Help needed please - I'm a floundering newbie!

[kibbster]

Mar 7, 2013 21:29:00 GMT Chrissie said:

Mar 7, 2013 21:17:08 GMT emmita said:

Hello Roscopecotrain, if you read the link given in the post above yours it will tell you everything. Unfortunately I found this forum and read the warning AFTER I made my request for the Free Trial.!

The small print in their advertisements is practically invisible, and I had no idea I had signed up for a membership deal for which they have charged me £73 for just 10 cartomizers. And they take this money from your credit card within days of you pressing the submit button! I paid by Credit Card, and have now cancelled that card, so hopefully they won't get any more of my hard earned cash.

Believe me, I will get some e-liquid and refill those damned expensive cartomizers until they fall apart in order to get my money's worth out of them!! LOL!

Oh (((((Emmita)))) I'm so sorry that they have taken you for so much money They do it with many other items, not just e-cigs I utterly despise them & wish there was some way of putting a stop to them

Just on the off chance that a 510 threaded cartomiser will fit your "free trial" e-cig, I'm more than happy to pop one in the post to you if you like, just PM me your address.

I agree.
It makes me really angry that these scammers are some people's introduction to vaping and e-cigs.
In such a community centric pastime/life choice it's sickening that some scumbags are willing to take advantage of people in this way, and to take advantage of people who are desperate to find a way from tobacco.

I'll get off my high horse now but I've noticed that one thing the successful vendors have got in common is not ripping off the community.
Still if these people pull scams like that, they probably pull other scams and hopefully one day they'll get shut down by Trading Standards and get some of the grief back they've caused others.

And breathe
 

[Adam78]

hey Chrissie, just saw this..

Mar 7, 2013 17:28:59 GMT Chrissie said:

I reckon that will be an RN4081 thread - as good as impossible to buy cartomisers for it in the UK

I noticed a while ago that the "Super" ecig Liberro used to do before the Realis was an RN4081 fitting, you can actually still get the cartos for it here (half price too)

RN4081 cartos

if you look down the page it says "ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH SUPER ECIG RN4081"

But I have to say..best to put it down to experience, and get something easy to use/re-fill that performs great. If having a large e-cig bothers you, try a mini eGo battery and an eVod clearomizer the whole thing is tiny (about 12cm)



the battery only cost me about £7 and about £6 for the eVod, get a usb charger, some nice juice and you're all set

[emmita]

Adam78, your photo does look very similar to mine - which incidentally I think is 9mm diameter ( darned hard to measure mm's!)
And Chrissie, thanks for your offer, so generous of you. But I am currently on holiday ( so a shock to see my CC statement!), but I intend to order some new kit from Vapescape on my return anyway as it seems very reasonably priced and similar to the one I have currently, so I will then know anyway if the cartomizers are compatible,........will let you know.

You've all been very kind and generous with your information, thank you so much

[djs]

Mar 7, 2013 22:14:27 GMT Adam78 said:

the battery only cost me about £7 and about £6 for the eVod, get a usb charger, some nice juice and you're all set

Am I right in thinking the eVod is easier to rewick than the T3/MT3?

[Deleted]

Really sorry that your first venture into the world of vaping was an extremly expensive one, Emmita. At least your next step will prove to be far better & loads cheaper, even with AAE-C ninjas guiding you. Welcome to the forum btw.

[emmita]

Just a bit of info which may be useful to somebody. As said above I am on holiday - in the Canary Islands, and had thought I'd be able to get refill carto's - no luck though. As a substitute, I purchased a very cheap kit from one of the many Chinese run shops here. Called the E-Health cigarette. It comes with a car charger, USB charger for the computer and a wall charger, plus 10 replacement disposable cartos. All for the grand sum of Euros 6.90!! Now, I don't expect it will last for very long, but is certainly doing the trick for the time being. The bonus is, that the wall charger and USB outlet IS compatible with my rip-off kit which did not supply a wall charger.

The replacement cartos/atomizers for my cheap Chinese kit cost just Euro 1 for 10!!!!

[Adam78]

Mar 7, 2013 22:44:04 GMT djs said:

Am I right in thinking the eVod is easier to rewick than the T3/MT3?

yes mate, both are pretty easy when you get the hang of it but the eVod is easier. You can unscrew the part that holds the coil, out of the base, making it much easier to snip the ends of your coil wire off, there's tutorials on youtube for both the T3 and eVod

[andylec]

emmita,very sorry to read of your plight,but welcome to the forum

[kibbster]

99% of the stuff I am using is Chinese in fact everything apart from some of the liquids.
It's where most of it comes from so don't worry about it being Chinese

[emmita]

Well, Jess, I suppose I have to take some responsibility for getting hoodwinked by this outrageous company, but it was certainly not a well presented and informed website especially for those of us who are getting on a bit!

By the way, I LOVE your avatar........I kind of see myself as a human version of your cool vaping cat!

[Adam78]

Mar 7, 2013 22:58:59 GMT emmita said:

Just a bit of info which may be useful to somebody. As said above I am on holiday - in the Canary Islands, and had thought I'd be able to get refill carto's - no luck though. As a substitute, I purchased a very cheap kit from one of the many Chinese run shops here. Called the E-Health cigarette. It comes with a car charger, USB charger for the computer and a wall charger, plus 10 replacement disposable cartos. All for the grand sum of Euros 6.90!! Now, I don't expect it will last for very long, but is certainly doing the trick for the time being. The bonus is, that the wall charger and USB outlet IS compatible with my rip-off kit which did not supply a wall charger.

The replacement cartos/atomizers for my cheap Chinese kit cost just Euro 1 for 10!!!!

sounds like the bargain of the year to me hope you enjoy the rest of your holiday 

[djs]

Mar 7, 2013 23:02:13 GMT Adam78 said:

Mar 7, 2013 22:44:04 GMT djs said:

Am I right in thinking the eVod is easier to rewick than the T3/MT3?

yes mate, both are pretty easy when you get the hang of it but the eVod is easier. You can unscrew the part that holds the coil, out of the base, making it much easier to snip the ends of your coil wire off, there's tutorials on youtube for both the T3 and eVod

Are you sure? It's taken me over an hour to get the rubber bung in the bottom of a T3......it's enough stress to make me take up smoking.....

[Deleted]

Mar 7, 2013 23:06:38 GMT emmita said:

Well, Jess, I suppose I have to take some responsibility for getting hoodwinked by this outrageous company, but it was certainly not a well presented and informed website especially for those of us who are getting on a bit!

By the way, I LOVE your avatar........I kind of see myself as a human version of your cool vaping cat!

I spose & it's a hard lesson learned but it is set up to catch folk, which is totally out of order. Pleased you've found something ultra cheap that is tiding you over whilst on your hols, that's a blessing. Stock up before you return.

LOL Thankyou, tis rather sweet. I shamelessly stole him from somewhere vapified, although I don't remember where.

[Roscopecotrain]

I went and had a look at these free trial things and yes the small print was nearly impossible to find. Im guessing a lot of people find out the hardway.

Glad you are sorted now though with your cheap kit on holiday. Relax and enjoy and then see where you are when you are back.

+1 for the riva from me too. Great little kit and will always stay with you when you upgrade.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2

[Tabs-cat]

Mar 7, 2013 21:54:49 GMT Darkginger said:

Tabs - go with the Riva suggestions here - I only started vaping a couple of days ago, and got an Ego Twist kit from an Irish supplier, which is working well for me, but it sounds like the Riva is equally simple - and it really IS simple. You get the kit, you charge up your battery, you attach it to the 'tank' that holds your liquid, and that's more or less it. Adding the juice is easy - it's as simple as unscrewing a lid and pouring a small amount of liquid into the chamber. All the technical terms ARE confusing, I know, but I've spent the past 2 days reading everything I can find on the web about vaping, watching YouTube vids and so on, and it seems to me that it's a bit like buying a car - some people want to know what's under the bonnet, others just want to drive somewhere. I'm a driver, not a mechanic - I'd be happy in a Reliant Robin, so long as it got me where I wanted to go. Hence my starter kit. It works, and that's all I need to know for now. Go order the Riva - once you start using it, suddenly everything will make more sense

Thank you Darkginger, I will defo order the Riva, seems easy enough to fill, trial and error so to speak, will let you know how I get on Have to really do something about this cough and everything associated with the perils of smoking. Thanks again.