So, in my quest for a good vape shop in Las Vegas -- one that could convert this die-hard internet shopper to an actual brick and mortar -- I stumbled upon the Yelp reviews for Vapology. After checking out their website, and seeing some of the premium brands they carried, I decided to stop in and check them out.
Impressed is not even a powerful enough word to describe the quality of service that Danny and Marcus offer in their store. I went in just looking for a few new e-liquids, and was led to the drip (!!) tasting bar by Marcus. When he saw my coils -- which I'm not yet the most adept at building -- he offered to have them rebuilt, and allowed me to use his dripper (with my drip tip) to sample the different juices. As we talked and discussed what flavor profiles I was looking for, Marcus was reaching under the counter and pulling out bottles -- to the count of a dozen -- for me to try. Out of the 12 bottles, there were only two that I wasn't a fan of, one of which was a juice which I had explicitly named as wanting to try.
We talked a bit about what I was looking for from my dripper, and while Danny was building my coil - with a steady and slow process that I doubt I could parallel even if I had the attention span to do so, Marcus indicated that, in his opinion, I could get the results I was looking for by drilling out the holes in my Nimbus dripper. I was a bit hesitant, as I had only had problems with it, but I allowed Marcus to give it a shot. After my troublesome mod broke one of his drill bits, the second attempt was successful, and he finished just as Danny was getting done with my coil rebuilds.
Danny tested out my dripper before handing it back, and the vapor production was thick and foggy, exactly what I was looking for. He handed it back to me, and the combination of the perfect coil build and the increased air flow in my dripper was absolutely perfect. The vapor was thick and warm, without the burning and throat hit that I was experiencing with the Nimbus previously. After picking out two out of the dozen juices to buy and take home, I told Marcus to charge me a few dollars extra for the work they had done to my dripper, for their time. He refused, saying that he would rather that I came back, then proceeded to tell me that if I liked them on Facebook, he would discount one of the bottles of juice 10%; an obvious move to get their name spread on social media, but as a software and web developer, I can appreciate that. I pulled out my phone, showed him that I tapped the like button, and saved $2.50 off of a bottle of ejuice.
As I said in the beginning of the review, the quality and level of service that Danny and Marcus offered was stunning, their juice selection was phenomenal, and the amount of knowledge that they have of their craft is extraordinary. They've managed to gain one internet-shopping skeptic as a customer.