My order on 12/1 did not ship until 12/6, but surprisingly it made it to Los Angeles yesterday. It will probably hang out there for awhile though before moving on.
I am at my desk most of the time, so when I see the battery getting low, I just plug it in and use it as a pass-through as it charges. I also have a usb cord coming out of the console of my couch, and one in my car for extremely long trips to share with my cell phone.
To me, it's easier than swapping out batteries by walking to the bedroom where I have my charger (the wife's does not have usb). Plus I worry about the threading on my solo battery cover (I bought 3 spares because the original one seems a bit off).
Heck, I have had 3 Cloupor Minis in service for about 6 years now. Yes, the original release had some, uh, issueswith the onboard charger, but they were actually quick to admit to it and make changes. While mine are all second release, well, I only use external charging anyway, on ALL my mods. Heck, for me that's one of the reasons for replaceable battery mods, no waiting
I had an early release cloupor mini 30W. I ruined it by charging with the USB and using as passthrough. Dead chip. But no fire, lol.
I have 2 more that are fine except for the shtty brass 510s need changed. That's a future project. Not in a hurry but I have 19mm 510s ready to go. The thing I don;t like about them is that they're very heavy for their size. But I love the screen and the way the look and their size.
what mod is that on?
My element vape order must have went though without further issues. I obtained a tracking number already. I just wish they would fix the check out page. I might have to email them when I get some time.
When we bought our layzboy couch last year I wondered what in the world I would ever need USB ports in my couch for. Little did I know how often I would plug in a phone or ipad using them.
It is a Berserker kit, great out and about set up. I got a couple on sale for $13-$14. Vandy Vape Berserker MTL Kit | Stick Style Internal Battery Mouth-To-Lung Starter Kit
When you ordered the screw ups, was it the 10-pack or a 30-pack? I got the 30-pack, so I am hoping you got the 10-pack and they were only mixing those up.
VaporL order is still at "Shipment info sent to Fedex" with no movement. They haven't emailed me about someone else's order today though... yet.
My bank let the fraudulent charges go through even though I marked them, unsure of why, about to call them. They said it would be fixed by Wednesday, maybe I'll wait till tomorrow.
Just tried checking out of Fasttech with some Serpent Elevate glass and a couple Breeze pods... and they won't let me use Paypal because "Aspire." Still don't understand why. So what's the work around? There has to be a way for me to order these.
My bank let the fraudulent charges go through even though I marked them, unsure of why, about to call them. They said it would be fixed by Wednesday, maybe I'll wait till tomorrow.
Just tried checking out of Fasttech with some Serpent Elevate glass and a couple Breeze pods... and they won't let me use Paypal because "Aspire." Still don't understand why. So what's the work around? There has to be a way for me to order these.
When I had a fraudulent charge on my card about 2 weeks ago, I called them when the charge was still pending. They told me the charge would show up on my online statement and then about 5 days later the credit would show up and that is what ended up happening. Maybe your bank operates in a similar manner.
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I have never run into that before and I am pretty sure with my last 2 purchases from the actual Aspire website that I used paypal. Can you pay using a credit card? I know when I placed my first few orders with fasttech I used a credit card but after the 2nd or 3rd time they said they needed a photo of the card number for their bank, but I told them I could not do that because my card is a newer card and it just has the numbers printed on the back, not embossed on the front (so the photo would have included my CVV code and I was not doing that). So since then I have always paid using Paypal (I think the credit card option disappeared from my checkout windows after that). But if you have not run into an issue using your credit card with them, see if there is an option still to pay that way.
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Can't use Paypal for Aspire products, this has been the way for a long time. Also there is no option for credit card, I've actually never seen that option on FT.
From what I've heard, a workaround is to get a FastTech gift card, and then use the gift card to buy the product. To get a gift card, buy something in the amount you want the card in, immediately cancel the order and take the refund as a gift card.
I just checked and both of my purchases from Aspire's online store were paid using Paypal. Put in a trouble ticket at fasttech and ask them about paying with a credit card. Maybe they can enable it for your account or something. I know for certain that I had it on mine.
FT is no longer taking credit cards. The only way to use credit card is to use Paypal, you don't have to have a PP account to use Paypal as your CC processor.
For months now, the moderator has been saying that FT is working on issues with their credit card processor but that credit card payments will resume soon. But today she posted that FT will no longer take CC directly, so you have to use Paypal as the CC processor...
Paying directly through fasttech: FastTech Forums
My fear is that this may have something to do with the China-to-USA vape ban and that eventually FT and all other Chinese vape sellers will not be able to use paypal for vape transactions, just like here in the USA.
I have a funny feeling that the vapocalypse will be starting earlier than we think, for those of us who prefer to buy from China. I can see US retailers upping their prices as a result.
For those of us who are not into bitcoin, we may want to start figuring that out. Problem with crypto-currencies is that you have no recourse. You have no way to do a chargeback on a purchase you made if the vendor does not pull through with their offer or if you get a DOA or whatever. You have to rely solely on the vendor to "to do the right thing" and we all know, as much as we hate to admit it, that Chinese retailers are as big on good customer service as we are use dot in the Western world.
As for Aspire products:
To buy Aspire product on FT, you have to buy a gift certificate then use the gift certificate to purchase the Aspire products.
Calculate the cost of all your aspire products in your cart then buy a gift card for that amount. Then, at checkout, enter the gift card. Then pay for the rest of your order (if you have anything else in your order) with Paypal as normal.
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Well, that explains why the credit card option disappeared from my checkout windows, I thought it was specific to my account, related to me not sending in a photo of my card when they asked for it.
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