Lol ime not sure if thats such a good idea theres aallot of skeletons in the closet thingy's involved.
Send me a pm, this goes to anyone in the industry, if you feel you will be victimised in any way send the details to me and i will be more then happy to post the details. I will keep your identity secret but just post the info so we are all in this loop
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Well i got a pm from some one and lets just say that most people that play victim are usually the ones who caused it for themselves.
I would love bling to respond to this but i dont think they will,
Ill leave this last bit here so anyone that is unaware can read further up(post #406) ; we all remember the Golisi/bling website incident.
I have also met one or two new vape shop owners and not one of them complained about e liquid suppliers, it was the other way around were the suppliers wants them to stock their lines but they dont have the capacity yet.
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I would love bling to respond to this but i dont think they will,
Ill leave this last bit here so anyone that is unaware can read further up(post #406) ; we all remember the Golisi/bling website incident.
I have also met one or two new vape shop owners and not one of them complained about e liquid suppliers, it was the other way around were the suppliers wants them to stock their lines but they dont have the capacity yet.
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We know this will get taken down... but here goes,
We as bling would love to comment and explain to you how and who is manipulating the market but we are not in this industry to be petty and childish like that... not to mention South African laws on Defamation...
I think that we need to explain GOLISI issue to the public...
We obtained the sole distro rights and was sabotaged by vendors telling GOLISI management that " If BLING is the sole distributor they will never support GOLISI ever again"
nuf said...
after all that our distribution certificate got taken away as they did not want to be in business with "hated" vendors...
We wanted to do good in SA but around every corner we get blocked or cut off...
WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO BE ON ECIGSSA AS A VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND BE TRANSPARENT.
THIS JUST GAVE US AN EVEN WORSE REP, because we can not answer any questions or respond to any allegations..
We at BLING love the vaping scene and we made it our mission to help smokers quit and to grow the industry as a whole, making sales channels and distribution channels seamless... unfortunately it would seem that in South Africa it is all about the money.
Please remember we love all our customers and respect every single vendor in South Africa.
If you have any questions please DM us on our FB page.
We as bling would love to comment and explain to you how and who is manipulating the market but we are not in this industry to be petty and childish like that... not to mention South African laws on Defamation...
I think that we need to explain GOLISI issue to the public...
We obtained the sole distro rights and was sabotaged by vendors telling GOLISI management that " If BLING is the sole distributor they will never support GOLISI ever again"
nuf said...
after all that our distribution certificate got taken away as they did not want to be in business with "hated" vendors...
We wanted to do good in SA but around every corner we get blocked or cut off...
WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO BE ON ECIGSSA AS A VENDOR TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND BE TRANSPARENT.
THIS JUST GAVE US AN EVEN WORSE REP, because we can not answer any questions or respond to any allegations..
We at BLING love the vaping scene and we made it our mission to help smokers quit and to grow the industry as a whole, making sales channels and distribution channels seamless... unfortunately it would seem that in South Africa it is all about the money.
Please remember we love all our customers and respect every single vendor in South Africa.
If you have any questions please DM us on our FB page.
Thank you for the reply. Its appreciated, I personally feel that Bling could have exposed Golisi and other vendors before things got this far and could have avoided many frustrations on your as well as your customers side and also customers would see those companies for what they rrally stand for and could give us the opportunity to decide if we wanna support those brands or not in future.
I personally drive pass atleast 5 vape stores to go to a vape shop where I feel appreciated for the support and welcomed with no arrogance when answering questions and I have spent over R10k there already (something the other shops could have had a share in)
As with Golisi, I will never support their products again because of their business ethic.
I will continue to support BlingSA should your doors remain open to me
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I sent bling a message to come and give their side of the story to which they replied they would and they have answered some questions sort of, they said that its better to contact them via facebook for better communications on this topic.
This story has to many sides to it and I’m not really in the mood to pursue this cause i think its going to be allot of back and forth.
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Standing from the outside and from being mates with many vape shop owners / juice manufacturers it seems the vaping industry in SA is run like a mafia run business. Some of the bigger guys dictate how things go and we can all see that there is price fixing especially on juices and I raised this previously. Seems if you also sell hardware cheaper than the big guys you are also looked down upon, ala Mirage DNA 75c.
I might be wrong but that is what I see. I always questioned the magical R150 set price
I might be wrong but that is what I see. I always questioned the magical R150 set price
Standing from the outside and from being mates with many vape shop owners / juice manufacturers it seems the vaping industry in SA is run like a mafia run business. Some of the bigger guys dictate how things go and we can all see that there is price fixing especially on juices and I raised this previously. Seems if you also sell hardware cheaper than the big guys you are also looked down upon, ala Mirage DNA 75c.
I might be wrong but that is what I see. I always questioned the magical R150 set price
I always attributed the prices to recommended retail price just like the big coke cans and those small bottles.
I have also seen online vendors charging less then the manufacturers website pricing.
Recommended retail price/competitive prices are a big step down from mafia run organisation thou, but if people do run the industry like this i would love to know.
At the end of the day business is a shark tank and if you are not a shark or savvy you get eaten up.
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Sorry @Hooked for the delay i had a bit of a ruff twodays ile do the video in the morning and upload and add a link to this thread
Whew yes - so important!
Sorry, I didn't know.
But I also didn't intend to rate the post , must have hit the rating while scrolling on my phone
My apologies @RainstormZA
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