For starters I am noting that the only experience I have with pod devices are the bunch of Caliburns I bought for my daughters and son-in-law to try to use to get off cigarettes. I also took one hit off a Vuse (once/puke) .I have tried a hit off of one just once (I make them Winstin/Smokey Blue’s recipe and send it up north from FL).
*I have never tried a Juul although thought I was fairly read on these things (I watch a lot of reviews on YouTube).
So, I received about 8 mailers in the last 6 months from Juul and threw some of the coupons in my car. Upon going to gas up today (fucking $4.20/gallon) I said, what the hey and took a coupon for .99cents for a Juul into the convenience store.
When the guy rang it up and mentioned the total (I wasn’t even listening), I gave him the manufacturers coupon and he told me that they do not take them. I had some errands to run and stopped at a diff store / same story. Now I was on mission…
Finally at the fifth shop ( a 711), I purchased a (device) - somehow they charged me $1.69 (which doesn’t add up to .99+tax, but by this point I wasn’t going to argue.
So perhaps I am slow, but I expected there to be at least one freaking pod in the device? There wasn’t and knowing what I do about Juul there is no fucking way I was going to pay for a two pack or buy a 4/pack with $10 off. *they should give you the device if they want you to try the product.
I emailed Juul and told them nobody takes their coupons and that they should tell people they are going to need to buy pods along with the device to try the product. The wrote me back and told me that they were unaware of the promotion altogether??? (I have like 8 of the fliers/ they sent them to my addy for my x-wife, my deceased parents, and my adult son, besides myself. Here is the email I sent them back:
***“What do you mean they are not active? You sent ma a flyer with info regarding a $50K contest (which I entered) and attached to it were some apparently worthless coupons one for .99 plus tax for a device (that nowhere mentions you need a pack of pods to even use it), and another coupon for $10 off a pack of pods.
***The problem is that all of the shops you have on your locater for me to see where the product is sold, do not accept the coupons. They are good until July.
***I think there is something really off with your promotional department, at least the communication lines are crossed with customer service? I could send you photos of the coupons and mailer if you like?
***In any event, I was looking forward to trying the product, but unless you send me a working device including a pod, it doesn’t look like I am. I am not really interested in spending $30ish dollars to try Juul. You do realize the company has terrible press right now?”
End of rant / I will prolly never try a Juul and won’t be missing anything I am fairly certain!