I have to say I fully agree with mini_art on this. If a vendor is going to suggest PIF, perhaps ONLY do it after it's confirmed NOT bad.
Done this way, the vendor can even offer to have it shipped wherever the customer likes (since they have to pay to send it somewhere anyway.) This will save the person deciding to PIF it the 3rd shipping costs and will help the vendor show true character on both sides.
just my - take it or leave it for whatever it's worth
Not a bad suggestion, but the OP refuses to spend the $2 it would take to send it back. All this says to me is, #1 I dont like your juice, and know you dont refund and #2 I wont send it back to be tested because I know its not tainted, but rather my taste buds.
If I thought for one moment that I received tainted juice from ANY vendor, I would send it back. PERIOD. If its tested and found to be tainted, I am sure they would not only replace the liquid, but also refund part of the shipping or throw in some freebies for the wasted time and money. If its found to be MY taste buds and the juice is perfectly fine, I would expect to have to pay shiping fees AGAIN to have it sent back to me.
And for the record, I personally do not use VS as my main source of juice. That is well documented here on ECF. Not because I dont like his liquid, but I have others that I like better. Had this been Tasty Vapor, VaporBomb, V4L or ANY other vendor here, I would be saying the same thing. The OP has a problem with the liquid, The vendor has offered to check it out, just send it back. Whats the problem here? Isnt that what the vendor should do? Does anyone think that the vendor should just automatically resend the order and not get the original liquid back?
As far as the PIF goes, being a member myself, I have NO problem with the OP offering up the juice for trade. Not because I trust the OP, but because I trust Eric and VS. More than likely, the juice just needs time to settle down. Its a fresh mixed juice, not a premix being resold by Eric.