Vapecon 2017 AYES and NAYES

[Silver]

I had a look at the pics....it looked fantastic. Such a pity I couldn't be there. From the Garden Vape Meet to this in 4 years, hey @Gizmo and @Silver ? Well done to all involved!

Thanks @Tom !
We missed you - you would have had such a blast
You are quite right - the first vape meet at Gizmo's place in the garden with about 12 of us.
I remember that with fondness.

The amazing thing about VapeCon is that despite it being much much bigger, there was still a great spirit amongst many of us. And lots of familiar faces - so great

 

[AndreH]

Ayes
Fantastic all round - all aspects well manged and run. I thoroughly enjoyed it all but:

Nayes
Limited DIY
2 specialist DIY vendors present with one selling one or two items and the other not selling at all. I understand the complexities involved with selling concentrates - but for me, and many other DIY'ers (who do not buy commercial juice), it was a bit "hollow" as most of the stands flogged juice, juice and more juice. I'm sure with a bit of planning we can elevate DIY next year... We will gladly provide some guidance/input to the vendors if needed.

Agree to limited DIY. Was hoping to buy a few.

 

[AndreH]

So this was my first Vapecon event and it was EPIC. Well done to @Silver and his team for this great event. We should look at getting some newspaper or radio station to write or broadcast from this event this is the largest event in SA and would make a good headline.

Ayes:
1. Great Event
2. Vibe was wonderfull
3. Crazy Specials
4. Meeting a few members
5. Chatting to a vendors

Nayes:
1. Missed most of the events on stage. Damn Ques
2. Not knowing what each vendor is selling and all there specials. Maybe a VC newspaper to be handed out with the map containing all their specials. Saves alot of time.
3. Vape King que was a bit disorganized for me. Waiting to get in front and then getting there "place your order" and having to wait until it gets to the POS. (You can either follow your product until it gets to POS or leave the que and go stand close to the POS and wait)
4. More dustbins needed
5. Was hoping to see more DIY

 

[AndreH]

So this was my first Vapecon event and it was EPIC. Well done to @Silver and his team for this great event. We should look at getting some newspaper or radio station to write or broadcast from this event this is the largest event in SA and would make a good headline.

Ayes:
1. Great Event
2. Vibe was wonderfull
3. Crazy Specials
4. Meeting a few members
5. Chatting to a vendors

Nayes:
1. Missed most of the events on stage. Damn Ques
2. Not knowing what each vendor is selling and all there specials. Maybe a VC newspaper to be handed out with the map containing all their specials. Saves alot of time.
3. Vape King que was a bit disorganized for me. Waiting to get in front and then getting there "place your order" and having to wait until it gets to the POS. (You can either follow your product until it gets to POS or leave the que and go stand close to the POS and wait)
4. More dustbins needed
5. Was hoping to see more DIY

See VC made the papers after all

http://rekordcenturion.co.za/125795/vaping-community-goes-wild-in-voortrekker/

 

[David Pilkington]

Vapecon for me was epic.

Nayes
4. Frosteez, XXX and my new favourite Calamity Jane not being available in 1liters

I feel that if I had a 1l of Frosteez I would lock myself in a room and vape it all till the vapour in the air caused my fingertips to wrinkle.

 

[incredible_hullk]

See VC made the papers after all

http://rekordcenturion.co.za/125795/vaping-community-goes-wild-in-voortrekker/

Oh that's awkward... why does vpa director get press airtime and not eccigsa?

 

[Friep]

First of just want to say thank you to the vapecon team and especially for listening to last years complaints and doing something about them. This is really appreciated.
Took me a while to reply to this. I was depressed because of over spending and depressed because I wanted more stuff and missed some awsome deals so avoided the vapecon threads for a while.

Don't have any thing negative to add to this it was an awsome event woke up at 3 after going to bed at 2 to arive at 4:50 at vapecon glad I decided that we had to wake up an hour earlier than planned. But we where still late. Next year we might have to go trought at 12 lol.
I had every thing planned for maximum free juice lol only missed one free juice the one I wanted the most but thats life.

The only negative I have is the same that's been mentioned here before: The failure of human kind. People who know they arrived late that pushed to the front.

All in all from last year's q this was a major improvement big thank you to the team to make this happen.

Looking forward to next year.

 

[Shuaib Ally Jhan]

Aye - Lots of activity, entertainment and variety of Vendor stalls!

Naye - Need more Halaal food

 

[GregF]

It's been a while but I will post now anyway.
Great event, well managed. Food and drinks a lot better than last year, extraction and air a lot better than last year.
Felt sorry for the tricksters though with the moving air.
Dont go to vapecon thinking you will meet and mingle with the ecigssa guys. They have enough on their minds and enough to do without you getting in the way, dont take it personally.
I dont do crowds well, but if there were no crowds then it would not be a successful event.

 

[ddk1979]

The only negative I have is the same that's been mentioned here before: The failure of human kind. People who know they arrived late that pushed to the front.

I was fortunate to attend VapeCon 2016 and saw the same problem. Worse was the "I'm keeping a spot for someone" who arrives 2 hours after you've been in the queue.
As I mentioned last year, the only way to solve these problems is to give each person a numbered ticket as they enter the main gate (only 1 per person so no keeping spots for others) and then they enter the arena according to their number.

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[Tanja]

It was an amazing event! And I will most definitely go again!

The issues I had were all just mine... I am not a crowd person... so I got a wee bit overwhelmed with everyone pushing to get to the front... so yes... maybe a queue system at every stand will work a bit better...
I am also quite shy... so I didn't get to meet all the people I would have loved to meet... My problem I know... Not VapeCon...
And DIY... more DIY please!!!!

 

[Rob Fisher]

As I mentioned last year, the only way to solve these problems is to give each person a numbered ticket (only 1 per person so no keeping spots for others) as they enter the main gate and then they enter the arena according to their number.

100% @ddk1979! Great idea and a pity we never saw that suggestion last year! Next year if you don't have a number and you are not in sequence you get your head smashed in with a baseball bat!

 

[Cornelius]

I will gladly man the baseball bat.

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[BATMAN]

Too many ayes to mention (Awesome giveaways,awesome company in the queues,great specials from the vendors,great entertainment etc)

Nayes:
-1 Halaal store which meant waiting extremely long for food and it wasnt extremely filling either.
(I can help out with this next year,will chat at some point @Silver )

-Way too much wind on stage with regards to the comps.

All in all,it was an epic event and I throughly enjoyed it.