Testimonals to PIF

[Sassy Sadie]

While I was reading in another thread on this forum I came across this...

...I have put so much time, effort and love into PIF and it has done little or no good. ...

Jules

This so broke my heart that I almost cried... Why? Because of all the good I have seen and how PIF has helped me grow in my vaping experience. I hope she (Jules) doesn't mind that I was inspired to start this thread by her words, but I thought it would be nice to hear...

1. How PIF has helped you and...

2. How are you Paying It Forward.

 

[DLite]

I know for myself that the PIF has helped me in numurous ways a few being that when I first started out vaping I didnt know many people that vaped in my area and without everyones encouragement and kind words all the time helped me continue to pursue vaping and get off the nasty analogs. Also Pif has helped me learn the true meaning of Giving before I came to this group I was a tight wade and wouldnt give anything to anyone. It was mine, I bought it and I'm keeping it but after joining this group I found myself giving things away to people that I would normally hold onto with my life. I'm paying it forward every chance I get to give to people in need. It feels amazing to give to people and the PIF group taught me that

 

[Sassy Sadie]

I'll start by saying that I had not been vaping long (if thats what you want to call what I was trying to do) before being introduced to ECF & then to PIF. It's a good thing to, I doubt that I would have been able to say I'm smoke free since July 30 (date approx) if it had not been for the support I have received here in this forum.

I have received support in the form of Knowledge that is shared here and in other parts of the forum. Then being able to test this and sample that helped me know where to go when I had money to buy juices.

Paying it Forward... I can't tell you the excitement I felt to have been able to purchase juices I enjoy in large enough quantities so that I can have plenty for the month and something left to pay forward so that someone else can try it. I purchased extra hardware so that I would be able to contribute... It has taken time for me to be able to do this but I am excited about the thought.

Jules don't give up on PIF just yet... I know there are plenty of newb's out there that have been helped by this thread and are looking forward to helping others.

 

[DemonCowboy]

PIF has helped me in numerous ways - the people here when i came helped me out immensely, as i've come in down and out and hating the fact that i had to come in doing what i feel was begging posting a want (which i was told in no uncertain terms it was a need, not a want) and was put in a much better position. it's made me think that possibly the world isn't ALL the cold, hard, dark, evil place i've grown up to see it as. and if it wasn't for jules taking me in as a friend and being so nice to me i'm not sure where i'd b. that's how PIF has helped me.

How i'm paying it forward perhaps isn't so obvious, i feel bad that all i really have to give is time, skill, advice, and the like but between making mods in PMs that don't have the time or don't think they can (but that turns into a trade cause i've so far always gotten something out of it) i try to help where i can if some1 needs info i can help w/ or whatever, or will b an ear to listen or whatever i can to help. but i'm not sure if i can count that either because it makes me feel useful and good so i'm getting something out of that too. but i try to do what i can as i can even if it's not enough.

 

[Tuck]

My son Pharaoh signed me up. The day he brought over his vapin stuff. We ordered a 510 for me and 2 bottles of juice.
Then he gave me some of his extras bottles and I had my first 4 to PIF with. My first PIF I took I was so proud to be able to put up my bottles. But someone would not allow it. They put up an offer for me. Told me to keep my 4 and play again later. So a bit later I was finally able to send off my bottles to someone. Right now I have 12 little bottles of what I call my personal stash. I could not have gotten these any other way. I also have some to PIF to someone else. I have gotten to try so many flavors there is no way I could have afforded all the tastes. I also have a sketch from Ciaya.
I like to think I have made some friends the short time I have been here. I am homebound much of the time and love to watch this forum go round.

 

[Sassy Sadie]

... i feel bad that all i really have to give is time, skill, advice, and the like ....

I think time, skill and advice are very valuable gifts DC... And as far as you getting benefit out of it... I think I read somewhere that the greater blessing is in giving... not recieving... so it would be hard to not to get the benefits you mention.

 

[MachoKing]

I have a ton of juice. I like to try many flavors and suppliers and I've built up quite the collection. I've only donated to people in need a few times as I've only been here a few months. I do like to use the PIF thread to try new flavors. I have a little thing where I try to make sure that I am giving back more than I have taken. For example, If I take 30ml, I try to give back 60. I look at it as this way I'm taking care of my needs while giving it back to others as well. I have found flavors that I didn't like but have sent them out to others to get a PM later thanking me for the new favorite vape. That feels good. Knowing that out of the 75+ flavors and samplers that I have that I will likely only vape the heck out of 6 or 7 of them, I don't know what I would do without PIF. I think most of my collection will be swapped through PIF at some point so people can try things and I can as well.

It's a grand idea if you think about it that way. I know all are not as fortunate as me to have as much stuff that I do and that is why I try to return double what I have taken. It works out for me and hopefully it works out for you guys as well. Thanks to all of you who have sent me stuff to try and continue to be the good hearted people that yo are. Much love, PIF!

 

[Enid]

Let me testify
I asked in the PIF question thread if I could knit, crochet or sew something and offer it as a PIF. I've been knitting gloves lately and I don't really have any extra money and very little juice, since I started a few weeks ago. I joked that I didn't even have a baggie of polyfill. Instantly 2 or 3 people offered to post a PIF for me, if I found something that I wanted to take. Btngchk PM'ed me a list to put up, when I did find something. I enjoyed checking out the offers and seeing people get excited about trying a new juice and mods.
I'm happy to find this kind of community online. In real life, my friends and I host a "free to a good home party" every so often. Everyone brings stuff that they don't need anymore or pics of the larger stuff. It's kind of like a free garage sale, with good food and drinks. The parties have gotten HUGE, my house filled with free stuff! We have fun, get to spend time together and perhaps find stuff that we could use. After the party, I load all the extra stuff up and take it to Goodwill. This community seems very much in the same spirit as our "free to a good home parties". I can't wait till I can bring some stuff that people will get excited about trying.

I appreciate all the hard work and time that the mods and the regulars put into it!

 

[candy_93454]

Let me testify
I asked in the PIF question thread if I could knit, crochet or sew something and offer it as a PIF. I've been knitting gloves lately and I don't really have any extra money and very little juice, since I started a few weeks ago. I joked that I didn't even have a baggie of polyfill. Instantly 2 or 3 people offered to post a PIF for me, if I found something that I wanted to take. Btngchk PM'ed me a list to put up, when I did find something. I enjoyed checking out the offers and seeing people get excited about trying a new juice and mods.
I'm happy to find this kind of community online. In real life, my friends and I host a "free to a good home party" every so often. Everyone brings stuff that they don't need anymore or pics of the larger stuff. It's kind of like a free garage sale, with good food and drinks. The parties have gotten HUGE, my house filled with free stuff! We have fun, get to spend time together and perhaps find stuff that we could use. After the party, I load all the extra stuff up and take it to Goodwill. This community seems very much in the same spirit as our "free to a good home parties". I can't wait till I can bring some stuff that people will get excited about trying.

I appreciate all the hard work and time that the mods and the regulars put into it!

wow what a great Idea to give back !!

 

[kj4lxw]

After I first joined ECF I had posted a trade in classifieds. Wasn't really going to well then one day G33K responded and completed my trade. But he stipulated that I come to PIF and find a home for the juice instead of giving it to him. I obliged.

Not going to lie, saw what was going on and thought this would be a great way to maybe get to try some stuff I was curious about.

Then one day I saw someone truly in need and how so many members jumped in to hook them up. I was impressed and wanted to be a part of a community like that.

I don't have much but participate when I can.

Slowly I have built up my hardware, was thinking about selling what I wasn't using, but found it more fulfilling and more fun to participate here.
Two members stood out in influencing that. Not directly either, but just from the examples they had displayed to me as I lurked, Jules and Big Chief.
I too was leary like others, but took the plunge because of what I saw these two doing.

I don't seek attention, I don't want accolades. Most of my PIF'ing I do privately, sending a PM and offering a helping hand. From there I offer whatever advice I can.
I think back to how it was when I was starting out and get my most fulfillment helping those who are new to the vaping world with advice and example.

what I have found is that many times an actual material item is what gets people's attention, giving them something they can hold in their hand.
They always express how grateful they are for the item, the help, how they wouldn't have been able to do it themselves.
I tell them the way to repay me is to help someone else out when they can. And you know what? later on down the road I see them here sometimes actually doing it. I guess thats all that matters.


Yes I have seen drama and some changes lately. Happens everywhere, especially when alot of growth is experienced, as is ocurring in PIF.

We all need to do what we think is right and accept that there will be others that do more, others that do less.

As long as we "DO" then PIF lives.

This will be the last I post on the subject, just the way I am, not going to get caught up in it all.

 

[Eekaa Chu]

I am very new to PIF, and I mostly just lurk and watch. It is really awesome to see how generous people are here. I am new to vaping as well, and I have very little, so I haven't taken any offers, because I feel I have nothing to offer in return. However, I was so thrilled today to see someone post a want for a flavor that I actually have! PMs were exchanged and I met a friendly fellow vaper, and I get the pleasure of sharing and giving to someone else. I am the kind of person who looks forward to holidays more to give to others and see the joy in their faces, than to get gifts myself. I get a lot out of just reading the threads and seeing the happiness people are giving each other, it restores a little bit of my faith in humankind.

 

[Cyia]

PIF is an amazing group of people. You guys and gals have done so much and trust me. I would be back to analogs if it weren't for you all. Dead serious. My grandmother is making the move over thanks to you all, my dad is making the move to e-cigs now as well thanks to everyone here.. I can't express enough gratitude for this group and how it saved my life as I'm sure it's done for many people on here. I may not talk a lot, lurker by nature, but I just want jules and everyone else to know, I am over 2,000 analogs free(2 packs a day), healthier, and no longer afraid of my dieing or going to the hospital as much now that I am on e-cigs. And without the juice and parts to keep me going I don't know where I would be today.. actually.. I know where I would be.. coughing my lungs out every morning, harming my children with second hand smoke, and not being able to take a full breath in without throwing my self into an asthmatic attack. Please don't feel discouraged. There are people still here that don't take your kindness for granted. And I wanted to let you know, you have made a difference to me and my family as I'm sure a lot of people feel on here the same way. -huggles-

 

[kaderick]

Jules, I love You! I say that not knowing you personally, But but because you are a wounderfull person! You show so much love here and do so much, You have needs in life and are very busy with personal matters yet you devote the little free time you have to helping others. My first expeience with Pif was I had 1 flavor and not alot of it. I was told to offer what I could and someone else added to it. In my first week of pif I must have recieved over 30 flavors and different strengths and it helped me to learn what I did and didn't like. 3ish weeks later I have about the same total quantity of juice in many different flavors and some other odds and ends. I am jobless right now with 3 kids and my wife is a waitress so very little money. I let a 40,000 ayear job to improver the quality of my families life, I will be back to work soom but my point is the last thing I am affraid of is running out of juice because I know that the wounderfu;; people here would never let that happen! I used $20 dollars I have to buy juice and bought some stuff I see wants for on here alot instead. My wife asked why I didn't order juice so I wouldn't run out and I told her I wasn't worried but I some poeple in pif have a hard time getting these and would rather pif for the juice I need. I was very fourtunate to have a great deal of shipping supplies when I was leaving my job and unlimited UPS for shipping so I used what I had for piffing and now have enough to get threw and a little extra to help others. I gave a 9ml of juice yesterday and a kit to a neighbor of my inlaws, that I have only seen twice in passing, He asked I I had a smoke and Of course not haveing a smoke I showed him my Ego let him try it he showed interest so I got a battery I had piffed to me and a charger I had and an atty out and gave it to him. He was dumbfounded and asked what it would have cost him, and couldn't believe I gave it to him(I would have never done this before comming to pif)I simply told him if he didn't like it to give it to my FIL and I would get it next trip, If he did like it keep it and give it to some one else when he upgraded! Of course I told him about ECF and to check it out and told him about Pif and that I wanted to help him because others helped me. In 3 weeks I have been shared with and shared back more then I have in my entire life with some of my family! Thank You Pif for saving my life, and making me a better person! If the world ran on the Pif values there would be no starving people and no more war for that matter. Thank you Pif!

Jules again I Love You and thank you for all you do!

 

[HyOnLyph]

Jules, You know what I think of you and the work you do. That you have committed so much of your time and heart to PIF is amazing. For those of you that don't know, this forum reached out to me when I didn't even know it existed. My wife and I have a home for women in recovery. And neither of us smokes. But I thought if this e-cig thing was real, maybe we could provide an alternative for the ladies in our home. The PIF community reached out to us and provided us with the resources to get a kit into the hands of every one of our girls that smokes. (with a few left over for future women who will come) Some of the girls are fully embracing ecigs. Some are not. But EVERY ONE of our girls was moved that there was someone "out there" that cared enough to reach out to them and help. This community rallied largely through the efforts of Jules and those that she nurtures and oversees. The gifts you gave were wonderful... but even more, the heart with which you gave. Jules, you are a wonderful person. Without you, this site would not have the same heart that it does. Every great vision is challenged over and over. This is an awesome vision.

How have I PIF'd? Well I guess first, I am a conduit to forward the PIF gifts on to the ladies. Second, we have participated in small ways in the PIF thread and have donated some juice etc. I also have a resource that is not ecig related. It doesn't translate into money but allows us to take something that we have and forward it on to others. Those who have received it, have asked to remain anonymous so that's all I can say about that. And of course, everyday my wife and I attempt to give of ourselves to the ladies who live in our home and struggle with the path to recovery. Enuf said.... this isn't about us.

Finally, If I may add a little something ....... Love is not about loving the lovable. That's easy. It isn't really even about loving someone when you know there is a chance that they might hurt you. Real love is holding your heart out to someone that you know, without a shadow of a doubt, will squash it and hurt you.... then getting hurt.... and then holding your heart out again, continuing to love, knowing that it will be hurt again. Jules, you have been this example. And we recognize it.

 

[danlisi]

I'm not good with words but I have to say Jewels I love you your great your my guide and friend you have gone out of your way to help me anytime you could I'm disabled and on a small fixed income and my wife holds the credit card and the pay pal and rarely allows me to use them so without pif I would be vapeing 1 or 2 flavors a month with pif ivie been able to develope a small stash to share and vape ivie been able to try manny flavors I would otherwise have no access to I don't know what I'd do without it my life would have an empty space in it pif means the world to me and I try my best to be a good pifer though I know I'm not perfect but everyday I try to get better and do better to help my fellow pifers

 

[Jules22871]

I have waited until I was in a better frame of mind to post in this thread. I'm in that place now.

First, thanks to everyone that thinks so much about me. It really warms my heart.

I have to say that WHataclumsygirl is the one to be thanked for all of this. She is the one that started the very first PIF thread in the classifieds. Since then, it has been one heck of a roller coaster ride,lol We've definitely had our ups and downs and so far we have weathered them all and come out stronger and for the most part, better. I love that we can do that. PIF is not about what I can get, it is about who I can help. I guess my stash has been cut by at least a third, if not more and I don't mind that. I don't care if I give something to someone and they sell it. Once it leaves my house, it is no longer mine. If I send things to 10 people and only one of them really needs it, then I have done what I should have done, what I think I was meant to do.

Not many of you know the whole story. I was in a bad motorcycle accident. We were hit by an SUV that was doing over 70mph. From the police report, I was the one that took the full force of the impact. We were hit hard enough that it broke the frame of the bike and pushed it over 4 inches, right where I was sitting. I don't remember all of it but I do remember most of it. I do know that everything happens for a reason. I thought, and still think, that PIF is my reason. I would have never met any of you if that accident hadn't happened. To me a computer was a way to get music for my MP3 player and get directions for the next road trip.

Fast froward about 6 years and here we are. A single thread started by a warm loving individual that wanted nothing more than to make someone's day a little better. That thread has evolved into the PIF social group. A place of loving, caring, giving people that have learned what it is to give and how good that giving can feel. We are always going to have people that are takers. There are too many of them in this world. Usually they out number the giving, but not in PIF. Everyone needs to reach down and find that spot, the way you felt with the your very first act of giving in PIF and remember how that felt. Remember the smile it put on your face as you sealed that envelope and put that address to an unknown person on it. It doesn't matter if they need it or not. They asked. You did what you should do as a caring human being. You gave. That is what PIF is, it's a place to give. I dont' care if the bottle of juice or the couple of batteries I just mailed out goes to someone with a 6 figure income. They said they needed them, I sent them because I wanted to help. And I will continue to do it, either here on the boards, in the background in PMs or someplace else if I have to. I will not stop giving help when it is asked for.

 

[jj2]

Bravo Jules, you deserve a standing ovation---actually you deserve way more than that and so do a lot of people at PIF.

 

[Tracey1]

This song is dedicated to Jules and Clumsy and all the PIFers here on ECF.
Love you madly! This is a long over due and much deserved high five. "GOOD JOB" everybody!

YouTube - Dynamo of Volition - Jason Mraz - Farm Aid part 05

 

[Jules22871]

This song is dedicated to Jules and Clumsy and all the PIFers here on ECF.
Love you madly! This is a long over due and much deserved high five. "GOOD JOB" everybody!

YouTube - Dynamo of Volition - Jason Mraz - Farm Aid part 05

Great video Tracey and thanks so much for it. There is one line that just jumped up and slapped me in the face and I think it applies to the last few weeks more than the song itself.

"Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time"

Just think on that a bit and see if it doesn't apply here right now.

 

[kj4lxw]

I feel alot better now that you have posted.