So I was inspired again by @raybrockman. I just saw a post where he was showing how you can use a rewards gas card to get money back and buy silver. Pretty genius stuff.
If you're smart and play the angles you can find room in your budget to add silver and gold to your stack without even noticing your sacrifice. Precious metals helped me learn to save money because you can actually see the savings pile up. And it's beautiful to look at and hold!
So first off I'm a smoker, been smoking for almost 20 years. I hate it but it's an addiction that becomes a way of life. I always wanted to quit and tried a few times unsuccessfully. I always came back to the cancer sticks. I felt powerless to them and eventually quit even trying to quit.
Then a friend bought me a vape, this one is $44 dollars Canadian
I was sceptical at first but the morning I got it I only had a couple cigarettes in my pack. I smoked those while the vape was charging. Once the vape was ready I started using it at work on smoke breaks. I loved it right off the bat.
Since that day I haven't had a cigarette. I was amazed how the vape fulfilled my cravings. Basically I'm still smoking I guess.. but the beauty is I'm leveling down the nicotine content gradually and not even noticing it! I started on 12 mg per bottle and now I mix my own juice and I'm down to 6.
I haven't had a cigarette in almost a year! I don't even want one, the vape juice tastes a helluva lot better and there's not the 100 other chemicals in the vape that they put in cigarettes to keep u hooked.
A pack of cigarettes in Canada is $15.25 in my province. I was a pack a day smoker so it cost me a whopping $106.75 a week to smoke! That's insanity! The vape juice costs $12 a bottle and lasts me the same time. I'm saving almost $100 a week!
With the money I'm not spending on death sticks I'm buying this..
Just about 4 oz's of silver per week is the motivation I have to never get back on the cig train. Its adding up!
Now before you tell me there could be health risks to vaping I'm aware..but it's far better than whatever the hell is in a cigarette and i feel so much better now. I have more money, energy and I don't smell like an ashtray. Plus once I'm down to 0 NIC I may just throw the vape away? Vapings fun, I love blowing big raspberry clouds of deliciousness! My wife even lets me vape in the house because the vapor doesn't hang around or smell very long. I could never do that with cigarettes! I spent half the night on the deck lol
I know there's alot of smokers in the stacking community and you're probably like I was, stuck and don't want to be preached to about quitting but please.. take the $40 bucks and atleast try it! You may be like me and wonder what the fuck took you so long? Vapings awesome!
Thanks for listening and keep stacking and looking for ways to acquire more!
That's really cool.
I started stacking the same time I quit smoking 7 years ago now. All the money I saved went on Gold, Silver & Crypto's.
Good on ya keep stacking.
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I love hearing from ppl that quit! Makes ya wonder why we ever started eh? There's absolutely nothing good that comes from it capt the govt gets tax revenue. Screw them! Thx for the words
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It is amazing how we can tighten our belts, calculate the savings, then put those resources into a tangible, collectible and appreciable investment. Nice silver maples, much nicer than burnt cigarette butts. @ironshield
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You are right! Coins don't make my fingers and teeth yellow either lol thanks so much for dropping by and leaving a comment 👊😎
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Wow!!! I mean to quit is amazing in itself but to turn that savings into silver is crazy, good for you my friend.
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Not quit entirely but well on my way! I have confidence now I can..And yes turning the money into silver feels great
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or just enter here
https://private.atlanticgam.es/#/sign-up/partner=P09201486561364
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Good job, my man! I also switched to vaping and for a while I was spending all the savings on more vape shit I didn't need. Well now I've cut way back on my spending for new devices and tanks and whatever else is new to market. I get a great deal (near wholesale) on all the premium liquids but I don't buy that much anymore either. I got some flavors and some VG and some nicotine and now I'm vaping for under $10 a week. I was a pack-a-day on a good day, sometimes two! I'm practically vaping for free and in addition to the health benefits I've allocated that prior spending to silver. I get two ounces a week even on weeks that I'm not making big shirt sales. Good stuff, my man!
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Yes man! I've been stuck with this Innokin device but it works great and it's silver haha I could get a better rig and blow bigger clouds but this is just a tool to help me get outta smoking. Good to know your a vaper too bud!
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We gotta stick together, eh? Too much negativity towards vaping but it got me off the stinky cancer sticks so I love it!
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Fuck the haters, they can't be happy if they're worried about what you're doing to help yourself. Vape on and vape strong my friend!
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Good for you @goldenarms ! Am just like you...huge smoker, tried everything, then tried vaping which, at the time, was relatively new here, so you felt kinda silly vaping as everyone would look at you weirdly haha. I was smoking "Rollies" as Taylor Mades were very expensive, now the cost is extreme. a 50oz pack of tobacco is approx $70.00 NZ YIKES !!! But I switched because smoking was wrecking my life. within a month there was a huge difference in my health...huge. Now everyone asks "when are you giving up Vaping?" ....you just can't win sometimes...keep on stacking :)
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Ha u guys call em Taylor made and rollies too! Yeah vaping is the way to go. I'll be down to no nic by Christmas I figure. Then we'll see, I may stay occasionally vaping for fun or I may throw my vape in the trash. Idk yet? I'm just glad to be unchained from cigarettes. Thx for stopping in and leaving a comment, appreciate it!
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Great message and hopefully, it inspires at least one person to give up the cancer sticks. 4oz a week is not too shabby a reward also!
Stack 'em high!
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Yeah I hate being that guy that tells people to quit. When you're a smoker you hear it everyday from someone, that being said I was amazed how easy it was to make the switch to the vape rig. I now feel like I can live without cigarettes. Sometimes I forget I'm addicted to the nicotine and go hours without a vape. Getting outta the habit of going to the store to buy cigs everyday and not having them around is huge too. Thanks alot for the words @lesvizable
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Wow, that's a big cost and saving. I smoke around 10-15 per day and its costs me around £4 per week. But great post, you may inspire some people yourself
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$4 a week! Wow. Our taxes here are bananas! The govt doesn't need anymore of my money I figure haha
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A pack costs around £10.50 ($13.46). I smoke rolling tobacco which costs around £20 ($25.56) for 50gram which last 1 week. But..... my wife's parents live on a duty free island based off the north of Germany. We go once a year and i stock up a years worth while im there. Last year, each pack pack of tobacco cost me around 2.85 euro. Its really fantastic, bottles of johnny walker green label for 30 euro, everything the airport as but better because you dont need to show your passport everytime to buy something. Tax'es here are crazy also but where there is a will and all that.
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Very nice! I'm proud of you dude!
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I want to make you proud. Hey we should get an apt together in Tilt Cove of things don't work out with our wives?! 😁
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Haha could I pass for a Canard? Also, I'm more of a small house large plot of land kind of guy. I'll plant the apple trees. Also I doubt there are apartments in a town of 4 people lol maybe a cheap ass motel but probably no apts.
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Canard? The fuck? U making words up lol also we have alot of land no people. Can't grow much in 5 feet of snow tho haha
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Wise choice! - I'm goin' on 4-years down this path... I used to be one of those insane type cigarette smokers who would rather die than quit.
If it weren't for this cleaner delivery system of my drug of choice (nicotine), I'd still be sucking on combustibles - if not already dead and buried.
Too get me off the debilitating fire-sticks, I started at 24-mg, and there I've since remained because after all, I'm still a die-hard addict for NIC.
The many benefits of vaping vs. smoking are too numerous to mention, but you've done a fine job in covering the cost savings angle.
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I'm always shocked how many dam ppl converted to the vape. I almost see as many vapers as smokers now! The person who invented them should get a Nobel. Afterall they gave Obama one for nuthin 😁
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Ha! You know it's funny... Yeah, there might be tons of vapers out there, but its been my direct experience that at least 50% of the cigarette smokers that I've tried to convert, simply don't take to it for one reason or another. I consider myself extremely lucky that "it took" for me.
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I gave up smoking on the 1st March 2014 because silver was more addictive than nicotine. I wrote myself a letter asking myself for 1 favour in life, explaining why i wanted to give up and what i wanted to stack with the money i saved. All i had to do is read the letter if i wanted a cig.
I gave myself the letter at the beginning of April and i spent the month going to various places to have an amazing ciggy and i enjoyed every one, i also got a bit of nice green for the final night and gave smoking a proper send off. I used the gum, it worked for me, kept my mouth chewing like a nutter but after 2 months i was somewhat free but it was about 9 months after before i realised i had done it and would never go back.
Dont smoke your stack.
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Good story. I'm glad u got off it man. Keep trucking my friend 👍😎
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Congratulations golden
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Thanks homie! Are u a smoker bud? Do u smoke bud? 😝 Vape can't replace the chronic smoke..u gotta love a little haha
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As big pun would have said I'm not a player I just crush alot. No no smoking here
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Thx GA! I needed another kick in the arse... burning through butts instead of buying Ag is really dumb :(
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Lol Naw it's not like that 😝 you'll quit when you're ready bud. Nothing and noone can stop ya but no matter how helpless you feel..I was there too. Try the technology bud, it's like smoking in the future haha 😎
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Well done man! I should start buying Vapes for all my gross smoking friends, sounds like it really made some great changes for you.
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Great post. Encouraging, hopeful and genuine.
I've been eyeing off these shiny silver posts.
I might have to start a little stacking by spending my spare SBD.
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Warning! It's highly addictive. For me it's the best hobby there is, everything I buy has real worth. Thx for stopping by @mattclake, I don't get many whales around here 😊
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That's a little generous, but thanks (you're right, you're just not right yet)
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