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I bought my first e-cigarette the other day from a local smoke shop. I am switching to vaping as a way to quit smoking after 10 years. Anyways, I saw the juul c

I bought my first e-cigarette the other day from a local smoke shop. I am switching to vaping as a way to quit smoking after 10 years. Anyways, I saw the juul cigarette for more than double the price of all the other normal e-cigarettes on the shelf and the capsules themselves weren't cheap. I obviously went with the less flashy eco vaporizer and bought the liquid in the bottle. Cost me $30 in total and still using it 3 months later. My point is that I didn't any reason to buy the juul other than brand. The competitors are significantly cheaper and more customizable(i guess). I believe much like gopro, juul going to tank at some point. They are very overvalued here.

huffmsa 8y ago
Let me try: "[Apple's] competitors are significantly cheaper and more customizable(i guess). I believe much like [the iPhone], juul going to tank at some point. They are very overvalued here." I wouldn't say you're incorrect about them tanking, but I would argue that they're more Apple (sleek, sexy, status symbols) than some other segment leader.
- NicoJuicy 8y ago
  Apple is overvalued also, they are getting corrected by the market now though.
- wpdev_63 8y ago
  The difference is that apple makes a arguably different product than its competitors; android marketplace is still lacking in quality in comparison to apple store, ios is more seamless, the apple ecosystem is the strongest out there etc. Juul is simply packaging e-vap in a fancy wrapper and charging double of what their competitors are charging. It's silly to make the comparison.
  - huffmsa 8y ago
    "Juul's competitors pod selection and ease of use is vastly inferior to their own. The experience of not having to fiddle around with settings to get the vape to work is refreshing when compared to the competition." The article specifically mentions network affects like being able to plug your pods into someone else's stick if yours is out of battery. Google Play (Android Market was renamed in 2012) has pretty much the same selection as the App store. "Apple is simply packaging Samsung components in a fancy wrapper and charging double what the competitors are charging." Apple makes cellphones. So does everyone else.
awinder 8y ago
You’re pretty much paying for convenience and consistency. Juul is not the greatest or cheapest way to vape. But it is the lowest-time-commitment way to vape (pod systems are no fuss, and then juul has both brick-and-mortar footprint along with online maturity that rivals don’t have and can’t be built overnight). And every pod is going to roughly smoke the same. This isn’t going to break down the same way for every vaper, but there is going to be a large (probably majority) marketshare who this appeals to. I think the Altria deal hints at the next phase which is probably to leverage lobbying and government to build a regulatory moat.

huffmsa 8y ago

Let me try: "[Apple's] competitors are significantly cheaper and more customizable(i guess). I believe much like [the iPhone], juul going to tank at some point. They are very overvalued here." I wouldn't say you're incorrect about them tanking, but I would argue that they're more Apple (sleek, sexy, status symbols) than some other segment leader.

NicoJuicy 8y ago
Apple is overvalued also, they are getting corrected by the market now though.
wpdev_63 8y ago
The difference is that apple makes a arguably different product than its competitors; android marketplace is still lacking in quality in comparison to apple store, ios is more seamless, the apple ecosystem is the strongest out there etc. Juul is simply packaging e-vap in a fancy wrapper and charging double of what their competitors are charging. It's silly to make the comparison.
- huffmsa 8y ago
  "Juul's competitors pod selection and ease of use is vastly inferior to their own. The experience of not having to fiddle around with settings to get the vape to work is refreshing when compared to the competition." The article specifically mentions network affects like being able to plug your pods into someone else's stick if yours is out of battery. Google Play (Android Market was renamed in 2012) has pretty much the same selection as the App store. "Apple is simply packaging Samsung components in a fancy wrapper and charging double what the competitors are charging." Apple makes cellphones. So does everyone else.

awinder 8y ago

You’re pretty much paying for convenience and consistency. Juul is not the greatest or cheapest way to vape. But it is the lowest-time-commitment way to vape (pod systems are no fuss, and then juul has both brick-and-mortar footprint along with online maturity that rivals don’t have and can’t be built overnight). And every pod is going to roughly smoke the same. This isn’t going to break down the same way for every vaper, but there is going to be a large (probably majority) marketshare who this appeals to. I think the Altria deal hints at the next phase which is probably to leverage lobbying and government to build a regulatory moat.