Okay all, this is my first post. I've probably read over 300 threads on this site, but, until now, I haven't decided to post anything - mostly because at first I lacked experience and knowledge about ecigs. I wanted to post in this thread, though, because my first ecig was a 'SmokingEverywhere' ecig that I bought at Tysons Corner Mall where I live in the Washington DC metro area. Here's the deal with Smoking Everywhere:
It's way, way, way,way overpriced for what it is ($150.00 for a super-mini). On top of that, the salesmen at the kiosks lie to prospective customers. I'm unsure which model they are reselling (it's probably the DSE103), but you can at least rest assured that they are nothing but resellers -or, marketers, if you will- of the same Chinese-patented and manufactured e-cigs that every other merchant sells. One reason why Smokeeverywhere is so expensive is because they are the first non-online, brick-and-mortor retailers that are selling e-cigs mainstream in the U.S; and they need to mark-up their products to recover the cost of their fancy marketing and well stocked kiosks. They have even been featured on NBC and Fox news in the U.S. because of all the attention their in-mall kiosks have gathered around the eastern seaboard. Here's the skinny: They claim that you will get 1 pack of smokes out of the cartridge - LIE. They claim that their atomizers do not break - LIE. In fact, I already went back to the kiosk to ask for another atomizer and the POS salesman lied and told me that atomizers are $50 each, and that is 'cost' to him. He is full of it - atomizers should never retail for more than $10 bucks each. In fact, on SmokingEverwhere.com, they sell the atomizers for their cigs for a still overpriced $20 bucks. I would like to find-out the exact model number of SmokingEverywhere mini so I can buy replacement atomizers from another online vendor when mine finally die.
Anyway, I purchased the smokingeverywhere cigs in the beginning of october. I have since then bought a classic pen style and a 'great white' from Jane at E-Cig Sales. I heard about Jane from several members of this board; especially about her liquid, which is awesome. When I spoke to Jane on the phone, she seemed incredibly honest and forthcoming when it came to these devices. Just have a look at her website and you'll see her debunk several lies even in her product descriptions - lies about battery life, cart life, etc... I have been happy with Jane's products so far. And I now know that atomizers should be considered disposable, and I can order a new atomizer every month as mine die for 10 bucks each (Jane will probably sell me 5 atomizers for a discount two). Now, I'm not advocating for Jane. You can get the same products she sells from various online outlets. I'm just using her as an example of of a no-joke, no nonsense, honest reseller of these products. My atomizer was almost completely dead with my SmokingEverywhere mini; and it wasn't until I read posts on this forum that I realized methods for reviving dead atomizers (basically, you need to keep adding juice to the car, so as not to dry-out the fiber that sits inside the heat coil in the center of your atomizer; further, you can steam clean the atomizer with one of those handheld steamers that run for about $20 bucks on late-night infomercials).
sorry, I tend to digress. Anyway, back on subject - do NOT buy from smoking everywhere. The kisok owners/salesmen are bigtime liars and they think that customers such as you and I will never look online at sites like this to discover the truth, so they think they can feed us whatever misinformation/disinformation they want to.
I think my next purchase will be from LiteCig, or maybe ePuffer. I'm also considering a Ruyan Bling (a member Kate on this forum seems to love them). I also read today a post reply from Leaford (I think) where he states that the '2nd generation' of e-cigs should be out in the next couple of months. I can't wait for that...
