Warning: long (but detailed) review!!
Service has just been very industrial, corporate, owner agenda lately. In the past years I would go up to the Brookfield location with a huge group of friends and we'd spend upwards of $300 on hooka products, mods, tanks, juice, coils, cigs, etc. and then hang around and relax at the lobby and talk with the employees, or other customers at the bar. We'd spend hours there, and of course the longer we sat, the more we'd buy, so it's not like we were just wasting employee time we'd usually walk out collectively with about 50lbs worth of vape accessories and about $1000 lighter in our pockets by the end of a Friday night when we would stay longer than usual. But now I'll go in and it almost feels like I'm rushed to find my juice, or mod, or anything and buy it and get out, not very welcoming anymore. But the thing that bothers me most is the employees lack of care for customers, yes they know what they're talking about, they know their jobs. But when asked a question they give dry answers that sound quoted from a manual or a quick search on google. Their answers aren't wrong, but if I ask you a question I don't want to hear the description off the back of the box. It helps a lot more when you give me your experience with the mod itself if you have any or know anyone, and of course I understand not everyone does have experience with all mods, but out of all those mods and you don't have a personal preference of juice, tank, ecig? Nothing? You can't give me a hint at what juice you might think works best with a certain ohm coil or what mods might burn a little warmer for my preference that I've told you about? It's just overall a disappointing, dry, and pretty much boring trip. I've been to many vape shops in the area and I always preferred Smoke World because of atmosphere and prices (despite all of this they do offer some nice deals and discounts, including the smoke world t-shirt deal). Now though, I'll pay an extra $20 for a mod if it means I get better tips, advice, and an overall customer experience. If I wanted to be rushed out the door to buy things, I'd go to a gas station and buy a juul. If you want a place that considers its customers opinions and gives good advice, go to Hugh G. Vapes in Mequon. It isn't the biggest most luxurious store around but they'll even go as far as to bash their own products if it means giving you the best product for you specifically after actually listening to your preferences. read more