OK I'm starting to feel better. My output of just under $1400 isn't so bad! I should be good for 8+yrs [aside from more VG buys eventually]. In fact I will probably quit before my stuff dies or runs out. Not that I have plans, but might eventually get tired of rebuilding RTAs... (though it's been 7yrs so far and it's not bugging me yet)... except on moodier occasions when I've thought, "this is a pain in the a--" ... then think about how much time I'd save if I didn't vape.I started stocking up about 2 1/2 years ago when the writing was on the wall. Other then what I already had, maybe a little less than 3k. I focused on back ups , consumables and DIY...So I am self sufficient for at least 5 years, maybe much more. By then I'll be 72 and will worry about it then...
Ha! Yeah, early on (circa 2014-2016) I'd think I had everything I needed... then new gear would come out that was so much better. But gear has pretty much stabilized now, imo. There are still improvements and innovations but if you have nice stuff that was purchased in the last few years, it's still good and probably always will be (esp if it gives you a good vape, because nothing else really matters in the end!).I began stockpiling well before the deeming regs were published 2016, but of course gear kept improving. For awhile there I was spending around $500 a month stockpiling. But, it was money that woulda gone to cigarettes if I'd of kept up that habit....
I stopped buying in earnest somewhere in the year 2018 because I needed to save money to make a big move, and bought only one vape item that wasn't batteries or VG per year since then and nothing this year
Ha! Yeah, early on (circa 2014-2016) I'd think I had everything I needed... then new gear would come out that was so much better. But gear has pretty much stabilized now, imo. There are still improvements and innovations but if you have nice stuff that was purchased in the last few years, it's still good and probably always will be (esp if it gives you a good vape, because nothing else really matters in the end!).
2016 was when the FDA regulations on vaping were supposed to start being enforced. Anything for sale would require the maker to submit for approval by the FDA anything related to vaping: e-juice, mods, attys, etc. What has happened since then is manufacturer's have been selling stuff until it's banned. If a manufacturer submits a device or juice for approval they could sell it until denied. Submitting the paperwork costs thousands of dollars and every little change in something would require another submission.@gopher_byrd I have seen reference to the "deeming regs" a few times lately. In 2016 I was not active on the forums and missed this. What are the deeming regs?
Ah, ok! Thanks for that. I remember now (didn't know they were called deeming regs)... I largely ignored it at the time, never thinking they could stop the vape wave... and they didn't. And they haven't really now. They just made it inconvenient. But kinda wonder if this will be like prohibition was... something that happened, then eventually got reversed. Can't count on that of course. But where there is demand, there will always be supply. One way or another.2016 was when the FDA regulations on vaping were supposed to start being enforced. Anything for sale would require the maker to submit for approval by the FDA anything related to vaping: e-juice, mods, attys, etc. What has happened since then is manufacturer's have been selling stuff until it's banned. If a manufacturer submits a device or juice for approval they could sell it until denied. Submitting the paperwork costs thousands of dollars and every little change in something would require another submission.
Shinyitis is still a problem, but I am fighting temptation... My second detonator died yesterday, was thinking of replacing them then realized I still have 4 mods BNB,,,Hah.....How ya doing Lucy.?Oh man, the temptation was almost unbearable at times, lmao
But, reaching back into the stash to use something primo that I hadn't used in a long while helped a lot
1st they take it away, then they allow it back in a way that allows them to make money off it.But kinda wonder if this will be like prohibition was... something that happened, then eventually got reversed. Can't count on that of course. But where there is demand, there will always be supply. One way or another.
Personally, the prospect of getting put into an ATF database without having done anything wrong keeps me from shopping.but I am fighting temptation
i'm going to wait and see what ends up in the vape shops. Those that survived are gonna need support...1st they take it away, then they allow it back in a way that allows them to make money off it.
Witness marijuana.
Personally, the prospect of getting put into an ATF database without having done anything wrong keeps me from shopping.
And alcohol. It was after prohibition (but don't know how long after) the alcohol tax skyrocketed. We don't realize how much of a bottle of rum or vodka is actually taxes. I forget the figure now but it's ginormous.1st they take it away, then they allow it back in a way that allows them to make money off it.
Witness marijuana.
At the local B&M or any US online site, true. And you have to wonder what the ATF does with all those names... like let's say you're someone who usually orders from a favorite Chinese vendor, but you're in a hurry for something and pick it up at the local B&M... now who's to say that when the ATF is screening packages that were kicked out to them from the regional customs clearing center, they don't scan the barcode of the package to run the recipient's name through their DB of known vapers collected from US sales.... Now they look at the package with a declared contents of something perhaps vague, (e.g. "electronics"), and if your name did not pop up in their db they might have let it go. But because you are a known as someone who has purchased vape products... they decide instead to open it and check.Personally, the prospect of getting put into an ATF database without having done anything wrong keeps me from shopping.
NOW I feel REALLY good! Hell, I can go spend another $5k!I haven't really counted it. I'm guessing maybe about $100k.
I love shopping in thw back of my collection. So much stuff i forgot i purchased. LolOh man, the temptation was almost unbearable at times, lmao
But, reaching back into the stash to use something primo that I hadn't used in a long while helped a lot
I knew I was gonna end up on a list...their DB of known vapers collected from US sales..
8 days ago I spent 2,290 Euros ($2,748) on a single purchase from a friend: a heat treated titanium Cipher FTR─Fuck The Rats tube mech for 2k Euros, a black ultem Cipher cap for 24mm Goon (Goon RDA not included) and bundled together with a matte black delrin Cipher button section for 140 Euros, and a rare Cipher FTR build mat for 150 Euros.My output of just under $1400 isn't so bad!
Yeah I just spent too much in the last week.I'm compiling all my orders from the past 2 months in a spreadsheet, and I'm very afraid to do autosum.... I'm betting it will be about 3 grand...
I do want to try to gather everything together for one epic vapemail shot...
Where did you find the LGs? I haven't been able to find them in stock anywhere.Yeah I just spent too much in the last week.
Bought 9 Limitless Classic mods in Bronze and Coral Blue Resin for $18 each.
600 coils for my Sense VJet tanks on the cheap.
90 more coils for my Hextron tanks.
790 more Crown 2 coils from a friend that doesn’t like those tanks. Only $100 for those.
Got 3 Gyrfalcon All 44 chargers.
40 of the LG Brownies
16 Uwell D2 RTAs for $1.99 each.
$200 worth or 26 and 38 wire from Wire Optim.
I think that’s it.
Central Vapor. May be out now. They had a sale on them about 2 weeks agoWhere did you find the LGs? I haven't been able to find them in stock anywhere.