Vuse quality has gone down

I used to smoke Vuse and took a break and used a different vape. I went to buy a new device this week and the same pods I used to vape - I am shocked at how horrible the exact same flavor is now. It dries my mouth out, hurts my throat and has no flavor. My tongue is even sore I am shocked at the quality compared to what it used to be and have now wasted R300 on ******* - shocked