SiberianKiss Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 <3 My ex said she'd pick me up a bottle while she's over in the europes. How much does a bottle regularly cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 As far as shipping goes, this is the current trend in hookah companies, they charge lower and lower prices to get you sucked in and then way over-charge for shipping and handling, F-ing E-Bay style. Edit: Shipping on one of my heads, which are heavier than any others is $1.50. Do the math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofdavid Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 If you ever make a leopard print head, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 [quote name='ioannisds']No, it does not make you hallucinate or kill your family or cut your ear off or anything like that. [/quote] actually wormwood has a hallucinogen in it. One of its chemcials is in high doses, can cause hallucination. Some absinthes, which are highly illegal, containt a concentrated amount of thujone, the chemical responsible. So in truth normal absinthe doesnt, but go a few places in this world, or know the wrong damn people, and you can get a real 'Green Fairy' absinthe ;-) [quote name='ioannisds']THAT is 100% reasonable shipping, and to me reflects weight vs. cost to ship. So it sounds like Hookah-Shisha is on the ball. I have not ordered from them in a long time. [/quote] yea both hookah-shisha, and socialsmoke were very good on shipping. For my Polaris III, and all the extra stuff i got, ground shipping would only be i think $10, granted i got 3 day, and came to realise i was so close i could have gotten ground and gotten it just as quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioannisds Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 [quote name='EvansLight'] actually wormwood has a hallucinogen in it. One of its chemcials is in high doses, can cause hallucination. Some absinthes, which are highly illegal, containt a concentrated amount of thujone, the chemical responsible. So in truth normal absinthe doesnt, but go a few places in this world, or know the wrong damn people, and you can get a real 'Green Fairy' absinthe ;-) [/quote] No, no, no, no! I don't want to be a tool or anything, but this is something that many people believe regarding absinthe, and that many (shitty) absinthe manufacturers use to sell their poopy product. Many pre-20th century absinthes had thujone levels very similar or lower to the absinthes made today. Here's an example of thujone hype abuse:[url="http://www.absinthesupply.net/absinthe/what-is-absinthe.html?act_vn"]http://www.absinthesupply.net/absinthe/what-is-absinthe.html?act_vnNotice how they advertise this COW PISS. And how much this COW PISS costs. It is utter crap. But hey, it's just oozing thujone!There is good info here about the whole wormwood/thujone/absinthe effects here. This guy knows his absinthe:[url="http://www.oxygenee.com/absintheFAQ2.html"]http://www.oxygenee.com/absintheFAQ2.html[/url][/url]Again, not to be a dick, but there is so much false/mostly false information regarding this drink it makes me twitch. Aren't we supposed to be talking about being overcharged for shipping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioannisds Posted August 12, 2006 Author Share Posted August 12, 2006 [quote name='SiberianKiss']<3 My ex said she'd pick me up a bottle while she's over in the europes. How much does a bottle regularly cost?[/quote] Over there, I'm not sure. You could probably get a decent bottle for $40 or $50. Try and have her edumacate herself a little before she goes though. There are many sellers who are quick to rip off people who do not know what they are buying/looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalliwag Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 [quote name='Tangiers']As far as shipping goes, this is the current trend in hookah companies, they charge lower and lower prices to get you sucked in and then way over-charge for shipping and handling, F-ing E-Bay style. Edit: Shipping on one of my heads, which are heavier than any others is $1.50. Do the math. [/quote] EXACTLY! It pisses me off to go on eBay looking for some sort of popular cable, or something like a memory card reader and do a search for lowest price first and they will have something listed for 99 cents with $14 shipping on something that weighs 3 ounces!!!The competition is fierce in the marketing on hookahs. Since MYA seems to be the most popular I can see how some would try to grab someone with the lowest priced MYA but try to make up on the shipping. There are some like the pimpyourhookah.com guy seem to use freebies and really good customer service to try and gain customer loyalty. To me that is the way to go because once I get a lockdown on a good person to do business with I don't want to piss around trying to save a few bucks and go through the headache of shopping. Plus you never know what kind of goodie (freebie) they may send with your order so it's kinda like Christmas as well. Your shipping ($1.50) actually sounds below actual shipping cost? I know when I sent out the coals Priority Mail that shipping costs have gone up at least that method by quite a bit, close to 25% as close as I can tell. It is good to see that some people are more interested in making a good product at a fair price and establishing a good following than making a fast buck. Are there any vendors in Dallas/ Fort Worth that sell your shisha or is it pretty much just the net people? The few places I go do not carry it but they don't carry much of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakemonster Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 I imagine its a racket.This may discourage the ordering of "onesy-twosy" orders..... paying high shipping tends to make folks want to justify the order by buying more shtuff. That way they make more money on goods.... and then rape you on shipping. ICK.......Thats wy I try my damndest to seek out local places that I can get my goodies. I found out a trend with eBay shipping. The shipping price is the actual retail price of the hookah they want to fetch.... or at least covers the cost of the hookah and maybe a few bucks on top. Then they start the auction at $9.99. So most cases you are buying the hookah at shipping prices.. and paying whatever the ending price is for shipping..... and you be gettin all kinds of phxed that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGuy Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Regarding the absynthe: i'm quite certain you can only pick it up in spain and UK (maybe france) because it's illegal in most european countries. Think sambuca, but really strong. After doing a few shots of absynth, sambuca tastes watered down. A friend picked up a bottle for us in spain for about 12EUR i think (so it probably wasn't great quality) but we got half of it poured away by the police for drinking underage in public (yes, only half, they let us keep the other half - thank god for half assed police)To save on shipping, i order in bulk (E.g. my next order wieghs just under 10lb because its a hookah, with all h-s free accessories, and loads of shisha and some spare parts for a friends less-than-healthy-condition hookah) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioannisds Posted August 13, 2006 Author Share Posted August 13, 2006 [quote name='Lakemonster']I imagine its a racket. This may discourage the ordering of "onesy-twosy" orders..... paying high shipping tends to make folks want to justify the order by buying more shtuff. That way they make more money on goods.... and then rape you on shipping. ICK.......Thats wy I try my damndest to seek out local places that I can get my goodies. I found out a trend with eBay shipping. The shipping price is the actual retail price of the hookah they want to fetch.... or at least covers the cost of the hookah and maybe a few bucks on top. Then they start the auction at $9.99. So most cases you are buying the hookah at shipping prices.. and paying whatever the ending price is for shipping..... and you be gettin all kinds of phxed that way.[/quote] I think they also do this because Ebay does not charge you a percentage of the shipping cost when an item is sold, just the sale price. So, you sell something for .99 with $50 shipping, you get Ebay fees figured from the .99, not the $50.99. Douchebags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted August 13, 2006 Share Posted August 13, 2006 Oh, I read this more carefully. I believe only your tobacco products are getting the 150% charge. They will refigure it and you will get charged the proper amount for the order. Non tobacco products are exempt. I'm 45% sure on this. This is not something HookahCompany invented...they were severely threatened by the nice guys in Canada. All the companies will suffer this too. Edit: Somebody asked about leather hoses, and somebody else said Social Smoke was cheaper. Indeed, it was cheaper, but the shipping and handling was more, making the total item, like $.60 cents more expensive. Overall, I think all three of the major players have roughly equal prices. That is, the same order will cost the same, give or take a dollar, whether yhou order it from Social Smoke, Hookah Shisha or Hookah Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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