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This was posted in the TobaccoFreeCA Facebook page

 

So I see Todd do a mod review on a nice little 18350 hybrid, he really likes it, I really like it. I need another mod like I need another hole in my head. But I know this is a small upstart and they have a cool idea, it's half stolen idea and the other half all been done before, but it's a nice combo, I LOVE hybrid mods and I LOVE 18350's, so I decide I'll spend the $200 or whatever it is and get one.

I do some research, CRAP, they only have a Facebook page and some Google list they sell them through. The old Google list from the first batch is now closed and no new list available. When you sold it your first 100 or 1000 or whatever run, wouldn't it make sense to put up another list and take deposits so you could at least gauge the demand for your second production run? Or maybe you could use some of the money you made to get a small one page website... What do I know?

So I Facebook Message them to please let me know when they have them ready for sale I want one, AND post right in the thread on THEIR Facebook page announcing they will soon have a new batch ready for shipment, that I want one. Please let me know when you are ready to sell. In both places someone answers and says they will let me know.

Fast forward 35 days, I've heard nothing from them.

So I message them again and ask any of the new Hybryds available? Someone answers me back yeah we have them, sorry I wasn't able to message you back. NO LINK FOR THE LIST. NO PRICE. NO LINK TO A WEBSITE. NOTHING ELSE. End of message.

I don't know what economy these idiots live in but here in Virginia where I live and ran my own business for 13 years, when someone is slapping me in the face with their hard earned cash I promise you, if I have to work 20 hours a day I'm going to answer every e mail, every Facebook post, every Facebook messenger post, every phone call and every thread here as kindly and as politely as possible and take ALL the money I can get my hands on, till every grubby little mod is sold.

But that's just me.

And before some of you start defending them with this and that excuse....I know EXACTLY what it takes to design, source materials, production cost's, percentage of scrap, pay electric bills, taxes and employee payroll, insurance, shipping costs and get business loans. There is no good excuse except they just dropped the ball.

If you're going to submit your mod to Todd for review AND he raves about it shouldn't you be ramping your production up so you can meet the demand.

Blah, blah, blah......  

I don't ever gripe ..... about anything ...., I am very quiet and to myself a lot. A proud introvert so to speak. But this has been bugging me a lot lately. People gathered in a group "mainly facebook" and laugh and make fun of their local B&M's House Juice. Because nothing under $30 for 30 ml is good enough for them. I have great juice that wasn't massed produced and labeled "premium" Or others who rip apart someone for having a clone or whatever. Not everyone has the money to spend on this high end stuff ..... So I guess that means they should verbally be ripped to {Moderated}.... and called a cheap {Moderated}. or whatever. I thought the vape community was supposed to stick together and support each other's goal of quitting smoking no matter what device, juices what not. We have more things to worry about with fighting supreme court for our right to vape, not singling each other out based on how much your setup costs. Just my thoughts. Feel free to speak your mind.  

So just recently I was going about my business scrolling through my Facebook news feed(my first mistake) when I came across an album someone had shared to a close friend of mine's page. The photos consisted of a mech mod, several shots of a man with a severely burnt tongue/palate, and a status that read, "Our good friend Travis N-------- has asked us to help spread the word. A vapor smoker or, e-cig, exploded while he was using it.". How many more of these cases are we going to have before certain individuals realize we can't just sling out unregulated devices to every joe shmoe that walks into a shop? I'm tired of seeing posts generalizing e-cigarettes as inevitable pipe bombs because said individuals are too lazy to inform someone on the device they are investing in. Here's an idea, how about instead of trying to make 50 measly dollars you sit down with your customer and explain the dangers of unregulated devices and how they can be avoided? Oh god forbid you actually having to work a little for your money while at the same time preventing a potential disaster... I hope this post doesn't seem like I am accusing this forum of anything, but if I can reach at least one ignorant person then that is one less potential explosion I have to see/hear about. Pictures will be uploaded to a third party image hosting site to conceal the identities of those involved.

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Over at reddit, there's a lot of discussion about proposed legislation that is steadily heading toward regulations that would really harm the vape world, like 95% taxes, thousands of dollars to test every juice formulation, etc etc.

I'm kinda freaking out about it. And it's also really pissing me off considering what a boon vapes are to us ex-smokers. And the vast majority of the research thus far indicates that it is relatively safe, and yet congressmen and regulators are talking about it like it's huffing bath salts.

Are you guys pissed off? Concerned?
I think we should try to organize. I really liked the #VapingSavedMyLife slogan from that facebook campaign. Maybe we could build on that? T-Shirts? Demonstrations? social media?  

So I was lucky to find at work this week a tiny locker. The second I saw it I knew what I was going to use it for. Juice locker. I think I'll add a shelf someway and give it a paint job. Any suggestions? I've already pondered the idea of a car batterie inside and a 510 on top to make the ultimate box mod. I'd only have to charge it yearly. Hahaha joking! And I have to brag about the juice on the left I won it on a Facebook contest. Its flavorcrafters new line evolve. Decent stuff. Just waiting on my sample box and the locker should be crammed with flavor. Feel free to share your juice storage pics too. Vape on gang!  

Hey all,
I'm new to the forums, avid builder, DNA mod collector.
I'm basically wondering if anyone can help me get into the Box mod mafia group on Facebook, I'd love to have a few of their mods in my collection.
If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.  

One of my facebook friends posted an e-cig article and the title of it was "e-cigs have 10x more cancer causing ingredients than cigarettes" . I would like to be there when they "test" these things so I could see how their testing them and what brand of e-cig their testing.  

I still remember better times, when I would open a "General Discussion" forum and see only today's posts. Yesterday's posts I could find only at the bottom of the second page. What I see now? Only ten (10!) threads are recent. And at the end of the first (FIRST!) page I see 3 threads that are four (4!) days old. Sad, isn't it? I loved ECF...  

and talking about not smoking. She pointed out that the 25th of this month I will have been smoke free for 6 months. This equates to 5,610 smokes not smoked Pretty proud of that.

On a different note, can any one tell me how to add a counting banner at the bottom of my posts? Thinking I should have one too!!