Serious Question: What's the point of vaping low nic juice on a high powered Mod?

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coolerat

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Depends on the person, I have vaped 30mg in an rba, I currently vape 12mg in anything I use including my rba's. There is no magic rule that says someone has to lower their nic levels. It is all personal choice.



Newer doesn't always mean better, sometimes it just means newer. Personally I don't like most of the "new stuff" out and it doesn't fit my vape.



What isn't sold??????? Really, try walking into MOST B&M's and buying a boge carto, or a cisco 306, or an empire 901p. I know many many vapers who still use all of those items, but because of current trends they are getting harder and harder to find. Hell Empire Mods, known for their Empire Mod, drip shields and 901's, don't even carry 901's now.

It isn't that the demand isn't there, it is that shops don't make money selling 1 $7 atty per vaper every few months, but do make money selling 1 $5 head per vaper a week.

Also at many vape shops (on-line or B&M) it is getting harder to find high vg juices in anything above 6mg nic. VG based juices are not just for cloud chasers. Some of us NEED them.


But I can't get parts for a Model T at Parts America either. And its not the stores fault, they sell what sells. And consumers have decided they don't want Model T parts.

But there is plenty of gear sold that works at low watts.

And was it ever common for that class of low watts gear to be sold at local vape shops?? The kind that are kitty-Kornor from a CVS/Walgreens everywhere?? I'm a modern vaper so when I go to a store I expect it to be full of what I like. And I expect to be able to go to new shops often. But was it ever common for low watts stuff?? It wasn't around here.

And I think profit margins are tighter then ever not looser. The old school stores sold bathtub vape for 7 bucks a 10ml which is like 90% profit. It was easy to make money then. Now its mostly bottled juice that while its cheaper for us consumers isn't nearly as profitable for the stores. And on equipment the are competing against the dozens of other local stores and the ever growing innernet stores.
 

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But I can't get parts for a Model T at Parts America either. And its not the stores fault, they sell what sells. And consumers have decided they don't want Model T parts.

But there is plenty of gear sold that works at low watts.

And was it ever common for that class of low watts gear to be sold at local vape shops?? The kind that are kitty-Kornor from a CVS/Walgreens everywhere?? I'm a modern vaper so when I go to a store I expect it to be full of what I like. And I expect to be able to go to new shops often. But was it ever common for low watts stuff?? It wasn't around here.

And I think profit margins are tighter then ever not looser. The old school stores sold bathtub vape for 7 bucks a 10ml which is like 90% profit. It was easy to make money then. Now its mostly bottled juice that while its cheaper for us consumers isn't nearly as profitable for the stores. And on equipment the are competing against the dozens of other local stores and the ever growing innernet stores.
I have to say that your memory of what it was like being a vaper 4-5 years ago is quite different than mine.
 

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I have no memory of vaping five years ago except what I could buy in a gas station or airport.

Which kinda is my point, that vape shops were very rare.

New ones opening up ain't even stocking the old stuff. Older shops have shelves full of it but its unlikely to ever sell. I read here people having trouble finding carto stuff. And I hear my local shop owner saying he knows he's gonna eat that stuff.

Last night I went to a shop in the big city (Syracuse but its all we got ok) and even RBA's are getting pushed out. All RBA's, about 40 of them real and clone were 10 bucks. Again most of the newer stores don't even stock RBA's.

But they did sell Zen mods and Kabuki tanks so low power users still have choices.

I'm old enough to remember when Craftsman made good tools and in the USA and Sears was everywhere. Now Craftsman is so-so quality and made overseas and Sears is long gone.

Times change. They just do. Again on tools cause thats kinda my thing, Porter Cable used to be made in Syracuse NY and were good. Then Tenn and where GREAT. Now they are made in China and suck. This makes me very sad but its not gonna change. And Dewalt took me into its loving embrace anyway.
 

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    Ya I see RBAs suffering the same fate as carto tanks. If you take care of them, they will last forever. So why would a shop want to sell you something that would insure that you would never need to cross their threshold again?!?

    The wise buyer doesn't want to cross their threshold any more often than they have to.

    BTW, there are now more vape shops than smoke shops here. Most of which I have never been in.
     
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    Ya I see RBAs suffering the same fate as carto tanks. If you take care of them, they will last forever. So why would a shop want to sell you something that would insure that you would never need to cross their threshold again?!?

    BTW, there are now more vape shops than smoke shops here.

    If I ran a business I would try to sell as few things as possible that were rebuild able. Not counting the deep pocket hobbyist. Thats risky though cause inventory has to be high. If they want it and you have it the will pay extra. If you say you can order it the hobbyist will say so can I.

    Its like trucks, Toyota is like Provari. Innokin is like Chevy. Dodge is like Fasttech.

    But they all wanna sell you parts.
     

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    Ya I see RBAs suffering the same fate as carto tanks. If you take care of them, they will last forever. So why would a shop want to sell you something that would insure that you would never need to cross their threshold again?!?

    BTW, there are now more vape shops than smoke shops here.

    I don't cater or favor with prejudice rather I help explain the differences and let them decide.........
     
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    And for the record, watts isn't the only thing that is important. With lower ohm builds and tons of air you need to use higher watts, but I get a good vape with more than enough clouds for me off my small chamber cisco 306 at 4 volts than I do anything else.

    You are so wrong. It is all about the Cisco Spec 510. ;)

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    The profit doesn't come from device sales ........

    What I think myself and have heard also is vape shops are like ink jet printers. Basicly give the equipment away and make money on juice and coils.

    A year ago when store made juice was common it had to be pretty near a license to print money.
     
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