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Okay I opened my box of goodies that I thought was a smokstick and it's not it's a EGO AIO ECO that I won. It's smaller than a "pen" (seriously) and it's kinda cute. I'm charging it right now, but the user manual says there is a "light" that should come on when charged, or the button's clicked 5 times. Nothing seems to be happening and I've done a lot of button pressing. I think it might be defective, but those are my early thoughts. I would be amused if IT blew up instead of my smokstick, and well, I'm keeping a close eye on it.

Also, my new OH so expensive "long acting" Ritalin is.... It's weird? I think I feel like a fish might if removed from its natural environment.... Like one of those deep underwater fish that.... when you bring it to the surface its eyes pop out and it explodes? It didn't look anything like it SHOULD have looked to me, I think I'm going to have to do some deep, deep googling because I feel like intensely overfocused but without any focus at all at the same time???? IDK, my pdoc said some vague warning about "how it dumps" itself over 12 hours, but eh.... This is really sucking hard.

Perhaps it will make Adderall more appealing after all..... It's so much CHEAPER to feel crappy on THAT? So, there's that at least.... Sigh. Deep deep sigh. Today has not gone as planned. :(

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I like & respect Tony, but I don't consider $70-$80 "affordable". Yes it's cheaper than a Lost Vape, but not much cheaper if at all than the RSQ, better chip or not.

I can buy one. Not gonna. It'll be the flavor of the month all over FB etc, and I'm sure it will be good. Just not interested and not following the crowd.

Would have liked to see it in the $50-$60 range to entice more to start squonking. It's in the dual battery ballpark, and I can't understand why.
 

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Okay, so generic "Concerta" is not concerta, apparently. They have widely divergent "slow release" systems, so I am super thrilled to have gotten.... The very worst one of the very worst one of the generics, which will either not work, or DUMP whatever remains, suddenly, which seems to be what is happening... I think..... Which I PAID SO MUCH FOR, thank you CVS. :(

I'm going to have to call my doctor tomorrow, my blood pressure is too high and my pulse is going WAY high, I also woke up at 4 a.m. for no reason.... Which is never good. WAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Fortunately, I have "measures" for this sort of thing, including clonidine on hand as well as a couple benzos, because you really have to when you play with stimulants but I've really.... God, I miss Cigna. I so do. They would've charged me an extra $20 for brand concerta, I bet. :(

This is going to have to be the mother of all "Prior Authorization" letters, because the only thing that appears to work well is BRAND Concerta, which cost about $700. I am going to call, see if I can get on the cancellation list, and go in and get my doc to load me up with samples or something, while my insurance does its thing. Sigh. That, or try Adderall. The only nice thing about today is that it does make the idea of retrying Adderall sort of appealing. It certainly wasn't worse than THIS.

I'm hoping I go "Zzzhhhhh" in a few minutes, but just sort of flaccid, you know, not DEAD.

I don't know how I'm going to accomplish all of the above in my current condition..... Good information to know, for sure, and I'm glad I felt awful right away but MAN. What a PAIN.

If only this were like the time in England and my best friend dosed me with speed and I could actually go to the hospital and get treatment for free. She also started me smoking, now that I think about her. And drinking. She was kind of my "Worst" best friend. LOL. I'm certainly not going to the ER NOW. They would laugh at me, and charge me $150. Actually, they would charge me $150, make me wait 8 hours, then laugh at me. :(

Also, I'm pretty sure my EGO AOI ECO is broken, but that's okay. I don't really feel like trying to "operate" something new... it hasn't blown up yet and the battery looks like it would charge in about 5 minutes. I think it's been longer than that.

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jfcooley

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Probably because of the popularity of the original.
That's all well and good. The original actually did bring people into squonking and mechs (me).

This should have been positioned to do the same, except grabbing those that aren't ready for mechs. I may be wrong, but I don't see this price point doing that.

Hear me out. Yes a regulated mod is in that ballpark, yes squonks usually cost more. I don't see the refill bottle as added value, some may. However for $70 you can nab a geekvape, iJoy (I know but roll with it) with battery. What is a new squonker going to get?

I'll answer. A regular regulated. They will not see the advantage of Gene chips, they'll see single battery, and how many dual battery kits can you buy for $70-80?

Sure it will sell, but I doubt it will expand the squonk market as the mechanical did.
 

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That's all well and good. The original actually did bring people into squonking and mechs (me).

This should have been positioned to do the same, except grabbing those that aren't ready for mechs. I may be wrong, but I don't see this price point doing that.

Hear me out. Yes a regulated mod is in that ballpark, yes squonks usually cost more. I don't see the refill bottle as added value, some may. However for $70 you can nab a geekvape, iJoy (I know but roll with it) with battery. What is a new squonker going to get?

I'll answer. A regular regulated. They will not see the advantage of Gene chips, they'll see single battery, and how many dual battery kits can you buy for $70-80?

Sure it will sell, but I doubt it will expand the squonk market as the mechanical did.

The only thing that I will disagree with about your statement is, they (manufacturers) really don't care about expanding the squonk market, just profits, as in any/every business.
Profit is the only thing that matters in today's world, see my non rant about the medical industry.
 

jfcooley

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The only thing that I will disagree with about your statement is, they (manufacturers) really don't care about expanding the squonk market, just profits, as in any/every business.
Profit is the only thing that matters in today's world, see my non rant about the medical industry.
You're right. I should have specified that I believe it was Tony's goal
 

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