Coronavirus and ordering from China

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DaveP

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It's a good time to convert to online billing. Electrons seem to be free of CV-19 so far.
 

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Well I have an EHPro and some other stuff from FT stuck out there somewhere since 3/16.......
I don't even know if there is any Mail moving yet from there...

It's a mixed bad. Some people are getting their stuff quickly, others not so much.
 

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I havent noticed any sort of delay since they all returned to work from the "Chinese new year" that pushed a couple orders back like 3 weeks or so but since then ive been recieving packages all along. I placed two new orders on Thurs and Fri morning so we shall see. 3avape told me no delays currently. Recieved one from Everzon Fri morning. Hopefully these last two go through without a hitch, it was my final stock up orders and were quit large. I'll be good one juice but I got more DIY just in case. Along with some rebuildables and supplies. I've deff accumulated an impressive stash of juice lol every time i open my closet I get all tingly inside like christmas morning. My friends like to treat it like the local discount vape shop but ive been tightening up on it the last month or so.

how did you go with those orders from 3avape and everzon? were they coming from china or a local warehouse?
I got a couple of orders through just after they returned from CNY holiday and before covid19 really shut every thing down.
Since then Ive been waiting in australia for one order from everzon and 4 from 3avape going back to late feb to early march now.
Only one other has come, ordered just a day or two before the others. No movement in tracking other than left country of origin. How can it be left country of origin? is it flying around in circles or on a slow boat? Im starting to get a bit worried. 3avape told me only one shipment a week is being sent to my country by the shipping company and they have a huge backlog. So i dont know, could be just a big backlog. Some orders are sent by china post epacket and others by singapore post, i havent received any of the singapore post ones. Not sure if its the same for other countries. PITB, I know that.
 

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After no movement for almost a month, my FT package appears to be actually headed my way.
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I got my orders from fasttech, ordering from China in my experience has always been good, yeah you might have to wait but I've not had an order go missing or a wrong item, especially now you might have to wait longer but tracking and support is normally very good unlike some companies closer to home
 

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yep, ive made a heap of orders, with most of the main sellers fasttech, everzon, 3avape, 3fvape, aliexpress, heavens gift, vapeciga, vapesourcing and so far ive had only one order not show up at all.
It was with everzon but they offered me a refund or store credit no questions or drama.
Im a little bit worried about 3avape offering the same with 4 orders all around the $100 each mark but hopefully they do all arrive eventually and i wont have to bother going there.
Unless money is no object and you can afford to pay local prices its a no brainer buying direct from china. Yeah the wait sux but the prices just cant be matched.
 

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Im a little bit worried about 3avape offering the same with 4 orders all around the $100 each mark but hopefully they do all arrive eventually and i wont have to bother going there.
Unless money is no object and you can afford to pay local prices its a no brainer buying direct from china. Yeah the wait sux but the prices just cant be matched.
I just got my 3A order today 4/17,it was shipped 3/4 so it took a long time,but it did arrive.My Ft order shipped 3/7 and just finally got put on a plane to leave China this morning 4/17,so it'll be another week yet before i see that one,but they are moving.
 

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I was sitting here thinking about making a couple huge orders. It's been about 3 months since I've made a couple nice orders from fasttech, 3f and 2fdeal so i asked google about Chinese shipping and here i am. Glad to see things are moving a little. Thanks for the updates guys.
 

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I was sitting here thinking about making a couple huge orders. It's been about 3 months since I've made a couple nice orders from fasttech, 3f and 2fdeal so i asked google about Chinese shipping and here i am. Glad to see things are moving a little. Thanks for the updates guys.
I will say though,i have made 2 orders with 2FDeal here recently,and got both in about a week to a week and a half.They use some type of expedited shipping and it moves pretty quick,i think it cost me like $5 or so.
 

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I will say though,i have made 2 orders with 2FDeal here recently,and got both in about a week to a week and a half.They use some type of expedited shipping and it moves pretty quick,i think it cost me like $5 or so.
Thank you, 2f has been my go to for almost a year now and this is great news. I hope everyone is safe right now and secondly i hope we all get our vape stuff and nothing gets lost or mixed up.
 

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Just wondering if anyone could let me know what kind of delivery times they are currently getting with this virus stuff going on. Just had an order ship today (that I ordered Friday, in stock item), normal picture of package on my account orders page, and I have another I ordered today, that is supposed to ship by the end of the week (if their stock comes in like it is supposed to, I hate ordering if not in stock). I've been reading here of orders from early March just getting here, what about orders made in April? Am I looking at the normal 12 days (or so) like so many orders I have made in the past, or is that getting stretched out to 30 to 45 days (after shipped) because of this virus?

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Just wondering if anyone could let me know what kind of delivery times they are currently getting with this virus stuff going on. Just had an order ship today (that I ordered Friday, in stock item), normal picture of package on my account orders page, and I have another I ordered today, that is supposed to ship by the end of the week (if their stock comes in like it is supposed to, I hate ordering if not in stock). I've been reading here of orders from early March just getting here, what about orders made in April? Am I looking at the normal 12 days (or so) like so many orders I have made in the past, or is that getting stretched out to 30 to 45 days (after shipped) because of this virus?

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Depends on a few things.I think most of the orders placed early march were sent using the normal methods,and have gotten severely held up.Once Ft realized this,they started sending the packages through other postal centers,i have seen a few people say theirs got sent through Singapore,and a few other places,i have no experience with the other options,so not sure if they will be any faster or not.I have seen a few people post here recently that they got their stuff in 2 weeks or less,so i think maybe they found a faster solution.I know 2FDeal uses some sort of private carrier,and my stuff from them has moved very fast,first one was in my hands 6 days after ordered,and the 2nd was maybe 10 days from order time.I wish the other places like Ft would use that same service,it cost me about $5,but well worth it to get stuff that fast from China.
 

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Depends on a few things.I think most of the orders placed early march were sent using the normal methods,and have gotten severely held up.Once Ft realized this,they started sending the packages through other postal centers,i have seen a few people say theirs got sent through Singapore,and a few other places,i have no experience with the other options,so not sure if they will be any faster or not.I have seen a few people post here recently that they got their stuff in 2 weeks or less,so i think maybe they found a faster solution.I know 2FDeal uses some sort of private carrier,and my stuff from them has moved very fast,first one was in my hands 6 days after ordered,and the 2nd was maybe 10 days from order time.I wish the other places like Ft would use that same service,it cost me about $5,but well worth it to get stuff that fast from China.
I read a ways back about them using other carriers, but my tracking LY*********CN shows like normal through China Post, unless they are routing it some other way. Guess I will hope for the 2 weeks, but expect longer. I have placed TONS of orders with them over the many years since I started vaping, and never did not get an order. Quickest was 8 days, longest was 49 (over CNY). Thanks for the input. :)
 
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