Consider slowing your Fasttech roll

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curlygirl

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Hmm, weird ANYONE would take back juice. My local B&M said no returns on juice, advised me the Health Dept. would shut em' down if they did that.

I forgot to mention that I ordered two laynards in my first order from FT. My hubby uses his everyday. He is a mechanic. He has had metal stick to his tungsten ring, but his laynard is still in one piece...lol :)
 

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NO ONE lets you return juice. Sorry you had the bad experience with the no name juice, but you were admittedly a "newbie" to the juice game. You were very brave to order a no-name juice from an overseas vendor, and more brave than I would have been. I have ordered PLENTY of good ol' American branded juice, for MUCH more $$ and had the same experience. Toss it, save it, PIF. Chalk it up to experience.
At the very least, it got you into exploring DIY.

FT works best for those who have been vaping for at least a couple of months and know the differences of what they are buying. You do have to look closely at the pictures and account for the language barrier, but if you can successfully navigate, there are GREAT deals to be had. For some of us, the hunt is quite fun.

I don't think anyone is trying to shove products down your throat, I think they were trying to be helpful. It is frustrating when a person is trying to be helpful and they get "attitude" in return. We all need to remember that, I think.


I wasn't getting an attitude.. it just wasnt what I needed.. the place I got my horizontal cartos at, is now sold out.. that is pretty much all I need right now, and what I was shown wasn't that. I love to drip!! and that is what I use.. I dont have to mes with wicks etc and it makes me happy.. I am sorry i wasnt all "gaga" over it.. but again, cant use it..

and yes!!! at least now I am playing with my own juice and well I like it!!! :) makes me very happy..

Dont take this wrong.. I am not downing FT.. nor the people that love it.. however.. I should be at least able to tell what happened to me, I am semi new.. and well.. sometimes it isnt all sunshine and roses.. we all were new and well.. if I cant say what is bugging me, what am I doing here?
 

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Yeah but then why pay for the shipping and the whole bit. Better to offer a partial refund and call it done. From a business perspective anyway.

because then they can write the product AND the shipping off as a loss...(a lot of the time losses are better for business than profits)
 
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lol, I sure hope so too. Everyone said the Innokin SVD was awesome, never had a mod before. I hope it doesn't come all banged up. One good thing is that they do returns :( if that's a good thing...(wondering how much it would cost me to mail something back to Hong Kong) lol

I am in the same boat Angel. I ordered mine the weekend before their boat festival and am eagerly awaiting it's arrival. I am pretty confident that it will be in good order though. Chelle has ordered several times from them and still has nice things to say. So now it's just waiting for us lol

nada, nuthin', zip, zilch, zero.....FT pays for return shipping...if it is DOA...not just cuz you don't like it :)

btw....i'd like to point out that FT offers drop-shipment....so that means you *could* be purchasing from FT and not even know it :)

see...this thread is educational....i *kind of* learned the diff between horizontal/vertical coil cartos and more than i ever wanted to know about FT LOL

OMG! How dare you educate with out warning! :shock: This was my bum around day I even wore sandals, now you've gone and ruined it. Guess I'll go put on my shoes now :(

NO ONE lets you return juice. Sorry you had the bad experience with the no name juice, but you were admittedly a "newbie" to the juice game. You were very brave to order a no-name juice from an overseas vendor, and more brave than I would have been. I have ordered PLENTY of good ol' American branded juice, for MUCH more $$ and had the same experience. Toss it, save it, PIF. Chalk it up to experience.
At the very least, it got you into exploring DIY.

FT works best for those who have been vaping for at least a couple of months and know the differences of what they are buying. You do have to look closely at the pictures and account for the language barrier, but if you can successfully navigate, there are GREAT deals to be had. For some of us, the hunt is quite fun.

I don't think anyone is trying to shove products down your throat, I think they were trying to be helpful. It is frustrating when a person is trying to be helpful and they get "attitude" in return. We all need to remember that, I think.

Yeah as a retailer I would find the problem of returning juice pretty big. You have to get it back or else somebody will tell you the greatest juice they ever had is actually the worst and vape away thinking they are so smart (yeah you know they would about 10-20 out of 100 would). Then how do you deal with subjective taste? You can't resell it and you would have to pay for shipping (least I would). It's just way too big of a window for big losses to work out easily. As much as we might like something sometimes a business just can't do it and expect to operate successfully. Now bad equipment is another story and one that most places have a good return policy on including FT.
 

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Heck, I know what they sell and expect what I get.
Bought a couple DCT type tanks. Never expected the cartos to be any good, so no surprise when the first went open coil in 2 days. The second decided not to wick and toasted. Simple solution, dropped in my Boge XLs and all is good.
Could NOT have bought tanks that cheap even with carto replacement locally.

For those that Want Vivi's Not Vivi type top coil tanks, FASTTECH sells The VISION VIVI Originals. slightly higher than the copies.

No where is Fasttech trying to sell Knockoffs as Originals so if you are Being ripped off, you are ripping yourself.:D

I'd say, if you can only afford to buy once, buy from a reputable, reasonably priced Vender.:thumbs:
 

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Yeah as a retailer I would find the problem of returning juice pretty big. You have to get it back or else somebody will tell you the greatest juice they ever had is actually the worst and vape away thinking they are so smart (yeah you know they would about 10-20 out of 100 would). Then how do you deal with subjective taste? You can't resell it and you would have to pay for shipping (least I would). It's just way too big of a window for big losses to work out easily. As much as we might like something sometimes a business just can't do it and expect to operate successfully. Now bad equipment is another story and one that most places have a good return policy on including FT.

I think I read on a different thread that someone got a open bottle of that Chinese juice, That is worrysome
 

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Maybe it's the charger? I have found that cleaning the contacts of the battery and charger helps when the are not charging fully. 6-8 hours on a 650 is pretty good. I order some from them and they said hey were 900, about the same size as a 650 only a little bit taller. 1-2 cm

I have 6 ego's and only 3 that are defunct. I am an electrician by trade so yeah, not the charger. At first I did a recommended tighten, it's really tight, I also lifted the chargers center pin, cleaned all contact points, even sandpapered them. Nope, not that, sometimes they do/did, but now they wont at all.. So I time each charge on a vacation timer and while annoying, it works out correct and its faster than the charger indicator says anyway..

If you want to know your batteries real charge time for maximum efficiency. Go to link added, input your battery specs, size; and look on your charger for its output. Most ego chargers are 420mA. I think a 350mah-450mah charger is 280mA..

Battery Charger Calculator, Batteries Charge Time Calculation - Free Online Calculators
 

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I am pretty sure a guy from Uruguay said his was open. Are they normally, sealed with a protective wrap or anything/ I have not used it or anything

I don't know, I've never gotten any juice from them...I don't think I would want to buy juice from them, I've heard it's not that good.

I order flavorings to make my own and they are all sealed but I don't think I've ever bought juice that was sealed.
 

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Mine will take anything back I am not happy with and replace it with something else. They don't resell it. Why would anyone even assume that?

Hmm, weird ANYONE would take back juice. My local B&M said no returns on juice, advised me the Health Dept. would shut em' down if they did that.

I forgot to mention that I ordered two laynards in my first order from FT. My hubby uses his everyday. He is a mechanic. He has had metal stick to his tungsten ring, but his laynard is still in one piece...lol :)
 

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I am pretty sure a guy from Uruguay said his was open. Are they normally, sealed with a protective wrap or anything/ I have not used it or anything

I think i'm the only guy from Uruguay talking in FT threads :p

I've been recommending liqua because it's cheap, has nice flavor and comes sealed. I wouldn't recommend the unbranded juice they sell in a million years, i mean, the other liquids are already cheap enough :p I whis FT updated their hangsen selection because from what i read and tried it's an awesome cheap liquid too.

I just got 2 bottles of hangsen mango and cream from another chinese vendor and it didn't come with a plastic seal(the juice is amazing for 7.50 50mL bottle tho :p)
 

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I think i'm the only guy from Uruguay talking in FT threads :p

I've been recommending liqua because it's cheap, has nice flavor and comes sealed. I wouldn't recommend the unbranded juice they sell in a million years, i mean, the other liquids are already cheap enough :p I whis FT updated their hangsen selection because from what i read and tried it's an awesome cheap liquid too.

I just got 2 bottles of hangsen mango and cream from another chinese vendor and it didn't come with a plastic seal(the juice is amazing for 7.50 50mL bottle tho :p)

Yes sir, You are the one that I was thinking of... Is Hangsen Normally a sealed juice?

Is that MVP still working alright?
 

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I don't know, I've never gotten any juice from them...I don't think I would want to buy juice from them, I've heard it's not that good.

I order flavorings to make my own and they are all sealed but I don't think I've ever bought juice that was sealed.

I think most vendor's here in the US are smaller operations and don't have the equipment to protective seal. My flavoring has come sealed and
the other components as well.

Is Halo sealed? They are a major player
 

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Yes sir, You are the one that I was thinking of... Is Hangsen Normally a sealed juice?

Is that MVP still working alright?

According to my "research" on the internet, no, hangsen doesn't come with a protective seal. I made a "leap of faith" because the reviews on hangsen juice were good. And it didn't dissapoint, i payed $24 shipped to my door for 100mL, i'm mixing 1 drop of cream with 5 of mango on my IGO and it's amazing.

The mvp is an amazing piece of hardware, i didn't had to charge it for almost 3 full days of vaping.
 
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