e-juice prices

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Is it just me who finds £3+ for a bottle of juice too expensive.

[BrenD]

Apr 24, 2014 23:51:34 GMT @tubthumper said:

Is it just me who finds £3+ for a bottle of juice too expensive.

It depends on what you are vaping.  £15 when you include the postage for a 20ml bottle of Gin's Addiction doesn't seem like good value and is too expensive to be an ADV for me, but vaping it makes me happy.  Very happy.  Treats aside, I'd much rather spend £5-6 on a 10ml bottle of juice I know I'm going to enjoy, than £2-3 on a bottle of Hangsen/Dekang/whatever you can get for the price (Joose Juice I'm fond of, aside) that I won't get as much pleasure from.

[Deleted]

Good vapes dont need to be expensive Joosejuice is a classic example for affordable prices.

[BrenD]

Apr 25, 2014 0:16:11 GMT @tubthumper said:

Good vapes dont need to be expensive Joosejuice is a classic example for affordable prices.

I couldn't agree more!  But when you think about what a pack of 20 stinkies costs these days, £5-6 for a bottle of juice that will last me 2-3 days is good value.

[Perpetua]

Mix your own eliquid if you're looking to make economies on eliquid @tubthumper . . . once you've done the initial outlay, then it really is very cost effective.

Other than one rather disappointing purchase, I've not bought any eliquid for the best part of 3 years now.

[Deleted]

there is one eliquid i would willingly pay a fortune for and indeed have done and will continue to do so but its only one. i tend to mix to save costs

[collie2011]

I mix to save money and now that some of the gourmet juice places sell their concentrates too, I don't think I can bring myself to spend money on expensive juice that I might hate.

[Deleted]

mine is a tried and trusted brand and flavour. simply love it but i vape it on occasion and not as my adv. roll on vapefest so i can stock up !

[SmokeRainbow]

It's always cheaper if you take big bottle, let's say for example Mount Baker where price of 15ml bottle cost about 4pounds but 235ml bottle is about 27 pounds. The price per ml is 12 pennies. It's good value then.

[Deleted]

Apr 25, 2014 4:57:04 GMT Perpetua said:

Mix your own eliquid if you're looking to make economies on eliquid @tubthumper . . . once you've done the initial outlay, then it really is very cost effective.

Other than one rather disappointing purchase, I've not bought any eliquid for the best part of 3 years now.

Best thing I started to do was mix my own. I control what's in it, how much of each component and its a fun pastime and hobby. I can graduate the nicotine downwards as slowly as I want. The cost is greatly reduced.

And I don't have to pay postage (only once perhaps in weeks).

I never run out as there is always something I can knock up in minutes to my liking.

[davetherayon]

Make your own. It's really easy and fun to mix and match flavours till you find those that are YUM!

[Jerri]

Apr 24, 2014 23:51:34 GMT @tubthumper said:

Is it just me who finds £3+ for a bottle of juice too expensive.

I've mixed feelings about juices. But do think some ask far too much. £6 for a 10ml bottle of liquid. IMO is too much.

Then there's postage. I've sent many a bottle of 10ml juice by post and it's around 90p. Yet some vendors charge £3. So £9 for a 10ml bottle. That's outrageous. Especially when you take into account the fact they'll probably have a business account with RM so won't even pay 90p to ship. One vendor charges £6 for first class postage. That is a complete rip off. And puts me off right away.

I know I could mix my own but I'll be honest. I'm lazy. I don't recoil either (although I have tried. And failed). At first I enjoyed vaping a lot but now for me personally finding juice I like is a hassle. I've tried everything in the local b@m shops, and vaped the stuff I like from them to the point of it now tasting of nothing. And have wasted so much cash on juice I end up not liking that I'm now reluctant to spend yet more money on juice.

And given I was a very light smoker, Vaping for me has been vastly more expensive than smoking.

Sorry. That sounds like I'm slating vaping. I'm not. I think it's bloody marvellous. I'm slating myself being a fussy bint!

I do wish a lot more vendors would take the joose juice approach. 10ml sample for £1.50 is spot on.

I know there's the site for 1ml samples but again 60p for 1ml of juice makes me balk. Take their chefs vapour sample pack. It's £20 plus p&p for 23 ml of juice. That's not a cheap way to try juices. It's a good way to try a lot of different juices. But it's not cheap. And often more expensive per ml than buying from the original vendor.

[Didge]

I started mixing my own a few months ago, my juice is currently working out at 15 pence a day.

I also charge my batteries at work which also saves the pennies

[Karma]

I also charge my batteries at work which also saves the pennies

[djs]

Apr 24, 2014 23:51:34 GMT @tubthumper said:

Is it just me who finds £3+ for a bottle of juice too expensive.

Depends what it is. Let's face it.... out there in "non-forum-land" people think £4.99 is THE price for liquid. They spend this without question.
Some of the shysters out there are charging £5.99 or even £6.99. One Vendor likes to charge £8.50 for 10ml Dekang.

One day, when I'm done with Vaping, it will start to even out. It'll become like coffee. Nobody would walk into Tesco and pay £7 for a small Nescafe jar.

t.b.h. the whole thing drives me mad. I have no issue, whatsoever, with any liquid at any price if it's quality niche stuff.

I bought 30ml last month for £5.70. Some rip-off "brands" will get their customers to part with £15-£20 for that.... because "it's cheaper than smoking"....

Google is out there, people should bl***** use it. It's a joke. One "make" of e-liquid costs 26p per 10ml to manufacture. The company charge £6.99 and people just pay it.