Another one bites the dust

[Greg]

piratesvape.uk

Opportunity to to get some cheap Pixie concs if you're quick 

[minime]

Frightening really and I expect more will follow soon.

[Lee]

Makes you wonder if it is the TPD or over saturation of a limited market

Its still a shame to see companies go

[mikedidthis]

It is with great sadness we announce that we are effectively closing Piratesvape.UK to concentrate on other business interests.

I know the TPD is making our lives a heck of a lot hard, but maybe they just wanted to move on and the TPD was the finally nudge.

Regardless they helped me on my DIY journey and wish piratesvapeuk all the best for the future.

[Bob]

All the best for the future from me as well piratesvapeuk

[TJ]

They did say earlier this year that October they would be shutting up shop.

[piratesvapeuk]

Hello it's rather sad isn't it, I wouldn't have been able to buy the nicotine base I sell after the 20th of November anyway BUT the bottom just dropped out of the market a couple of months ago for whatever reason so it was time to move on to something else before I had to pay to get out of Piratesvape. Sad to say but people mostly just want cheap and vendors who don't apparently understand the difference between turnover and net profit are happy to cater to that. I know there are people who think differently but my estimation of the size of the DIY market is that it's only actually about 100,000 people and 2/3rds of them want to pay as little as they can...... I can't be bothered explaining why you should pay more for decent stuff any more so......

[djs]

Sad news.

...makes me wonder though, what with the comment about £4.99 for 10ml of 20mg.

There's going to be money to be made (and lots of it) but without the funds to jump the TPD hurdle may as well quit while ahead.

If these 'good guys' are in trouble, all we'll have left is TW and a few others... so then it'll be £6.99 for 10ml. Then £7.99...

Gutted really. Was going to order a few bits too.

[piratesvapeuk]

Sept 8, 2016 19:35:19 GMT djs said:

Sad news.

...makes me wonder though, what with the comment about £4.99 for 10ml of 20mg.

There's going to be money to be made (and lots of it) but without the funds to jump the TPD hurdle may as well quit while ahead.

If these 'good guys' are in trouble, all we'll have left is TW and a few others... so then it'll be £6.99 for 10ml. Then £7.99...

Gutted really. Was going to order a few bits too.

Unless you actually make something you won't make anything much on 10ml bottles. We never bought cheap strong nicotine to dilute down as many people do, you can't just do that in your shed (although much 'high quality base' is made in them.....) so it was time to say goodbye

[joeten]

piratesvapeuk Best of luck to you in whatever you do.

[piratesvapeuk]

Thank you all for all your good wishes - Tea is the future, The Timperley Tea Company Ltd to be precise. timperleytea.com should be live as from Tuesday next week, same deal as with Piratesvape really ie the best quality stuff, stored properly etc etc BUT this venture will be going into the real world, something that I was always frustrated I couldn't do with DIY vaping stuff.

So, if you like decent tea - and tea can mean so much more than black dust in a tea bag - then you know where I am

[Bob]

Shame, I don't drink the stuff Coffee man myself

[Perpetua]

Same here Bob , except I'm not a man  . . . . wishing you and The Timperley Tea Company Ltd all the very best piratesvapeuk .

[lobeydosser]

Hi piratesvapeuk, I must be a right odd ball.
Been tea-total for nearly 30 years and yet I have never drank a cup of tea in my life!!!!
So no profit to be made out of me, but good luck with your new venture.

[Cyberpixie]

As for Pixie flavours while not restricted by the TPD Brexit has put a bit of a spanner in the works. The weak pound means it's costing a lot more to buy them in due to the exchange rate, to the point it's barely worth doing any more because well, you can't make much on a £4 bottle of flavour despite what some think, there's very little profit in it. by the time you've paid large shipping fees which went up considerably approx 18 mths ago when buying from the USA, import fees and all the other necessary fees as well, then there's bottles, labels, printing inks and all other costs not immediately obvious.
I also dont buy huge quantities at cheaper prices prefering to buy smaller but regularly so they are fresher. I've always used the more expensive ones as well. So there's that too.

However, I still have a fair amount of flavours left and I would not like to see them go to waste. I'm hoping to sort something out to give people the chance to stock up a bit before finally calling it a day once the majority of it has gone. It won't happen next week but I should have more news on this in 4-6 weeks