unknown to chinese manufacturers.
perhaps as pillbox mentioned when EU measures limit how and what e-liquid can be sold in 2009, we will see the price rise further. tests and child proof containers will have to be paid for and dont bet on the chinese to foot the bill. any reduction in their current profit margin will be made up by substituting cheaper components and ingredients. and as we have seen before, that's when things get ugly.
yeah sanj, that vid is hilarious. what an over complicated piece of crap. still i would love to have one in the back of the attic for future auctioneering.
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