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where do you buy your vapes?

where do you buy your vapes?

  • from local stores

    Votes: 4 21.1%
  • fron ebay

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • from online stores

    Votes: 16 84.2%

  • Total voters
    19

SanVape

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Hello friends, would you pls share the way you buy your vapes normally? Buy it from local store or online? Let's make a statistics;
 

5150sick

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Hello friends, would you pls share the way you buy your vapes normally? Buy it from local store or online? Let's make a statistics;

I get everything online.
Mostly because it's cheaper and I already know they have what I'm looking for.
 

Anibird

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Everything online. The b&m stores are too expensive and don't carry a variety of stock.
 

Carambrda

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I am in Europe, and, online sales to consumers are banned in my country. So local store for me, occasionally some used stuff from a friend, but I only buy authentic, mostly expensive high end USA brand (and one Canadian brand) mech mods and RDAs so that makes my hobby even more expensive... right now I own close to 100 mods and a bucket full of RDAs.
 

SanVape

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I am in Europe, and, online sales to consumers are banned in my country. So local store for me, occasionally some used stuff from a friend, but I only buy authentic, mostly expensive high end USA brand (and one Canadian brand) mech mods and RDAs so that makes my hobby even more expensive... right now I own close to 100 mods and a bucket full of RDAs.
Yes, i agree with you, it is much more expensive but from a local store. Hope they will cancel the prohibition in Europe soon!
 

Carambrda

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Yes, i agree with you, it is much more expensive but from a local store. Hope they will cancel the prohibition in Europe soon!
Thank you for the moral support, but in the near future if anything will change about vaping regulations in Europe, then I can almost guarantee that it won't be for the better... especially not here in Belgium, because neo-liberal perseverance is an epidemic among politicians.
 

SanVape

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Thank you for the moral support, but in the near future if anything will change about vaping regulations in Europe, then I can almost guarantee that it won't be for the better... especially not here in Belgium, because neo-liberal perseverance is an epidemic among politicians.
Oh, i am so sorry to hear that! By the way, one of my best friends live in Belgium! Hahaha, i feel warm to know that you are in Belgium too!
 

sr20vet

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I am 99% online buying. I only support 1 local b&m and it's only for factory coils. Most all my gear comes from here and some from FT.

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CJ-3

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Online stores only. Had a bad experience in the local B&M so I research what I am looking for online and then price shop a few places.
 

BronzyIsland

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Online exclusively. Haven't been in a vape shop for 2 years.

last time i went to a vape shop, 3 or 4 years ago...it ws beyond vape on mark place in manhattan.
then the ny govt came out with their "you cant try flavors before buying" and i think "cant vape in vape shops" rule which was 1 million x 1 million levels of idiotic
but in a state where you cant hookah in a hookah bar, cant smoke a cigar in a cigar shop...i wasnt surprised.
i hate living here.

so online.
mostly ejuices.com
but rarely.

i mostly used ebay in the past.
had gotten great great deals from a few sellers unloading super cheap but high quality vape juice till my stock was full.

same with gear.

but since i now vape exclusively pod systems and stopped using mods...i used a lil bodega near me that sells plus pods which fit in my juul and ovns w01 system.

but i noticed i cant buy or get anything on ebay anymore.
ebay
especially after this "vape scare".........isnt fucking with vape devices being sold on their site anymore.
you can still find skin wraps and decals, and cases for your vape devices.
but no more vaping devices are being allowed anymore.
its now impossible to successfully search and find vape devices on ebay.
you haveta be very lucky to find what youre looking for now.
sadness.
i loved buying mods on ebay.
now
kaput.

i cant really tell who is against vape gear on ebay. paypal? or ebay?
i say ebay since i can find a good number of vape oline shops accepting paypal...but just not ebay anymore.
sucks ass man.
 

Anibird

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last time i went to a vape shop, 3 or 4 years ago...it ws beyond vape on mark place in manhattan.
then the ny govt came out with their "you cant try flavors before buying" and i think "cant vape in vape shops" rule which was 1 million x 1 million levels of idiotic
but in a state where you cant hookah in a hookah bar, cant smoke a cigar in a cigar shop...i wasnt surprised.
i hate living here.

so online.
mostly ejuices.com
but rarely.

i mostly used ebay in the past.
had gotten great great deals from a few sellers unloading super cheap but high quality vape juice till my stock was full.

same with gear.

but since i now vape exclusively pod systems and stopped using mods...i used a lil bodega near me that sells plus pods which fit in my juul and ovns w01 system.

but i noticed i cant buy or get anything on ebay anymore.
ebay
especially after this "vape scare".........isnt fucking with vape devices being sold on their site anymore.
you can still find skin wraps and decals, and cases for your vape devices.
but no more vaping devices are being allowed anymore.
its now impossible to successfully search and find vape devices on ebay.
you haveta be very lucky to find what youre looking for now.
sadness.
i loved buying mods on ebay.
now
kaput.

i cant really tell who is against vape gear on ebay. paypal? or ebay?
i say ebay since i can find a good number of vape oline shops accepting paypal...but just not ebay anymore.
sucks ass man.
You can find them if you get creative in your search but you're right. Most of the vape stuff is gone from ebay. I wonder why?
 

SpectoVia

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As far as hardware, all at online stores except for a vape pen I bought at a vape shop booth during PrideFest last year.
(Left Brain was politicking and I was on a Marlon Perkins-inspired socio-anthropological field trip.)

I've purchased eliquid at a B&M.....maybe 3 or 4 times in the last 3 years just because I was in between deliveries.

I had one significant visit to a B&M that made me walk out empty handed and shaking my head.....

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DonBaldy

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98% online. I try to support local shops when I can but I have my limits. IF on the rare occasion they have what I'm looking for and it's within $10 of what I can get online then I'll buy local. Hell I just bought an RDA at a local shop and was shocked when the guy told me it they were asking $25 for it. Taxes brought it roughly $27. I would have paid more online with shipping. I also avoid "vape" shops that start carrying more glassware and accessories than vape stuff. That's becoming very common here.
 

Wb80

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Not a single decent or knowledgeable b&m by me. They are all morans.
 

Wb80

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99% of gear i purchase is done here on vu
 

bikerboogieman

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When I started vaping, I bought a vape pen and some juice from the local store. Started looking around on line and found much more selection and better pricing. Haven't been back since. Businesses that price their products competitively get my business, those that don't, don't.
 

Amber Petti

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I buy from a local vape shop. They carry everything and helped me from beginning to current for me. I started with an Orchid. Now I have an Aegis Legend.
 

5150sick

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I buy from a local vape shop. They carry everything and helped me from beginning to current for me. I started with an Orchid. Now I have an Aegis Legend.

You'll find that online prices are 50%+ cheaper than vape shops.
I have gone to most around my area in order to plant some vaping underground business cards and ask if they'd like to be listed in our B&M section.
When I'm there I'll usually buy something while I'm taking to the clerk even if it's just a 15ml of juice.

If i walk in and its a head shop I just turn around and walk right back out because they could care less about vaping and they surely aren't in any vaping trade associations.

I'm other words they don't give back to a community that literally puts food on their tables.

They'll just go back to selling the other stuff that they have been selling all along if vaping gets banned.
 

Amber Petti

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You'll find that online prices are 50%+ cheaper than vape shops.
I have gone to most around my area in order to plant some vaping underground business cards and ask if they'd like to be listed in our B&M section.
When I'm there I'll usually buy something while I'm taking to the clerk even if it's just a 15ml of juice.

If i walk in and its a head shop I just turn around and walk right back out because they could care less about vaping and they surely aren't in any vaping trade associations.

I'm other words they don't give back to a community that literally puts food on their tables.

They'll just go back to selling the other stuff that they have been selling all along if vaping gets banned.
The vape shop I go to is only vape juice, mods, tanks, etc. no other items. And they’re really helpful.

Being here I’m already learning a lot so I’ll definitely be trying out online shopping for my vaping needs.
 

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I have bought one 18650 battery at a local shop. When I first started vaping, bought a couple of cigalikes at convenience stores. Other than that, everything has been bought online.
 

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