Columbus, OH Store is now Open :)

[gilpdawg]

As you guys keep expanding, if it remains fiscally responsible to do so, I think the northern suburbs of Dayton is a untapped market. There's the Vaporcast store in Centerville but that's a haul for people who live west and north of town. (Or the next county over, in my case)

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[Baditude]

Ya sadly the spots that we wanted to go were not too keen on the establishment we wanted to put in there.

Disappointing, yet not surprising to hear.

Cincinnati being the conservative community that it thinks it is, the local business association (I'm guessing here) probably ignorantly see's the e-cig market as not too different than a "head shop" or tatoo parlor. There's only one head shop still left in Greater Cincinnati (near University of Cincinnati), and it has not had the best public reputation over the years. So to local business leaders, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck....

 

[halopunker]

Ya, the name doesnt help too much. Can't tell you how many times we've said "No. We dont sell pipes, bongs, bath salts...No...no head shop stuff...just electronic cigarettes."

 

[MxChino]

I've been to the columbus, ohio store twice now. The level of service has been fantastic both times! I drive about an hour from Mansfield to get there and most recently came down this past Thursday. The guys helped set me up with a Zmax and a whole bunch of accessories. Although I spent way to much it was worth it! Thanks!

 

[Baditude]

Welp, if you know where Jungle Jim's is in EastGate we will be going in around that area. I've never heard of Jungle Jim's but guess it's suppose to be considered a decent landmark in that area of Cincinnati according to the real estate agent.

Link to Jungle Jim's on the east side of Cincinnati: Jungle Jim's International Market

Jungle Jim's is well known to Greater Cincinnati area residents. If it has anything to do with food or food products, they have it. Largest wine and beer selection in the tri-state, international food offerings, cooking classes and demo's.

The area between the parking lot and the store has large jungle animals like elephants and palm trees to set the atmosphere for the little ones, and there are talking animated-animals inside the store. Your first visit likely would take 2-4 hours to be able to take in all the stuff to see. Definitely worth planning to spend a morning or afternoon for a visit. Cool place.

Google map: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Jungle+Jim's+Eastgate+Suite+250,+4450+Eastgate+South+Drive,&hl=en&ll=39.093831,-84.273891&spn=0.019485,0.038581&sll=39.155622,-84.326935&sspn=0.311481,0.617294&hq=Jungle+Jim's+Eastgate+Suite+250,+4450+Eastgate+South+Drive,&t=m&z=15

For people that might be visiting from out of town (ie Reds' or Bengals' games), fastest access would be to hop onto I-471 (east of both stadiums) crossing over the Ohio River on the "Big Mac Bridge" (golden arches) into Kentucky. You soon come across an exit to I-275 East which you take and follow over the river again into Ohio. Eastgate is another 5 minute drive at that point. Since I don't have an address yet, I don't know the exact exit to take yet. The whole trip from downtown to Eastgate should not take longer than 15 minutes.

 

[CincyDawg]

Since I live on the east side, I'm excited to see you're coming to Eastgate. In fact, I was at Jungle Jim's on Thursday. It's easy to spend hours there. Looking forward to your opening. Keep us up to date.

 

[SpicyMcHaggis]

I heard Jungle Jim's and got excited! I'm just up the road from the one in....Fairfield. Hell, I didn't even know they had opened one over in Eastgate. Excitement waned a bit, but damn glad to hear you are headed to my area. Very best of luck guys!

 

[CincyDawg]

Ya sadly the spots that we wanted to go were not too keen on the establishment we wanted to put in there. We settled on the East Gate as the area itself seems to be more of retail oriented and directly off of at least 275 there. We went with this choice with the intentions of putting one on the west side later this year And in Columbus, OH we're also looking for another place on the NW side of things.

The nice thing about this spot is that it's the Shopping Area for the East Side with Jungle Jim's pulling over 100K people a week to it. So we're hoping this location will attract a lot of ecig users from the area. The retail spot will be our biggest storefront at 2,300 sqft so you know we're going to put a nice size lounge in it. We're going to be doing a different layout than the Columbus store and very excited

As we get closer to opening we'll be doing interviews for sure. We're planning on starting with quite a few new faces as I'm sure no one from Columbus will want to make that 2 hour drive. We already know who is running the store and we're excited to have the person. We'll of course post here when interviews will be happening

Any word on when the Eastgate store will be opening?

 

[Scoop224]

Any word on when the Eastgate store will be opening?

No kidding....

 

[mwdenko]

Heading down to columbus for work on Friday... Be there unitl saturday afternoon. Wondering if you have any of the kick's there as well as the kick sleeve for the SB? Looking for black or silver vein in the sleeve.

Be picking both up if they will be there!!!

 

[halopunker]

Ha should be, last time I was there they had them. I'll double check for you and if not I'll get them there We only sell the sleeves in back and silver though, not silver vein.

 

[halopunker]

Quick Update for those in the Columbus area: We added 27 new flavors to the line up for testing, these flavors will be available later next week to purchase. So if you're in the mood to try some new flavors stop by and see us

 

[mwdenko]

Got my kick with a black sleeve! Thanks! This is what I was looking for in a SB. I'm really happy.

Thanks!

Although the poor guy there was all by himself. But, he did a great job! Oh.. You need to knock down a building or two near you so parking is easier. LOL.

Thanks again!

 

[Artifex75]

I just made the hour and twenty minute trek from Chillicothe to the Columbus store last week and it was totally worth it. It was the first time that I've had the opportunity to be around other vapers. Chilli isn't big on anything more complicated than Blu cigs and that manner of thing. We have one smoke shop that sells a few eGo batteries and one type of clearo!

So, I walk in and the place is packed, but the staff treated us like long lost friends. A few were geeking out over the pipe to epipe conversion that I had just finished. I have never in my life (this is not an exaggeration) experienced such great customer service. There was absolutely no pressure for sales. You get the impression that these people love what they do so much, they've got PG in their veins. The juice selection is excellent and one red headed fellow even managed to find one that my wife likes, which I had so far failed to do.

There was a guy there that specializes in rebuilding coils and wicks, but I cannot remember his name. I'm horrible with names and I hate that I can't remember his... I believe he is only there on weekends. He taught me how to rebuild my attys and it has changed my life. I had a few crap attys from the smoke shop down here that have come alive with a low ohm coil. Please tell me this guy's name!

 

[halopunker]

There was a guy there that specializes in rebuilding coils and wicks, but I cannot remember his name. I'm horrible with names and I hate that I can't remember his... I believe he is only there on weekends. He taught me how to rebuild my attys and it has changed my life. I had a few crap attys from the smoke shop down here that have come alive with a low ohm coil. Please tell me this guy's name!

His name is Ken

 

[Bombies]

I'm from Columbus and I stopped by the store a week or so ago it was really nice. The staff is all very nice and helpful. I was able to pick up a protank 2 for a normal price. Another vape shop in Columbus is selling it for $50. Overall I was very happy and I will be back again!

 

[truen00b]

Another store in columbus would be fantastic!