While you waited...

[playa4life]

When you Vape Veterans just got started, what did you do while you waited on your first online purchase to arrive? I'm itching to start vaping but my order is around 50 days away from being in my hands.
Not sure if the wait is going to kill me first or the stinkies I'm smoking while I wait for my AL85 t be delivered!!!!
Waiting sucks!!!


Love this forum btw!!! Great community!

 

[playa4life]

Well, you technically own the device already and have paid for it but you're not able to use it and must continue to buy cigarettes in the meanwhile. That surely dilutes the saving somewhat? Although, of course, you would have needed to buy juice if you'd got the device immediately, so there's that. Still, I applaud your patience. I'd consider ordering from overseas if it was a second or third vape device and I had something to vape in the meanwhile. For my first device, I couldn't even wait for overnight vapemail. I went into a B&M and bought immediately. When I want it, I want it.

If vape budget is an issue, I would recommend making your own DIY coils and juice asap. Although the start-up costs of both are steep (coiling rig, scale, etc), they are once-off costs. Once you have the basics to start coiling/mixing, the savings are immense.

You can also find ways to save further as you go along. I've always been interested in making my own Clapton coils. It's not a major need but something I wanted to dabble in. I could have bought a commercial kit which includes the motor and rig. But it's essentially an electric drill motor and clamp, and I already have two electric drills at home which I use once every 3.5 years to put up a shelf or hang a painting. Why spend on yet another drill motor when I'm not even using the two I already have? Instead I'm getting kimbo to 3D print me a jig from a plan I found on t'interwebs. It will give me a perfectly functional Clapton rig at one-fifth the cost of the commercial kit. Chicken dinner.

I'll look into building my own coils once I've started vaping. Considering my kit comes with two coils, I shouldbe good for at least a month once all is said and done. Might order a 5 pack of replacement coils once mine arrives. The RBA coil isn't that expensive so it's definitely on my radar. As for making my own e-juice - I've already got some recipes which I pulled off the net and I'm looking at getting a digital kitchen scale. But those ideas are far off for now. Now, I just wait and look at other vapers in envious admiration. Creepy/Not creepy

 

[Stosta]

Thanx @Stosta
When you say "local post office", do you mean Cape Mail? Coz I didn't put down my home address, I used the company I work for's address. Seeing that I'm there every day anyway and the fact that the company is literally right next door to Cape Mail. I imagined that I'd have to collect from Cape Mail directly?

Yeah then it will probably sit there and they will send notifications to your work address saying that the item is there.

But as long as you keep an eye on the tracking, once it shows that it is in CT then you should be able to go there and collect from them.

 

[RichJB]

I've already got some recipes which I pulled off the net and I'm looking at getting a digital kitchen scale.

Good plan, although I'd get a scale from a DIY vendor rather than a generic kitchen scale. For example, kitchen scales from Takealot are, on average, double the price of the DIY scales available from Blck, The Flavour Mill, Vape Hyper and other forum DIY vendors. So the belief that specialist shops are more expensive doesn't always hold good.

This applies to other mixing supplies as well. Some people buy Dolly Varden VG from pharmacies or other general retailers in the belief that it will be cheaper there than at a vape shop. Makro sells 600ml of VG for R61.95. Clyrolinx sells one liter of VG for R50. Clyrolinx also sells 100ml glass or amber bottles for R4.50 each. Not even Westpack Lifestyle can beat that price.

 

[playa4life]

Very useful info @RichJB
Thanx

 

[kev mac]

I ordered from Hong Kong directly. Cost was the biggest driver behind me ordering online vs getting the same thing locally. Except for the wait, I basically got the item for less than half of what I would have paid locally. Didn't think the wait would drive me this crazy though.
Free shipping takes a whilwhile and a day. Lol.

I can relate to your desire for saving. I have bought many products from China and the savings can be substantial.That said the wait can be agonizing,especially that first one. I have also bought a bit especially juices from my local B and M that offers instant gratification not to mention service.Also I like to hang out on occasion with some cool folks there.Try to put your purchase out of mind and forget about it.It will be here before you know.You will learn the ins and outs of vape ordering and find the best way to get the things you want.

 

[kev mac]

Thanx for the link.
4 is a bit much but will see if I can find someone willing to go 50/50 month end. I'd like to get all my supplies ready while I wait on my device to be delivered. That gives me, at most, a 4 - 6 week lead time to acquire all my goodies.
I guess the long wait does have it's advantages, albeit minimal. Lol

Believe me the extra cells will never go to waste.You will learn quickly as a vaper that batteries are a useful commodity.