If you could make something for a nickel, and charge $20 for it, would you ever run out of them?

[Asbestos4004]

All I need is a damn ProVari ring....that's all! I don't ask for much...just a ProVari ring. I'm even willing to pay what they want for it, blocking out of my mind what it is, of course. Why would they be so hard to find? I'd be covered up in them if I made em!

 

[Barbara21]

Ok, I'll be the first to look stupid. What is a Provari ring??

In any case, I'm sorry you can't find one.

 

[InTheClouds]

Ok, I'll be the first to look stupid. What is a Provari ring??

In any case, I'm sorry you can't find one.

I'll be the second to look stupid.... What is a provari ring??

 

[ClippinWings]

its a metal ring that makes the provari have a flat instead of tapered top

http://gr-modders.com/98-provari-rings.html

Pssst... they're in stock there BTW.

and when I saw the thread title... I thought he was talking about eliquid.... another item with similar mark-up that for some reason makers go out of stock on.

 

[Sloveez]

I'm stupid...tell me! tell me!

 

[xan13x]

I've often wondered this as well. I understand 10 bucks worth of metal made into a kayfun or ithaka costing lots of money due to design, but why is a metal ring that a CNC could produce 1000 of a minute 20 bucks? There are some with provari "tears" on them, but the flat ones are a pricing mystery to me.

On that, they may only make them in small batches, or have more important things to have commissioned. I don't believe most of the "craft" shops have their own tools, so they have to wait in line like everyone else.

 

[DoogieTony]

Are you talking about a beauty ring like the hippo? Or a ring for your finger?
I don't think they make the latter.

 

[murphyramone]

All I need is a damn ProVari ring....that's all! I don't ask for much...just a ProVari ring. I'm even willing to pay what they want for it, blocking out of my mind what it is, of course. Why would they be so hard to find? I'd be covered up in them if I made em!

you can get a "TATROE" one from cigtechs ....Tatroe Mods

 

[Thunderball]

It could also be a ring that goes on the top with air holes in it so you can vape a Pro Tank on the thing. ( A Protank fits flush on the Provari allowing the air to be cut off from the air holes on the ProTank.

While your all looking, where can I get a couple of what I described ?

I refuse to pay the price for a Hippo....

I do like the tatroe Rings... ( extensions for longer batteries)

 

[xan13x]

On a side note, can't wait for fasttech to offer a stupid little ring for 25 cents lol

 

[Thunderball]

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I always wondered what kind of people ordered those things.....

 

[xan13x]

I always wondered what kind of people ordered those things.....

You mean people who like a nice STIFF vape? Lol ok... Too much

 

[xan13x]

This whole issue could be solved if Provape would just make a flattop provari. Pretty sure everyone has been asking for that for as long as the thing has been around!

 

[Thunderball]

With air holes in it like an SVD......

 

[retired1]

Only warning. We know what the rules are, let's stick to them. Thank you.

 

[unsure]

Are you talking about a beauty ring like the hippo? Or a ring for your finger?
I don't think they make the latter.

Hmmm I thought those were for Egos?

 

[dr g]

Mostly because the cost of materials is only a slim fraction of actual cost to produce and market a product.

For one thing you never know how much the person who has to order, stock and list the product values their time.

 

[soba1]

Here is somethig I have been considering shop areound here I do have the tatroe tank and use it on my Provari

Tatroe Cone Stainless

 

[crxess]

SvoeMesto Provari Cone Piece - Cloud 9 Vaping

Decorative ring for ProVari

Just depends on what you want, are willing to accept and how hard you look.

 

[sawlight]

If I may,
Build a building, $20-100k, buy a CNC machine capable of doing the work, $40k (easily), pay another $3k to get power to it, buy a computer and software to program it, $3-7k, go to school to learn how to use it (might come with the software, might not!), OR, pay someone to program it for you and hope they know what they are doing, many don't! Then you buy the material to make it, it changes weekly in price, buy the tooling for the machine to make it, can easily add up to $1k or more, then either pay someone to run the CNC, or run it yourself, but either one will want to make something for doing it!
No, this can't produce thousands per min., you might get 30 an hour, depending on materials used, the tooling used and how close you want to try and hold the tolerances.
I know it sounds really easy, I go to the local machine shop and whip out things off and on as I need, but how many have that fortune? There is a lot more overhead than many think. The Chinese pull this off because the shop around for prices with shops already equipped and making thousands of other parts, that get to them when they get to them and make huge batches at a time. Then they pay someone little to nothing to make them.
Enjoy the cheap stuff while you can get it, market globalization is coming soon and the cost of living in China is getting ready to go up. Remember when Japan was know for it's cheap junk? Look at what you pay for their goods now! Sony being a prime example!