I was looking through the local Craigslist and saw this NIB eGo brand electronic cigarette kits new in box Do these look legit? It would be nice to have a spare or one to get my girlfriend off of stink sticks.
Is this an Ego fake?
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Craigslist? Looks legit.
Seriously though I can't really tell, the pics are crappy.
Seriously though I can't really tell, the pics are crappy.
The name eGo is not copyrighted. There are TONS of eGos out there. All come from China. Pick your poison.
NIB probably just means new in box, the box is labeled ego, but I see no branding on the battery and I'm not sure what that symbol on the box is. My guess is that it is a fake at $25 and around 10 kits. If he had 10 real kits that is a lot of money out the window to sell at 25 bucks a pop.
Ehh, I'll stay away. I typically avoid Craigslist like the plague, never bought anything there, but sold a couple bikes and computers on there, and people always want something for basically nothing.
My thoughts exactly, weird logo symbol. Also, I've had my experience with non branded batteries...live and learn.
I sold a car on craigslist. LOL poor guy! But seriously, it was a good car. I just have a rule: Leave me stranded three times, you're gone! That Volvo decided to test me on this. It lost.
Wonder if I could sell my car on there right now LMAO was in a bad acident yesterday no one was injured, but both cars are now junk! Could advertise it as slightly worn?
I wonder how many people have bought crap like this, it failed and they never really got into vaping to give up the stink sticks. Sad really...glad I knew what pieces of crap knock-offs can be and gave it another shot with real stuff.
I'm sure eventually the market will level out, and the scammers and gougers become more obvious to the newbies. We were all there once, and I feel bad for them, but ya can't save everybody 
Sadly, most people in Malta are getting these POS ego kits...many become annoyed with them lasting all of a week and then falling apart...then they tell all their friends that e cigs are crap. To add insult to injury they are paying around 50 euro...they could have much better stuff for the same money...
That really sucks. I got an Ego kit with POS batteries at the start and they both failed in 2 days. Luckily I figured out by reading up on these forums that I didn't have real batteries before they failed. When they crapped out on me, I was also lucky in that I bought them locally and they exchanged them for real Ego batteries. My question is, why were the knock-off batteries in my starter kit to begin with?
I guess resellers don't always know what they are getting, and they've done well with me every other time so I chalk it up as a fluke experience.
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the original eGo comes from Joyetech. this is the brand you should look for, as someone else said: eGo's are hundreds out there. Joyetech set certain standards ...
I went there and noticed they have eGo battery-$11.00, and then Joyetech Ego-$22.00
We need to find a term besides eGo to specify a fat battery with a 510 connector and cone threading. I use KGOs and they are reliable, work well, and unregulated so they come off the charger at about 4.2 volts. Some of the eGo class batteries are real crap, others are made very well. Real Joye eGo's are regulated to 3.4 volts, KGOs (and others) are not. I buy my KGO batteries at sweet-vapes and they have all been 100% reliable...
Support your local vendor . But seriously if you buy from a reputable vendor that knows his stuff and have tested it out then that is the place to buy . Is that guy on craigslist going to give you a refund if one of the batteries is DOA . One of the vendors I use ordered a single ego-C twist 1000mah to test before he put them up on his site . He tests new products and buys from reputable sources and I trust his attention to quality .
Thought ego was just the fitting type so like other products you can get good quality ones and budget ones
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