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| - I almost didn't notice this, but tucked next to the Starbucks in this shopping center is a vape shop! We do have a lack for them in the NW, so we wanted to check it out.
I tried some of their samples - Andes Mint, Peach Mango, Fire and Ice, Coffee flavor of some sort. The Fire and Ice was different but the others I wasn't feeling too much. I couldn't try too much since some of their samples were up to 24mg and went straight to my head. I'm at 6mg to zero. He said they will try to scale it down to a lower mg for those who aren't sitting at a higher nic level. Most people I know, even some heavy ex smokers usually sit at 12mg.
They carried some starter kits and accessories for that, those really decorated kinds of eGo batteries too, then had some tank selections like vivi novas and protank 2's.
The guy was super nice. He started this because he wanted to do something different and hopped on board with his sister in laws business. All the flavors here come from Washington from the original shop that makes the juices.
The store itself is surprisingly big which you wouldn't expect from the outside at all and has actually nice accents. It's a bit empty, but I can imagine if this thing was filled the display wall would be awesome.
I barely knew this store existed. It's been open 3 months, my vape group just put it on the map recently after someone stumbled onto it. There isn't much of a online presence and no reaching out in the local groups. People can't come if they don't know it is here. It's in a shopping center that gets some traffic, but there are times we don't drive this "backway" from Centennial Center to the Target center/park. I know he believes in his family product, but from other vapers I know they said they didn't like the juices and I can agree there is some room for refinement on some of the samples I tried. It can't hurt to stock their product and other juices too if the juice variety is a thing that's hurting them. I tried to look up the original store - no Yelp reviews, little online presence....so not "established" in the ways some of the stores with franchises/satellites are either.
This space has so much potential to grow. It can be a nice cozy space to have a vape and hangout. I would kill for a place that caters to beginners and die hards alike right by the house. We sink in our money into juice purchases so variety and quality will keep us coming back even if they don't do mechanical mods. At some stores we are there so much we are on first name basis and are expected on tues/weds and at all their special events.
Come check them out though, you may find you like a juice or if you're a newbie they have the basics to take care of you. I want this store to succeed, hopefully they only go up from here.
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