Juice prices getting out of hand

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Crunchy2k

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Those are excellent prices. Another vendor in Oklahoma but more for the experienced DIY/small shop is Heartland Vapes. My favorite is One Stop DIY Shop. Wizard Labs lost me with the $15 min shipping charge.

Just checked Wizard Labs and my shipping on my current shoppin cart is $6.85, so what is this $15 minimum???:confused:
 

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I know I have bought a lot but I will have to say that after I got into DIY'ing, I prefer what I make and I know it saves me money. Don't forget to check out the Deals and Steals thread. It is nice to find good deals if you are buying juice. I just bought some because it was 80% off sale. Couldn't stop myself. Here is that thread with the deals........

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/pay-forward-pif/418767-deals-steals.html

There are so many good threads on mixing your own, you should check it out.

Good luck to you and welcome to the forum. I'm glad you found the best place to get your questions answered. I know I am thankful. :)
 

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Fact is, mixing and selling their own juice is probably the best way for a store to become profitable.
And if they actually craft a unique, "gourmet" recipe - good for them.
I mean, how can they stay in business?
We don't like it if they mark up an Ego kit 100%. We think it's crazy if they're selling coils for $2 a pop.
So how do they make any money?
And by the time you're buying $100 atomizers or $200 mods, you're probably familiar with online vendors and they'll have to trim their margins pretty tight to compete - and only make a couple bucks even on a larger sale.

Juice is a perfect opportunity - the materials cost on a $20, 30ml bottle is gonna be under $2 including the bottle and a label...

You can shop for lower cost juices you still like, or you can play with DIY to cut YOUR ongoing vaping expense.
 

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Just checked Wizard Labs and my shipping on my current shoppin cart is $6.85, so what is this $15 minimum???:confused:
I don't know what to say, but your are right. I went and reran an fake order and it came up with normal shipping costs. I then went and looked at a small $45 order I placed for samples in January and it had $15 'priority mail' listed. I always choose the cheapest transportation. I must have had a brain fart. I'm glad you called me on it. They are back on my list. I like their glass sample bottles. And they have good prices.:)
 
80/20 pg/vg , 24 mg, 3% tobacco flavor, with a hint of LorAnn's butter rum comes to a grand total of $13.00 dollars for 180 ml. I realise there are wonderful flavors to buy from vendors, but for the price difference it's not even close.

And it has many flavors available ... has a supplier that tasted almost all the flavors to discover who liked only 2 ... wasted money! the correct path is the same DIY! Besides all is a great hobby!
In the case of DIY many think they need to create great flavors with various essences or clones... you can create wonderful, simple juices, using 1 or 2 essences and spending little.
 

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In the last 6 months there have been a plethora of vape shops open up in the central valley and with every one they are peddling these "gourmet juices" and most of them don't even taste that much better than Dekang juice IMHO. But the going price for juice is about an average of $12 for 15ml or 80 cents per ml. and that seems very ridiculous. There is one shop around here that sells 30ml for 15.99 or 53 cents per ml and that is much better so i give them my business. I do see the value in supporting local mom and pop shops and don't mind paying a few bucks more but I feel that it's going to get too expensive to vape if prices keep going the way there going.

If you don't mind, would that be the central valley in California? As for the juice, MT. Baker to me has great E Juice. it does need to steep for about a week depending on what you get, but I get the 50 ml bottles and am paying about 24 cents an ML. If you look around you can find discount codes for free shipping or 10% off.
 
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