Crazy idea

[kev mac]

I'm fairly active in the knife community as well and we have a thing where we have a pass around knife.....

So the idea is, if there is a really nice knife but not everyone can afford it a good Samaritan buys it and it basically becomes a pass around. This helps potential buyers to get a good feel for the knife and make up their mind to buy it or not.

Same can be applied to attys I think? Yes sure you have the risk of the next guy not wanting to part with it but this way the folks can try out that new hyped atty without spending the Tom.

Just a thought
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I think it is a great idea. I would be inclined to donate say an atty or two except I live in the States( and with the for lack of a better explanation) the unusual postal taxes and duties in S.A. (I tried to PIF an ego starter kit and the fees were 80 dollars) would make it unfeasible ,unfortunately.Too bad as I'd like to participate in a program like this.

 

[Boktiet]

One way of managing this might be like a car rental (if vendors can get involved). The user pays a deposit and uses the atty. Upon return the deposit is returned and the next user can pick it up etc.

 

[shaunnadan]

@Strontium - you are right
What might work is for the DIYers to bring their creations to Vape Meets and we set up a DIY table where people can taste the juices. Each has a name with the recipe on the forum, so you can try them all and just write down the ones you like and then go to the forum to find the recipe.

Small diversion from the OP (apologies @Daniel) but slipped that in here in case I forget. @shaunnadan , what you think?

We can definitely consider the DIY table . I have some ideas

 

[Nailedit77]

How about this, each area has dedicated shops for tank testing..

When a new tank comes out and the hype is all there and people would like to try it out. Shops can have say a tank day in parts around the country. This could also be paired with a shop launch or a juice launch.

This way the tank stays at the shop and people get to try it out, this will minimize the admin of tracking the tank from person to person. Afterwards the tank could be piffed in a lucky draw or auctioned off

Just my 2c

 

[Deckie]

@Sickboy77 your idea is a sound and reasonable one at that but you need to understand that in order to test a tank properly a guy needs to spend time with it, trying different builds, juice etc, so at least a week is needed.

 

[Nailedit77]

@Deckie I understand what you saying, think about it this way. If someone would like to try a tank for say a week and there are 30 people wanting the same. This means person number 30 will be waiting close to 6 months to try a tank out... by the time the 3rd person has tried the tank., another 2 or more tanks have come out and the process needs to start again. But, then say member 10 gets this one first, it will become a mad headache to track all the tanks. I agree with @Silver that the admin and dedication would be insane and very time consuming for a process of this size.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have something like this happen, but managing it and making sure the tank does it's rounds is gonna be nuts.

Thus my idea I posted, think it's a way to maybe get the process started and work from there and see how it goes. Most of the time, one wants to see and feel a tank and vape on it for a little while before making a purchase. What most of us do now, is watch reviews and make our own decision from there and at times we are not happy with a tank and then try sell it to get something else. Being able to test a tank even for a little bit, I think would help make one's decision a lot easier.

 

[Deckie]

@Deckie I understand what you saying, think about it this way. If someone would like to try a tank for say a week and there are 30 people wanting the same. This means person number 30 will be waiting close to 6 months to try a tank out... by the time the 3rd person has tried the tank., another 2 or more tanks have come out and the process needs to start again. But, then say member 10 gets this one first, it will become a mad headache to track all the tanks. I agree with @Sickboy77

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have something like this happen, but managing it and making sure the tank does it's rounds is gonna be nuts.

Thus my idea I posted, think it's a way to maybe get the process started and work from there and see how it goes. Most of the time, one wants to see and feel a tank and vape on it for a little while before making a purchase. What most of us do now, is watch reviews and make our own decision from there and at times we are not happy with a tank and then try sell it to get something else. Being able to test a tank even for a little bit, I think would help make one's decision a lot easier.

It will without a doubt be a nightmare @Sickboy77 . My feeling is a such a scheme should have a limited amount of people, say 6 or so, possibly 10. If more should be interested then a second group should be formed. I was basing my thoughts upon @Daniel 's OP.

 

[Nailedit77]

I other words, make a list of people interested and do a lucky draw to see who makes the cut

 

[Deckie]

I other words, make a list of people interested and do a lucky draw to see who makes the cut

Exactly base it on track record on the forum & when one decides to join such a group, you must seriously understand the commitment you've signed up for - other chaps are relying on you to bring your part. If a guy messes things up for others, he is out on any later such initiatives

 

[Deckie]

The smaller the group the easier it is to track & manage the system & vendors don't necessarily need to get involved unless they want to.

 

[Nailedit77]

The smaller the group the easier it is to track & manage the system & vendors don't necessarily need to get involved unless they want to.

 

[Scissorhands]

Awesome concept,

Everyone has made valid contribution, personally i think it gets tricky when something goes wrong, eg. Striped post, broken glass, misplaced . . . It would be logical for the person to replace the item but i can see the community pointing fingers at previous users and that gets nasty. I think this concept would work better in groups of 5 - 10 where everyone knows each other on some personal level within a agreed location, draw names from a hat , thats will be the order of buyers for new atties , just my opinion of course