I'll just go ahead and share my story so far with you wonderful folks. I first saw e-cigs years ago at a local mall and it seemed too expensive and snake oil to gain much interest. I thought it was another placebo type thing like the power balance bands that are going around now.
Recently at my current job I noticed one of my colleagues puffing on something inside and literally said, "What the fu.. are you doing? Smoking inside?" He basically told me that he wasn't smoking, and just vaping. I believe he had a Prodigy V2. He let me taste a few of his flavors and let me know how it works. This seemed much different than what I saw at the mall. Needless to say I was intrigued.
So eventually I was interested enough to bring it up with my parents about how much money you can save and how much healthier it is for you than smoking. I told her that there's a whole growing community around this and that there are many options. I also said that there are many really bad e-cigs and over priced nonsense out there.
Well apparently this whole conversation sparked some interest in my mother as well. If not for the health reasons, for the money reasons. You see other than just the cost of smoking analogs, the company she works for takes $80 a month out of her pay just for smoking. I guess she'd been talking to my sister about it and they decided to go to the mall one day and there happened to be an e-cig stand there. The slick salesmen working there talked about a buy 2 get 1 free deal with a life time warranty and all the other slick tricks of their trade.
So it was decided, much without my own input that it'd be perfect for all 3 of us to go in on it together. My mom approached me one day saying we should all go to the mall on Jan 1 to check out the e-cig stand. I agreed, because I thought it'd be good to get them into it, without knowing they had this whole deal in mind.
So I party with a bottle of Vodka for New Year's Eve and was entirely hung over on the 1st and not really feeling like going to a crowded public place like the mall. As soon as I wake up I noticed my mom was already patiently waiting for me to come around to go to the mall. I told her that if her and my sister wanted to get the e-cigs they should go, this is when she informed me of the buy 2 get 1 free deal, and their price. She said they were about $124 each normally, but with the deal would cost us $80 each. I reluctantly agreed but told her I'd just give her cash since I didn't feel like going anywhere in public due to my head feeling like it was in a vice.
So I head out to the bank, go to the house, and hand my $80 cash to my mom and hang out with my dad until she returns with my sister. Of course the slick salesman upsells them both on getting 3 of their 'better' kits that included an extra battery that they normally charge $50 for, for only an additional $30. Of course they both decided to get this 'awesome' deal without consulting me first and now I owe them an extra $30.
I was a little annoyed that they did this, but I was too hungover and at the time too excited about starting this new healthier alternative to my deadly habit to care. The models we ended up with are the Chinese made "Fifty-One Trio" which is seemingly designed in every aspect to be a cash cow. This is not what I got excited and intrigued about earlier on when my associate from work was showing me his cool e-cig stuff.
Well after searching on the internet I find out that the only thing worthy of these units, other than being at least decent quality albeit over priced, is the life time warranty, and that the 510 or Joye eGo seem to be really popular because they are cheap and customizable. I thought to myself, at least my mom and sister will be saving money and potentially be living healthier, the cost of it was worth that alone.
To conclude my long winded life story (well the last 5 days) of my life, I ended up ordering a Joye eGo and some e-juice online on Sunday the 2nd, and decided to bite the bullet on my first e-cig mistake. I won't regret it, because at least I got my mom in the door for this. My Joy eGo comes with 2 full e-cigs (got it from puresmoker, still on delivery). I have some Bobba's Bounty and various other samples coming from Alien Visions e-juice.
If you're still reading this after my long rant I commend you. Only thing left to say is that I'm already experiencing a serious sore throat, feeling like strep. I've been drinking enough water to drown a fish, and if I need to piss anymore I'll start to wonder if I have a bladder infection. I know this will pass because it's a detox symptom from quitting cigs.
I've already cut down my smoking severely. I used to smoke a pack a day, now I've stretched a pack I opened on Sunday and still have 8 cigs left today. I'm impatiently awaiting my new toys and juice, and can't wait to get those going.
Now finally I just have one question. What are your favorite juices and juice dealers? Also where's a good place to get started on making my own mixes? I'm the kind of guy that goes balls deep into hobbies like this. I was hoping to mess around with flavors and flavorless nicotine solutions to get my perfect custome mixes going.
Also anyone else can feel free to share their story with me. As you may know, I like stories
Recently at my current job I noticed one of my colleagues puffing on something inside and literally said, "What the fu.. are you doing? Smoking inside?" He basically told me that he wasn't smoking, and just vaping. I believe he had a Prodigy V2. He let me taste a few of his flavors and let me know how it works. This seemed much different than what I saw at the mall. Needless to say I was intrigued.
So eventually I was interested enough to bring it up with my parents about how much money you can save and how much healthier it is for you than smoking. I told her that there's a whole growing community around this and that there are many options. I also said that there are many really bad e-cigs and over priced nonsense out there.
Well apparently this whole conversation sparked some interest in my mother as well. If not for the health reasons, for the money reasons. You see other than just the cost of smoking analogs, the company she works for takes $80 a month out of her pay just for smoking. I guess she'd been talking to my sister about it and they decided to go to the mall one day and there happened to be an e-cig stand there. The slick salesmen working there talked about a buy 2 get 1 free deal with a life time warranty and all the other slick tricks of their trade.
So it was decided, much without my own input that it'd be perfect for all 3 of us to go in on it together. My mom approached me one day saying we should all go to the mall on Jan 1 to check out the e-cig stand. I agreed, because I thought it'd be good to get them into it, without knowing they had this whole deal in mind.
So I party with a bottle of Vodka for New Year's Eve and was entirely hung over on the 1st and not really feeling like going to a crowded public place like the mall. As soon as I wake up I noticed my mom was already patiently waiting for me to come around to go to the mall. I told her that if her and my sister wanted to get the e-cigs they should go, this is when she informed me of the buy 2 get 1 free deal, and their price. She said they were about $124 each normally, but with the deal would cost us $80 each. I reluctantly agreed but told her I'd just give her cash since I didn't feel like going anywhere in public due to my head feeling like it was in a vice.
So I head out to the bank, go to the house, and hand my $80 cash to my mom and hang out with my dad until she returns with my sister. Of course the slick salesman upsells them both on getting 3 of their 'better' kits that included an extra battery that they normally charge $50 for, for only an additional $30. Of course they both decided to get this 'awesome' deal without consulting me first and now I owe them an extra $30.
I was a little annoyed that they did this, but I was too hungover and at the time too excited about starting this new healthier alternative to my deadly habit to care. The models we ended up with are the Chinese made "Fifty-One Trio" which is seemingly designed in every aspect to be a cash cow. This is not what I got excited and intrigued about earlier on when my associate from work was showing me his cool e-cig stuff.
Well after searching on the internet I find out that the only thing worthy of these units, other than being at least decent quality albeit over priced, is the life time warranty, and that the 510 or Joye eGo seem to be really popular because they are cheap and customizable. I thought to myself, at least my mom and sister will be saving money and potentially be living healthier, the cost of it was worth that alone.
To conclude my long winded life story (well the last 5 days) of my life, I ended up ordering a Joye eGo and some e-juice online on Sunday the 2nd, and decided to bite the bullet on my first e-cig mistake. I won't regret it, because at least I got my mom in the door for this. My Joy eGo comes with 2 full e-cigs (got it from puresmoker, still on delivery). I have some Bobba's Bounty and various other samples coming from Alien Visions e-juice.
If you're still reading this after my long rant I commend you. Only thing left to say is that I'm already experiencing a serious sore throat, feeling like strep. I've been drinking enough water to drown a fish, and if I need to piss anymore I'll start to wonder if I have a bladder infection. I know this will pass because it's a detox symptom from quitting cigs.
I've already cut down my smoking severely. I used to smoke a pack a day, now I've stretched a pack I opened on Sunday and still have 8 cigs left today. I'm impatiently awaiting my new toys and juice, and can't wait to get those going.
Now finally I just have one question. What are your favorite juices and juice dealers? Also where's a good place to get started on making my own mixes? I'm the kind of guy that goes balls deep into hobbies like this. I was hoping to mess around with flavors and flavorless nicotine solutions to get my perfect custome mixes going.
Also anyone else can feel free to share their story with me. As you may know, I like stories
Just remember that you only have control over yourself and that your Mom and sister will have to take care of themselves. Be there for them, but don't try to force them.
