I have remained relatively quiet in these types of threads but I have had it up to my eyeballs with folks insulting me for my particular choice of PV.
Props, we are all allowed our perspectives, but the gross generalizations and implications that we are anything but truly satisfied customers are ridiculous. A couple of points for you to ponder before you attack VK lovers with your next round of insults:
1. 510s are promoted significantly more often that Vapor Kings and contrary to your indications, almost everyone promoting 510s posts where they got theirs as well. If you are going to recommend a device to a newbie, then it only makes sense that you tell them where where to actually get one!
Add to that, that we can't just say, "I love my Vapor King," because there is a vendor here with that name that only recently started selling this model. This is very confusing and makes it even more important to say that we got our devices from Vapor4Life.
We are not trying to confuse Newbies with the VK, we are trying to clarify which model we use and where they can get one. It is ridiculous to suggest that this clarification is some insidious plot to spam the newbie forum. If someone asks for juice recommendations - do you just answer, "I love juice, especially peach!" Of course not, you say I love Nhaler's Juice (which I do and I also make that clear in case you are wondering - shock upon shocks that this devious little VK pusher would promote the competition - perhaps Steve should stop selling to me).
2. We are not trolling the newbie forum, we are adding our opinions to the countless others that newbies are given. And yes, they don't know any better, and that is why they ask for a recommendation. I personally have a stack of 510s, 801s, and 901s, along with a LadyPipe and a smoking anywhere POS ,and I prefer my vapor king to all of those. If I can prevent a newbie from wasting the thousands of dollars I did, then you are darned right I will do my best to do so.
3. Vapor4Life fans are not the only ones with Banners by a long shot. The first ones I ever saw on this forum were from puresmoker. Since then I have also seen them for Nhaler, and a few other companies before I saw them for V4L. Check your facts.
4. I do prefer all cartomizer models to any other device and I am very clear about that whenever I post my recommendations. Of those cartomizer models I prefer the VK and to purchase from V4L. There is a difference in the products so I chose to share that difference with other folks. No one will ever be able to prove that Steve's carts are better without forcing Steve to share his business model. But one of the reasons I prefer his products is evident and clear to anyone who looks at cartomizers from any other place - they are color coded and labeled with the flavor and the strength. This is absolutely a huge bonus to me. Beyond that, Steve stands behind his products and has always taken care of me. Your are damned right I will promote him.
5. If our desire to help out new folks ticks you off, then perhaps you need to avoid the newbie forums. After all, if you are not there to help - then why are you there? It is not trolling to share your favorite device and vendor with a Newbie that asks for information about, you guessed it, your preferred device and vendor. It is called answering a question.
Now, what is trolling, is coming to a sub forum for a particular vendor and posting unfounded accusations against the folks that are here to share ideas and support for the device.