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Christopher

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  1. Good Evening Everyone, 

    I hope you are all well and in good health. Maintenance will take place this evening between 11pm and 12am PST. During this time we will:

    • Perform a large upgrade to our spam system 
    • Resolve several bugs collected and reported by members
    • General site improvements 

    I suggest backing up your posts during this time. Thanks for your patience. 

  2. Vendors, 

    Vapor Talk allows vendors and suppliers to post on the forum. 

    To post as a vendor: 

    1. Click Here - This will take you to the group change setting and your My Account panel
    2. Select "Vendor" and press the "save" button.

    That's it! You can now post in the general suppliers sub forum.

    FAILURE TO PERFORM THIS STEP BEFORE POSTING WILL RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE BAN

     

    There are two vendor types: 

    Verified Vendor - You are given full, relatively unrestricted access to the forums. You must abide by the Vendor Rules. Verified vendors can also purchase banner advertising, private sub forums, etc. 
    Regular Vender - If you opt not to become an Authorized Vendor, you may only post in the General Suppliers Forum. You must still abide by the Vendor Rules.

     

    Vendor Rules

     

    Vendor Guidelines (Read these carefully, failure to do so may result in your account permanently banned. There are far too many requests for us handle account reconsiderations. These rules are fairly typical) 

    • You must be an “established” vendor for 6 months, with a website. No eBay, Craigslist or Facebook sellers.
    • Your website must be 100% e-cigarette related and must have Contact information with a valid mailing address, telephone landline number and email. If your website does not comply, and you ignore our request to update it, you will be reverted to “Unapproved Supplier” and will have no rights on the site.
    • No Drug/Dry Herb related pics, videos, posts, links, or Drug/Dry Herb references are permitted. 
    • Vendors, under no circumstances, may post personally identifiable information.  We take the privacy of our forum members seriously.
    • Vendors who make claims that e-cigarettes are a health product, or that they can be used to quit smoking, or that they are a pharmaceutical product, will not be accepted (or will be removed).
    • All forum contact with members must follow forum rules. We expect both our members and our suppliers to act courteously. Contact a Moderator if you have an issue with a member rather than contribute to the problem.
    • You may not under any circumstance use the PM or Personal Messaging system to spam members. This will result in a permanent, irrevocable ban.
    • Do not post any negative material about other suppliers or their products or service or prices, whether they are verified vendors or not . You may only promote your own business or products. You may not compare other vendors’ products (by exact name) unfavorably.
    • Your supplier privileges apply to you alone. That is to say, you cannot transfer those privileges to another, or have multiple members of staff with the same privileges. Only ONE ID permitted to represent the business.
    • Do not have a third party make promotional posts on your behalf. If this is found to be the case both you and that person will be banned.
    • If your website becomes non-compliant you risk being demoted or classed as Unregistered. We occasionally review vendor websites.
    • If we have multiple reports that your service or products are faulty, and you do not resolve these issues, we may revoke your registration.
    • If we have a report of a serious infringement of our Rules, or of the law, or of an action that will bring Vapor Talk or the industry or the community into disrepute, or place Vapor Talk at risk of legal action, we may revoke your registration.
    • Pay your fees on time
    • No suppliers who trade exclusively or extensively[1] as affiliates[2] or drop-shippers[3] are allowed as Authorized Vendors at Vapor Talk. Such suppliers if identified will be banned without warning. Vapor Talk, like most honest forums, intends to support and protect the trade, and does not regard web marketers with multiple interests (or possible multiple interests) as members of the trade proper.
    • Sales and Promotions (General Suppliers Forum) – limit 2 threads per week – posting more than 2 will result in merged threads and/or removed threads
    • No coaxing or bribing other members to “tag” you so that you can post vendor forbidden content.
    • As things change and situations arise, all of the above rules are subject to change.

    What all of this essentially boils down to is treating customers right and preventing spam on the forum. If you would like to promote, spam, or market your business do so only in designated areas. 

  3. 3 minutes ago, Tevich59 said:

    So where do you go from here? Do you have plans to open in other states or is this a federal thing?

     

    For the moment Vapor Talk is working to wrap things up in California and finish up any required paperwork before leaving the state. From then on forward, the  focus will primarily be on the forum and  online community in general. PMTA is also kicking in (which is federal level) and is not something the board members wish to pursue at the moment unfortunately. 

  4. Vendors, 

    Before getting started, please visit the vendor portal for current rules & guidelines. You may also wish to take a moment to review the general forum guidelines.

    Rules & Guidelines

    Vendor Upgrades & Advertising 

    To view the latest advertising and upgrade options, please visit the Vendor Store - Click Here

    Store Directory 

    To add your store to the store directory, please - Click Here

     

    Last Updated: 4/15/2022

  5. Two prominent vaping researchers are facing off over claims that electronic cigarettes double the risk of heart attacks in adults, muddying the science over how best to stop smoking.  

    Brad Rodu, a University of Louisville professor, asked the Journal of the American Heart Association to retract a study out last month by University of California, San Francisco professor Stanton Glantz.

    The study, co-authored by Dharma Bhatta, claimed adult vaping was "associated with" a doubled risk of heart attack, but Glantz went farther in a blog post, saying the study represented "more evidence that e-cigs cause heart attacks." 

    However, when Rodu obtained the federal data, he found the majority of the 38 patients in the study who had heart attacks had them before they started vaping — by an average of 10 years earlier. In his letter to the editors, Rodu called Glantz's findings "false and invalid."

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