First thing: Let me apologize off the bat because I know I tend to get long winded. But if you are going to respond to my post please don't do so without making sure you read every word of it first.
Second thing: I have never bought a single thing from PureSmoker. The only thing I have "gotten" from them in any way is that I entered my brother-in-law in one of their giveaways and he was a winner along with many others. But as is obvious that isn't me benefiting from it.
So I started out reading this thread and thinking I would read it just to see what exactly the problem was and how those at PureSmoker responded to it. Once I got to reading some of the responses though I had decided that I would post one thing and one thing only and that was: This version of the Original Post is located in the PureSmoker sub-forum and there is also an identical version posted in the Reviews forum. With that being the case, people, especially those who expect a company to have respect for them (which I would believe is everyone), should also have respect for the vendors and the way the forums work. Which means any and all replies that included text touting other devices could have just as easily, and more appropriately, been posted in the other version of this thread.
But then I kept reading responses, every word of every post actually, and decided to make another comment about the things that follow.
I'm not going to get into the technicalities of whether the switches are sub-par or not and not going to get into the whole issue of whether or not a warranty should be transferable or not.
I didn't want to cut the quotes down too far and wanted the lines I highlighted to be able to be seen in context but in actuality the parts in red are the only parts that matter as to what I am saying.
420 what you stated here is incorrect but not actually your fault.
The way this was worded and comes across is easily confused and explains what 420 stated above.
But then if you read this comment you see that it didn't actually go directly from PureSmoker to Cass.
I do understand Cass' frustration over being sent the tact switch instead of the switch that is known to perform better, and is marked at the same price(a fact I didn't check for myself but assume would have already been disputed if it was inaccurate). However, I also think that everyone responding, whether for or against PureSmoker, is not looking at the important part of the situation.
Being that this was purchased from a third party it falls upon the purchaser to be sure of what it is they are purchasing. Being that what I quoted above was the case, you should have had the person you were buying the unit from open the package and test the device once they had gotten it back from PureSmoker before sending it on to you. They would have seen that it wasn't working properly and being that it was still under warranty at that point could have sent it back to be fixed yet again. You should have checked into the PureSmoker Warranty to know whether or not it would be honored once you purchased the unit. And, being that there is plenty of access to the vendor by way of phone, email, website, and forum, you should have contacted them directly to find out for sure what could and couldn't be done for you if you had issues with the unit once you got it.
Personally I wouldn't buy any devices through the classified unless I was willing to take a risk on wasting my money. That's not to say that people shouldn't be trusted. But if I were to purchase something from someone in the classifieds I would be sure that I had done all of the above things first. I know that things come up for sale in the Classifieds section and get jumped on quickly but being that there is so much information on the forums it is very easy to research a device you are interested in before you ever even see it come up in the Classifieds. There are plenty of reviews out there on every device on the market and it is easy to find out if there is a common problem with any individual unit and in what way those problems are commonly dealt with.
Also approximately 95% of the "expensive" devices I've seen listed in the classifieds section in my time on the forum have been listed at a price that was maybe a $10 or $20 savings, if that, compared to buying it new from the vendor. While I can understand wanting to get something right now, and wanting to save money, is it really worth that small an amount of money to take the risk that what you are getting either (a) isn't exactly as advertised or (b) could lead to problems, like the ones in this post, down the road?
Hopefully Cass, and everyone else, doesn't take this as a personal attack or trying to belittle your issue but rather as what it is which is just trying to look at it as an objective outsider with no vested interest in either party.
And with all that being said I'm sure some will disagree and others will agree but really neither matters much as it is just simply my opinion and isn't really worth arguing over
(p.s. mwhale1 kudos to you for your generosity)