Still smoking support and chat thread

[Claudia P]

Shari, get a gmail account or a hotmail or whatever they are calling it now, use that addy to sign up with whatever name you want. You do not have to give any personal information other than a name, birthdate, and email addy, they will ask for other information but you do NOT have to give it. When the requests to complete your profile or where did you go to school, where do you live, give a phone number, etc. come up just click the x to close them, that is what I do. I know you said pm you but I already typed it all out here. lol

Wow Karen. Another win! Good for you! An SVD is a pretty nice prize too. Congratulations.

I still do not do Facebook. But, I tell ya, there seems to be a lot of ecig stuff going on over there. I hate giving personal info out though on something like that.

How do you get a FB acct without posting personal info and email, etc.? Does everybody just make stuff up. I do not even know how to do that and not be linked to the real me. I would make a sorry excuse for a criminal, not smart enough. Even to set up another email don't you have put some real info If somebody knows, please PM me.

 

[aikanae1]

I use an acct like that whenever I have to register or sign up for anything. I call it a "spam' account. It keeps my personal email acct free of ads. It's essential anymore. Even the bank and pharmacies sell email addy's.

Shari, get a gmail account or a hotmail or whatever they are calling it now, use that addy to sign up with whatever name you want. You do not have to give any personal information other than a name, birthdate, and email addy, they will ask for other information but you do NOT have to give it. When the requests to complete your profile or where did you go to school, where do you live, give a phone number, etc. come up just click the x to close them, that is what I do. I know you said pm you but I already typed it all out here. lol

​

 

[kathi17]

Wow Karen. Another win! Good for you! An SVD is a pretty nice prize too. Congratulations.

I still do not do Facebook. But, I tell ya, there seems to be a lot of ecig stuff going on over there. I hate giving personal info out though on something like that.

How do you get a FB acct without posting personal info and email, etc.? Does everybody just make stuff up. I do not even know how to do that and not be linked to the real me. I would make a sorry excuse for a criminal, not smart enough. Even to set up another email don't you have put some real info If somebody knows, please PM me.

I agree with you on the facebook thing, but I always feel like I am missing out on so much. I wish e-cig companies would do blogs instead, with the winners in the comments section of the posts. I make greeting cards, and most of the company suppliers run their contests on their blogs. It makes it easy to search their posts and information on their products, and you don't have to give out a lot of personal information.

 

[kathi17]

On a lighter note I discovered they opened a vape shop right in my town near my grocery store. Stopped in to check it out. Barely out of high school guy behind maybe 15 feet of glass counters that are almost empty. They sell Innokin vv3, a few egos, iclears 16 and 30, trustfire batteries and charger and Mvp. Says will have a VTR. His buddy walks in. They both have Smok Magneto with Nimbus atty and both are sub-ohm guys. One brags he has dual coil meters out at .37. Uses cotton balls bought at another vape shop (lol) and 28ga kanthal. They are vaping some cheap DIY juice that they sell in house made by some guy the owner knows. Tried a couple flavors and they were pretty mediocre to not good. Candy and a couple fruit flavors. One tobacco. Only about a dozen flavors total. I was assured they sell 0 nic in all flavors.


Kid tells me they want to just sell Egos and vv3 and Mvp and Iclears pretty much, that is where the money is. Prices are 2.5-3x what you can get the stuff at Fasttech. They are selling to kids. I was informed that there is no law that says you can not sell nicotine to under 18 or ecigs to any age in TN. There is a high school right up the street. While I was there a kid that did not look old enough to drive bought some juice with nic. He was asked for drivers license and the child said he was in there all the time and owner knows him. They sold him juice.

I am tempted to go back tomorrow and talk to the owner. I have a feeling owner will have same viewpoint of the kid running the place tonight. Do I want to get involved or ignore. It is hard for me to ignore something like this. Supposedly another shop that is worse priced than them just opened across the street from the other high school in town. My blood is boiling a little. But I have a big mouth and do not need trouble.

What to do. I am torn. Wonder if the police are already watching them.

I would talk to the owner. If you tell him nicely your concerns about what it is going to do to the reputation of vaping, he may listen.

I would also direct him to this forum, so he can see what works and what doesn't. If he wants to beat the competition, then he will improve his stock as he can afford it.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

THe one thing I love is Innolin products, so, I had one already from another win, Ill test it and put away for a rainy day. I mostly use my Itaste VV V3's

Hope you like it, I loved it when I used it, just had to move to mechanicals.

****
Fogging out my Bulldog with an Igo-W on a k101 or an I30 when I don't have time to drip.
****
About analogs vs ecigs :
Vapor Test Results by Korea Electronic Cigarette Association

 

[Karen N Daytona]

anybody ever try the Joyetech ecab or Kanger esmart kits?

 

[FinallyQuit]

Hello the house!!! I have not been absent, my desktop computer bit the dust. I've been keeping up with posts on my iPod, however not posting because of that darn Tapatalk! I'm still not smoking but still want to. Come tax refund I will be buying up a few bottles of WTA to try to knock this thing back into submission.

Had some little excitement around here lately, 2 winter storms and an earthquake, all within 10 days of each other. The earthquake was felt from Atlanta to Charlotte to way the heck the other side of where I live, but did not cause any damage that I've heard of, it was a tiny one that the Californians among us might laugh at, but scared the pants offa me!

Hope you all are doing well, and I'll try to keep active now that we're back at work. It's 70'F today, so feels like normal to me. Of course we all know there is nothing normal about me! Congrats on 6 MONTHS CLAUDIA!!!! Congrats on your win KAREN!!! See you guys later.

 

[aikanae1]

today was my sisters 21st birthday. she spent most of the day upset. her plans to meet with her high school friends fell through when the roads became ice and they couldnt travel (or were stuck on the interstate). her plans to drive anywhere were frozen when her car wouldnt start. just got home from taking her out to eat and stopping at the bar on the way home so she got her birthday drink. now to go to sleep and wake up early wehn the child does, or face the conciquences of my child knowing how to open youtube and favorite videos... last time i had 500 new Curious George videos favorited... and he playes them in a loop from favorites. grr.

Awww. 21at is a big one. Suggest she pick another bday this year - heck she'll be celebrating this bday until she's 30 (then she'll be 25).

​

 

[aikanae1]

Hello the house!!! I have not been absent, my desktop computer bit the dust. I've been keeping up with posts on my iPod, however not posting because of that darn Tapatalk! I'm still not smoking but still want to. Come tax refund I will be buying up a few bottles of WTA to try to knock this thing back into submission.

Had some little excitement around here lately, 2 winter storms and an earthquake, all within 10 days of each other. The earthquake was felt from Atlanta to Charlotte to way the heck the other side of where I live, but did not cause any damage that I've heard of, it was a tiny one that the Californians among us might laugh at, but scared the pants offa me!

Hope you all are doing well, and I'll try to keep active now that we're back at work. It's 70'F today, so feels like normal to me. Of course we all know there is nothing normal about me! Congrats on 6 MONTHS CLAUDIA!!!! Congrats on your win KAREN!!! See you guys later.

OMg. Life without a computer! I bet DD1 is suffering. Hope you get a replacement soon. Are you using the free version of Tapatalk? Reviews weren't very good on that one. I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Claudia P]

I am taking a break from ECF, it has nothing to do with any of you. I will be on FB for now.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

I am taking a break from ECF, it has nothing to do with any of you. I will be on FB for now.

I will see you on facebook but will still miss you here!

 

[aikanae1]

Shari I would explain to the owner how if he doesn't stop selling to kids your going to the next PTA and school board meetings to clue in parents. Then follow through if need be. While we don't want negative attention brought to vaping there is STILL a right and wrong and no matter how harmless we as vapers feel it is - it's still wrong to market and sell to kids.

I'd be afraid of that approach. A lot of people will react emotionally and grab onto all the negatives. Chances are the parents that need to be the most concerned aren't the parents showing up at PTA anyway.

As I get older, I'm realizing my ability to judge age is reduced too. A 19yr old looks 15, etc. Frustrating.

This is when local vape meets are good. Talk to the group and see if there's ideas, opinions. There were a couple of bad vape stores here and for the most part, they got starved out. Ppl went elsewhere. Of course, the group helped pass the word on which stores were better. Most of a stores business relys on word of mouth. I honestly doubt a store can survive on just high school traffic and entry level egos. If that's all it took, I think I'd open one. You'd open one too.

It probably wouldn't hurt to talk to the owner, they may not be aware of what their employees are doing. I would hand out something printed. Most ppl will read a page or two more than they'll remember to look up a website later. The owner could pass on the printed info to his employees too. (Maybe walk in with your provari and igo so they can see what real ppl use?) The soft approach works best at first - at least until you know what your dealing with. It's stupid that store employees use equip they have no intention to sell. My hunch is the owner needs new employees.

There is a RYO store here that carried a few items, rebranded juice and gave me an earful from the tobacco distributors about eliquids made in a bathtub, blah, blah, blah. Last time I was in there he had a couple of mechs and no longer was so negative about the ecig landscape. He actually started looking up websites while I stood there and got local meet info (which he wasn't interested in before). Sometimes it can take awhile to change attitudes.

It would be cool to have a decent vape store so close.

 

[aikanae1]

I agree with Karen and the others. You must be proactive on this. I would also talk to my local bank branch where you have your checking accts and savings. Let the bank mgr know, mgr may be able to give some advice and protect Debit Card, etc.

I would file a complaint or send a letter to PayPal. It is PayPal I think that is pushing this Bill Me Later service. I keep receiving emails to sign up for it. Sounds convenient, but I always pass. I do not know if Bill Me Later is another subsidiary of Ebay and PayPal. I would be a little surprised if it is a 3rd party stand alone service. Ebay bought PayPal so it could have control and make more money through the fees. Let us know how you do with this. It is a shame it is now so commonplace for things like this to happen.

Go over all your credit card and bank statements line by line. These entities like to make small obscure charges to test the waters for good numbers. Tfhe $9.84 charge back before Christmas was a one time hit and not related to the Target business, although some media tried to tie it in. At least that was the consensus the last articles I read. Do not call the phone numers for Cust. Serv. they may provide for these charges. They are phishing for more info. Just talk to bank and cc companies.

Hope you get it straightened out quickly.

I haven't finished reading comments yet. I spent 17 hours at the hospital yesterday. They have no idea what's going on. That's a long story with a lot of phone calls. I haven't even thought about this yet. "Bill me later" is a seperate company. It's on Amazon and most major sites. Most my day is shot today too. And tomorrow. What a pain.

 

[FinallyQuit]

I haven't finished reading comments yet. I spent 17 hours at the hospital yesterday. They have no idea what's going on. That's a long story with a lot of phone calls. I haven't even thought about this yet. "Bill me later" is a seperate company. It's on Amazon and most major sites. Most my day is shot today too. And tomorrow. What a pain.

OMG!!! Are you still in limbo after all that time? Hopefully they were able to treat you there and refer you, instead of sending you home in pain with issues. Good luck Aik!

I'm on my way to get my new partial, it's finally ready. I'm so excited, although already dreading the trip. They seem to have forgotten the reason I sought their services in the 1st place, anxiety and fright. Nowadays they just breeze me right in and start procedures without a second thought. Last time I had to hold up both hands and request a chance to breathe. The assistant talked me through it with visualizations, bless her, because I thought I was going to suffocate.

Hope you're all having a great day!

 

[JJ1977]

well i think im moving somewhat in a better direction for peaches n cream. i had no ideal that adding cotton candy to it for sweetner wud make a difference 6 months and im finally somewhat in a better direction.
8% peach
3.5% sweet cream
3.5% bavarian cream and 3% cotton candy. my end result is 3mg nic 82vg / 18pg. just wondering if i alternate alittle vg for pg wud that make a difference?

 

[JJ1977]

I will see you on facebook but will still miss you here!

lol i found her already on fb

 

[Karen N Daytona]

lol i found her already on fb

friend me on there

 

[aikanae1]

well i think im moving somewhat in a better direction for peaches n cream. i had no ideal that adding cotton candy to it for sweetner wud make a difference 6 months and im finally somewhat in a better direction.
8% peach
3.5% sweet cream
3.5% bavarian cream and 3% cotton candy. my end result is 3mg nic 82vg / 18pg. just wondering if i alternate alittle vg for pg wud that make a difference?

How would you do that?
Nude Nic is making an EM with 100% Vg. The only one I know of.
I've heard a tiny bit of saline (.9% pharmacetical) adds "crispness" to fruits w/ ppl trying to get real fruit taste and not candy.

 

[JJ1977]

How would you do that?
Nude Nic is making an EM with 100% Vg. The only one I know of.
I've heard a tiny bit of saline (.9% pharmacetical) adds "crispness" to fruits w/ ppl trying to get real fruit taste and not candy.

i use 100% vg nic / 100 VG base only pg is from the flavor, just thinking outside the box wud it make a difference if i used 80vg/20pg with 100%vg nic and pg flavor with a end result about 65vg / 35pg, wud the flavor change or stay similar

 

[loxmythe]

anybody ever try the Joyetech ecab or Kanger esmart kits?

I have ecabs. What you want to know?