Coronavirus and ordering from China

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Myrany

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You might as well wait another Day before you Cancel your FT Order.

Because they are supposed to resume shipping on Feb 10th.
Officially yes but the ship date of my 2 FT orders has been changed from the 12th to the 20th.
 

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    You might as well wait another Day before you Cancel your FT Order.

    Because they are supposed to resume shipping on Feb 10th.

    It's already Feb 10th over there at Slowtech, 7:30 in the AM:D
    They should start shipping today according to them. The big banner was still up on the fasttech page earlier when I looked saying that shipping will resume on February 10th.
    Let's see what has happened by tomorrow:w00t:
     

    zoiDman

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    Officially yes but the ship date of my 2 FT orders has been changed from the 12th to the 20th.

    What is was the Date of your Order?

    I placed mine on 1-19-20. It's status is "Ready to Ship" / "Waiting to be Packaged" with No Ship Date.
     

    zoiDman

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    What is was the Date of your Order?

    I placed mine on 1-19-20. It's status is "Ready to Ship" / "Waiting to be Packaged" with No Ship Date.

    Here is what it looks like...

    FT_Order_1-19-20.png
     

    stols001

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    They are all backed up and going to need a GIANT plunger, .I have an order in progress I am not even gonna LOOK.

    3fvape, you be makin' me so sad.... But I dare not cancel my huge order quite yet. (Precio stuff. Oh, I'd offer to buy anyone's used one but I can't imagine anyone being willing to secede it.
    Anna
     

    b.m.

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    Things to seem to be starting to move at FT again now.The banner is still up there,but 1 of my orders moved from waiting to be packaged into packaging,the other still says waiting to be packaged though,so they are moving along,but probably severely backed up.
     

    DaveP

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    Ive got one pkg. from 3f vape that has been in hong kong for some days and the other is waiting at fastech for those brave souls to return to work.

    I have a VaporL shipment coming, but I'm guessing that it will be shipped out of the USA Warehouse, wherever that is. At least, that's the site I ordered from.
     
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    You might as well wait another Day before you Cancel your FT Order.

    Because they are supposed to resume shipping on Feb 10th.

    From Wotofo Support [Feb 10]:

    Dear Valued Customers,

    In reaction to the coronavirus outbreak in China, national and local governments here have made certain decisions related to the shutdown of industrial production in the country. As of this writing, the decision to delay the resumption of work for individual companies may extend to February 20th, which could result in shipping delays of products.

    Orders paid after 13:00, Jan 17 (Beijing Time) through Feb 20 will have to be shipped out after Feb 20. Then your packages will be shipped by fast international shipping service like DHL. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause, and we do appreciate those that stay supportive for Wotofo under this situation. Thank you very much for your understanding!

    Mail from China won't spread coronavirus, assured by international virus specialists. So, no panic on this. We will continue to monitor this situation and provide updates timely.

    Best regards,

    Wotofo Team

    Good luck. :|
     
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    From Wotofo Support [Feb 10]:

    Dear Valued Customers,

    In reaction to the coronavirus outbreak in China, national and local governments here have made certain decisions related to the shutdown of industrial production in the country. As of this writing, the decision to delay the resumption of work for individual companies may extend to February 20th, which could result in shipping delays of products.

    Orders paid after 13:00, Jan 17 (Beijing Time) through Feb 20 will have to be shipped out after Feb 20. Then your packages will be shipped by fast international shipping service like DHL. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause, and we do appreciate those that stay supportive for Wotofo under this situation. Thank you very much for your understanding!

    Mail from China won't spread coronavirus, assured by international virus specialists. So, no panic on this. We will continue to monitor this situation and provide updates timely.

    Best regards,

    Wotofo Team

    Good luck. :|

    Yeah... It's kinda a Mess.

    I Don't have any Wotofo products in my order. But I imagine similar things are happening with Most Chinese OEM's.
     

    JustWondering1

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    ALERT: USPS WILL BE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE GUARANTEE ON PRIORITY MAIL EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL DESTINED FOR CHINA
    AND HONG KONG, EFFECTIVE MONDAY, FEB. 10, 2020, DUE TO WIDESPREAD AIRLINE CANCELLATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS INTO THIS AREA.

    USPS.com

    Just saw this on the USPS website. If they're concerned about flights going into China, it makes sense they'd be concerned about flights coming from China as well.
     

    Rossum

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    If they're concerned about flights going into China, it makes sense they'd be concerned about flights coming from China as well.
    Pilots don't wanna fly to China. I can't say I blame them. Once they land after such a flight, they have a mandatory rest period, which means staying in a Chinese hotel and being exposed to locals.
     

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    This is from 2Fdeal FB page today:

    "Dear Valued Customers,
    We resumed shipping service to normal on Feb.10th.
    5% off site-wide code:BACK
    (Doesn't apply to shopping cart that included flash sales/special sales products)
    Customers service is responded within 24 hours during business days.
    Products in 24 hours shipping link would be extended to be shipped in 48 hours.
    Please note that if products are not in 24 hours shipping link, it may take extra days for restocking due to holiday backlogs and some suppliers not resume working yet.

    • Why some suppliers are not resume working yet?
    Each company that wants to resume working on Feb.10th, they need to submit all required documents (details of each employees of daily body temperature and travel route during CNY, etc) + prepare enough epidecmic protection products for empolyees in office. With all this preparation reday, government will check and release permission for a company to resume working.


    Best Regards,
    2Fdeal Team"
     

    Eskie

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    Of course we're all concerned with vape shipping and production. But let's be honest, we're a pretty small group to get upset. Think of all the companies worldwide that depend on Chinese components for their production lines. With the supply chain broken, companies from the US, Europe, South Korea, Japan, and obviously all the others (but those are the biggest manufacturers of complex items) will stall, people will be laid off as assembly lines grind to a halt, and economic growth will slow worldwide.

    I'm not knocking anyone here concerned over packages and orders, as I am in the same boat. But it's a pretty small boat, and one I'm less concerned about than all the giant ships that need to keep moving,and aren't. China's economy is taking a huge hit over this, although the extent always remains unclear as they're so opaque sharing economic data. The ripples from this will last months if not longer if spread continues in China at the current rate. If the rate of spread starts to increase outside of China (which I personally expect it will), the problems will compound and vape gear will be the least of our worries.
     
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