This is costing me a fortune!

[Johny Ringo]

LOL! Too many toys not enough money!

Started with an ego-t set and the sample juice that came with it. Two days later went out and bought a twist and about $35 worth of different juice. Three days after that went and got another $30 worth of juice in the flavors I liked and another $30 in clearomizers. Three days after that ordered sample packs from Heather's heavenly vapes and RAWR. three days later and I just went down and Bought a Vmax and some drip tips LOL.

Hopefully I am done for a while the twist was good but seemed inconsistent. The Vmax seems fantastic!so far.

I anticipate finding a couple more juices I like in the two sample packs I have on the way and after that I figure one more big purchase of juice in the flavors I liked and I think I should be set for a couple months.

Wish I could have just jumped to the stuff I liked right from the start but even with the money I have put up so far I should recoup all of it within 3 months easy.

Assuming I stop buying toys

The best part of all of it is that I havent touched an analog since the first purchase. The rest has been just dialing in the best vaping experience I can.

Right now this new Vmax with a vivi nova tank seems pretty close to heaven Cant imagine going back to the nasty analogs with something as tasty and satisfying as this combo to replace them.

 

[speedemon]

Join the crowd been there done that in time you will settle down maybe

 

[TheInfamousLoner]

As soon as I can afford it, I really want a lavatube style pv and a few vivi novas with fancy drip tips

 

[weinner]

My girlfriend decided she wanted to a step up from her 510 battery and wanted an ego. I laid it out for her and talked her out of it. Now she will be receiving a proveri mini in the mail instead.

 

[Guinnesspubcan]

Congrats on your switching to vaping! Its hard not to spend the money and get all the new toys, but for most it calms down after a month or two.

 

[VapDrak]

I hear you Ringo!!!
But what will life be without the Toys?
I know as soon as I think "Ok now I'm set... time to cut back on the vaping expenses" some new and beautyful Toys hit the market and it starts all over again
I love it and I love my smokefree life

 

[fourthrok]

Join the crowd been there done that in time you will settle down maybe

Oh sure. I've been telling myself that for the past 11 months. Yeah. Right. Settle down. You betcha....

 

[mostapha]

Nice.

I'm weird. I started tracking my expenditures (for vaping and cigarettes smoked) right from the start. And I've never been in the red except for my first purchase. I hit the black within a week or so and use that 0 mark to keep my spending in check. But it would have been really easy to fall off the deep end. Glad you found stuff that works.

 

[Johny Ringo]

Glad I am not the only one!

All kidding aside though despite the money laid out so far I couldnt be more pleased. Putting down the analogs was a snap and I get way more enjoyment out of this and its much more like a hobby than an addiction(and I am going to keep telling myself that) .

And OMG all the sparkly new toys are so awesome!

 

[Johny Ringo]

My girlfriend decided she wanted to a step up from her 510 battery and wanted an ego. I laid it out for her and talked her out of it. Now she will be receiving a proveri mini in the mail instead.

Lucky girl!

I thought long and hard about going with the Provari but the reviews on the Vmax were good enough I decided to just go with that for now since i already spent so much. I am sure a provari is in my future though maybe for xmas

 

[Genestus]

I just started vaping a month ago and I think I'd be pretty good at keeping the costs down if I could just stay off this forum. Every time I come here I find a new toy I have to have. And yet here I am again. Still cheaper than analogs. So far...

 

[Gatillero1980]

preaching to the choir my friend, i've been vaping for 2 1/2 months and i've spent $800 so far, although i can say, i found my everyday vapes (AVE's) and have some nice devices (Provari, Twists, j-Tanks, HH.357, and a lot of regular Attys, cartomizers and clearos) of course i want many many many more.

Btw i have at least 300ml of juices i probably won't vape.

 

[DummyMe]

I've been vaping a year & I quit smoking almost immediately. It'll be 1 year tomorrow! I have spent money on vaping, but I'm definitely in the black. Cigs are almost $8 a pack in NJ & at 1 & 1/2 packs a day = $12 a day. At $12 a day a ProVari kit is 17 or so days of analogs! I bought myself a ProVari for my birthday this year as a reward for going so long with buying smokes. I also have a Lavatube & 2 Kgo's & an ePower & a couple of eGo's. Really didn't need a ProVari, could do without it, but, I'm proud of me! I spend money on cartos, carto tanks, Vivi Novas & Stardusts and of course juice, but it doesn't add up to $12 a day even with the ProVari. That would be $4380 in the last year.... I didn't spend half that!

At first & until you find your PV & your juice(s), you'll be in the Red. Ride out the money storm & sooner or later you'll be in the black & as a very big bonus, your health will improve. Just remember you don't need EVERY new thing that comes along. I let others try the latest & greatest stuff, then when version 2 comes out with the bugs worked out, I buy it.

Happy vapin', all.

 

[SolemnPenguin]

I keep telling my self I can cool it for a while but it hasn't happened!

I started with an over priced mall rip off, then got a bloog, then switched to SmokelessImage volts, then got a couple twists, moved on from that with a Silver Bullet decided I needed to kick the Silver bullet... I was eyeing a Reo but managed to win a Bogger Box bottom feeder in a raffle at a local vapemeet, Then I just had to get in on the GGTS preorder for October, Well the GGTS would be sad without something snazzy to put on it so I got in on the UFS pre order too...

So, the Provari's are nice you say?...

 

[Johny Ringo]

preaching to the choir my friend, i've been vaping for 2 1/2 months and i've spent $800 so far, although i can say, i found my everyday vapes (AVE's) and have some nice devices (Provari, Twists, j-Tanks, HH.357, and a lot of regular Attys, cartomizers and clearos) of course i want many many many more.

Btw i have at least 300ml of juices i probably won't vape.

Yup that's pretty much me in a nutshell. Having said that I think I am pretty content now. Could use a couple more favorite juices but hopefully that will be solved with the samplers I have coming. Should be pretty much done with hardware for a while now.

 

[Will Bennett]

well i guess i could be dumping my money on worse stuff than vaping stuff

 

[klynnn]

Now you can start diy and spend another fortune making your own juices.

 

[Apptiger]

Glad I am not the only one!

All kidding aside though despite the money laid out so far I couldnt be more pleased. Putting down the analogs was a snap and I get way more enjoyment out of this and its much more like a hobby than an addiction(and I am going to keep telling myself that) .

And OMG all the sparkly new toys are so awesome!

You'll probably settle down before too long. And then go crazy again in a couple of months. Sorry it just happens. Congrats on getting off the stinkys. In the long run, you will probably come out way ahead. Never mind the health aspects. My wife is now a vaper as well. Barring another crazy period or two, I am tracking to save about $2,000 this year and about $3,500 next. I am sure those numbers won't hold. I have been quite settled lately and feel another spell coming on.
Enjoy the ride. Everyday get us further away from the Stinkys.

 

[niczgreat]

Man I love how inexpensive vaping has become.

I realize you think it's a lot of Money but try popping down $70-$100.00 every 2-3 months or so on crap that wouldn't last and that was how it was at the end of 2009.

Compared to my initial investment it's peanuts.

Started with a mini unit looked like a cigarette.
Bought 2 Cigar style (Looked Like cigars) Lasted 2 weeks a piece $40.00 X2 = $80.00+???
than bought Puresmoker Prodigy units Vs 1 and Vs 2 both garbage $100.00+ each unit $250.00 with batteries charger
than on to nhaler Garbage - $70.00
than finally a GGTS (Golden Greek) the first Ecig to last more than 3 months, it lasted around 9 months and cost $175.00 and no variable voltage but it would hit the 5 V sweet spot with the antiquidated 801 atomizer.

Finally the Provari came along which I bought in April of 2011 and was the only quality ecig in the market. Provari lasted around 15 months
before needing repair. Turned out V1 wasn't designed for LR Clearomizers and the Vivi came with a 1.8Ohm clearomizer. Destroyed
the Provari circuit board.
Cant' forget my backup Ego style that I purchased for $70.00

By the way I'm forgetting about 2 or 3 e-cigs models that remain nameless.

Than we won't talk about how many different types of Atomizers, Cartomizers, Clearomizers to finally standardize on the Vivi Nova
which didn't exist until recently.

Than we won't even go into the juices.

You have so much more choices of quality equipment and Juices these days, so jokingly I will tell you. Stop your whining.!!!
I've been Analog free for 3 years.!!!

 

[klynnn]

Woo Hoo I'm working on one year. If I spend a couple hundred once in awhile it comes no where near what I used to spend every month!