Would you support a walk-in Vapor Store?

[LowThudd]

I was actually considering this same thing. I am in the process of opening a food vending stand at a Farmers market, vegitarian medetaranian food. Then I started vaping. So now I am considering also selling Q510 kits at a negledgable profit. Along with some of my own juice mixes(I try them out on my friends first lol). There is no law against it, but because of the limited market at present, I doubt the overhead of a store front could justify the soloistic items being sold. I doubt that a buisiness could survive catering to such a small minority of the community, considering the cost of starting up a new buisiness. Just

 

[tstcvap-er]

There is a walk in store in Denton, Tx. It is a fantastic resource with competitive prices and the ability to walk in a try out a liquid or piece of hardware before buying...and then having it immediately (no mailman, though he also ships and rather fast..)

Options are somewhat limited but he carries all the standard stuff and good quality.
(510 40x 901 indulgence screwdriver lr and hr attys spare batts carts liquid ect...)

I think If you had the money and a supplier.. it would be a fantastic investment for the time being...

 

[v1John]

There is a walk in store in Denton, Tx. It is a fantastic resource with competitive prices and the ability to walk in a try out a liquid or piece of hardware before buying...and then having it immediately (no mailman, though he also ships and rather fast..)

Options are somewhat limited but he carries all the standard stuff and good quality.
(510 40x 901 indulgence screwdriver lr and hr attys spare batts carts liquid ect...)

I think If you had the money and a supplier.. it would be a fantastic investment for the time being...

Let them know about ECF, and they should get listed in the famous U.S.A. store map too, and congratulations, TX!

http://vaporsearchusa.com/usa.html

 

[prophetr1]

ABSOLUTELY YES.. I actually have a walkin in store here in RICHMOND VA and they are good to me let me try things thats how i found the perfect model for me without alot of trial and error... and i pay slightly more for the convenience maybe an extra dollar or two than online for supplies ....if anyone is in the RICHMOND VA AREA go to NOSMOKEVA.com and the store is on 3rd st downtown

 

[toobraids]

I would love a walk in store cuz I like to browse but I live in WA and the sales tax is among the highest in the nation and they would also throw in the same kind of tax they level at anti-smoking aids (just try and stop em!) which would bring it to about the same price as analogs sans reliability (dry carts, off taste liquids, temperamental batts) I just throw in for a few extras with every online order so the 3 day delivery wait doesn't seem like an eternity and I can live without the bricks and mortar

 

[whiskey]

Great buisness to start...gotta have enough walk in custs to support it..so a bigger city would be a good location for it..Yes It would be great!!

 

[skri11a]

I'd love to see something like this. I know people are looking to save money because the economy is so bad etc... I just don't see it here. People spend money for no other reason than they have it.

Convenience is King around here. I'd support it; even if I price shopped online for certain things or ordered a specific liquid that I could only get in one place.

 

[unsure]

I'd shop anywhere I can get the quality at the best price...plain and simple. I dont see how a brick & motar business can complete with online but if it can great.

 

[oettinger]

I have lurked this thread MANY times, and even WANT to open a Walk-in Vapor store myself.

I have to say what I think though.

The fact is that MANY people do not have internet access, MANY do not trust ordering things over the internet, and MANY do not trust e-cigarettes, as they think it is too good to be true. These same people WOULD buy if they were able to walk into a store, hold it in there hand, try out the juices, and have someone prove to them that it works.

This is why the Mall kiosk technique works so well. People see it, hold it, and can buy it AFTER trying it. I have seen people LINED up at the local mall to buy "unrefillable" KR808 cartomizers in 4 different flavors for $22.95 for a pack of 5.

Totally Wicked has a walk-in store in Bradenton, and I have been there. It is normally FILLED with people that do not know Totally Wicked even has an online store, but came there because a friend or coworker told them to. I may live 80 miles away, so I only go occasionally, but for the ability of holding something in my hand and seeing how it works before I purchase it, there is no comparison. I am ALSO a skeptical person.

I read this forum, and read threads long before I started posting. I read Don's beginners guide, and set out to buy a 510 locally. I did just that, and have since joined the forum, and purchased MANY other PV's, but the idea of wasting money on an item I have not seen operate is a BIG nono in my book.

LOTS of people will swear that the Smoke Away system works wonders, when in FACT it is just multivitamins in a "smoke away" bottle, it is ALL placebo, and I wanted to be sure that "electronic cigarettes" were not the same thing.

I also give business to my local vendors, NOT because I actually LIKE dakang juice, or usa a 510 anymore, but because I can get something TODAY if I am in a pinch.

If the walk-in or kiosk store was SUCH A horrible idea, why are there so many?

If the walk-in or kiosk store was SUCH A horrible idea, why would the guy I know sell 20-30 bottles of juice a day at the flea-market?

We need to remember that the members of this forum can be though of as "educated" or "smart" vapers, but there are MILLIONS of people that do not fall into that category.

Until we have 45million (the number of smokers in the US) members on this forum there are people that need to be reached in another way.