DeloresRose

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So I may have made an order from bcf (1776 20% off). May have grabbed some of the new wf fruit gummies and some new vanills for Meg's mixes. Feeling a flavor purge is about due since I already have more than I want in the stash.
Also got tracking from sm but not expecting any movement ant time soon.
Thanks for the reminder. I thought I’d bought some but there’s no email, so I must’ve gotten distracted before I paid.
 

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    I’ve noticed recently that the classifieds have some very new mods new in the box. It seems weird to me that you’d buy a recently released stubby x-Ray and then sell it without opening it. I’ve seen a few others like that.
     

    Z-Lee

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    I’ve noticed recently that the classifieds have some very new mods new in the box. It seems weird to me that you’d buy a recently released stubby x-Ray and then sell it without opening it. I’ve seen a few others like that.
    Same, seems a bit suspicious. I'm assuming some people have access to retail shops where they can buy them at cost and then sell them at market price via forums.
     

    Z-Lee

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    Also, good evening folks.

    Happy 4th!

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    Letitia

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    I’ve noticed recently that the classifieds have some very new mods new in the box. It seems weird to me that you’d buy a recently released stubby x-Ray and then sell it without opening it. I’ve seen a few others like that.
    I'm guessing some are taking advantage of bans and closing shops by buying discounted products. Also we've had a lot of migrations from other forums.
     

    Z-Lee

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    I'm guessing some are taking advantage of bans and closing shops by buying discounted products. Also we've had a lot of migrations from other forums.
    I noticed a lot of people I've never seen in the forums before responding to giveaways recently. Most of them have veteran tags, though.
     

    ShowMeTwice

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    I’ve noticed recently that the classifieds have some very new mods new in the box. It seems weird to me that you’d buy a recently released stubby x-Ray and then sell it without opening it. I’ve seen a few others like that.

    Same, seems a bit suspicious. I'm assuming some people have access to retail shops where they can buy them at cost and then sell them at market price via forums.

    It is kinda weird, maybe, maybe not.

    Same seller has been listing many items that seem to have been used once (very low puffs) or not at all. He/she has been listing all the same gear over on VU as well. Also has a 100% rating in the VU classifieds. So I don't think anything funny is going on.

    Acquiring mass produced Chinese manufactured gear at cost, maybe.

    With the high-end gear there is no way he's buying those at cost. Zero chance. Like this listing for example:

    New C4 Designs Fuse 21 1.5 DNA 100c Boro mod Need to sell asap
    30 puffs on chip
    $265 shipped priority by me need to sell asap

    I'm fairly certain that mod was a Facebook group purchase. Like here, every high-end mod he/she has sold on VU has had either 28-30 puffs or was brand new. In a different listing for someone else, he/she mentioned being active in the Facebook B/S/T groups.

    I have seen someone else who is always listing a ton of vape gear in the F.T.B BST group. His most current listing from 26 June has 49 items listed. Most of it is high-end gear. The guy is out of NYC and seems to have a decent reputation on FB.

    So, who knows???
     

    ShowMeTwice

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    Also we've had a lot of migrations from other forums.

    FWIW, ECF and VU have been seeing near identical numbers of new users signing up.

    Last week we had 23 new users / VU had 21.


    I noticed a lot of people I've never seen in the forums before responding to giveaways recently. Most of them have veteran tags, though.

    It's been that way for as long as there have been giveaways. Many join ECF and are never active in the forums. But you do see some of those showing up in the various giveaways.

    Have a look at the Leaderboards XP page. That page displays all members who have logged into ECF over a one week, or a one month, period. The history displays the current week/month and it also goes back 4 weeks and 4 months. XP counters are reset to zero at the end of each week/month.

    The majority of members who show up there rarely, if ever, post on ECF. Like the other vape forums we do have many members who are mainly lurkers.

    You can see who is active on ECF and their number of posts by looking at the Posts page.

    ETA: XP = Experience Points. For an in-depth explanation see here.
     
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