Mall kiosk...!!!

[Bustacapp]

I heard that they sell e cigs at the mall so a while back i venture down there and see what kind of liquid they sell and the prices ( i hate the mall this will be the first time in like 3 years ) all i can say is..Good god what are those people thinking!! I figured would be a higher price but wow they wanted $60 dollars for what didnt seem to be much more than maybe 15ml the guy had no idea how many ml it was and he was being a a$$hole (i will admit I did gasp in shock when he told me the price it caught me off guard ) he just said its about 4 cartons of cigs cant wait till i get some business cards from somewhere so i can hang around the mall handing em out before he gets a chance to bend em over and ruin there chances to switch from analogs. i whole heartedly believe these are little miracle devices and there is no sense in that crap

 

[Wate2028]

You can't convince some people though, I was in the gas station the other day and they were selling a 808d battery with charger for $70. A lady was about to buy one and I tried to tell her that she could get the same thing online for about $20 but she didn't want to hear it.

 

[deusXmchna]

Often, no discount can overcome the thrill of immediate gratification....

 

[Great Milenko]

Mall sale people are horrible

 

[hairball]

We had a kiosk but it didn't last long...go figure. I went to it one day to see what it was they were selling. I let the salesman go through his whole ordeal. He offered for me to try it and I stepped back with a big grin. I pulled my Buzz and and took a big hit. A man asked me about it and told him that for around a $100, it would be the best experience over the mall crap ecigs. I wrote down the website, gave it to him, and he went away happy. Kiok guy also wanted to know more about it...LOL.

 

[Great Milenko]

Ours changed between like 5 diff people

 

[jennisc2]

Our Mall has those kiosk things too with all those kids standing around trying to sell them. I don't know of anyone that has actually purchased one from there because the starter kit is close to $200.00 once they sell you all the prefilled carts. It kindof turns people off from even trying them.

 

[Bustacapp]

yea i wonder how much it would cost to setup your own kiosk and sell good pv's and juices seems like you would make a killing

 

[Sassyonemeis]

not all of them are horrible. I bought my first PV at the mall. I got a complete kit (2 complete cigs, PCC, 5 pack pre-loaded carts, charger, car adapter, wall adapter) and a 15 ml bottle of juice for about $75. It was a vapor king clone - 510. Within 3 days, I was off the tobacco cigs completely.

 

[MsBree]

Kiok guy also wanted to know more about it...LOL.

Not here!!! Walked up to the guy and gave him about 30 seconds to rattle off his speel...pulled out my eGo and vaped a huge plume! I said NO THANK YOU...and as I was walking away, he was yelling the Pro's of his stuff after me, and what a rip off mine was! I chuckled as I walked away! hahahahaha

 

[WomanOfHeart]

I'm half tempted to go back and visit our mall kiosk. We came very close to throwing nearly $500 on two 510 clones and I'm so glad we couldn't do it. I can't imagine how they could still be in business, but it's possible. I'd love to have my fiance whip out his eGo and for me to bring out the Chameleon and vape circles around him.

 

[DonG]

yea i wonder how much it would cost to setup your own kiosk and sell good pv's and juices seems like you would make a killing

overhead on a "niche item" with minimal demand; like ecigs, would be a killer (hence the often double or more prices). Last I knew a "kiosk space" at our local mall was near $1600/mo!! That gets you about an 8x8ft spot on the floor with one power outlet.

 

[Stownz]

I actually had a good time at our mall kiosk. Blew the guys mind as I whipped out 6 different attys/cartos to let him try with a drip tip from my Provari. Very high prices, and un-informed vendor. $89 for a proprietary thread kit. No parts available. The bad thing was the juice. $20 for 3ml of Johnson Creek. I got the number for the owner, and called her up to visit as well. Turns out the owner was just buying from Johnson Creek and reselling at the mall. I told her: I can beat their price, deliver about 20 more flavors then they carry, and I can have it done before the day is out.

So I went home, Mixed up bottles of all 47 flavors I now have, and drove over to her house. Same thing, I let her try all the flavors that interested her on my Provari. Needless to say, any DIY can beat the prices of any vendor on the net and deliver the product faster also. hahahahaha I made my offer on what I would do it for, and she jumped all over the idea.

I didnt realize, but a lot of these mall kiosks are not ordering from china. They are buying from wholesalers in the USA, and they are getting gouged on the price of the units as well. She is making $20 a kit she sells, and was actually making money off the juice, not the kits. She pays almost $3k a month to rent the kiosk space in the mall, and has to pay a kid $8 hr to run it. Well, now she has a MUCH larger selection of juice, and I mix for her once a week. It would blow your mind how much product they are selling out of those mall kiosks.

A trip to the mall turns into a DIY wet dream.

 

[JustRightInc]

Sometimes people just want the hands on experience. But it is almost always cheaper on the net.

 

[ctourtelot]

I had a good long talk with the kiosk vendor at the mall a few weeks ago. I had my Tornado with me along with my pouch of goodies. All the employees there were intrigued. I do have to say that I was impressed with the vapor production that the mall unit was producing. They are overpriced. There is no question about that, but when their rent is 3-8k/mo for the kiosk, plus employees, plus profit..they really don't have much choice but to charge that much. I used to work in the local e-cig shop and we looked into getting a kiosk to compete and we'd have had to charge almost as much to do it.

Anyhow, the mall guy actually offered me a job at the kiosk and although I could have used the job and would have made more there than I did at the store, I turned him down for ethical reasons. I told him I'm not sure that I could bring myself to charge $150 for the same setup that I knew they could get for $50 across town (with a lifetime warranty on all hardware)

 

[kboyts]

I was checking out the kiosk at my locak mall the other day. Listening to the kids pitch, then pulled out my PUCK mod and pulled a vape off of it. He was amazed at it, so I told him I made it myself and his jaw dropped to the floor lol. He asked if he could take some pictures with his phone then I gave him the addy for ECF.

 

[Cynderbelle]

I have a friend that just purchased from a mall kiosk. I told em to return it and provided the link for here, hope he listens.

 

[Dougiestyle]

I went to the mall to check prices on juice at a smoke shop that sells a couple of e-cigs. They wanted $60 for a 30mL bottle lol. I was also looking for an extra 510 battery for my Mom. The kiosk chick asks if I smoke and I ask her if she has any 510 batteries, to which I'm met with a befuddled stare. The proprietor comes to her rescue. He starts pulling out replacement batteries and we finally locate a 510. I was cchecking the threads on my Inferno-T. He starts looking at it like it's an alien, but keeps trying to sell his inferior product, all the while claiming that my Tank System is "old technology" ROFL. It told him the tank systems just came out last month. Booyah! None the less, I ask him the price on the 510 battery and he says $25 - wait for it... WTF??? I told him I'd give him $10. He scoffed and I walked away. He's getting bulk equipment from Hong Kong for significantly less than what he's charging, plus he's a middle-eastern fella, and I am prejudiced, so effem. I may sit and clip his sales for a day...