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cindycated

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Hi, Imagine - new here, and probably blew my contest qualification with a question about this one (hope not - sounds like fun)...
3) Every purchase made from smokelessimage.com for $50 or more (not including shipping) is an entry (from 12:01am Est 7/7/11- 11:59pm EST 8/16/11) unlimited entries
Would this be $50 or more before or after discount codes?

Would the $500 credit ever expire?
 
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Well here goes, I started vaping in january 2011 after I went to the local VA hospital and was told I had COPD. My daughter is a special needs daughter and had begged me to stop smoking, she said ,daddy I don't want you to die! That hit me hard and I had remembered seeing a commercial on tv for one of the brands that we all know to be junk,,but of course I didn't know better but luckily I did not give up after that and happened across the ECF which ended up being a lifesaver and ordered an ego-t. To this day I have never touched a cigarette as I remember what my daughter had asked of me. I thank ECF and the encouragement of all here for the support for one another and hopefully other smokers will find this with our help. I can honestly say I may have a few extra years with my daughter, for she is my life!
 

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It is after discount codes...it is $50 money spent does not include discounts/shipping or tax....sorry bout that :( ....no the credit would never expire....unless for some reason we were no longer in business...but with the way we are going I highly doubt that lol....;)

Hi, Imagine - new here, and probably blew my contest qualification with a question about this one (hope not - sounds like fun)...

Would this be $50 or more before or after discount codes?

Would the $500 credit ever expire?
 

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LETS GET THIS CONTEST MOOOOVING :laugh:

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hmmmmmm I am really surprised at the lack of entries in this conest.... all you need to do is to tell your stories..and help inspire or make your fellow vapers laugh!!! or just post "I now vape" or post a picture of what vaping means to you :) for a chance to win the random number selection!!!!

So come on my fellow ECF'ers lets go :)!! OK I will increase the Random number drawing winners to 3!!!! so that is now 5 winners for this thread!!!!!!!! so now those of you who have been shy about writing your stories better get on it!!!! like this guy!!

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I smoked almost 3 packs a day for over 40 years.
My younger sister introduced me to the e-cig a little over 4 months ago. I had heard of them, but never seen one or tried one. I thought it was amazing. One week later I had my first e-cig kit and haven't had or wanted a cigarette since. Without even trying I had broken a 40 year habit. (Give that inventor a Nobel!) My coughing stopped immediately. The ashtrays left a week later and in another week my remaining cartons of cigs were gone.
My son and grandson are happy. My husband who had to quit months before because of his COPD is happy. He swears there's something in the juice because I'm a happier person.

I love trying all the different juice flavors and have to try every new thing that comes out. I've accumulated such an assortment that I actually had to resort to the old shopping ploy from years ago.:blush:

My husband asked " Is that another new e-cig?"

My reply "What, this old Echo? No, I've had this for ages."

Don't get me wrong. My hubby is elated that I've quit but I still find myself trying to get to the mailbox and back with out him seeing my new juices or batteries or cartos or attys or what ever else I couldn't resist trying. I certainly haven't saved any money yet, but the journey sure has been fun so far.
 

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I started smoking before I was born. You see both parents smoked. Three out of my four grandparents smoked (2 of them very heavily!) I was going to be different (and different I was!) I was the one of 5 kids that sat in the back seat of the car when we were going somewhere that fanned the smoke out of my face. I was teased for being "silly" about cigarette smoke or cigar smoke or pipe smoke. I couldn't figure out what the attraction was. It stunk, people got health problems because of it, etc. I was NEVER going to be that stupid.

One of my grandmother's died at 50 because of lung cancer. This was further proof to me that smoking was dangerous! That was my mother's mother. My father's father had emphysema for as long as I could remember. Enough reasons not to smoke! But I went on a summer study program to Canada when I was 16. One of my friends there smoked. It looked kind of cool. So, I'd bum cigarettes from her. She could see that I wasn't really inhaling the smoke. She said either I'd learn to inhale the smoke or she'd stop giving me cigarettes. When I left Canada, I stopped---no big deal. I graduated high school a little more than a year later and started college. I started buying packs of cigarettes--one at a time---for about 50 cents a pack. Not too bad! I quickly "progressed" to buy cartons for $5. At the time, the only place that you couldn't smoke practically was in church. It's not like it is today. I could smoke in the Dr.'s office waiting room, the grocery store, the post office, my classes at the university...everywhere. A few of my friends smoked. Within 2 years, I was up to a PAD of cigarettes. Not a problem, I would quit when cigarettes went up to $1 a pack.WRONG ANSWER!!

About 36 years later, I was smoking between 1 1/2-2 packs a day. Very few friends smoked. One woman that I met wanted to quit. She asked me if I'd ever heard of electronic cigarettes. I told her no. She said that they were like a "cigarette that plugged into a computer". I could only imagine "virtual cigarette smoke" wouldn't be very satisfying! I forgot that she'd asked about it. Who'd want to sit at a computer and pretend smoke??

The following year (last year), I met a woman who was using an e-cig. It looked almost real. And she didn't have to sit at a computer to use it. By this time, if I was paying more than $50 a carton for cigarettes and I was trying to eke out an existence on "disability". I decided to make the plunge! I got a check from SS and went to buy an e-cig like my friend. It cost what a carton would have cost me, and the replacement cartos would be like only like the cost of 4 pks of cigarettes. And a pack of cartos was equivalent to a carton. Easy math. (I should point out that math was never my strong subject. :p ) I took them home, read the instructions, charged the first battery, added one of the cartos. I tried the tobacco flavor first. It felt like I was trying to suck a wiener through a straw and the flavor was repulsive!! When that one was "finished", I tried a "menthol" one. This wasn't any better...My first e-cig was an RN4048. It wasn't satisfying, but I could see the potential.

I got on the computer to do some research. That's when I found ECF. Within a couple of days, I was vaping a 510 due to advice here. And charging batteries hourly. Within 10 days, I was vaping an eGo. This was closer to what I was looking for. I've been vaping eGo's since last October. By that time, I had realized that I wasn't going to be satisfied with anything that resembled a cigarette--a cigar maybe? A pipe bomb? I was "lusting" for a box mod---a bottom feeder. Alas! couldn't afford that. I entered any and all contests that were giving away vaping stuff. Then I won the VOLT contest. I got it sent to me so that I could give it to a friend who was trying to quit. But first, I wanted to try it. WRONG ANSWER AGAIN!! This was MY VOLT! As soon as I could afford it, I ordered a second battery to go with my kit. The expensive PV that resembles a pipe bomb is gathering dust. My eGo's are getting used when I forget to charge my VOLT. I just ordered another battery in a "smoking" raspberry! I'd love to win more batteries so that I can round out my collection with really cool colors!:D:vapor:
 

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I started smoking when I was 10. I did it because I thought it was cool then one day 100yrs. later I was in the mall and the ecig guy got me. I couldn't believe it but I wasn't about to drop that kind of dough without checking my trusty internet. Ran onto ECF and the rest is history. I've used SS cartos and have an SS ecig that I use sometimes and I am really impressed with their products.
 

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Growing up in the '50's & '60's, everybody smoked. The odd duck who didn't smoke was looked at like something was wrong with them. In every TV show, every movie, every magazine, every display in a store, every billboard, every place you went, everybody smoked.

I went into the Air Force during the Viet Nam war. The sergeant or officer in charge didn't say, "Take a break," they said, "Smoke 'em if you got 'em." And I reckon that's where I got really hooked into cigarettes. Smoking wasn't just about the smoke or the nicotine or the act of smoking, but rather it was a way to carve out a tiny bit of virtual personal calming space in the midst of high stress and chaos.

Then came college and then work, smoking all the way. Engineering too is a career of high stress, tight deadlines work, many hours in stuffy, smokey conference rooms, each person chained to their notebooks, schematics, and cigarettes.

Wasn't until sometime in the '80's when the company I worked for started implementing smoking restrictions. The areas where we could smoke grew smaller every few months. Then we were relegated to only smoking outdoors. Eventually smoking was forbidden on work property as well as nearly everyplace in public.

At some point in all this, I decided to just not smoke at work at all. The tables had turned on smokers, even the smell of smoke on a person was met with management scowls and sideways disapproving glances from co-workers. I wanted to quit and did so many times, but always went back to it eventually.

In 2005, work put out a memo that we had 12 months to stop smoking or else we would be dropped from our health insurance. What???!!!

So in Feb 2006, I stopped smoking. It was a long horrible ride. Patches, gum, pills, suckers, smoking cessation support groups, forums, you name it, I did it. I was a white-knuckled, resentful non-smoker. And I always knew eventually I'd go back to it and lose my health insurance, as sure as I'm sitting here.

Then last year, my friend Bobbi got an e-cig, an Ego. An old long-time smoker like me, she immediately stopped smoking that very day. I decided to try it, not to quit smoking, but because ever since I'd stopped smoking, I'd been gaining a lot of weight and thought maybe an e-cig could help appease my appetite.

OMG, from the first vape, I was floored. It not only curbed my appetite, but I knew in my soul that I never had to touch another cigarette. I was free at last! A person who has never smoked can not understand what I'm saying, I'm sure of it, lol.

So my journey began and I became dedicated to helping smokers find vaping. I truly believe that the e-cigarette is so far the pivital invention of the 21st century. Millions of people all around the world could be saved with e-cigs, not only the smokers but all the other people and all the pets that are subjected to second-hand smoke. And so why the governments and health organizations of the world don't come forward to support it absolutely astonishes me.

I've tried many e-cigs, made a bunch of them, put out youtube videos showing vaping and how to make e-cigs and reviewing some of them, both commercial e-cigs and mods. I applaud all the youtube vapors and forum vapors for their courage and dedication to get the word out.

Since I have tried and also made many e-cigs and new e-cig technologies, I'm now thankful for the Smokeless Image Volt. This is definitely one in my book that can get smokers off cigarettes quickly and with the least fuss and mess. If I had a bunch of money, I would buy up as many Volt kits as I could and hand them out on the street to every smoker I see. I'd love to form a network of people across the country to hand out free Volts kits. Matter of fact, if I win anything Volt in a contest, this one or any one, I'm going to give it away.

Anyway, now I'm off into pipe-dream land so reckon I should end this. The signature below isn't really accurate but it shows the length of time since I've been vaping, since I've been free from the nagging threat that I'd go back to smoking. Thank you dearest vaping community, vendors and vapors alike.
 

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For me, smoke breaks have always been symbolic of pleasant times or a pause in the action. After a good meal (or other activity); when contemplating how to solve a problem or to celebrate solving the problem; to ponder my next step while painting - or as a final "hoorah" after adding my signature to a finished painting. How can you really enjoy sitting on the deck as the day comes to a close without smoking a cigarette (or three)? There were enough "pauses in the action" to add up to a pack and a half to two packs a day. After 42 years of this, no nicotine patch or drug or gum was going to give me the same feeling as blowing out billows of warm smoke and watching the wind carry them away.

Looking back, I was probably about twelve when I started. All of my friends were doing it. Both of my parents and sisters smoked. I wanted to be cool too. The only times that I quit for any substantial periods were during my two pregnancies. Within hours of leaving the hospital, I was back on the habit. I LOVED smoking!

Actually, I quit smoking accidentally. I ordered a PV purely out of curiosity. No one was more surprised than I was when I forgot to smoke after trying the PV. I loved everything about vaping. When I had a craving, I went for the PV. The hand to mouth motion was still there when I would normally have had a cigarette. The nicotine fix that I needed was being fulfilled.

On that note: Another reason that I didn't want to give up nicotine is because it helps to ease nerve pain. I have multiple sclerosis which does all kinds of evil, spiteful things to your nervous system resulting in sensations that can be overwhelming. It has also resulted in numbness and neuropathy that forces me to use a cane to navigate because I can barely feel the ground, and makes it difficult for me to feel anything with my fingers. This is where the Volt has made an important contribution.

Anyone who has tried the standard PV's knows that dern-near every one of them requires modding for them to work properly. And I've done my fair share of modding - with extreme difficulty. Handling all of those teeny, tiny buttons, screws, straws, springs, caps, clumps of foam, etc .... with one functioning eye and hands that feel like they're wearing boxing gloves is my idea of a nightmare. Everything I tried, including standard KR-808's, had a "futz factor" - except the Volt. You screw a cartomizer onto a battery that works admirably well without a button and you vape. Nothing could be simpler. It works - consistently.

Vaping has also had profound effects on the lives of my sisters. My oldest sister may now be able to donate a kidney to another older sister who is in complete kidney failure and on nightly home-dialysis. Both were lifetime smokers. Both have now been vaping for months so that a transplant will be allowed to take place. Apparently, smokers are not permitted to donate or receive organs for transplant.

So - Thank you E-cigarettes, or PV's, or whatever you want to call 'em!! As of August 15th of this year, I have happily lived without cigarettes for two years. Lives are being saved by these marvellous inventions, and I'm proud to have been swept away in the movement.
 

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I'm in my late 20's and had been smoking for about 10 years. I just thought that 10 years was long enough inhaling burnt plant. I'd been researching e-cigs for quite some time, but hadn't found the right testimony to convince me they were worth my money, and I wouldn't be back at smoking the next week.

Finally got a Volt from SI and ordered a juice sampler from another company. BAM. Just like that, I stopped smoking and started vaping. I have to say, even after buying an e-cig, I wasn't dead set to quit smoking. I figured I'd try it out, if I didn't like it I'd just go down the street and pick up a pack of smokes. That wasn't the case. No problem switching to e-cigs at all.

Been smoke free for a little over a month now, and I love all the flavors I can choose from.
 

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I dont have anything out of the normal to add here. I had been smoking since I was 15 (30 now) and decided that I wanted to try an ecig. I mentioned this to the wife and she said just quite cold turkey. I tried to explain to her that I enjoyed smoking I just didn't want all the unhealthy side effects with it... Fast forward a few months and I was at my fathers house and spot an ecig. I take a few drags off of it to see what I think. The next day I'm online researching. I stumble across ECF and find several comments on the Volt. I was looking for something similar to a cig and good quality and reliable, Smokeless Image seem to fit the bill so I placed an order. I received it 2 days later (awesomely fast shipping) and have been volting it up ever since. No thoughts of analogs have even crossed my mind. Ive actually placed 2 more orders in the last week for more stuff. After being a PAD smoker and my wife seeing how its worked for me, I have actually got her smoking one, along with 3 other people that I have talked into getting on the volt train... I cant praise this product enuff.
 

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Well - I really like a contest . . . I signed up for newsletter and made a "Big" purchase (well at least for me as a "newbie" and haven't really starting Vaping full-time yet - Still looking for that one big "WOW" ! ! ! "True" Menthol flavor to come my way). So that should take care of the first one . . .

Now for the second one:

As for my story - well not to different from everyone else's - and you can see in the original thread I posted here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/197076-nlgom-oh-my-another-new-member.html; I'm a 40+ years cigarette smoker and now at 2 1/2 - 3 PAD (sometimes - I hate to say this - 4 Packs) depending on my day. . . So, although I did not want to quit when I started this "Transition into the Vaping World" and only wanted to at least cut back my "addiction to nicotine" and my "smoking habit" . . . Hopefully, now for many different reasons and as with most people who have started "Vaping," I will be able to give up "analogs" totally - we'll see (no promises - yet, to anyone, including myself - except to really try). However, with all the support and encouragement of all the people here at ECF are giving me - it seems the hope, may become a reality.

Now don't forget . . .

Pick me - PLEASE PICK ME . . .

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Especially, so I can have some more FUN ! ! !
 
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