Please indulge me with a little soap box moment:
I know a lot of folks are waiting for the website release, and many of us for years have come to trust, rely on and take advantage of the benefits of online shopping. Up until last week I had purchased all of my vaping gear online. That changed last week with the P3.
I have to say it was a great experience going out to a few of the shops in my area (ProVape resellers) and spending time talking to some of the folks that work and operate these stores. I'm not referring to the head-shops that happen to sell eGo clones in Times Square and juice at $1/ml, but dedicated vape shops - the ones in my area have internet juice businesses as well as established B&M stores where they sell a variety of supplies. Having the ability to talk to someone about how to set things up, what to watch out for and suggestions on what to try was invaluable- even after 4 years of vaping. Not a dig against ECF, but chatting up a storm here is not the same as having a face 2 face conversation with someone. The biggest shock for me was that the prices were fairly competitive with online prices - in the worst cases maybe 10% markup over internet prices.
In a previous post I mentioned something about helping the B&M stores be successful. If you look at what's going on with the FDA, in each state, and even today with the proposed flavor ban in NYC, we as a community need to do a better job debunking the FUD around vaping and the stigma that goes with it. Having these stores be successful in communities around the country creates opportunity to do that in so many ways. For those of you who have shops in your area and haven't been to them in a while (or at all), I strongly recommend you get away from the keyboard for a bit and check it out. Especially if you want to check out and order a P3....
If you don't have a quality shop in your area, and if you want a recommendation, two of the shops in my area, just north of NYC, Cherry Vape (CV Vape Store) and Honest Vapor would be happy to talk to you on the phone and will take an order for a P3 over the phone if they have any left. You can look them up and link to their sites from the ProVape store locator.
Thanks for that moment....