This is costing me a fortune!

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amienichole

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Hi I can feel your pain..so many juices, mods, batteries, and oh the pretty tanks. I have a pink silver bullet..which I love, 2 glass tanks ( one highdesertecigs custom that should be done this week) and a Phiniac tank, not to mention the 200 bottles of juice, or the glass tips. Way too many cool thing out there. I am looking into the vari v2 next..oh well it still beats the other choice.
 

IamWinterborn

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hehe i find th ebest way to save money is watch a absolute ton of youtube videos...re search research....

when my gf bought apavari mini I almost did too but i deided to wait and stick with my ego c....good thing i did cause the zenasis mini is prolly gonna be my next one...but hehe as we get new items we pass our old ones on to friends...a friend i gave a elipz too will sooon get my ego c when i get a zen mini.

and so the gift keeps giving.
 

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Not saving any money :( There are too many wonderful toys out there and it doesn't help that the futuristic shiny stainless steel ones look like a light saber. I have entered the rabid acquiring stage of this whole adventure and my friends are now starting it so I have to make sure I keep ahead of the pack. Ahh, to be a member of the American grab-it-all-ocracy - surely nothing can go wrong...
 

haroldty

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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 :p

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.

That's what some of my customers say, that they keep on buying upgrades and spend more than what they expect. If ever you get contented with what you have, the only thing that would take a bite out of your pocket are the juices and other disposable stuffs. Bottomline is, we get to stop smoking analogs. :)
 

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I've spent more on vaping than I ever would've on smoking AND drinking combined since April. I really don't relate it in that way, though. Vaping has become more of a hobby for me than a vice. And my Silver Bullets are way more attractive than a full recycling bin of empty beer bottles and an ashtray full of cigarette butts stinking up the place. I wouldn't go back to smoking if you paid me to.
 
I'm just glad I ordered my pretty coral blue large ming drip tip and some HHV's samplers before I opened my credit card bill yesterday. But but but it's CORAL BLUE and so PRETTY. And I REALLY REALLY needed some tobacco samplers!!!!!!!! Now the smoking won't give me a heart attack, but my credit card charges will. I too am keeping a spreadsheet of expenses, but I'm behind inputting everything because I keep ordering stuff. CORAL BLUE! And GANDALF! I had to! (wink)
 

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I started with an ego, cartos. I did a forum search and found the e-liquid recommended for my brand of cigs, and ordered that. Got a bunch of different juices to try, added more batteries along the way, but that was the setup that got me off cigs and I stuck with that for a year.

At the one year point after I knew what I liked and didn't like, I got into mods. Reo fits pretty much everything I like about vaping. Indestructable, I can rinse it off in the sink. Small and I don't have to worry about filling.
 

SolemnPenguin

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Not saving any money :( There are too many wonderful toys out there and it doesn't help that the futuristic shiny stainless steel ones look like a light saber. I have entered the rabid acquiring stage of this whole adventure and my friends are now starting it so I have to make sure I keep ahead of the pack. Ahh, to be a member of the American grab-it-all-ocracy - surely nothing can go wrong...

If you want a light saber check out the GGTS. Not that I'm trying to fan the fire or anything.
 

Salt&PePPer

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Talking about spending money on Vaping. I'm getting a Hobby/Bench Top Lathe so I can tinker around with making my own mods - and dabbling in electronics too. Just missed Crashing an Intro to Electronics Course at the local Community College.

I've been wanting to go back to school since I miss going.
 

Johny Ringo

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Talking about spending money on Vaping. I'm getting a Hobby/Bench Top Lathe so I can tinker around with making my own mods - and dabbling in electronics too. Just missed Crashing an Intro to Electronics Course at the local Community College.

I've been wanting to go back to school since I miss going.

Maybe you will make the next big mod and get rich!
 
Johnny I find the best taste comes from dripping, clearo's are ok with a VV battery like the twist. Dripping isn't convieniant until you get a bottom feeder. I just bought the Reo Grand and I'm in vaping heaven !! Check it out it's all you will EVER need, wish I had found this first !! Anyways my set up is a Reo Grand, 510 LR atomizer, and a brass drip tip from Smoktech, but you can get em anywhere. It's ALL I ever use now.
 

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I spent about $400 in the first few months of vaping. Between trying to find what worked for me and getting caught up in the enthusiasm fo the Next Great Thing, it added up. Still didn't cost more than smoking, though. Once I found the device, atty, and juice that worked for me, though, the monthly cost plummeted. I figure I spend between $20-40/month on vaping, depending on how long my atties last.
 

Scott Dernbach

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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.


I'd say the reason you did not touch an analog since the first purchase was because you could not find them under all yer new stuff! LOL
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mostapha

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Vaping has become more of a hobby for me than a vice. And my Silver Bullets are way more attractive than a full recycling bin of empty beer bottles and an ashtray full of cigarette butts stinking up the place. I wouldn't go back to smoking if you paid me to.

:censored: yes. On all 3 points.

I too am keeping a spreadsheet of expenses, but I'm behind inputting everything because I keep ordering stuff.

I just updated mine a few minutes ago. Still like $90 in the black. That's not provari money, and come the end of dragoncon, I'll be ordering like $60 worth of juice……and probably a few samples as well……and some supplies to try rebuilding my nova heads. Which will probably take me pretty low in the black……but fortunately, I've convinced myself to wait a little while before buying a mod. Whenever I decide to do that, I want to actually have it be a choice between my top 3 (versa, kicked legacy, provari*……despite hating the interface and probably ending up using it as a barely tunable 5V device) irrespective of money……but that assumes I stay happy with having and vaping through 150ml of juice instead of constantly ordering more and having my reserves build up.

* Note: Yes, I've been vocal in attacking it. Part of that was to get honest responses beyond "it's awesome" or "i love it" from people. I still think it was designed by trained monkeys and anyone who knows anything about HCI or interface design could have done better……but as much as I hate the menu, it really might be the best thing out there for SR heads.
 
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