Originally Posted by CoughingBad
Ahhhh, so those signatures are a bit "misleading" eh!!
Incomplete, I would say. Keep accurate records of your actual expenses. Include everything (tackle box, blue foam, tweezers, anything you buy for vaping or to make vaping better). I use MS Excel, but a piece of paper and a pencil would do.
I tried fooling those banners by entering data with a tweak here and there. Gave up. For what it's worth, I smoked More Reds 120s for 35 years. They're a premium brand, were selling for close to $7 a pack one year ago ... and in 35 years I never, not once, found them on sale. So, like the OP, I was willing to pay the premium price for what I wanted. My point was, and is, primarily that you can do a better track than ANY of the banners can when it comes to "doing the math".
Yes, the signatures are a bit misleading unless you tweak them everytime you purchase some new hardware. And changing the signature is a PITA.
I have receipts for all my purchases and keep a running total on the top receipt. As of the 10th of December, I have spent $983.54 on E-cig related items. That was my last outlay and it should take me well into January.
I used to smoke 2 packs a day. Thats a carton every 5 days. As of today, thats 160 days without spending anything on cigarettes. 160 divided by 5 = 32 cartons. A carton of Basic 100's was $61. Multiplied by 32 cartons = $1952 not spent on cigs in just over 5 months.
Comes to
$968.46 in my pocket/bank account. Very close to $200 a month. I must have spent that $968 on something else, lol, cause its gone. Oh yeah, Christmas.
As you can see, my signature banner says I have saved about $1155, but that doesn't include the Roughstack I bought, or the 2 back-up Ego kits and a few other things.
So thats how you do the math.