Hello everyone,
I had only heard of electronic cigarettes and had never really looked in to them other than a few brief Google searches. My daughter told me that they sold them at the mall so I decided to go check it out. I ask the girl at the kiosk if I could try one and she let me. I took 3-4 hits and was instantly sold. I could not believe how realistic it was. I bought a starter kit that included 1 battery, 1 atomizer and one box of 5 cartridges for $100. I was told by the sales person that 1 cartridge was equal to 1 pack of real cigarettes, thus equaling 5 packs per box for $10 so I bought 4 boxes to go with the kit ($150 total). I got home that evening, charged the battery up and enjoyed it for about 5 minutes and it died. Not really knowing what I was doing I put another new cartridge in and got 5 more minutes of enjoyment out of it. I ended up taking it back the next day because I thought that one charge and one cartridge would get me through the day and I had gone through 3 cartridges and had to charge the battery twice in the first 24 hours. They told me that the atomizer was faulty and replaced it. That evening I sat down and got about 15 minutes out of it, the next morning nothing again. I went back to the mall and this time they said it was the battery and replaced it. That evening I actually say down fully intent on burning up an entire cartridge just to see how long it would actually last. I lost count after 1/2 hour and was quite pleased. The next morning, dead again. I go back to the mall that afternoon for the 3rd time (20 miles one way btw) and this time they told me it just needed cleaning. The girl sat and puffed on it for a couple minutes constantly blowing clouds of vapor. I now felt like an idiot for complaining. That evening, you guessed it, dead again. This time I take my first hit and the light starts blinking. I try again and get oil in my mouth. I was told to wait 1/2 hour for the safety device to reset when that happens. I waited all night, tried again this morning, same thing. I found out that there are no refunds on this product. I wasn't told that and didn't see a sign stating that however it is printed on the receipt. The receipt that I received after I bout it mind you. I'm guessing I'm going to get thrown out of the mall today because I am seriously frustrated with this PoS. I don't know if I'm allowed to mention the name or not but I would just like to tell everyone to stay away from anything sold in your local mall. I thought it was a good idea because of the human aspect. I'm always skeptical of online ordering.
Since buying this thing I have Googled myself silly looking for info which landed me here. I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who posts here. Unfortunately I did not find this group until I had already been burned but there is so much helpful information here that the chances of that happening again are pretty slim. I know that this will help me quit smoking cigarettes and I really want it to work. I am just really frustrated (and broke) with my experience thus far and had I not found this forum, I likely would have cut my losses, bought a carton of Newports and moved on.
So again, thank you all for posting all of the great information and advice!
I had only heard of electronic cigarettes and had never really looked in to them other than a few brief Google searches. My daughter told me that they sold them at the mall so I decided to go check it out. I ask the girl at the kiosk if I could try one and she let me. I took 3-4 hits and was instantly sold. I could not believe how realistic it was. I bought a starter kit that included 1 battery, 1 atomizer and one box of 5 cartridges for $100. I was told by the sales person that 1 cartridge was equal to 1 pack of real cigarettes, thus equaling 5 packs per box for $10 so I bought 4 boxes to go with the kit ($150 total). I got home that evening, charged the battery up and enjoyed it for about 5 minutes and it died. Not really knowing what I was doing I put another new cartridge in and got 5 more minutes of enjoyment out of it. I ended up taking it back the next day because I thought that one charge and one cartridge would get me through the day and I had gone through 3 cartridges and had to charge the battery twice in the first 24 hours. They told me that the atomizer was faulty and replaced it. That evening I sat down and got about 15 minutes out of it, the next morning nothing again. I went back to the mall and this time they said it was the battery and replaced it. That evening I actually say down fully intent on burning up an entire cartridge just to see how long it would actually last. I lost count after 1/2 hour and was quite pleased. The next morning, dead again. I go back to the mall that afternoon for the 3rd time (20 miles one way btw) and this time they told me it just needed cleaning. The girl sat and puffed on it for a couple minutes constantly blowing clouds of vapor. I now felt like an idiot for complaining. That evening, you guessed it, dead again. This time I take my first hit and the light starts blinking. I try again and get oil in my mouth. I was told to wait 1/2 hour for the safety device to reset when that happens. I waited all night, tried again this morning, same thing. I found out that there are no refunds on this product. I wasn't told that and didn't see a sign stating that however it is printed on the receipt. The receipt that I received after I bout it mind you. I'm guessing I'm going to get thrown out of the mall today because I am seriously frustrated with this PoS. I don't know if I'm allowed to mention the name or not but I would just like to tell everyone to stay away from anything sold in your local mall. I thought it was a good idea because of the human aspect. I'm always skeptical of online ordering.
Since buying this thing I have Googled myself silly looking for info which landed me here. I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who posts here. Unfortunately I did not find this group until I had already been burned but there is so much helpful information here that the chances of that happening again are pretty slim. I know that this will help me quit smoking cigarettes and I really want it to work. I am just really frustrated (and broke) with my experience thus far and had I not found this forum, I likely would have cut my losses, bought a carton of Newports and moved on.
So again, thank you all for posting all of the great information and advice!
I'm sure you can do it too!!!
