What did you use your vape savings on?

[WereBear]

The "How much money did you blow..." thread got me to thinking. Many peeps (myself included) claimed to save money vs the cigs they would have bought otherwise. Over the last year I saved ~ $2200. I can't say for sure what we spent it on, but I know we took on a new car payment that we wouldn't have been able to afford the year before and my wife (a real xmas junkie) was able to fill a three foot radius under the xmas tree without using a credit card for the first time ever.

So what did you spend your vape savings on last year?

 

[greasegizzard]

So far, more vape stuff. lol

 

[HauntedMyst]

I spent mine on life. My son is in college now so all my "saved" money goes toward that. We were able to pay off two car loans in the past 13 months so that has been a huge help.

 

[greasegizzard]

I hope I'm about done. A coilmaster and an X Cube II is all I really want now. Diy juice stuff later this year maybe.

 

[WereBear]

So far, more vape stuff. lol

There is nothing wrong with having a hobby.

 

[vincom]

to save money i had to diy my juice or else i'd be spending more on juice than i had on cigs.

 

[Rossum]

So far, more vape stuff. lol

Yep.

On the bright side, if I had to, I could now vape for the rest of my life needing to spend less than $50 a year for stuff like fresh batteries, flavor concentrates, and PG/VG.

 

[WereBear]

I spent mine on life. My son is in college now so all my "saved" money goes toward that. We were able to pay off two car loans in the past 13 months so that has been a huge help.

Having a running car with a paid off title is a glorious feeling indeed!

 

[Stinkytofus]

On my gf

 

[Maiar]

I dunno... my little banner claims I've saved a good amount of money. And I know I haven't spent nearly that much on vaping stuff. But I'd like to know where the .... that money is. lol

 

[AndriaD]

1) we were finally able to afford the monthly monitoring for an ADT security system -- free installation and setup and licensing, but until I quit wasting so much money on cigarettes, we couldn't afford the monthly monitoring; what was really cool was when the sales rep came to door, and I said, Hmm, I recently quit smoking, so we might actually be able to do this -- he was all smiles and said "me too! how'd you quit?" I said "Vaping." He promptly pulled an Ego out of his pocket. So we had a nice a nice chat and vape, it was like the Group W bench, except WITHOUT cigarettes.

2) my husband was able to go back to the coin collecting hobby he had to abandon when the economy got so bad.

3) we eat better, AND we nearly always still have some money in our bank acct the day before payday -- as we do now in fact, and Friday is payday. Which results in FAR!!!!!! less stress, we get along better and like each other a lot better. And pretty much anytime we need or want some little thing from the store, we can just go get it, and not have an hour-long conference on what to sacrifice so we can afford it.

Andria

 

[fishj]

Unfortunately, I developed a bedeviling sickness right around the time I quit--Shinyitis.

 

[WereBear]

Unfortunately, I developed a bedeviling sickness right around the time I quit--Shinyitis.

I've been able to feed my shinyitis with clone attys from Fastech.

 

[TruSound]

I don't track my expenditures that closely, if I had to guess where the saved money went I'd say first of all it wasn't saved...that's for sure, it was likely distributed across the board, mortgage, car payments, Vape stuff, insurance, dog & people food, cell phone, Vape stuff, DirecTv, Internet, Vape stuff etc etc.

 

[cllmda]

....vape supplies

(mainly stocking up in fear of the future Euro- Regs)

 

[drugarth]

I'll tell you in 2 years....if by then I finally manage to break even This vaping is alot more expensive than smoking ever was for me LOL

 

[MudVaper]

The "How much money did you blow..." thread got me to thinking. Many peeps (myself included) claimed to save money vs the cigs they would have bought otherwise. Over the last year I saved ~ $2200. I can't say for sure what we spent it on, but I know we took on a new car payment that we wouldn't have been able to afford the year before and my wife (a real xmas junkie) was able to fill a three foot radius under the xmas tree without using a credit card for the first time ever.

So what did you spend your vape savings on last year?

This is a great idea! It can help people see the economy of vaping vs. smoking for sure.

Last year, I was able increase retirement savings, helped my daughter get a new car, and went RT from Alaska to Seattle to visit family.

Like AndriaD, we seem to have cash on hand for extra expenses. Heck, even ordinary expenses.

In 2016, not two weeks into the year and I'm in the hole compared to smoking, but I'm upgrading/stockpiling for the first time in two years

 

[jumphour]

My financial situation is horrible, but the timing of quitting smoking and starting vaping was fantastic. I had REALLY bad shinyitis in the beginning, but that slowed down some and I'm not wasting money on stuff I don't use. Christmas and b-day money has helped since then for my supplies and my 2 new mods I just got in the past 2 weeks! DIY is also a life-saver moneywise.

 

[coolerat]

I could afford to smoke so money wasn't the reason I quit.

Plus years ago I had quit smoking and saved all the money for tools for alittle while but sooner or later it just fell in the black hole of "Household budget".

So with vaping I turned the mighty sack of money that is NY taxation towards a vaping hobby.

I have 10 of everything I need and 5 of everything I want. Its starting to wind down. I'm pretty sure as my interest in the hobby slows my interest in vaping will slow also and then stop. Hopefully at that point I will be able to stay clean and sober from nicotine. If I crash and burn off nicotine my hope is I can return to vaping and not smoking.

 

[Thrasher]

Ill let you know in 2184 when I finally break even.

Oh look a new atty!!

Did I say 2184?

Better make it 2200 just to be safe. Oh look another mod!.........