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Schnarph

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4. 6/20 - It's a frosty 97 degrees here, without a little shade and some breeze I don't care much for it. Tomorrow is the longest day of the year, I'm pretty sure I prefer the longest night. Warning! 3 paragraph rant ahead, skip to the last line unless you have time to waste. ;)

Regarding Amazon, Prime, and interstate shipping: Amazon is great for saving money on some things, but when the same item can be bought locally for the same price plus tax I usually go for that option. Amazon prime and subscriptions are very useful if you happen to need a few of the same items on a regular basis, like vitamins, herbal remedies, and OTC drugs for example. You'll have to buy a fair amount of stuff to make it worth it, making it more useful for a family household than an individual.

I'm surprised that interstate commerce hasn't been taxed all along, it cheats states out of revenues and on a state level it's a lot like outsourcing. We went through a similar deal with Amazon in Texas a while back: Amazon was shipping out of a distribution center inside Texas (to Texas addresses) and not charging/paying sales tax like everybody else. That's cheating, in my book. No matter what the national government imposes on interstate commerce, some states have higher state income taxes than others and some have none at all, so it will never be a fair game.

That being said, I try to save money on many purchases like most people. My dislike for Walmart (because of their treatment of employees) is overshadowed by the plethora of Chinese made goods that I am surrounded by. After wasting money on the same type of Chinese knockoff a couple of times I usually shell out big money for a quality item, but just because it's made in America doesn't always make it a better product. Poo can be made anywhere. Buyer beware, shop safe, and read up on those return policies. Thank you internet for customer reviews, I wasted a lot of money before information was so readily available.

Rant (?) concluded. :)

In relation to this thread, I could really use a VVV tank, my Chinese made tank is poop- Boge makes decent cartos, but the tanks are not even worth the cheap price. :2c: Has anyone here wished the elusive MrPicC a happy birthday yet?
:bday: Happy Birthday MrPicC! :bday:
 
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06/20 #4 I didnt think I would like the shape but it really feels good in your hand and it vapes all day long and still has plenty of charge left when I hook it up to be charged.



My son is looking for a box mod. Let me know what you think the durability will be like.
 

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Happy Birthday mrpic !!!!!!

Son did well there were only 4 people in front when they were told to stop. Apparently this one is for conditioning training. And he was only a few seconds off his end time last year. This is good. He did not fall apart over the non season. April till June :)
Most importantly #5 makes the team when they do real trials. And the new coach is not a dump at. Old coach was named coach dump for a reason. Good riddance :)
 

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My son is looking for a box mod. Let me know what you think the durability will be like.

They are pretty tough. It's the only mod I will keep in a shirt pocket and it has fallen out on concrete several times and has a few dings but still works great. Not too fond of the iclear 15 that comes with it as far as it mutes the taste of juices but it has survived all the same falls as the mod and is still going. I haven't had to but a new coil in it yet. It's a really decent mod for the money and the battery lasts forever.
 
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