Totally Wicked: What educated consumer buys that crap?

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Merlin21

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Years ago I bought a Miki Screwdriver from them for £100 !!! I still cry myself to sleep over it, lol. Anyway, not so long after that the button broke off, a few weeks later the top 901 connector started coming loose and finally broke right off. Both were well know issues on the forum. £100 was a lot of money for me then, plus there was still the hugely inflated shipping too.... Anyway, I emailed them several times, asked for help on their FB page, all ignored. £100 down the tubes.

I bought from them again when I returned to vaping, since they shipped international. However.... Their prices are almost double compared to the same item direct from China. Then their devil logo on their product, website and YouTube got larger and larger until I was embarrassed to use their products, or send anyone to their website. The owner even started dressing in a devil suit with a huge red evil devil head and doing YouTube videos and public launchings in a muffled voice. Now since that awful thing of closing down UKV, I will never buy from them again.

Just my 2 cents.

Everybody makes the mistake of overpaying for their start up device. I did too and I overpayed buying my start up device from Totally Wicked as well. Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, um not going to happen, sorry. I still cringe thinking about what I payed for it. :(
 

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Everybody makes the mistake of overpaying for their start up device. I did too and I overpayed buying my start up device from Totally Wicked as well. Fool me once, shame on you... Fool me twice, um not going to happen, sorry. I still cringe thinking about what I payed for it. :(

Same here that was one of my first purchases, then I started to look around at what else was available and ouch!!
They are the carto tank/eliquid beginner mod version of the overpriced mall kiosk. The very very first ecig I ever saw or bought was at a mall kiosk. It was a perfectly high quality, nicely boxed 4808 there was absolutely nothing wrong with it at. It was however marked up about 500% ;) so yeah once is enough!
 

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I never thought that this thread would spark such conversation. I think my point is that I don't think that re-branding is helpful for the consumer. All it does is cause confusion. I feel as though if a vendor is going to rebrand and overcharge, there growth is limited. They are depending on the consumer staying ignorant to the options or they need to really excel in some other aspect. The internet has levelled the playing field. The business model is outdated.
 

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I'm new to all this, but I guess I am lucky that there are a few local shops in my town where I can visit and ask a lot of questions. Sure I pay a bit more but I get to try things so I do not but too many items that get wasted.

I would gladly pay a little more to go to a b&m store. I feel the personal relationship and the convince factor would be huge. Plus, if the vendor is smart, they would allow you to "Drip before you buy" policy on there juice. Unfortunately the only local shop around me is a guy with a cart at the mall selling overpriced 510 auto batteries. Sigh
 

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At the Tobacco shop I go to to buy my Liquid, they have a kit that is just an eGo650 with a single CE5+, empty needle bottle and a USB charger for the ego fitting. Total Price $80!!! For one Knock-Off eGo in a case!

These people actually think these Pens, as they call them, are for using something else - so they sell them to the stoners who don't know what is going on. Pity.

I so need to open my own shop, run ads on Radio and try my best. This town is just so wide open. They use to sell Four Kits a week out of the Kiosk at the Mall here in Bakersfield - 4!!
 

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Ordinarily i wouldn't but i wanted to drop my nic intake and to order online this close to xmas meant i probably wouldn't receive it for a week. I found a local tobaconist who sold juice and it happened to be totally wicked. Its a temporary stop-gap. Do you know about their pg/vg ratio per chance? Im wondering why im so much more thirsty than normal...x


it dehydrates you vaping at first. you should drink more water :)
 

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it dehydrates you vaping at first. you should drink more water :)

Oh I've been doing that! I've turned into a fish! Lol! It was just that I felt so thirsty all of a sudden and it has continued as I've used their juices over the last couple of days. Meh! It could be worse!

One thing I will say for Totally Wicked- they may rebrand the goods they sell but their RY4 tastes just like some sweets I used to buy as a kid! You know when you'd pour a powder onto your tongue and it would fizz and crackle and taste amazing? It's reminiscent of that!

I'm glad I bought the products I did at the time I did. In one week I went to two different stores in North Yorkshire, both of which sold Totally Wicked Products. The first knew NOTHING and were extremely unhelpful. This was the store closest to my mum's house and from which I hoped she might be able to pick up supplies for herself if I can pursuade her to get onto the e-cig so she'd have no excuse. The second was really good and they told me they'd had 'training' and had learned all about the products they sell. I didn't ask too much about the hardware but they understood me when I started talking 'vape-talk' at them. When I'm home from uni, I would definitely go there if I needed something in an emergency. Don't get me wrong, I love my regular supplier but if I'm at home and need something urgently (like if a battery dies etc), it's nice to know that I have a back-up.x
 
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