My e-Cigarette Experiences…

I just got off the phone with Blu Customer Service, and I’ve elected to cancel that order.  It’s been 26 days and the order is still pending, so I’ve gone to another source to get started on this journey.  The story is no good if there’s no action, and I just can’t wait any longer to move on.   Now…  I do want you all to know that I STILL like the offering that Blu have come up with, and the price point as well, so there is still a chance that I may try again later when I’m not as anxious to get started vaping instead of smoking.  But that day will be a month or two down the road when I’ve tried it for a while and am convinced that it’s worth the time to try more than one product.  It’s just a shame that I’m not holding my Blu right now (which is about the length of time it SHOULD have taken based on ordering day information). 

Now I know you’re all wondering WHAT I’ve ordered and from WHERE!?

After looking at DOZENS of online suppliers, and an equal number of products of various types – heck… I even called Mark down at Innovapor.com – and I’ve come to the decision that there are a large and growing number of young start-ups that are going to either do or die in this game quickly.  So I’m going to watch, and perhaps over the months ahead try a few out (YES!!!  I AM open to sample products!), and through the combination of my day-to-day travels and blogging I’ll be selling a lot of these things all over the place as I go.  But to get me started, I needed to find something that was in the form factor I wanted, came in a nice presentation, and offered the specific flavours I’m looking for.  But MOST importantly, somebody that could actually sell me something and SHIP it to me ASAP!

Who won?  I ended up clicking the Buy button this time over at e-cig.com.  I ordered the E8 Type C pack to start me off with a selection of flavours at both Extra high and High strengths.  I went with the Black battery, and just to be different the gold Cartridges.  The starter kit comes with an old-style flip open cigarette case that holds a couple batts, a couple of extra carts and of course one ready to use e8.  I’m mainly a menthol smoker so I’ve selected most of the included 43 carts in that flavour, but will be getting 5 of the cherry and 5 flu-cured for comparison.  The e8, if you don’t know, is of the newer type that includes the disposable atomizer in the carts, so should be a good starter for a rookie like me.

The whole kit, including shipping, came in at $140US, a little more than the $90 order I had placed with Blu but I’m hoping will get me through the first 3 to 4 weeks of transition.  And… if they are true to their shipping promise, I should have product before the end of next week!  Let’s cross everything and see what happens.  If it does arrive before the 24th I’ll also buy some lottery tickets that day!

Anyhow…  that’s the latest from me for now.  Hopefully, in about a week’s time, I’ll be able to actually start documenting my first vaping experiences and share with you all how that transition goes.

Best wishes to all, and of course, the links on my site DO contain affiliate codes, so use them when you can so I can help to lower the costs of exploration.  I’m doing this blog in the hopes of moving a whole lot of people off of tobacco and into something that is at least somewhat more healthy.

And to Jason, Mark, and the others that I’ve spoken to so far…  get your companies going and make sure you can ship product quickly, and of course that you can ship my supplies to Canada, and I PROMISE you that I’ll be back with an order some time in the future.  But stay alive in the process… it’s going to be a NASTY market in a big hurry!  Ain’t Capitalism Great!?

Cheers

njw

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