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Just saved myself hundreds of euros on base liquid
submitted over 4 years ago by Paskapostimies

So my local vape shop here in Finland has been selling these tiny 100ml bottles of vg and pg base. They said a year ago that they're not allowed to sell those huge 1l bottles because of some new law, but they were allowed to empty out their storages for the old prices (around 20€, whereas the new 100ml of base is like 15€ in itself)

Sorry for the messy introduction, onto the savings I noticed they had a lot of spare 1l bottles of VG, and one 1l bottle of PG left. I saved hundreds of euros by buying those big bottles of VG and PG for around 20€ each, and now I don't have to worry about ordering base liquid online or paying huge amounts of money for it at the shops.

I'm going to try and make some new interesting flavours and playing around with the VG/PG rations to see what works, wish me luck!

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by QueenBuzyBeeover 4 years ago

Hi. I‘m glad you saved some money. But why would VG and PG not be allowed to be bought in larger amounts? This doesn’t make sense. They are used for making handmade soaps, creams, in pharmaceutical applications, foods, etc. If you order online, don’t order from a vape shop , just make sure it‘s USP Grade (very important!) and get it from a general vendor. Tell customs, if they even ask, it’s for soap making. Glad you stocked up for now.

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by Paskapostimiesover 4 years ago

I have no idea why they stopped selling larger bottles tbh, everything's gotten super expensive about vaping here. Nicotine is 9€ for a 10ml bottle and flavours are the same amount, it's insane. I'll keep your tip about soaps in mind for the future!

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by DustyHecklerover 4 years ago

Order from Puff they sell 5 ltr 50/50 70/30 or separately for 48 € there are other places as well Vapetalo etc . Where are you ?

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by Paskapostimiesover 4 years ago

Near helsinki. Rn I'm buying from Vaperoom for 20€ a bottle. Thanks for your advice, I'll go to Puff next time!

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by Alpha77777over 4 years ago

Buy PG/VG elsewhere in the EU or UK. There's no law forbidding this UNTIL it is only PG or VG and ZERO nic - it doesn't fall under any TPD regulation.

I am also from EU and i was buying it in the UK (5L for under 20 pounds + shipping) and never had any problem. Brexit changed things and you'll have to pay import taxes now (but not necessarily), but it still remains the cheapest option for me. Just remember - with zero nic you shouldn't have any problem with importing.

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by Paskapostimiesover 4 years ago

Thanks! I'll definitely try and order some online!

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by kuri_sanTouover 4 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

That’s still expensive. You can’t just buy from Amazon?

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by Paskapostimiesover 4 years ago

Not really, I've tried to order from France before but it got caught by customs😔 I'm just happy to save at least a little money on my vaping

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by wjdthirdover 4 years ago

God that is silly as hell 🤦‍♂️

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by James_Skyvaperover 4 years ago

That's great but still a bit pricy. I got a gallon of VG for $12 and a liter of PG to go with it for like $6. I got everything I need to mix my own juice for the next 5 years for like $150 lol. Since I never did it before I ended up ordering like 70 or so different flavors haha. So I should have plenty of variety for the few years anyway. I just hope I like most of em and don't end up with 30 flavors that I never want to use. I made an amazing coconut cream cheesecake the other day that I'm super proud of. It's literally the best tasting coconut juice I've ever had and I've tried many looking for that one really good one. Turns out that the one really good one is my own lol.

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by Bigredvaporover 4 years ago

Congrats on the coconut cheesecake sounds good diy is great.

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by XtaC23over 4 years ago

Haha yeah I get you. I've already got a couple flavors I'll never use again, including a giant bottle of FW Boom I thought I'd love, only to find it has some shady ingredients. Lessons learned lol

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by Barbarakeover 4 years ago

A gallon of VG for $12? In the US?

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by kuri_sanTouover 4 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

I got mine for $14. It was a couple years ago tho

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by canesfins1909over 4 years ago

That coconut cream cheesecake has me VERY intrigued!!! Is it a recipe you might consider posting in the future?

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by I_am_Feliover 4 years ago

Honestly this is shocking to me rn

I pay around 10€ for 1L of VG/PG Base here in Germany to hear that something as basic and essential as Base for Liquids could be so expensive. Hope that law or whatever gets fixed soon cuz that’s just bullshit honestly.

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by Quirky_Art3855over 4 years ago

I just got a new lot of vg and pg from pure nature. I'm from New Zealand cost $35NZD including shipping for 1 litre of each

https://www.purenature.co.nz/products/vegetable-glycerine-refined-palm-free

https://www.purenature.co.nz/products/propylene-glycol-usp-grade?_pos=2&_sid=49e9a93fd&_ss=r

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by DustyHecklerover 4 years ago

https://i.imgur.com/KL1yb70.jpg

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by [deleted]over 4 years ago

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by GacDreover 4 years ago

PERKELE! PERKELE! PERKELE! SUOMI is ill AF....I open Vapetalo and the first product being pushed is CUM flavored Juice...I couldn't make this up. Now I am only a couple of months and maybe a dozen bottles into this hobby but I have yet to see any sexualized flavor of juice in the US or UK...

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by kuri_sanTouover 4 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Well, he’s not lying. Cum Flakes

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