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Sorry if I'm late to the party but did Nicotine base really get 5x more expensive in the last year?
submitted almost 4 years ago by emceemcee

I only tend to buy base every couple years but I went online the other day and everything I can find is crazy expensive. Lots of places have closed, some only sell 20mg/ml. I'm sure this isn't new to most people but I'm a little bit shocked.

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by cakeordeath176almost 4 years ago

No one has mentioned the proposed nicotine tax tucked into the BBB bill moving through Congress.

If that tax passes the price of nicotine is going to skyrocket. According to CASAA a liter of 100mg wiill be $2800 just in tax.

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by emceemceealmost 4 years ago

Wat?!

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by cakeordeath176almost 4 years ago

Yes. It's part of Bidens's Build Back Better Act.

The initial proposal was actually double what they're asking now.

https://filtermag.org/federal-vape-tax-reappears-in-build-back-better-new-cigarette-tax-vanishes/

https://vaping360.com/vape-news/111840/nicotine-tax-update-whats-changed-and-whats-ahead/

They are finally flat out admitting they want you to smoke instead of vape.

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by Sally-Seashellsalmost 4 years ago

Because it's so much healthier, duh!

/s

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by IlIlllIlllalmost 4 years ago

Should I be buying a liter these days? Last time I bought was 1 year ago and it was for 100ml of 48mg and now I am ready for an order.

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by Malawi_noalmost 4 years ago

I think the solution to this may be that people start extracting their own nicotine from tobacco.

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by sloppyjoepaalmost 4 years ago

Yes an building your own coils is old news. Rigging your own mod from scratch will be the new flex

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by emceemceealmost 4 years ago

You don't grow your own cotton? Are you really DIY?

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by sapienBobalmost 4 years ago

hell here you have to have a business license to buy vg/pg with no nicotine from some websites. I've got about another 6 months worth of liquid nicotine stashed away and I don't know what I'm going to do after that.

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by northrivergeekalmost 4 years ago

If your in the US there are a few places still selling it .. perfect vape, nicotine giant and others.. but price is rising and shipping is getting harder.
If you want it better get it now.
Most are now shipping through an alt carrier.. it takes longer, MUCH longer.
It was easy to get first quarter of the year .. I knew of the impending doom of no more shipments from fedx, ups, and now USPS . it was all over the net it was coming.
I bought 5 gallons I'm set for as long as I want to vape or still breathing

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by BruceOfWaynesalmost 4 years ago

Perfect Vape got me my package twice as fast with xps shipping rather than usps. Took two days from ordering to recieve my package. From Oklahoma to New York. No, shipping does not take longer now. It's quite a bit faster.

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by Rational-ishalmost 4 years ago

They’re shipping to individuals or businesses (or both, obviously)? Plenty of places have stopped selling directly to individuals so I wanted to ask.

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by indabronxalmost 4 years ago

I'm in ny too. Shipping was $10 flat rate? Did you have to sign for the delivery?

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by sapienBobalmost 4 years ago

you are a king thank you.

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by korosenseiacalmost 4 years ago

Here in Malaysia I can get 30 ml of 100mg freebase nicotine for just RM25/6 USD. I think it is cheap enough. Dont know the price for other countries. Is it cheaper or more expensive?

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by DazSchplotzalmost 4 years ago

In the EU we can get 100mg/ml for around 80€ (about 90 USD) a liter.

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by HappiSabiover 3 years ago

Where? I haven't seen any with that high nic for that price in EU for a long time..

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by Lynda73almost 4 years ago

Oh, yeah. Bottle I used to get for $15 now costs $80.

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by Cloudy_Shamanalmost 4 years ago

Shipping harder because of the PACT Act signed by Trump, then BBB will tax the crap out of it under Biden. Can't win for loosing.

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by cakeordeath176almost 4 years ago

"Can't win for loosing."

They want us to be beholden to our local market the same way cigarette smokers are.

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by RobZilla10001almost 4 years ago

Yeah, I have to find someone else now that Wizard Labs has gotten squirrely.

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by L3thal1tyover 3 years ago

Wizard Labs was my go-to as well. I just went to order more today and was smacked with the news that I have somehow missed for months. Now I have to decide to try and quit or find alternates.

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by RobZilla10001over 3 years ago

I emailed WL for a price list and as of their response (12/7/2021) they are shipping via USPS, and will continue to do so "until they tell us to stop". Might be worth reaching out.

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by L3thal1tyover 3 years ago

I spoke to them today and they informed me they are not selling or shipping any nicotine products. I told them I wanted to cancel my pending order as I didn't need the supplies if I didn't have the nicotine. They happily cancelled the order, so I am relatively confident that they're not just bowing smoke.

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by fingermealalmost 4 years ago

This is why i bought over 2 gallons of nic last year

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by emceemceealmost 4 years ago

WELL, THANKS FOR TELLING ME!

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by fingermealalmost 4 years ago

You're welcome!

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by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 4 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Are you in Canada?

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by emceemceealmost 4 years ago

United States. But I'll gosh darn drive to the border if prices are better up there. Is it like maple syrup, can one just tap a nicotine tree and fill up their bucket?

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by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 4 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

Yes nicotine companies have closed down. Yes the pricier vendors remain. Welcome to the wild west of vaping.

Not sure where you are seeing this 20mg/ml business. That's a Canadian thing

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by Apexifiedalmost 4 years agoThe Kingmaker

They live under a rock... it's Patrick

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by emceemceealmost 4 years ago

No, this is a Wendy's. Wait I think I fucked that up

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by EdibleMalfunctionalmost 4 years agoI found my thrill on Blueberry Hill

My kid loves my Patrick impression

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by Apexifiedalmost 4 years agoThe Kingmaker

Just don't stay in character too long, you'll miss all the new regulations

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by Apexifiedalmost 4 years agoThe Kingmaker

https://diyejuice.org/supplies/vendor-list#nicotine-suppliers

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by Art-Vandelay-1almost 4 years ago

Saw the vape ban coming and and ordered up a lire BBB is a sham

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by cakeordeath176almost 4 years ago

"BBB is a sham"

They will pass some version of it and it will contain some sort of nicotine/tobacco tax. That's just about a given.

Yeah, I have a life time supply of nic and vape hardware too.

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by Art-Vandelay-1almost 4 years ago

Hope nobody here makes less than $400k cause this tax isn’t for you/us

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by IlIlllIlllalmost 4 years ago

Have you found a good place to buy nicotine yet?

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by chinolofus77almost 4 years ago

perfectvape seems to be the best choice now

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by IMTrickalmost 4 years ago

It's been a month or two since I bought nicotine, and while it was getting trickier to find a vendor, I didn't notice anything like even a 2x price increase.

I haven't look since then, but it wouldn't surprise me given the volatility in the industry lately.

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by Nixxuzalmost 4 years ago

I looked into River Supply, just to see what the prices are like. I bought 2 gallons of 100mg/ml last year from them for about $350 with shipping.

Now? Same price for the nicotine but the shipping is over $450...

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by InertiaCreepingalmost 4 years agoBenevolent dictator.

Can’t speak for the entire industry, but yes, sort of.

Chinese and Indian nicotine is (generally) the main base for nicotine around the world.

Chinese govt. controls this supply pretty tightly.

I heard that RELX bought basically the entire supply of Chinese nicotine for use in their pods, which drove up the price of the remaining nicotine dramatically.

This may be bullshit, but I trust this source, and our wholesale nicotine rates have gone up around 5x.

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