My first vaping story

[richberstler]

Early last week I ordered my first ever gear to get started (in my signature) and a few bottles of 'get me started' juice. The next few days since I've read too many comments/articles and watched too many videos and ordered more.

First a 6 pack sampler from mom and pop. Next a whole bunch of replacement coil heads for my tanks of a bunch of different ohms to experiment with. Then it seemed prudent to get some 510 attys & drip tips to sample juice and some other trinkets to make my setup look a little sleeker. So now I'm stoked.

Friday I get my first package, was so excited. I expected my batteries and tanks because I ordered them first, but got the coil heads instead. Then I decide to check some tracking numbers because I'm really anxious now. @%&@*##%#@ if my package of gear doesn't show on USPS website as delivered 2 HOURS AGO. So now I have to call and argue with the ornery USPS supervisor late on a Friday afternoon that they lost my stuff. A couple hours later I realize he had no intent on contacting the carrier and calling me back.

Today (Monday) I call them again. This time I get the 1st shift supervisor and she seems to know her stuff. So now I await my carrier to see if he finds the package during his route and delivers it. INSTEAD!?!?!?!.... I get my drip tips and 6 pack sampler.

PURE TORTURE lol

All these toys and juice for and not a way to get started with it. Meanwhile I continue to suck on my cancer sticks

What a bummer, but hopefully it only gets better. A heck of a way to get started so I felt the need to share.

 

[JessiNanas]

Hang in there man.. vape mail can be a beast but it so pays off when you get the goods!

 

[Amberina]

Just wait.... it will all come together eventually. I know it is torture to have to wait but it is WELL worth it! it is so frustrating too deal with incompetent mail carriers. I had the same thing happen with a package. It said 'delivered' several hours before, but it never made it to my house! I went to all of the neighbors to see if they got it by mistake. No luck. I finally found out that a lot of deliver people will mark the packages as delivered so their performance times are better! Then they deliver them when they get around to it. Sometimes it's within an hour sometimes its off by a day!
Hope everything gets to you safely and SOON!!

Good Luck!!

 

[Monkchip]

Hope you get everything real soon...waiting is frustrating!!

 

[Kelevra]

Sorry to hear that one, it sure sounds like torture. Hope it arrives soon so you can be a vaping ex-smoker, there is no better feeling than that

 

[Synyster]

I had a similar situation and received my juices about a week before my gear. It does suck, but now you have time to steep the juice a little before the gear arrives.

 

[richberstler]

Thanks everyone. It wasn't my normal carrier on Friday. He (normal guy) told me today he was off but will continue to look for it. In the meantime I'm out $115 and waiting to see if I need to reorder. Bass turds! Got my fingers crossed for tomorrow.

 

[richberstler]

Actually my other worry, which I conveyed to them, is if a kid has the package and decides to drink the juice, or any other person not familiar with the toxicity of nicotine in liquid format... Not good for them and the press wouldn't be good for us.

 

[The Goo]

It does get better. I've found that patience is a great thing to have and it took me sometime to get it.

 

[IMZed]

I'm sorry to hear about your bad experience with USPS! I've had some pretty bad dealings with them on the local level, too. I'd thought things had gotten better, but now they seem to be slacking off again. I guess with personnel cutbacks and vacations they must be short handed. My latest experience was just the opposite of yours. I got 2 deliveries in 2 days from different parts of the country (MN, CA) and both of them still showed at their places of origin when I received them! I would agree with the have patience philosophy, but I think it might also be a good idea to contact the vendor and let them know that you have not gotten your shipment even though it shows delivered. Just my !