We have several end users chomping at the bit to get their hands on electronic cigarettes from us.  We’ve had a lot of people asking us what’s taking us so long to get going.

There are two answers to that:

First, we need your help.  Vape Gourmet has plans to enter the market right and become the star player in the electronic cigarette market.  In order to do that, we are going to do it right.  This takes some capital which we are trying to raise.  We’re doing this in two ways: first, we’re asking for voluntary donations through IndieGoGo.  If everyone contributed just a little bit, we can get the ball rolling.  Second, we’re looking for a real investor to help us get going with $45-100k.  The latter is a formal, real investment and would involve becoming a full partner in the company.  If you would like to become an investor, please contact us.

Second, we ran into major trouble with one of our suppliers.  We used our initial capital to purchase a set of demo products from Trueman E-cigarettes in China.  First they completely lost our order.  They assured us this was a fluke and never happened before.  They gave us almost daily reassurances they were trying to track the missing package (which never left China) and aside from the usual language barrier, seemed professional and courteous.  Finally, over three months later, confirming our order was indeed completely lost, they sent a replacement.  The replacement finally arrived and it was both incomplete (missing the accessories we ordered) and wrong (they sent us the wrong products for 2/3 of our order).  Now, we were out almost $500 with products we couldn’t show to investors because they are not the products we want to sell!  To make it worse, as we decided to demo what we had, we found that some of the units came with bad batteries and 4/5 of our chargers MELTED and died.  We debated whether to announce who this supplier was, but over time, as Trueman E-Cigarettes has ceased to be in any sort of communication with us, we are forced to conclude they are a scam and should be avoided at ALL costs.  We have decided to name the company because we hope no one else will fall for their scam.  We’re giving the few working kits they sent us to donors from IndieGoGo who help us recoup our losses.

We are now back to selecting a new supplier (we have several we can try) and looking for funds to order a new set of working samples to show off to potential investors and wholesale clients.  We have revamped our business plan to include becoming a major US Drop-Ship provider as well as US Based Wholesaler of electronic cigarettes. With help from your generous donations and/or from one solid investment, we strongly believe we can add quality and convenience to the United States market and beyond.