[HTM Originally Posted by PaulB
I've been reading through all this with a sort of sick fascination, but thoroughly vicariously as I've never purchased anything from TW or looked in on UK Vapers.
What fascinates me is what it suggests about the size and shape of the vaping world. It often occurs to me that, as huge a forum as ECF is, only a tiny fraction of those who use e-cigarettes (regularly or not) have ever visited here. This episode--a major vendor starting out by burning its bridges with the largest online forum of its native country's users, and then doing the same with the largest forum of its kind in the world (ECF)--suggests that we forum users are an insignificant, expendable segment of the market. Can that be so?L][/HTML]
Still new at this, my intent was to quote the above post.
I had similar thoughts reading thru this thread and other information about this subject. Just have to say what goes around ,comes around. I have seen many posts from people stating that they will never buy from a certain vendor ever again. I however suspect that many many more have and will continue to do what I have (up until now that is
) . That is speak privately but ultimately loudly with my wallet. I havent made any posts on the subject ever until today. But there are SO many choices when it comes to spending my hard earned dollars in the world of vaping, and for me personally I'm going to make sure I feel good about where I spend those dollars. I CHOOSE to give my money to those companies that make me feel good about where I spend my money. There is no way I'm alone in feeling this way. A small or medium sized company trying to provide a superior product, or provide superior service, run by people who have personally invested themselves 100% into providing the products and service that they do to the very best of their abilities, that genuinely care abut me as a customer beyond my last online click. Those that are committed to the community as a whole, for whom both vaping and vapors are a passion do,and will continue to get my business. I don't care how big ANY company gets, I refuse to believe that you can be successful in the long term if you don't hold to those values, especially when there are so many who do.