Smoke Power

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Smoke Power Holiday Sale

We are offering 25% off of all orders, and of course free shipping. We also have a clearance special on our pack with built in charger, which is selling for only $25.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

electronic cigarettes - Free Trial offers exposed

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The truth behind quittingjournal.com

Don’t click on the link before you read this. You’ll be shocked at their prices

You may have seen some ads touting the truth behind vapor kits. Discover the shocking truth behind these ads.

The ads appear to be part of some sort of lifestyle journal offering sage advice, but in reality, it is an advertising vehicle for penny stocks, sleeping and weight loss supplements, and electronic cigarettes.

The electronic cigarettes they “reviewed” were only from ecigignite.com, a site that offers “free trials”, so in reality; the “truth behind vapor kit" ads you may see on google and yahoo feature www.thequittingjournal.com is that these are currently disguised pitch sites for ecigignite.com.

These “free trial” offers are typically not very good deals in comparison to what we offer at smokepower.com, as we will show in a heads up comparison between the two.

The “free trial” offer is for a package that has 1 charger, 1 atomizer, 1 battery, and 5 cartridges. For this, they charge $4.95 for shipping. Keep in mind, the actual cost of the kit, however is $109.67, so the total cost is $114.62…for a single battery, atomizer, charger, and 5 cartridges, including shipping.

Now, if you do not cancel within 14 days, which per the terms and conditions appears to include the delivery time from them to you, which likely reduces the trial period by 2-3 days, you will be charged the $109.67 and enrolled in their automatic refill program, which will result in a delivery of 24 cartridges each 30 days, which are non-refundable once shipped, at a cost of $69.62. Total cost for the first month is $114.62 + $69.62 = $184.24 for 29 cartridges, 1 atomizer, 1 battery, and 1 charger.

How does this compare to smoke power kits? Looking at the product offered, trial kit vs trial kit, you get 1 charger, 1 atomizer, 1 battery, and 29 cartridges with our competition. The closest comparison would be the smokepower trial kit for $30, which includes 1 battery, 2 atomizers, 4 cartridges, and 1 charger. With our competition you are ahead by 1 cartridge but behind by $84.62 in cost.

When you add in the cartridge refills, their cost is $69.62 for 24. You can get 30 refills at the low smokepower price of $35. Total one month cost would be $184.24 for 29 cartridges, 1 atomizer, 1 battery, and 1 charger for the competition. The smokepower trial kit would cost $65 for 34 cartridges, 2 atomizers, 1 charger, and 1 battery. Our trial kit and cartridges is less than what the cost of their cartridges are alone, and the difference in cost represents nearly a $120 savings by shopping with smokepower.com.

Alternatively, if you have $184 to spend, you may want to look at the smokepower ultimate kit. The only difference is that the ultimate kit is intended for serious smokers, not someone looking for a trial due to the large quantity of products shipped from smokepower.com. With smokepower.com ultimate kit, you get 3 atomizers, 3 batteries, 1 USB charger, 2 chargers, and 75 cartridge refills, and you still save more than $14 over our competition’s offer.

The cost savings are clear, and in a head to head comparison, there simply is none. Smokepower.com comes out on top any way you slice it: dollar for dollar or kit vs kit.

The Truth about so called “free trial” offers

The Truth about so called “free trial” offers
Some electronic cigarette companies are promising offers that are too good to be true on the TV and radio. "Free electronic cigarette" they say just pay a nominal shipping and handling fee, usually under $10 for which they need your credit card info. Many people would describe an offer nominal charge involved in a “free” trial would render the offer as not free.
Just for comparison, if you had spent a mere $15 total, at www.smokepower.com, you could buy our disposable e-cig if you wanted to try and see if electronic cigarettes were for you. No gimmicks, no rebilling, no bait and switch. Alternatively, our trial kit is $30 and again you have no rebilling, no hidden fees, no surprise charges when you open your credit card bill. Of course all orders come with free shipping.

At smokepower.com, we also have free shipping that is actually free, as in no charges today, tomorrow, or ever for shipping. Also, when you pay for a product, that is the final and only price you will pay for it. This “free trial kit” from our competitors usually consists of a charger, one or two batteries, and 2-4 refill cartridges. This wouldn't be a bad deal if all you had to pay was the token shipping/handling fee, but there's a catch...there is always a catch.

Misleading ads and deceptive billing

What is often not directly conveyed in these TV commercials and radio/internet ads is that you have a very short amount of time to try the electronic cigarettes and return them, usually 14 or 15 days, before they charge you varying amounts from $89.99 to $99.99 to $109 to the extreme of $149 just for the trial kit!! Some even go further to start the 14 day trial time from the day of shipping from the warehouse to the customer in the 14 day trial period and requiring reciept of the returned product within 30 days of the original order!

This means your actual trial period could be shortened to perhaps 10 or 11 days and starts before you ever receive the product. The trickeration doesn't end there, though, since by failing to cancel in this short window, they will also start automatically shipping you cartridge refills at sky high prices, for which they will automatically charge your credit/debit card for each month. For example one company sends 24 cartridges for $69, another charges $79 for 10 refills.

Many customers have complained of poor customer service when they try to cancel these orders as well. Emails go unanswered, phone calls ring but are never picked up, voicemails are left without return calls and yet the recurring billing doesn't stop. Additionally, many of these companies are no longer in business, so if you have any sort of warranty or return issues in the future, they may or may not be around to help. Why risk doing business with a fly by night operator?