Pattin' myself on the back again..
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it doesn't show on my banner ATM, since the banners only update once a day now, but I just clicked over $3000 NOT spent on cigarettes. I'm a) loving that, and b) not at all surprised that all the gov't and BT idjits are frothing at the mouth about vaping. 
Andria
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Thanks and Thanks. I wasn't quite sure where to put another self patting post, so I chose 'The Lounge' instead of 'General Vaping Discussion'.Moved to General Vaping Discussion from The Lounge
No problem at all. Thanks.
Wow! Thanks.
Wow, 3 grand is a nice chunk of change! I'm 150 bucks or so from 2 grand myself. I did (well a calulator did..) some math yesterday morning, and what I haven't spent minus what I have, I'm around 1500 bucks not poorer, and my wallet is real happy about that!!it doesn't show on my banner ATM, since the banners only update once a day now, but I just clicked over $3000 NOT spent on cigarettes. I'm a) loving that, and b) not at all surprised that all the gov't and BT idjits are frothing at the mouth about vaping.
Andria
Well don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
So congratulations. It adds up quick, I'm just shy of 4 grand not spent on cigarettes.
So congratulations. It adds up quick, I'm just shy of 4 grand not spent on cigarettes.
Congratulations! That's a lot of $, but more importantly, you haven't smoked 4700+ cigarettes!
I have an app for that, but I stopped entering all my purchases, because the number was getting horrifying and I never thought I'd break even, let alone save money! But I have calmed down on toys (sorta) and I must be way ahead of the game by now, since I DIY.
Thanks!
Thanks. Ya, 4700 cigs is scary, it gets even scarier when I think of it as nearly 250 packs of smokes!
I have PHP code behind my vapin' page to come up with those numbers. They are a bit on the generous side. For example, I didn't regularly smoke a PAD, which the numbers represent, but at times (sometimes (fairly regularly) once a month) I did go on a 'cig binge'. I do keep close attention to what I've spent so far. (Online. I just added $100 for the B&M purchases, I know I haven't spent that much, but I know more than half that..)
On another note, jumphour, CT, eh? I was born in Bridgeport. My grandfolks had an eatery shop there back in their day. My grandfather would catch fish (mostly or all Flounder I think) in the Sound, my grandmother fried 'em up.
Try staying away and not looking at your banner for most of a year. Talk about a real nifty surprise....lol
I'd forgotten how quickly cigarette costs added up compared to my vape expenses.
I'd forgotten how quickly cigarette costs added up compared to my vape expenses.
Whew, that is the truth about how fast the cigarettes and their costs mounted up! A few weeks back I hit 10,000 cigarettes not smoked (at my avg of a pk a day), and I was so "woo hoo, 50 cartons not smoked!" I was barely over jumping up and down about it when I happened to glance at the banner and realize a WHOLE 'NUTHER CARTON HAD GONE UNSMOKED!
Andria
Vaping is costing me money so far.
Of course, I have only vaped for less than 2 months and went completely bonkers buying mods, tanks, juice and tons of DIY stuff.
I will be saving tons of $$$ by the spring, but who cares? I am not smoking.
Of course, I have only vaped for less than 2 months and went completely bonkers buying mods, tanks, juice and tons of DIY stuff.
I will be saving tons of $$$ by the spring, but who cares? I am not smoking.
After I bought the PG and VG and stuff, my maintenance expenses went WAY down to almost nil.
The only thing I really buy somewhat regularly are prepunched cartomizers for my cartotanks although I now have an RBA in case I feel like vaping THAT way.
I really dropped the nic soon after starting vaping and I've NEVER been happy with a flavor of eliquid. I feel like I'm missing out because of it, too. People talk about how wonderful their flavors are and how great their new devices make their juice taste. I get excited and try another one and STILL HATE IT.
It's SO not fair. I'm horribly picky about food, too. I'm sure I miss out on any number of delicious things and it's my own fault.
I can't seem to help it, though.
The only thing I really buy somewhat regularly are prepunched cartomizers for my cartotanks although I now have an RBA in case I feel like vaping THAT way.
I really dropped the nic soon after starting vaping and I've NEVER been happy with a flavor of eliquid. I feel like I'm missing out because of it, too. People talk about how wonderful their flavors are and how great their new devices make their juice taste. I get excited and try another one and STILL HATE IT.
It's SO not fair. I'm horribly picky about food, too. I'm sure I miss out on any number of delicious things and it's my own fault.
I can't seem to help it, though.
I'm super picky too. I finally found something I can vape every day, all day. I did find flavors I liked. They just were not something I could vape for long periods of time. I'm the odd duck that doesn't like to have multiple tanks filled with different liquids sitting around me.
I was lucky to find a liquid vendor, that agreed with my tastes, very early on. It took about a year to discover my now ADV. I hope like hell this recipe never changes.
I have been thinking lately about trying unflavored. My vendor of choice carries one called Nada that I will probably try soon. No flavoring in it at all. I hear that there is a slight sweetness from the VG. Who knows, if the apocalypse does get that bad, I would have a nice stash on hand already of unflavored. I just don't want to break the seal on what is in my freezer.
I buy a pre-mixed PG/VG/nicotine base and I usually add one or two flavors to it. Usually Perique and Lime, sometimes just Perique, and sometimes just the base by itself. The base amount is 125 ml, and it'll last me 3 or 4 months at least. I only vape 25-30 mls a month.. I went from at least 20 bucks a week to 20 or so bucks every few months..
I'm probably at a net-even point, give or take because I haven't tracked how much I've spent on all my vaping purchases. But I view purchasing tanks and mods as capital investments, kinda like a car. I have to put gas in the car, change the oil and new tires every few years and repairs as needed; that's the coils, juice and other accessories.
DIY juice is next for me, once I get the missus to buy off on the idea completely and have the funds needed to purchase all the startup supplies. But a new mod (or two) and a new tank (or three) are on the capital expenditure list as well.
But your last point was the most important: I'm not smoking. I've already paid the price for that.
That's a great analogy. One that I will use in my next 'discussion' with some family members and close friends. I've gotten thru almost all the 'but you're still using nicotine', and 'dangerous chemical' comments, and the money thing is about to be the next full force 'point' they'll try to use.
The only "point" I *ever* had to bring up was "DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK TO SMOKING?!?!?!?!?" (yeah at about 100dB) -- problem solved for all eternity. I do it a bit more politely with my mom, if she asks if I'm "ever gonna give that thing up"... I just say, well I dunno Mom, I guess I'll keep it up as long as my husband prefers the smell of strawberries to cigarettes.
Then I ask HER if she'd prefer I went back to smoking, and I point out that 10 yrs after quitting, she STILL has cravings, and that if I get a craving, I'll be going to buy some cigarettes, because I WON'T put up with them, so it's better if I just don't have them at all. She doesn't really understand the 'WTA' angle, so I mostly leave that out of the discussion.Of course there's always the "you're not paying for them, so you don't get a vote" discussion.
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