Yeah, where to start. Well we were actually just in the neighborhood and just got my wife a donut at the donut shop next door when she saw the sign and said that it was about time for her to get an e-cig and start. So we go in, and at first everything was ok. Now this is the 2nd Create a Cig store we have tried, trying the one on parker before. That store was a sham and was hoping to get a better experience out of this store. Not so much. The guy that was helping my wife was actually very nice and helpful for the most part. There was a guy behind the bar that we had a serious issue with though. The problem before with Create a Cig is that their people were not knowledgeable enough about the product, and one can see that they spent a lot of time educating their advisors behind the counter about many things. It's one thing to disagree with a customer, as our conversation started off when I asked them for a charging cable and this guy blurts out that we should get one of their wall adapters because ones from Apple products have been known to blow up e-cig batteries. This is where the problem started for me personally. This guy was insistent on saying that Apple chargers had a tendency to either damage the batteries of their e-cigs or cause them to explode. At this time he was wanting me to look at a bucket of batteries that he states exploded with the use of non regulated chargers. When this much bullshit comes out of someone's mouth that knows nothing about the ion lithium battery and how it works, that makes me question the validity of his statement. So I called him on it, but then said I do not want to discuss it with him anymore as his lies were pissing me off. He just kept continuing on like I need to see this proof in the bucket of dead batteries that he has in the fact that all of the ones he had were caused by bad adapters.
NOTE: I have been smoking e-cigs for over a year and have not touched a real cig to this day. I started out with a small battery from Create a cig using over 15 different types of adapters and in the end after about 8 months it was time to purchase a new battery, which was acceptable. Since than at least half of the smokers at my job (about 500) switched to e-cigs) and NONE of them complained about exploding batteries, let alone if they did explode, they could not be attributed to the adapter. If anything, the battery might be unregulated, but it is built within specific specifications to work with adapters of that type. That being said, the battery itself was failing based on its lack of quality control, and not an adapter that was being used knowing that most people DO NOT use the cheap ass adapters that Create-a-Cig sells.
Either way the guy was being a pompous asshole about this and would not let it go. I asked him to stop talking about it twice before I lost it and told him to shut his mouth because what he was stating was serious crap. If you are an ecig smoker, ask yourself how many adapters you know of that caused an ion lithium battery to explode. I am NOT stating that ion-lithium batteries do not explode, but I can tell you that it is almost always the battery itself that causes that to happen. Either way the box of dead batteries could in no way prove that adapters were blowing batteries. Either way in the end he would not shut the fuck up. It was grinding my gears at this time. (Sorry about the Family Guy pun heh) I had to actually step back from this yelp and actually give it a couple of days to mull it over before I posted as I was so fucking pissed when I left that store. We were right there about to buy almost $100 worth of shit to startup my wife on the ecig but in the end, ended up going to a place we found called, "All about Vapor" and got much better equipment for cheaper. On top of that the guy I was working with there had statistical data as well as case history. I was actually impressed. Rule of thumb.
I should have asked the guy at Create-a-Cig to provide historical data, case studies, as well as other empirical statistical data proving that Apple adapters and other 3rd party adapters were blowing up e-cig batteries, but with the amount of lies that were being thrown down, I had to fucking leave that place quick. Before at the other store they knew nothing and admitted it for the most part. Now they think they know something but still don't know a fucking thing. What is worse? All the guy had to do was shut the hell up and I would have let it go, but he kept debating it with me like he had to fucking prove something. If a customer does not agree with what you are saying, and he noticeably starts getting agitated or upset about it, step back, shut the fuck up, and move on. This guy could not take the hint. Then as my wife and I were leaving he had the condescending tone of saying, "Have a nice day." Don't you hate when that happens? read more