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Exactly the knock offs are going to ruin the reputation and the names involved with vaping
My worry is government intervention. All it takes is someone to fall ill or die from these knock offs and the knives will be out.
Regulation will happen. Whether it happens in a positive (protecting consumers, raising standards) or negative (restricting freedoms, nanny state) sense is yet to be determined. I'm also not sure that regulation will stop clone juices. For sure, having a national standard for juices and making it compulsory for all juices to comply with that standard (clean room manufacturing, approved ingredients, hygienic storage) will help. But there will always be law-breakers. We have regulations for cigarettes. Cheap 'grey market' cigarettes continue to flood into our market.
I don't think it will harm the reputation of the legit manufacturers. Has Nike's or Rolex's reputation been trashed by the dozens of cheap knock-offs? I think consumers are sussed enough, once they do some research having been fooled, to understand that they bought a knock-off due to ignorance. Once bitten, twice shy and all that. Ultimately it is up to every consumer to apply caveat emptor and look after their own interests. The government can only do so much.
I don't think that's tarnishing the company's reputation, though. If you buy an LG choc that turns out to be fake, do you think less of LG as a company or blame them in any way? You might be hesitant about buying a choc but if you know it's legit, you still think it's a good product and want it.
Although, that said, there is that demographic who will buy a fake, never realise it's a fake and then be unimpressed by the product.
@MarkDBNWould like to add to this thread that I visited a flea market today in the East Rand and was shocked that every bubbly shop there about 6 at least were selling selling "fake/cloned juices under the original name. Jam Monster, French Dude, Kilo, Barry even Hazeworks to name a few at ridiculous prices. ( Jam Monster R120 for 120ml ) and let me tell you those shops were packed. Now that can't be right! But the kicker here is that they also selling fake hardware because a Pico kit can't be R100. Now to me selling a fong kong product that could short or possibly explode because corners have been cut is not on and potentially dangerous to the public for one and vaping itself.
If anyone needs more info from me to try stop this you are welcome to PM me.
Just needed to express this as it was weighing on my heart.
Thanks
Well, I agree with half of that statement It does make me wary of buying it (eventhough I still do, but with some trepidation sometimes). It doesn't make me blame LG at all, however.Apologies, yes but it does make me personally think twice about buying their product.
The price of the juice is a dead giveaway!
Would like to add to this thread that I visited a flea market today in the East Rand and was shocked that every bubbly shop there about 6 at least were selling selling "fake/cloned juices under the original name. Jam Monster, French Dude, Kilo, Barry even Hazeworks to name a few at ridiculous prices. ( Jam Monster R120 for 120ml ) and let me tell you those shops were packed. Now that can't be right! But the kicker here is that they also selling fake hardware because a Pico kit can't be R100. Now to me selling a fong kong product that could short or possibly explode because corners have been cut is not on and potentially dangerous to the public for one and vaping itself.
If anyone needs more info from me to try stop this you are welcome to PM me.
Just needed to express this as it was weighing on my heart.
Thanks
Well to make a juice costs less than R1 per 1ml.What is considered too cheap for juice?
There is a shop, about 5 of them operating under the same name, that sell juices per ml. So to fill a 30ml bottle is only R75. I've bought a couple of times, and to me they are fine. Don't want to name the store, but I wasn't able to find any details on this forum
Question, most of the local juices sold in S.A. are made in a garage, lounge,kitchen, spare room or a "clean room". What makes them so safe compared to the these fakes? Let's not lie to ourselves that they are made in a lab.