get what you pay for??

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washvap

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just inquiring about the seemingly big price differences with different juice vendors. ive seen 30ml as low as 8 bucks from a vendor everyone really likes up to 25ish bucks from a different one with a slu of 12.50ish for 30ml in between.

whats with the huge price differences?

i like to save money but not at the expense of getting poor quality.

i try not to list vendors when i can, but i can give more specific examples if needed.

Some of the lower priced vendors are actually better than the "premium" vendors IMHO. Your not going to be receiving anything less by going cheap. The ingredients and flavoring is basically the same most of the time unless your speaking about organic types. So, my advice is to go with whatever vendor that you like.
 

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I have been unable to come up with any sort of general rules for buying juice. I've been vaping for nearly two years and it is still a process of trial and error. I consider buying bad juice to be part of the cost of vaping. It's just a fact of life. It also makes it all the more satisfying when I stumble across something I love. I will continue to try new juices, both pricey and cheap, because I've had good surprises and disappointments with both. I rarely buy anything larger than a 10ml bottle if I haven't tried the flavor. Good luck with your search. It's part of the fun...
 

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Sdh- I started at honeyville, then went to vapor god, realized I could not taste anything, so ordered some double strength from top shelf. still nothing(except for mint, etc). Finally found a day that KBV was taking orders(ordered extra flavor), and sadly that is where I sit right now. Probably close to 100 little bottles that would all taste the same to me if I was blindfolded

maybe I am just expecting too much
 

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I have been unable to come up with any sort of general rules for buying juice. I've been vaping for nearly two years and it is still a process of trial and error. I consider buying bad juice to be part of the cost of vaping. It's just a fact of life. It also makes it all the more satisfying when I stumble across something I love. I will continue to try new juices, both pricey and cheap, because I've had good surprises and disappointments with both. I rarely buy anything larger than a 10ml bottle if I haven't tried the flavor. Good luck with your search. It's part of the fun...


and yet another cheesehead! did either of you go to painted parrot on Sat for the meetup?
 

swedishfish

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and I have to be one of the few people that can't taste anything from them! just dropped $100. its so upsetting. I even got extra flavor added. I wish I could understand why I can taste food but not vapes

Even if you can't taste it, is it satisfying your nicotine need? If it is, you might have to be content with that until maybe your taste buds come back.
 

sln88

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swedish- I honestly don't know if I have a real nicotine need. Except for when I get really stressed, and now that the kids are back in school.......

I think it might be more of a mouth thing for me. I am vaping 24 mg and only felt a NEED to vape yesterday when my son was stressing me out about something.

that said, I basically vape constantly(as long as no one is home, and then I just sneak in another room for some), so I probably have a constant influx of nic at some level
 

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I don't think it has anything to do with quality or make up of the juice. If you look, a vendor will charge the same price 1 flavor juices as they charge for ones that take a lot of specialty mixing. It's like going to a restaurant where all the food is the same price. Steak, $10, not too bad...but when you pay $10 at the same place for a peach, that's kinda ridiculous no? It's just the vendors and what they think is fair for their juice. They may carry different manufacturers of juices that will carry different prices, but all-in-all, almost all juice places will charge you $X for this flavor in X mg and X ml, and the same for all other flavors.
 

uba egar320

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I tried all those vendors. Guess what? My favorite was the cheapest-Vapor Renu. However, some people either love it or hate it. I have not ordered since last December. However, I heard they have a new line of analog cigarette mixes. If they ever run a sale I might pick up a few to try.


You got that right. My fav juice might make someone else gag lol.
 

JustaGuy

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Ive never seen juice being sold for $8-$12 for a 30ml, where are you finding these? You can PM me if youd rather..
Most of what I see is close to a buck a ml. and I hate that!

You paid too much for your whistle - Ben Franklin. :)

With TastyVapors "doublers", it gets down to 15 cents per ml. I pay 11 cents/ml buying directly from Dekang. However, you have to like the flavors they offer and buy bigger bottles.
 

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i have had my order from madvapes in for about a week now and have been able to try all the flavors that i ordered. i got 7 5ml samples and a 30ml of the ultamint menthol.

for being the cheapest i have found the juices are really good i think. i didnt care for french vanilla tobacco flavor but all the rest are really good. i mix the fruity ones i got with the menthol for the throat hit. very berry, mandarin orange, mad grapes and cranrazz. also got the kona cream, chocolate macaroon.
 

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...my take...I started with Liberty FLights and their juice was so-so at best...I saw juice prices from sub 10bux to near 30...then I came upon BlueMistVaping...10bux/30ml juice with choice of PG/VG ratios and options for flavor shots custom blended to order in PA...to date, we have tried almost 30 of their flavors and have liked most all of them...some, alot...I have been leery of trying the more expensive "premium" juices because I like what I have been using and didn't wanna be disappointed if I found more expensive juices were so much better I just hadda buy 'em...also, didn't wanna get caught up in the fanboi chase for the "BEST" 'cause, I am a po' boy living in the deep woods and BMV has been very satisfying to me....and that's my take on the subject........
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