E-Cigarettes can still be sold online. E-CigaretteDirect.com is picking up the slack as other larger websites are buckling under pressure from various interest groups to remove electronic devices from sale.
Online PR News – 14-October-2009 – e-CigaretteDirect.com Sees Increase in Sales As Amazon.com Removes electronic cigarettes
Many top internet retailer are going to stop selling and supporting the sale of electronic cigarettes on their website. Amazon.com reportedly has sent a notice to all its resellers with the following message:
We are writing because it has come to our attention that you have listed a product that we have determined is inappropriate for Amazon.com. We have prohibited the sale of electronic cigarettes, electronic cigars, electronic pipes, nicotine nebulizers, refill material for any of these, and similar products on our site.
“sales have never been better. Amazon was selling off-brands of electronic cigarettes. We only sell top name brands. This means that our customers can come back and purchase refill cartridges and accessories and be assured the products will work with their electronic cigarette”
Paypal has already canceled electronic cigarette accounts after receiving a notice of potential legal liability from ASH.
These larger websites closing sales of the electronic cigarette have really allowed individual websites that sell e-cigarettes to thrive. Gina King of E-CigaretteDirect.com states that “sales have never been better. Amazon was selling off-brands of electronic cigarettes. We only sell top name brands. This means that our customers can come back and purchase refill cartridges and accessories and be assured the products will work with their electronic cigarette”.
Several small internet retailers have sprung up on the web selling these electronic cigarettes directly from China. “Again, the problem you have is that each brand is different and you cannot mix and match accessories and refills,” states Ms. King. “We are a trusted one-shop stop that consistently has repeat business.”
Certain states have tried unsuccessfully to ban the electronic cigarette. Most recently in California, Senate Bill 400 was returned unsigned by Governor Schwarzenegger. The governor stated that electronic cigarettes are NOT illegal and the choice to smoke them should be left up to citizens.
The fate of electronic cigarettes is still in the air. The electronic cigarette has come under attack by special interest groups who have yet to produce any scientific evidence that the electronic cigarette is harmful to humans.
At least one company is picking up the slack as other larger websites are buckling under pressure from various interest groups to remove these devices from sale.
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