Can assure you that my intentions are not to dissuade you to buy just to explain my thought processes when reading about the BakX. Palaver to me just means a complex method to obtain a Bakx. I get they are limited so this is the fairest way to give everyone a chance to buy one.
Personally I was very attracted to the vape initially - it‘s clearly beautifully made and unique in terms of functionality. It’s only when I started to read about it more that I decided it wasn’t likely for me. The main reason being that to use it I needed to buy more things that effectively doubled the price. If you already have a mod then this is not an issue.
It is marketed as a rare and handmade product with each unit different. By limiting supply the price is going to be high. That’s simple economics and also feeds into the exclusivity with the whole process of buying one. It creates a rush with people scared that they are going to miss out so go through the process to obtain one and think about it later. It is much easier to push the higher price point because of this.
I am not criticising the vape, people that buy it or the maker. It’s clearly very well made and they have worked hard to get this to market. They are also very clearly good at business and marketing.
You are not allowed to compare vapes in this thread but I too have a terpcicle and am extremely happy. Also I don’t get too caught up in extremely subjective discussions of Vapor profiles and effects. At the end of the day the decision is personal.
Oh definitely, I just know myself and I've bought portable battery vapes in the past and it's the bottom teir of vapes for me as a category, or it has the highest risk of me not liking it. So I'm already sort of hesitant regardless of what anyone says. The end of your third paragraph "It creates a rush with people scared that they are going to miss out so go through the process to obtain one and think about it later" struck me personally as well just because I only heard about this vape a couple weeks ago and now a drop is happening. Definitely creates a certain pressure (unavoidable) but I'm trying to kinda see if I can manage to make a choice here in the next day. I also have 5 butane vapes and 0 battery portables lol, so I also am feeling like that's too lopsided of a collection and I should have a battery portable too, but again, the category just might not be for me.
I also am in the same boat as you where I don't have a mod, well I do but it's a joytech an not compatible with lamarts software. So I think that's really the big surprise that has put me on the fence, the mod plus vape adds up. Plus I'm the kind of guy that gets a couple extra stems with my vapes usually, I'd likely go dna mod, and that just takes it up there in a place where It becomes more debatable. Now the vape by itself, I'd probably take the gamble. Still pricey to a degree, but it's not up there with the venty pricetag lol. It does change the calculations of the vape. Initially I thought it was gonna be $200 vape, so even the vape price was higher than expected tbh (still think the price he's charging is fair though and I'm not complaining, just was caught off guard).
I am also nothing like you on that last paragraph lol. I love comparing vapes and their taste/effect profiles. Subjective and anecdotal? yes
Different and interesting? Imo also very much yes.
But I get it, it's polarizing and a lot of vaporents are not into the concept or at very least not every interested in it.
It sort of reminds me of people asking if you like sativa or indica, some people like that discussion (even though it's overly simplistic) and others find weed to be weed and don't really care about the different types. Idk lol, just feels similiar. Regardless, to each their own on that one lol.
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