Hackcessor,
Let's analyze your claim that it's a "load of crap."
Number of Australian suppliers in the Forum Suppliers list: None
Number of Australian suppliers listed in e-cig suppliers forum: Five (vapingcobra, vapebar (you), litecigs, vapeking, ecigswarehouse)
Other suppliers I've used, not listed on this forum: One (e-ciggy)
Number of suppliers selling basic hardware except V9, Joye or KR808: Two (you - Provari and
tank mods, vapeking -
tank mods)
Number of suppliers manufacturing hardware in Australia: None that I'm aware of.
Number of suppliers manufacturing juices in Australia: One, maybe (depends if JuiceWhore extracts essences or just refills bottles)
Whilst I have no intention of pissing in your cornflakes - since you seem to be the exception here - my statement is true.
The vast majority of Australian sellers actually direct sell Chinese V9 style starter kits and non-rechargeables at weekend markets, at highly inflated prices. None of them are what I'd consider suppliers in the context of the above statement. There are also a few who flaunt eBay rules while trying to sell starter kits.
Much as we'd like there to be a mature supplier chain in Australia, this is a new and fairly untapped market. And personally I don't care if you're selling a "genuine" 510-T from Joye or not, if the price difference is 100% I'll buy direct from China every time, especially when the seller of the genuine article is 4000km away in in Perth.
Rob