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# Buddys Vape & Smoke, Schaumburg IL: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/il/schaumburg/buddys-vape-and-smoke-schaumburg-il. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16.

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## In short

Buddys Vape & Smoke is a smoke shop in Schaumburg, IL. Its AI Score is 35 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Smoke shop |
| Address | 1122 s Springinsguth Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Thu 9 AM to 11 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 12 AM · Sun 9 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (847) 278-1543 |
| Rating | 4.7 across 346 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Saturday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1122 s Springinsguth Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | A Complete vape & smoke shop in Schaumburg . we carry all kind of vape,kratom,glass,rolling paper & all kind of smoking accessories come visit us🤝😊 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Thu 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Fri to Sat 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Buddys Vape & Smoke | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (847) 278-1543 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Glass pipes | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Kratom products | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Rolling papers | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Smoking accessories | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Vape products | AI guess |  |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/buddysvape_official | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://instagram.com/buddysvape_official?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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## Visiting Buddys Vape

Address: 1122 s Springinsguth Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60193, USA. Phone: (847) 278-1543. Hours: Mon to Thu 9 AM to 11 PM · Fri to Sat 9 AM to 12 AM · Sun 9 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "A Complete vape & smoke shop in Schaumburg . we carry all kind of vape,kratom,glass,rolling paper & all kind of smoking accessories come visit us🤝😊"


### When to go

Quietest day: Saturday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B's Shrimp & Fish | Seafood restaurant | 3 min walk |
| Subway | Sandwich shop | 3 min walk |
| Rosati's Pizza | Pizza restaurant | 4 min walk |
| Wings Burst | Chicken wings restaurant | 7 min walk |
| Lazzat | Restaurant | 7 min walk |
| Falk Park | Park | 7 min walk |


## Reputation

4.7 average across 346 reviews: Google 346. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

Buddy's Vape & Smoke offers a diverse product range but faces challenges with management and product quality, impacting customer trust. (AI guess, from 346 reviews.)


### What people like

- Wide selection of vapes and cigars
- Exotic snacks and drinks


### What people do not like

- Management issues with Ronnie
- Concerns about product authenticity
- Higher prices than competitors


### Press

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### Directories

Listed on 0 of the 18 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Angi | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Not listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
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## Questions people ask


### last update from here was when?


### worth it or not, what do the regulars say


### what else is on Springinsguth around Buddys Vape?


### Booking a first visit here, what happens?


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### what do people usually buy there


### opening hours at Buddys Vape in Schaumburg, what are they these days?


### Whereabouts is the shop?


### bad experiences at Buddys Vape, anyone?


### is Schaumburg expensive for this, or is it just here


### same day slots, does that ever happen here


### are prices in Schaumburg higher than everywhere else


### best smoke shop in Schaumburg


### Buddys Vape or SMOKE DISTRICT?


### when is the shop actually dead?


## The AI Score: 35 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Schaumburg smoke shops run 22 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Buddys Vape scores 35, below the Schaumburg average of 42. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Buddys Vape |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 90 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 35 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 40 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a smoke shop: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Buddys Vape |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Buddys Vape & Smoke | LocalBusiness | #business | https://instagram.com/buddysvape_official?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA== | Subject of this page |
| Schaumburg, Illinois | City | #city |  | City Buddys Vape is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the smoke shops in Schaumburg, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best smoke shops in Schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg/smoke-shop
- Best businesses in Schaumburg: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/schaumburg


### Nearby

- /chicago: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/chicago
- /elgin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/elgin
- /carol-stream: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/carol-stream
- /lombard: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/lombard
- /aurora: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/aurora
- /st-charles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il/st-charles


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in Illinois: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/il


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJBRmXXQ2pD4gRZVv3XK74-4I (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)