Vape shops fear USPS ruling could put them ‘out of business’

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JC Perry and Brad Everett have co-owned a West Toledo vape shop for over eight years.

Their clientele includes a roster of 9,000 customers, and under normal circumstances — before the coronavirus pandemic — they would see around 75 to 100 customers shuffle in and out of their Laskey Road location each day.

But despite their sustained success, which has involved surviving the pandemic and navigating through governmental regulations that have further restricted what specific products can be sold and where they can be marketed, the business owners — like many in their industry — fear they could soon face their biggest threat yet: a ban on shipping vapor products through the United States Postal Service.

With other shipping companies already refusing to handle their products, USPS has become the go-to parcel carrier for the industry.

“A USPS business-to-business ban would put us out of business,” Mr. Perry said Thursday at his shop, Nice Cloud Vapor, while noting he has already lost a significant number of sales because of inability to ship to online customers.

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Brooks Sutherland – The Blade – 2021-07-06.

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