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imeothanasis

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You know, I've had problems with the Janty stick, too, and both Jeff and Ethan are remarkable. . . they sent me new ones out and asked that I sent my broken one back after I received the new ones. That's customer service. And, I did send it back, too.

The best one is this with the black letters Kendra. Do you know how much janty stick costs to the sellers? almost nothing. GG costs 70 euros. Do you think its nice idea to send first and them receiving?
 

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Please link this. . . I am responding because of an email received. I did not read through everything on this subforum. I did check the sticky, but that's it. What clear finish repair is there?

Still, he's wrong, and I would never order from him again. I haven't been on here, but I really wish I would have ordered the prodigy.

Edited to add. . . I only ordered from him because he promised this was solid, would never break, and was superior to every other e-cig out there. That's just not true, by the way. This has had more serious problems than the other e-cigs I've had. . . and this new problem is an actual safety hazard.

I only bought because of his promise of perfection. I certainly didn't buy because of his charming personality. . . .I found that really obnoxious, actually, and I found all the overt sexual stuff on here really annoying and completely bizarre. I just wanted a perfect e-cig and an easy transaction.


Kendra, why dont you order the prodigy and have a refund from me? Please do it. Dont say just words, take actions without talking too much. I am waitintg for the GG tomorow and I will refund the same day I take it. And dont order from me again, I hope you will keep your promise
 

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Being this is a safety issue the manufacturer (however small it is) needs to make good on their product. The new button with instructions regarding installation should be sent out at their expense. This should be done without question considering the possible lawsuits that might be filed if a fire should result from an atomizer becoming red hot and igniting something........ First $50 for a 510 adapter now $25 for a new button.........no thanks! Just my two cents.

The problem is not simply inserting a new button by following instructions.

From what Imeo has said is that it is a whole different button assembly in that the GG case needs threading in the button hole and the end cap at the button end needs modifications. These things a user would not be able to do.

This is just my opinion but what is beyond me is that when a fix can be made by simply spraying on a coat of clear varnish to the outside of the GG case - why not just do it???

I think this whole situation has been blown out of proportion. If you stick your finger in a light socket - you're going to get frizzled. So you don't do it do you? If you put your GG on metal - you're going to fry an atty. So you don't do it do you??

Sure it is a safety issue - but it is an issue that can be solved with a clear coat of varnish. So go figure!!

As for the locking button - well that is simply an upgrade and upgrades cost money. All of the other big boys on the market don't have locking buttons.

If you think the GG 510 adapter is unreasonably priced - hop over to Puresmoker and look at what the 510 adapter for the Prodigy cost with shipping.

Geez...
lolcat
 
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I think I am having the problem my email was talking about. It has turned on when I'm not using it and burned out my atomizer. The last time I used it, it remained on after I vaped . . my atomizer remained on (using the adapter). It burned out. So, I switched and it stayed on again. . . and burned out. I made sure all the connections were clean and it started doing it again, but I immediately unscrewed it.

My email explains the recall in a way that sounds as if this is a symptom of what he's referring to. I just don't think this is the 'mechanical miracle' Imeo seems to think it is.

As for the mechanical miracle, I will say to forum this to show what some people do and they have problems.

When you send GG back to me with a "problem", you had put a second spring over the old one!!! When I saw it I almost get crazy. The second spring touched the case and a short happened all the time. Exept that I had asked you if the insulant was in place and you said yes so I was looking for other solutions when the insulant was not ok.

And you believe that if I send you the parts you will make it right? I think that you will kill yourself.
 

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Yes it can be fixed with a clear coat of varnish (maybe) but that's not the consumers responsibility. It's the manufacturers responsibility to fix a safety related problem on a product that has been sold to the public...... and yes $50 is absolutely unreasonable for an adapter IMO.... Ok so I went to Puresmoker and theirs is $29. It's machined out of a piece of billet aluminum with a brass adapter inserted in the middle. The production cost would be substantially more than a single piece of threaded brass.
 

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Ask him what the thread is. If it's anything standard, I'm sure you can find somebody to tap the hole for you... it takes 15 seconds to tap a hole in Aluminum, and taps are common things in mechanically inclined people's toolboxes.

Them get him to SEND you the switch (for hopefully less than $12 Euro, since he also doesn't have to pay postage on the return of the GG)

Then I'd make a post here on the forum for someone in Nashville here who has a tap... and failing that take it to a shop. If they don't do it for free, I'd be shocked if they wanted more than $5... (cash no receipt kinda deal)

It's a sad deal all around - but that's probably your least expensive way to get it fixed.

( Painting would work for a while, but a chip in the paint gets you right back to where you were again)

Is there a way that I can save the shipping rjg? And is there a reason that I am "him" while you are rjg? Is it sad that I want to put the locked button with 12 euros? Is it sad that that I recall GG when no one else did it when all of them had to do it because they fire everywhere?

And something for kendra you want to help I suppose. Its not the first time that Kendra has this attitute. Its the second one. With her style she believes that she will take what she wants.

Well Kendra you will not take anything else, because you dont know how to behave. I will give you a refund and go for prodigy. You will save money because its cheaper that GG.

As for if the GG is immortal, it is for sure but if you have a little problem you make it so big like an erthquake. And dont put 2 springs to the cap again
 

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Being this is a safety issue the manufacturer (however small it is) needs to make good on their product. The new button with instructions regarding installation should be sent out at their expense. This should be done without question considering the possible lawsuits that might be filed if a fire should result from an atomizer becoming red hot and igniting something........ First $50 for a 510 adapter now $25 for a new button.........no thanks! Just my two cents.


cjalvino, I asked for 12 euros to give you the locked button too, because its a chance now. When will you have it again?. If you dont want it no problem send it back for free to give you only the new button without the locking option. I give a unique option to the market with 5 euros to all my clients (the other 7 are my shipping) and you are not ok? Think about it.

As for the 50$ adapter why are 50$? I think they are 24 euros. Dont tell me about shipping because shipping is shipping and nothing else. This is everywhere.
 

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I certainly didn't buy because of his charming personality. . . .I found that really obnoxious, actually, and I found all the overt sexual stuff on here really annoying and completely bizarre.

And you want help now?:lol::lol:

Kendra I really want to send me the GG back. Please do it as quick as you can. Then go to forum and say the worse you can. Open new threads and say that I am the worse man, the worse supplier, say what ever you think.

But remember that I say what I feel polite and I am always clear. Go to the jandy or elsewhere you think there is a better service. Please dont come here again.:)
 

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I won't be sending mine for recall. I have a case and know not to put my GG on metal surfaces and keep it in the case. I also plan on buying a Trans anyway and use the grant as backup.

I could send the GG for repair but then I will stuff up the shipping or something and would be without it for too long hehe!
 

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Everyone needs to just chill and think a minute.

Imeo - Kendra is unhappy that her GG is not working right so she gets mad about it and says hurtful stuff because she is upset.

I know Kendra really likes her GG and just wants it fixed. She hasn't been around lately and doesn't know that the GG forum is not like it was with the um... like I said before... unusual flirting.

This button thing hasn't been presented properly and to be honest if I hadn't been around lately to discuss the button issue - Tim's email would have totally freaked me out with what it said.

What people don't realize is that they can fix the safety issue themselves with a coat or two of clear varnish to the outside of the GG case.

OR they can for 12 euros buy an upgrade to their existing button that includes the locking feature. They are simply not getting just a safer button, but an additional feature. And it's only fair that people pay for this upgrade.

BUT from what I've read in Kendra's post - it is not the issue with the GG and the button touching metal. Something is going on inside the GG case that needs to be looked at for it to be firing when the button is not depressed or to continue firing after she releases the button.

Kendra is upset because of this and thought it was the safety issue with the button. This is understandable that she would be upset that her GG is not working right.

SO Imeo - you give Kendra a choice to return the GG for a refund. That's good - now she can either continue in fixing her GG or return it.
 

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Everyone needs to just chill and think a minute.

Imeo - Kendra is unhappy that her GG is not working right so she gets mad about it and says hurtful stuff because she is upset.

I know Kendra really likes her GG and just wants it fixed. She hasn't been around lately and doesn't know that the GG forum is not like it was with the um... like I said before... unusual flirting.

This button thing hasn't been presented properly and to be honest if I hadn't been around lately to discuss the button issue - Tim's email would have totally freaked me out with what it said.

What people don't realize is that they can fix the safety issue themselves with a coat or two of clear varnish to the outside of the GG case.

OR they can for 12 euros buy an upgrade to their existing button that includes the locking feature. They are simply not getting just a safer button, but an additional feature. And it's only fair that people pay for this upgrade.

BUT from what I've read in Kendra's post - it is not the issue with the GG and the button touching metal. Something is going on inside the GG case that needs to be looked at for it to be firing when the button is not depressed or to continue firing after she releases the button.

Kendra is upset because of this and thought it was the safety issue with the button. This is understandable that she would be upset that her GG is not working right.

SO Imeo - you give Kendra a choice to return the GG for a refund. That's good - now she can either continue in fixing her GG or return it.

oh you are such a good halo cat, mamu
you try to take care of us all,
keeping us calm and rational,
and at the same time suggesting the ways
to fix up thr problems of GG
and our silly temper tantrums as well,
I do tend to get a bit hot under the collar
sometimes, ha ha
so now, all calmed down and being good bunny again, :)
but really, people,
if you do not like the way we run our GG forum--
just pop in, - do your business, and pop out again,
dont hang around and read all our
offensive to your senses stuff--
cos it is a full fun forum, and it wont change.
If you want to get offended --
go visit spikeys place -- ha ha --
after that, you will think we are a bunch of angels !!!!!:shock:
 

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Wow... see what happens when my internet goes down?

When I purchased the GG, I took into consideration the fact that *IF* it ever needed servicing I would need to send it half way across the world from where I'm located. Takes longer and costs more. I was willing to accept that inconvenience to get the product I wanted.

I feel the solution to the button issue is fair and equitable. Everyone has the choice to participate or not - or implement an alternate solution as some have suggested - or even pitch a hissy fit.

I'll be returning mine for the upgrade. My choice. The only problem I have is how I'm going to manage without it.

What I find interesting is how many people that don't have a dog is this fight come forward to fan the flames.
 

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Mamu, maybe kendra likes GG but I dont like her at all. I want her to go buy a prodigy, an SD an..... something but not GG. I want my GG back immediately without a delay. GG is for intelligent people who understand what they buy and they dont just see a device with smoke.

I suggest that if anyone here is stupid, idiot, blockhead, buffoon or something else of the above, not to buy a GG. I want clever, polite customers.

I am starting to admire trog's behavior more and more. If someone goes to his forum and start something like this he will be banned and he will get attacted hard by trog and by everyone there.

We say free speech but you must know what is it and how to use it. Your freedom stops where mine starts. Understand Kendra? You almost said that GG is the worse cig. xa xa , future is wirless and GG is the best cig out there with huge distance from the second one and it will remain the first but you cant see it. I dont expect to see anything either.

And something else. Are you serious? You open a new stupid thread to slagg me after all these things I have done for you? You must be ashamed. But if you see that someone is a good man and nice you want more and more from him, is this right? Or maybe you think he is weak. I am strong as steel if I want "sweety".

Well now you will get nothing from me. I dont want to see you around. Go everywhere to forum like beggar and ask for support. You will find many people that dislike me to support you, so you will be satisfied. Say the worse for me and GG, I want all people to see what you are.

Mamu, kendra does not like GG because she cant understand what GG is. As for the flirting, this is here all the time and it will be for ever because I like it. You dont like it kendra? DONT COME HERE AGAIN, go to your cold world and stay there.

Yes Tim's email was a little scaring. I read it and I scare myself xa xa. Things are not like that. I never show it as an issue, so I never did something for it. But when I desided to fix it, I made it in 2 days.

As for the "give Kendra a choice to return the GG for a refund", its not a choice, its a demand. I dont want a GG in her hands.
 

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Mamu, maybe kendra likes GG but I dont like her at all. I want her to go buy a prodigy, an SD an..... something but not GG. I want my GG back immediately without a delay. GG is for intelligent people who understand what they buy and they dont just see a device with smoke.

I suggest that if anyone here is stupid, idiot, blockhead, buffoon or something else of the above, not to buy a GG. I want clever, polite customers.

I am starting to admire trog's behavior more and more. If someone goes to his forum and start something like this he will be banned and he will get attacted hard by trog and by everyone there.

We say free speech but you must know what is it and how to use it. Your freedom stops where mine starts. Understand Kendra? You almost said that GG is the worse cig. xa xa , future is wirless and GG is the best cig out there with huge distance from the second one and it will remain the first but you cant see it. I dont expect to see anything either.

And something else. Are you serious? You open a new stupid thread to slagg me after all these things I have done for you? You must be ashamed. But if you see that someone is a good man and nice you want more and more from him, is this right? Or maybe you think he is weak. I am strong as steel if I want "sweety".

Well now you will get nothing from me. I dont want to see you around. Go everywhere to forum like beggar and ask for support. You will find many people that dislike me to support you, so you will be satisfied. Say the worse for me and GG, I want all people to see what you are.

Mamu, kendra does not like GG because she cant understand what GG is. As for the flirting, this is here all the time and it will be for ever because I like it. You dont like it kendra? DONT COME HERE AGAIN, go to your cold world and stay there.

Yes Tim's email was a little scaring. I read it and I scare myself xa xa. Things are not like that. I never show it as an issue, so I never did something for it. But when I desided to fix it, I made it in 2 days.

As for the "give Kendra a choice to return the GG for a refund", its not a choice, its a demand. I dont want a GG in her hands.


Well... regardless of all the prior drama, this post alone should definately net you a substantial number of prospective customers.

I mean really, who doesn't appreciate being verbally degraded by the manufacturer after buying their product?

For someone who is as "tough as steel", you sure do get riled up easily.

Please, for the sake of all of us who cannot stop reading this train-wreck of a thread.... give him his ball back so he can go home!
 
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