Just an update, here we are on our 6th issue and still NO samples.
Their budget is not my problem and shouldn't be my problem.
It was the "FREE SAMPLES WITH EVERY ISSUE" claim that sold me on the subscription, otherwise I probably would have not even subscribed. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in that boat.
The magazine is more about fashion than it is about vaping anyhow. I get that they are "free" samples, and who complains about not getting free stuff anyways? Like I said, it's more about the false claim that tricked me into paying for an overpriced subscription featuring washed up B listed celebrities holding a mod that they probably don't even know how to use in the first place. I feel like I got played, and I pretty much did. And so did everyone else who subscribed thinking they would get a little vape mail with every issue.
Although they did a great job praising ECF with a 4-page article last month, shows how much they know about the vape game. Everyone knows what forum the seasoned, TRUE vapers, builders, and modders hang out at. The ones that are true to this game left that place a long time ago.