Story contest!

[krazie_Kid]

Ok so this is the contest for the 2 XL's and it is JenJens idea, but my story idea is going to be on these guide lines and we will have I would say a week to finish this. The only people that are able to enter is the new people here. This is ONLY open to V4L family. I am sorry, but family comes before strangers.

Why did you start vaping? Why did you choose V4L? Do you NEED them? Have special circumstances that makes you most deserving?

Here is my story of how I started and everything for a guide line for you all.

Hello,

My name is Kevin Del Gatto and back almost a year ago I had a collapsed lung. The doctor said no smoking anymore for me, so he recommended me to use an electronic cigarette. I did a lot of research and came across a "Vapor King" Which was from a different site and I got ripped off because they did not give me the money back when I returned it. I went back to the V4L boards and they showed me their site. I have had my fair share of problems and aways have been treated great. I chose V4L because at the time when I started coming here, there were questions asked, there was people bragging about CS, and everything. I tried their juice and fell in love with it. I have had a great time with this company and have been treated like a king.

Now the rest is up to you guys.

 

[mzkitty]

Hi, My name is Katie, I started vaping about a month ago. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis on 1/4/11 (happy new year to me!). MS is an auto immune disorder that attacks the nervous system. My neurologist said that the carbon monoxide would cause further damage to my already damaged nervous system and I had no choice but to quit smoking (my carbon monoxide level was 8.5ppm in my blood). I had been smoking for 15 years and didn't want to quit, but he handed me a script for chantix. I had to do a round of IV steriod, which make me act really high and my mom was staying with me. We went to gas station and founf a disposable e-cig and I got all excited and started talking really fast and she bought it for me to shut me up. I loved it! My best friend is a doctor and she said I shouldn;t even be taking the chantix while coming down off the high from the steriods or "bad things can happen." So I went the e-cig route.

I ordered a kit from another KR808d1 place (starts with a V and never ships anything). I was too hopped up on roids to research and I just ordered the first one I saw. I found V4L after I ran out of cartos and my battery died after a week because the other place sucks (they messed up 2 orders 5 times)! V4L has been way awesome and I am never looking back! I am still waiting on a battery replacement from the other guys. V4L has been awesome, there was a little hold up due to the snow storm and they ever offered to re ship my stuff if it didn't get here-awesomeness! I am never shopping anywhere else!

 

[marine13]

Ok I'll play.
Name is Matt and don't have a big story just simple. Smoked a while heard of e-cig thought might do it. I'm a dist manager for some shops in Austin, Tx and saw one of my men smoking a V4L named Lance he told me of it, so I went on the computer did some research not every company is perfect not even mine but a lot less problems here then else were. Plus look at the visitor count there seems to always be more people at this site then anywhere else most of the time, now I don't know if it is because you all are always on or if you are too lazy to log out but that helped me also in the convincing to. I am to be married on 4/23/11 and I would like to stop smoking by then (ok no scratch that I don't want to but I should) so the rest is history. Now why I would like another is I give out loaners for people to try (with new filters) and I know I'll get them back because I keep the charger but I bought 6 and today 3 are on loan so it would be nice but the choice is yours. thankyou

 

[EleanorR]

Hi, my name is Eleanor (you can call me Ellie) and I've been a vaper for about 2 months, an ECF forum lurker for 1 month, and finally took the plunge last night and properly joined/registered at ECF

I honestly don't even remember how I first learned of e-cigs, but made my first order from a Vendor Who Shall Remain Nameless around Thanksgiving 2010. Not crazy about product, and throat hit of cartos so harsh I literally could not vape it.

Discovered V4L in a comment on that Vendor's chat forum, started (compulsive) product ordering, and have never looked back! After smoking 1 1/2 ppd for 35 years, I "accidently" quit entirely about two weeks ago, and already feel better (I am a semi-invalid with a boring list of DXs, but I really do feel better now!).

The best part of vaping (other than not smoking) is all the yum flavors; the second best part has been enjoying the folks in the ECF forums

 

[aubergine]

krazie (and jenjen), what a cool idea!

 

[Vapor Prince]

Well, my name's Dewey Oxburger. My friends call me Ox. I dont know if you've noticed, but I got a slight weight problem....

 

[wader2k]

I can vouch for Dewey. We call him Ox for a reason.....

8^)

 

[MrHyde]

Hey guys...I'm not entering the contest, as I've been with V4L for over a year now, but I wanted to share my story.

It all began one morning with me waking up to my radio alarm clock blaring some commercial or something. I slapped the snooze, but then quickly got up and turned the radio back on. It mentioned something about a vapor cigarette and I was intrigued. So I hopped out of bed and got on google, searching for "vapor cigarettes." And that's how I discovered the electronic cigarette!

From there, I spent hours doing research...trying to find the best one. Sadly, I didn't find the ECF within this research and placed an order from Green Smoke. I continued my research and finally came across the ECF and began searching and reading post after post. I found that the KR808D-1 was one of the more popular two piece models and decided I'd try and discover the best brand.

So I searched some more, asked questions, made my very first post asking people to compare Green Smoke with the Vapor King. I then realized I ordered the E9 from Green Smoke way to hastily Before even recieving my order from Green Smoke, I placed my first order with V4L for the Ultimate Ultimatum kit. I did, however try Green Smoke's e-cig and it was terrible. I sent it back soon after When I recieved my kit from V4L I was so excited and it didn't disappoint!

I've been a happy vaper ever since! I love V4L, I love the V4L family, I love the V4L team, and Steve and everyone have made me a very happy camper!!!

So, that's my story...hope it wasn't too long >.>

TL;DR = Heard commercial about "vapor cigarettes", did my research, and found out that the "Vapor King" IS, in fact KING

 

[Double_D2010]

I am all about telling stories, just ask any of my friends or family....They make fun of me because usually my stories start off with "this one time...." , so if you have every seen the movie "American Pie" and know the nerdy girl on there that tells a ton of stories about band camp you will understand this...Every time I start my stories with "this one time" my friends all say, in a very annoyed voice, "this one time at band camp..."

That was totally off base but I am a ramblin' fool.

OK, so My name is DD and I am from Pittsburgh, PA and I am 34 years old. I have been a smoker since I was in 10th grade and never understood why I smoked since I hate the taste, smell and second hand smoke but I continued to do it until this past Christmas when I got my Vapor4Life e-cig. I wanted to quit smoking since I found out I was pregnant (surprise!) so I did research on the e-cig. See, "this one time..." I bought a disposable e-cig at the smoke shop I usually go to but it was gross so I figured there had to be better ones online. I went to a ton of sites, basically went down the Google page and when I came to V4L I just liked it, it didn't seem like some of the others that seemed thrown together. The site looked professional and basically the format and look of it sold me. I liked their products so I told my mom that is what I wanted for Christmas so she bought me 2 V4L reg length auto batteries, a wall charger a carrying case and 2 boxes of cartos . I started with 8mg cartos of waffle flavor and vanilla and was HOOKED. I was shocked how great it tasted and satisfied my smoking need. I then figured I would get 0mg cartos so I could quit vaping as well, for the baby and me both. Well, sadly I lost the baby and was devastated! I was about to go past my first trimester, FINALLY, then it happened, I started bleeding, next thing I know I am at the hospital about to be told my baby is not growing anymore and there is no heartbeat, but the week before everything was GREAT and things seemed positive this time. Guess not. See, I have been pregnant before and can't keep the baby past the first trimester for some reason. I have come to terms with this and will keep trying, I am determined to be a mother. I have an angel necklace with a 3 birthstones of each of the babies that I have lost that I wear, always! But enough with the sadness of this, I see it as God is only taking my babies since they were meant to be angels. We are trying again with the help of fertility doctors and I want to be done with any kind of smoking although I do not see the harm in puffing on a 0mg cartos to satisfy a craving. I don't think I will give up vaping, the doctors said there is no harm that will come from it since there is no nicotine and I love the waffle flavor. It is soooo yummy. If all else fails we plan to adopt. I was made to be a mother and planned my life around it. That is why we waited till 30 years old to start trying. We made sure to both be through school and have our careers and be on our feet and established enough to support a child. We both had hard childhoods, so we wanted better for our child. I know we will succeed and have a great child one day. We just may have to make it happen a little differently. Never take for granted the ability to have a child and treat your children well, there are millions of us that can't make it happen as easily as everyone else so feel lucky and blessed most of all.

Well, this is my story, sorry it is sooooo long. Thanks for reading it and considering it for the 2 xl's. I warned you all I was a story tellin' fool. Have a great day, all!

 

[EleanorR]

St. Gerard Majella, please pray for Double_D2010.

We now return you to your regular programming.

 

[Double_D2010]

Thanks soooo much ElenorR....That REALLY means alot to me!

 

[Double_D2010]

Is there going to be a winner to this contest? Or is it over? Thanks!

 

[keyzygirl]

Its being done by a member that pops by.Im sure he will be back sooner or later.Its up to him.Its his stuff.

 

[mzkitty]

Krazie said in another thread he has some personal stuff going on right now, so give him a bit of time.

 

[Double_D2010]

Thank you guys for the update. I didn't know he was having personal issues. I was just wondering.

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

(puts silver hammer away - for now)

j/k!!!

 

[mzkitty]

(puts silver hammer away - for now)

j/k!!!

literally, LOL right now! (my oldest son would only sleep if I sang that song to him when he was a baby, we worried about him for years, but he is 15 now and seems normal....)

 

[Maxwell_Edison]

literally, LOL right now! (my oldest son would only sleep if I sang that song to him when he was a baby, we worried about him for years, but he is 15 now and seems normal....)

Haha, rofl! That's funny.

 

[Sandy68]

Hi everyone, my name really is Sandy , and I started vaping the 2nd of this month. Just three days earlier I didn’t even know what an electronic cigarette was, and then my sister called singing the praises of a new electronic cigarette she purchased called a Cig2o. After restarting smoking 14 years ago following multiple family tragedies in a five month span, I was really feeling the affects of smoking more than I ever had before. What my sister shared seemed like a God send, so just a few hours later I ordered the Cig2o starter kit and an extra pack of cartomizers.

While waiting on my order, I began Googling for more information, and ECF kept coming up in the searches so I decided to lurk a bit; then I kept coming back. Soon I was learning about the various electronic cigarette brands. By the time my Cig2o order arrived, I was already drooling over the Vapor Kings and all the great flavors on the V4L website, but decided to cool my jets a little beings the credit card had already taken a $92.00 hit.

The Cig2os arrived late afternoon on February 2nd, the day a huge blizzard hit our area. I was never SO glad for an order to come in. My husband has severe asthma, and we also have a couple small parrots, so I wasn’t able to smoke around them. This meant that I either stood at the door and blew my smoke out the door, or went out on the porch. Neither choice was good that day as the wind and snow was hitting with a fury. I sat IN the living room and vaped...NO smoke, NO fumes, and next to my husband who didn’t end up choking, coughing, or gasping for air. Totally amazing!

Needless to say I was pleased with how the Cig2o helped me start laying the cigarettes down, but the beautiful Vapor Kings kept calling to me, those V4L flavors just looked so yummy, and all that I read about Vapor4Life told me this was a winning combination. So with the encouragement of my husband, who was so relieved that he didn’t have to watch me step into the cold to smoke anymore, I placed an order with the great folks at Vapor4Life.

As for whether I NEED my Vapor Kings or not, my answer is most definitely ‘yes’. In the words of my husband, “Your color is better, you’re not waking up choking and coughing through the night, and your complexion is changing. I didn’t realize how bad you looked until you quit smoking. Don’t worry about spending the money, you get what you need!” To add to this, my clothes and hair don’t reek of smoke anymore, and even better...my husband has quit coughing off and on 24 hours a day! Neither one of us realized that just the smell of smoke in my hair and on my clothes was affecting him.

My goal is to eventually get totally off nicotine, as in all the way down to 0mg juice, but I don’t think I’ll quit vaping altogether. I like the taste of the juice, and I find vaping a great way to relax while reading a book, drinking a hot cup of cocoa, or I can see myself sitting on the porch on a cool summer night while watching the stars and listening to the night sounds. Vapor4Life will help me keep those relaxing moments special...

 

[mmcall12]

Welcome Sandy, and your will do fine and your in the right family for any help.