djumv, I see you live in Ky. I'm not sure what B&M stores you may have in your area but I know a few in my area ( NC ) now carry Provaris in their stores. You might could go that route and see if any stores carry them.
Sweet tea, I did just check with a few brick and mortars in my area, and they don't carry them unfortunately. I do appreciate the advice, though and the consideration.
My concern and reason for my post is primarily to help other users in the community. I am a Senior Network Engineer, and I have a fairly lengthy history and experience in the data security field both in the financial and healthcare fields. When I got that email this morning from provape, it was almost offensive that they asked for the information "for internet security purposes", when it is the very antithesis of acceptable internet security practices.
For other users, let me back up what has already been stated here, and give you some technical knowledge in the process. I'm probably being redundant, but I don't want to see anyone in the community get burned.
#1 - Do not send a picture of your credit card or driver's license to anyone via email. Not a vendor, not your mother, not your grandmother, not your spouse. Nobody.
#2 - When you buy a house and get a loan, many times they will get a copy of your driver's license. This copy of your license is transmitted between your bank and the underwriter in addition to all of the other data like your SSN, personal financial info, account number, work history, number of pets you own, number of times you went to the bathroom in a 2 month period, etc, but it's always encrypted (In very loose laymens terms, encryption means that the data that is being encrypted between 2 end points has a string of numbers - known as a "key" - defined by a standard and accepted by both sides that have both been verified. Unless it is decrypted with the correct key, it looks like gibberish). Your bank can get in a crapload of trouble with the SEC if they transmit this data unencrypted.
#3 - When you purchase goods or services online and you enter a credit card number, the data you transmit is also encrypted when you make a purchase.
#4 - Unless you are managing your email on your own email server and you own your email domain, you email is getting scanned by your email provider (yahoo, google, microsoft, aol, hotmail, etc, etc) and it is being provided to third parties so that they can target their advertising to you. This is not some tinfoil hat stuff, they clearly tell you this in their terms and conditions.
So why then, would anyone in their right mind send this data via unecrypted plaintext email? What happens when your provape support agent that you sent pictures of your driver's license and credit card to takes their laptop home with them, leaves it in the car, and it gets stolen? Your credit card and driver's license is sitting right there in his or her inbox, ripe for the taking.
I'm not saying this to discredit provape. The provari is likely a great product (I suppose I will never know). I am a consumer, just like everyone here. But the last thing I want to hear about, is one of you guys getting your entire life ruined because a company is reacting to fraud in a manner that invites the very fraud they state that they are attempting to prevent.
We do deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our loyal customers. Thank you for your understanding 
