Review 10ml squeezy LDPE bottles with thin tip

[inkyy]

Are you just trying to wind people up or do you beleive that you should be getting 20% extra each time.
I'm gonna try that at the petrol station.

 

[Colonelboom]

Nope, my wage is predictable.

But i see where you're heading with this.

E-cig market is constantly expanding, which in-turn means profits are growing, which means production on larger and larger scales get's cheaper (buying in bigger quantities lowers prices)

Yet we're not seeing liquid prices coming down, if anything they keep going up.

Even with my basic arithmetic skills, profit margins are increasing somewhere.

I'm still waiting to see what you think your costings are on an eliquid bottle.

You seem to have a fixed opinion on this already so I'd love to know just what parts of the process you aren't including in the budget

 

[Polo65]

I think he's , just trying to wind people up . Would you walk into a shop and expect 25 stinkys for the price of 20 if you were still smoking . And start shouting about the price break down of what they cost . Come on mate get real .

 

[Maxcat]

I think he's , just trying to wind people up . Would you walk into a shop and expect 25 stinkys for the price of 20 if you were still smoking . And start shouting about the price break down of what they cost . Come on mate get real .

Seems to be the other way round in 'real life'.

Retailer stung by shrinking tobacco pack sizes

 

[R rhabarbarum]

The cost of a 10ml bottle of so called 'premium' eliquid just seems a tad extravagant for me, an extra 2ml could lessen the blow somewhat, call it psychology

All it takes is for one well known vendor to do it and and shout 'hey look, we're giving you 12ml for the price of 10ml!' and many more will fall in line anyway.

I'd imagine most of the cost goes into the bottling and labelling, so an extra 2ml would be pennies anyway.

Maybe i'm anti-capitalist? Or maybe i just like bang for my buck, who knows?

Assuming your misgivings about eliquid pricing have at least a grain of truth attached, I do not think that would actually work, on more than one front:

It’s quite evident, both here and in the supermarket aisles that folk aren’t that good at basic arithmetic. How often do you see multibuy packs of tinned goods on offer as a ‘bargain’ in Asda (or similar)at higher prices than it would cost to purchase them as individual tins with no reduction on the listed price? I see it quite often . It doesn’t even require any knowledge of basic arithmetic to work out – there’s invariably a label on the shelf with the unit price by weight/measure too. And I'll bet a lot of people never even cast a glance at it. It’s the perception of value for money that attracts more than the actual facts.

“hey look, we’re giving you 12ml for the price of 10ml!”

OK – that might seem to fit with the perception of value for money thing, but (this may seem contradictory; bear with me ....)
They would have to wave a big flag and state that they were selling you 12ml to attract you in the first place. While 10ml bottles are the most popular smaller unit size, 15ml bottles are pretty common too (and 7ml less so). “12ml instead of 15ml – I’m being short-changed!”. Or, you work out the price/ml (I always do). It’s actually 12ml for the price of 12ml – I’m not paying for the relative volume of air in the bottle, but the liquid. By volume. You can’t see the bottle itself when you buy online for the first time anyway.

Besides, there is no universal standard “price of 10ml” to calibrate this assumed bargain. It’s easy enough to fashion the illusion of value by giving the product a high list price (even with a stated 12ml in the bottle!), then offer seemingly ‘generous’ discount codes on internet forums and other social media sites. I’ve even recently seen one new vendor offering their relatively expensive liquid at a significant ‘discount’ as soon as their website went live – dubious at best. The whole gourmet/connoisseur/artisan/premium/ boutique shtick lends itself only too well to prestige/premium pricing strategies. You do not “get what you pay for” as often espoused - you get what you pay for at the price you’re prepared to pay for it. If the margins are as healthy as you presume then there's probably room for more market-penetrating pricing on broadly comparable products from new (or existing) retailers somewhere down the line. It's a relatively young market, after all.

 

[Raguri]

I diy, and even then, the true cost of.your liquid is a hell of a lot more than you think.
I've wasted a good amount of money on shit concentrates, shit nic base, and shit bottles.
Then, there's the time spent making experimental mixes, as well as, the time.spent making the ones you know work.
It adds up.
Your cheap liquid, is just that. Cheap. And probably tastes like ass.

Another thing to ask is, the cheap stuff, where's the nicotine from?
Was talking to a guy at vf who knew his liquid bloody well. And he informed me that most cheap liquids used nic base from.overseas to cut the cost. He then.told me that the liquid I was using used it, without me even showing him the bottle. He just knew from the colour.

 

[cosd]

Fuck it, since we're asking I think we should be getting 14ml for the price of 10
, and if it don't fit in the little bottle the tight arses give us, they should get bigger ones

 

[steffijade]

I think it's entirely correct that someone, somewhere is cashing in on eliquid.

From what I've seen, that someone seems to be Royal Mail when it comes to online sales.

It seems to be usual that if you buy premixed liquids in smallish quantities (like a 10ml bottle), it can be a little on the expensive side (relatively speaking) but if you find a liquid that you like and are prepared to buy in larger quantities, the relative price per ml tends to drop.

So if the price of eliquid pisses you off, maybe buy in larger volumes? Or mix your own? Or go back to smoking analogs and actually have something tangible to whine about?

 

[ZDVapes]

One thing that has'nt been mentioned, those vendors who sell decent eliquid also pay for getting there liquid analised which itself is costly I recently got a quote and it's not cheap. You pay for what you get simple. same with anything in life.

 

[MrTeaTime]

to be honest, and i mean no disrespect to anybody that does, but i wouldnt go anywhere near cheap juice