I feel bad that my criticism was taken the wrong way by Mr Tasty Vapor, and I would like to apologize.
When I first considered commenting on the tobacco/Menthol juice, I thought I would PM Geoff directly... but I figured that might be misconstrued as an attempt to get a refund... and hey, it's just money... I'll make more... always do... and there are NO refunds when patronizing the noble cause of the artist!
I also scratched the idea of reviewing in the open, e-liquid Review forum... I didn't want the general populace to see TV in a negative light... so I posted here because I didn't think it would be taken so poorly...
Geoff, I think when I said your menthol tasted like Listerine, your mind and/or emotions interpreted that as a personal attack... it was like I was saying, "Mr Tasty Vapor, and everthing Tasty Vapor is CRAP!" That's not what I was saying... I just wanted you to consider the possibility that one of your flavors might need a little work... that's it!
Let's get one thing straight on the marketing end of things, though... the market you serve so well are the risk-takers and early-adopters... we're NOT average consumers... there are the bulk of potential customers out there who DO NOT like change... and if the legal snafu's ever get resolved in our favor, the companies that make the best-tasting tobacco and tobacco/menthol juices will make a killing... so I think that whole "why would anyone try to replicate analogs" statement is an argument based only on Vaper Bias.
Anyway, if you choose not to take it as constructive criticism, and see my review as a vicious, personal attack... there's nothing I can do about it... I wrote it, and once it's on the Net, it's on forever... if you want to swim in a sea of sycophantic praise and slavish devotion, that is your perogative... but just because YOU ALREADY ARE the Best, don't expect me to ever not tell it like I taste it... I don't do toady well...
But that's all the more I want to say on the subject... and as long as I'm still allowed to order, I'll continue to give you money... so can't we all just get along?
When I first considered commenting on the tobacco/Menthol juice, I thought I would PM Geoff directly... but I figured that might be misconstrued as an attempt to get a refund... and hey, it's just money... I'll make more... always do... and there are NO refunds when patronizing the noble cause of the artist!
I also scratched the idea of reviewing in the open, e-liquid Review forum... I didn't want the general populace to see TV in a negative light... so I posted here because I didn't think it would be taken so poorly...
Geoff, I think when I said your menthol tasted like Listerine, your mind and/or emotions interpreted that as a personal attack... it was like I was saying, "Mr Tasty Vapor, and everthing Tasty Vapor is CRAP!" That's not what I was saying... I just wanted you to consider the possibility that one of your flavors might need a little work... that's it!
Let's get one thing straight on the marketing end of things, though... the market you serve so well are the risk-takers and early-adopters... we're NOT average consumers... there are the bulk of potential customers out there who DO NOT like change... and if the legal snafu's ever get resolved in our favor, the companies that make the best-tasting tobacco and tobacco/menthol juices will make a killing... so I think that whole "why would anyone try to replicate analogs" statement is an argument based only on Vaper Bias.
Anyway, if you choose not to take it as constructive criticism, and see my review as a vicious, personal attack... there's nothing I can do about it... I wrote it, and once it's on the Net, it's on forever... if you want to swim in a sea of sycophantic praise and slavish devotion, that is your perogative... but just because YOU ALREADY ARE the Best, don't expect me to ever not tell it like I taste it... I don't do toady well...
But that's all the more I want to say on the subject... and as long as I'm still allowed to order, I'll continue to give you money... so can't we all just get along?