For Everyone That Is Upset About Way Overpaying for "mall" E-Cigs

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librarising

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I bought my rn4081 kit (two batts) at my local mall for 75 sollars and I am very happy with it. I have had a atty to go bad and took it back and it was replaced with no questions asked. I was even given a free usb charger and another atomizer on top of the replacement for free "for all my troubles". They also give a 90 warranty on the entire kit so if any part at all goes bad within 90 days they replace it at no cost. I will also say I am grateful because after buying it and LOVING it I searched online for e-cigs and found this wonderful place :)


Mary

I got my m4081 through a "coupon" deal on eBay. It only cost me with additional cartridges and a purchase of a lifetime warranty, $50. BUT, it wasn't a heavy enough unit for me. I was a heavy smoker and went through the batteries on it like water, and the carts lasted me maybe a half hour. Too much fussing. It did have excellent throat hit though.

And if it wasn't for that M4081, I wouldn't have had an inkling of the potential for ecigs for me. That's when I came to ECF and learned about all of the PVs available. And I found one that I love and is a perfect fit for me.
 

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They pay something crazy like 5-10k/month in rent for those little kiosks. Have to make the money back some how!

I actually talked a guy at one of those kiosks down to $30 from $60 for a 510 auto battery at one point because my ego batteries were both dead and I had a 30 minute drive home. I told him I'd buy if he'd go down to $20. He wouldn't so I didn't.



I'm pretty sure it's more like $500-$2500 depending on where you are .. still crazy for that little piece of floorspace and you have to sell a-lot of little kits and pieces even to pay for something like that!! Plus the little goon you have running the thing will want 1000 a month or 2000 if you want a good goon :(

Here's one that'll make your eyes fall off of your head
New York Hot Dog Vendor Evicted for $310,000 in Overdue Rent - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com
A New York City hot dog vendor has been evicted from his prize spot outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art because he couldn't pay a whopping rent bill of nearly $54,000 a month.

Snack cart owner Pasang Sherpa of Queens had a deal with the city's parks department that required him to pay almost $643,000 per year for the vending rights near the museum steps. He says he was $310,000 behind on his payments when he was evicted. The Parks Department had auctioned off the rights to the spot last year.
 

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Wow, never knew that there are infomercials on e-cigs. I guess the bigger question is why am I not doing one?? lol They seem to work....:unsure:

The only reason they work is because of the "opt-out", credit card ripoff scheme they use. Radio is full of them too and the time is expensive. If informercials couldn't rip people off they would, without exception, lose money.

Luckily for me, my first e-cig was from cignot. I guess I have to thank the health nazis for pushing me from packaged analogs to stuff-your-own. Then when taxes sent a pound of tobacco from $14 to $49, I visited a website that actually sold coffee (superbeans.com). The guy who ran the superbeans site had recently become an evangelist for e-cigs and had a separate blog about them. The radio guy mentioned that fact during his normal commercial for the coffee. Kind of a strange way to do it, but I ended up researching from there and ended up here.

I guess I really owe my conversion to the insane tax increases imposed on bulk tobacco at the behest of BT.
So, thanks, RJR. (and Bob Alexander at superbeans) Never did buy any of his coffee though. Too expensive and I roast my own now.
 

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The only reason they work is because of the "opt-out", credit card ripoff scheme they use. Radio is full of them too and the time is expensive. If informercials couldn't rip people off they would, without exception, lose money.

Luckily for me, my first e-cig was from cignot. I guess I have to thank the health nazis for pushing me from packaged analogs to stuff-your-own. Then when taxes sent a pound of tobacco from $14 to $49, I visited a website that actually sold coffee (superbeans.com). The guy who ran the superbeans site had recently become an evangelist for e-cigs and had a separate blog about them. The radio guy mentioned that fact during his normal commercial for the coffee. Kind of a strange way to do it, but I ended up researching from there and ended up here.

I guess I really owe my conversion to the insane tax increases imposed on bulk tobacco at the behest of BT.
So, thanks, RJR. (and Bob Alexander at superbeans) Never did buy any of his coffee though. Too expensive and I roast my own now.

Good to hear those crooked people having something backfire on them, for once!!
 

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Swithching off from cigarettes is always a good thing. The cost to ourselves is irrelevant (if you think about it). The sad part of it is the people that get discouraged and do no research to further their interests.....It's still so new that people just don't think of "looking for more".......(now, if they spoke actual usage rates, it would help keep people from being disgruntled...yesterday I heard a salesman tell a man that 1 cartridge last the same as 5 packs of cigarettes---had to walk away...)
 

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My First e-cig I bought was a joye 510 from lcv, however I have tried greensmoke and no 7 *both were alright but the 510 was superior* and the Riva eGo I picked up from lcv is even better then my original 510. Then I tried a mall cigarette, it was cool but still never gave the throat hit or the vapor quality of the ego or my original 510. I agree even if you buy a product that you do not like, be thankful you are not smoking regular analog cigarettes as they are more expensive, smells horrible and your health is a lot better now for smoking one of the mall e-cigarettes... I agree there is no price for your health.

HTH,
Charlie
 
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