Why Do People Buy Cheap Junk???

[bcalvanese]

I can see picking up something cheap to see if ecigs will work for you, but once you know they will...

Why keep buying cheap ... junk???

You could afford to smoke, but you can't afford a quality mod?

I smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, so my ProVari paid for itself in 10 days.

COME ON PEOPLE!!!

Take a crowbar and pry a little bit of money out of your wallet and get yourself a decent mod.

And another thing...

Quit complaining about the cheap ... thing you just bought that leaks, or breaks, or gives you dry hits.

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!

Just ranting... I feel better now...

 

[umarbutt610]

Well i keep how much i wud have spend on cigs and then spend the same for ecigs.for the time.

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[Coelli]

Not to make this a Provari thread, because everyone buys what works for them, but that's why we bought ours. I wanted to step up and my boyfriend, that wise man, said "buy the Provari, you're going to get there anyway." He was absolutely right. He probably saved us quite a bit of money by encouraging me to leapfrog all of the other things I would have bought and discarded along the way. (And since then we bought one for him, and a used one as a backup.)

BUT... for some people it's easier to lay out less cash at a time and replace them as they go than to jump forward that far at once.

 

[RoseB]

Cigarette prices vary. Smokes are about eight bucks a pack here. I started with cheap things, because I couldn't afford cigarettes. Plus there is always the doubts that vaping will even work. Especially true for people who've tried to quit multiple times. You become quite skeptical. Yeah you do get what you pay for. If I could go back I would've started out with a provape-1 It's small and has a lifetime warranty. Love my Provari, but that would've been too much to start out with. It's huge and does lots of stuff that seemed like too much work. There are other good mods out there btw

 

[Sucker_dad]

To which cheap junk are you referring? People spend what they can afford to. Since it is THEIR money then they get to choose what the think will work. I have nothing against a Provari, but I would never buy one. I have 2 Mechs, 4 vision spinners, 1 Twist, one ego-t, and an itaste vv 3.0. I still didn't spend as much as you have spent on that provari and I never have to worry about not having a PV available.

 

[suspectK]

I'm going to keep my mouth shut.

 

[emus]

It is a little scary to buy a $200 mech mod because reviewer may have neglected to mention a quirk. I am shopping for an original 17.5 mm mech mod.

I mostly buy UD toppers because the quality is good.
I mostly avoid buying FT toppers because quality tends to be kinda junky and QC is a crap shoot.

 

[HughDaHand]

Since I am a expert at both breaking and misplacing everything that I own it seems to me that cheap items is the way to go. When I lose a $30 mech or vamo it is a lot easier to deal with than loosing a $200 mod. Its the same reason I have a old flip cell phone instead of a new android phone. My Galaxy S4 lasted all of 2 weeks before I managed to break it.

 

[I HAVE BIGFOOT]

so they can buy more cheap junk

I can see picking up something cheap to see if ecigs will work for you, but once you know they will...

Why keep buying cheap ... junk???

You could afford to smoke, but you can't afford a quality mod?

I smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, so my ProVari paid for itself in 10 days.

COME ON PEOPLE!!!

Take a crowbar and pry a little bit of money out of your wallet and get yourself a decent mod.

And another thing...

Quit complaining about the cheap ... thing you just bought that leaks, or breaks, or gives you dry hits.

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!

Just ranting... I feel better now...

 

[Baditude]

I learned a valuable lesson from my father. He was a self-employed carpenter by trade. He always purchased the best (and usually more expensive) tools for his line of work. He used them nearly every day and they had to be reliable and durable. He couldn't afford to use cheaper tools which might break after a couple of months of use and need to be replaced repeatedly.

Maybe this concept is just a carry over from old school values. Today's society is a disposable one.

I look at a Provari and see a quality vaping tool. I don't want to have to continue to buy unreliable and non-durable mods which should they break, can't be repaired. Provari's are made to be dependable and reliable, and are repairable if they do break - for as long as you own one. You get what you pay for.

The fact that they also provide the best vaping experience I've found is just icing on the cake.

WHY PROVARI?

 

[Train2]

A lot of times, the purchase is exploratory.

I don't know if I'll be able to make a rebuildable work. Will it be a hassle to wrap a coil? Will it be better enough flavor to justify the time fiddling? I'm not sure, but I kind of want to try it.
There's a $32 chinese thingamajig that lots of people seem to like, or there's the newest shiniest better machined original for $175.

I might buy cheap junk.
Just an example.

 

[Kropotkin]

The opening post made me laugh - mostly, I guess, 'cause it's absolutely true.

I wasted a lot of money on cheap junk in my first few months of vaping, simply because I didn't know any better. That's what the sites catering to beginners carry, and I can totally see why. Smokers are used to buying packs of cigarettes, which are mass produced, disposable and ubiquitous, so we automatically expect vape gear to be exactly the same way.

I agree that it's wasteful - just as repeatedly buying the same cheap, breakable piece of Walmart crap is wasteful - but I certainly see why people do it.

 

[Smoot]

I learned a valuable lesson from my father. He was a self-employed carpenter by trade. He always purchased the best (and usually more expensive) tools for his line of work. He used them nearly every day and they had to be reliable and durable. He couldn't afford to use cheaper tools which might break after a couple of months of use.

I look at a Provari as a vaping tool. I don't want to have to continue to buy unreliable and non-durable mods which should they break, can't be repaired. Provari's are made to be dependable and reliable, and are repairable to boot - for as long as you own one. You get what you pay for.

The fact that they also provide the best vaping experience I've found is just icing on the cake.

WHY PROVARI?

Perfectly said, Bad.
I would so love to see a Snap-on or Mac mod. Lol

 

[r77r7r]

I can see picking up something cheap to see if ecigs will work for you, but once you know they will...

Why keep buying cheap ... junk???

You could afford to smoke, but you can't afford a quality mod?

I smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, so my ProVari paid for itself in 10 days.

COME ON PEOPLE!!!

Take a crowbar and pry a little bit of money out of your wallet and get yourself a decent mod.

And another thing...

Quit complaining about the cheap ... thing you just bought that leaks, or breaks, or gives you dry hits.

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!!

Just ranting... I feel better now...

You get exactly what you pay for with a cheap mod. In the case of a provori, I'd one day be looking at it ( small piece of threaded pipe, tiny outdated chip, 510 only connection) and think " Where'd my $200 go??

People get an MVP for $40 and think " Wow- that's alot of functioning performance for that price". Many don't get that feeling of value with a provori.

 

[JBL-37]

Who cares what joe down the road owns? Why get your panties all bunched up over it?

 

[Kropotkin]

Oh, please, God, no. Not another good topic turned into a Provari War.



There just aren't enough facepalms in the world to describe how completely uninteresting this endless argument is to the rest of us.

 

[Smoot]

You get exactly what you pay for with a cheap mod. In the case of a provori, I'd one day be looking at it ( small piece of threaded pipe, tiny outdated chip, 510 only connection) and think " Where'd my $200 go??

People get an MVP for $40 and think " Wow- that's alot of functioning performance for that price". Many don't get that feeling of value with a provori.

A good friend of mine had an MVP last a whopping 3 months before it just stopped working.
I "get that feeling of value" every day after over a year and a half of use. I have not had a cheap mod last me over 8 months to this point....

 

[mekc57]

I bought a ProVari right after my ego and still use it some but I'm currently using a Stingray mech with a KFL on top and a Nemesis with a R91. I guess I got Burt out on messing around with the voltage all the time, just because I could. I still use the ProVari if I want to change the flavor of a juice with voltage but using a 1.3- 1.4 coil with cotton works for me on a mech for the most part.

 

[Buggainok]

I learned a valuable lesson from my father. He was a self-employed carpenter by trade. He always purchased the best (and usually more expensive) tools for his line of work. He used them nearly every day and they had to be reliable and durable. He couldn't afford to use cheaper tools which might break after a couple of months of use.

I look at a Provari as a vaping tool. I don't want to have to continue to buy unreliable and non-durable mods which should they break, can't be repaired. Provari's are made to be dependable and reliable, and are repairable to boot - for as long as you own one. You get what you pay for.

The fact that they also provide the best vaping experience I've found is just icing on the cake.

WHY PROVARI?

I'm still new and vulnerable. I must stop reading your posts. That little mini one is sure growing on me.

 

[Rosenec]

I am 69 days in and to date I have spent $855. I have been trying to spend the same as I do on smokes, I am presently in the red $65. I have an app that keeps track. I am pleased with what I have and regret buying almost nothing.

I started with a blue starter pack and lots 50 cart - complete junk but it got me to see the light
Found a local vape store, jot 2 ego bats and 2 c4 toppers, some crummy juice - step up
T3s topper from local store and more juice - big improvement
Ordered some sample juice on line - huge step up
Ordered mvp 2with iclear 30 - it's great but not very portable for me
More juice - finding my grove
Found a new local vape shop, got juice and pt 2 mini - seeing what's around locally
Cool fire 1 bat charger, ismoka mega, innokin Ican, coils - don't uses my Ican $14 wasted
More juice - found out Johnson creek sucks
More juice - the good stuff
Ego 900 bat, ismoka mini, pt 2. juice - need a walking around unit
Different local vape shop more juice - will not return to
Another local vape shop pt2 glass, mini pt, coils, and some juice - needed to check this place out
1500 ego vv - handy bat lasts all day long
Replacement tube for my innokin 30b, hyper tank, drip tips, juice - arrived today and pleased with my purchases
More juice, mini ismoka, pt 2 and coils - waiting for delivery
More juice (the good stuff) -waiting for delivery

I have plans on buying a smoktech SID next week.