I took a break from the forums, and in the time I picked up an Arizer Solo for $129.99.
It has completely turned into my daily driver thanks to the whip attachment from Eds TnT- I highly recommend it!
I wish Arizer wasn't so shady with their discounts though.
Glad to hear you got an excellent price on an excellent vape. Solo Is are definitely a value buy these days, they are just as good as they ever were. A guy with one is 'well armed' indeed.
I cannot agree that there's anything shady or underhanded about the way Arizer markets their products. It's there call and that practice is both common, long standing and widespread in many markets. It's called "Fair Trade', not the new idea of being sure workers in 3rd world places get more money, but the original one of setting uniform pricing by contractual agreement.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair-trade
Arizer won't wholesale to Dealers who won't agree, very simple choice. And the Dealers are required to pass that requirement on. Nothing shady, all legal and up front. And common.
We can argue about lower prices, protecting small businesses, stifling competition and so on. And of course with it the idea of recovering the costs of bringing a new product to market which enables the next new product for us to pick from. But I'd like to point out that it's only for a while typically. That Solo I we were talking about above used to be very expensive too. Now that the cost has been recovered (hopefully.....) and the demand tapered off, supply being the same as before the price is lower......much much lower?
Capitalism works that way, great system IMO. It gives us lots of exciting new stuff to pick from.
Getting the newest/greatest has a cost, you and I get to decide if it's worth it or not. When the price comes down I might buy another Solo II or ArGo, or a first Air II for that matter. I just didn't see enough advantage over Air I to justify today's prices. Randy will continue to offer us the best prices he legally can I believe.
Weekend regards to all.
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