Eleaf iStick : part 2

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ahem, any delays in shipping are more than likely due to us customs not the chinese boat! :)
Ain't that the gospel truth, I get a lot of stuff from one source in China it comes by DHL...takes less than a week to get to Australia and then sits in Syndney Customs two or three waiting for customs to get their proverbial fingers out.
 

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Thankfully, I have had no problems whatsoever with any of my isticks except ones that I, myself, have initiated. Not with my 20W's, 30W's or my 50W. Kock on wood!! Lol
Nope nor I with the exception of the 20W contact pin collapsing( not spring loaded) in and being a PITA to pull back up. With the 30W there does seem to be a problem with the watt adjustment button, it has been reported to stick and also the fire button..... The 50W'er I have had no problem with up to 30W sub ohmning, but above that there can be issues as I wrote previously......The cloning monkies in China were busy cloning the 30W and are also busy cloning the 50W and the people I have spoken to and viewed these items have been clones.....Its getting very difficult to detect clones because they even now forge the bar codes and scratch panels. There is no such thing as copyright in China....heh what do you expect from a communist regime...everything belongs to the people and if you come up with a good idea that belongs not to you but to the people and you are free to copy or clone it.
 

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Nope nor I with the exception of the 20W contact pin collapsing( not spring loaded) in and being a PITA to pull back up. With the 30W there does seem to be a problem with the watt adjustment button, it has been reported to stick and also the fire button..... The 50W'er I have had no problem with up to 30W sub ohmning, but above that there can be issues as I wrote previously......The cloning monkies in China were busy cloning the 30W and are also busy cloning the 50W and the people I have spoken to and viewed these items have been clones.....Its getting very difficult to detect clones because they even now forge the bar codes and scratch panels. There is no such thing as copyright in China....heh what do you expect from a communist regime...everything belongs to the people and if you come up with a good idea that belongs not to you but to the people and you are free to copy or clone it.
I so agree! My former manager was Chinese and she didn't think she had to adhere to any of the rules set by organizations here in the U.S. Of course, she did after the company got in BIG trouble with the FAA. I worked for a parachute company.
 

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I so agree! My former manager was Chinese and she didn't think she had to adhere to any of the rules set by organizations here in the U.S. Of course, she did after the company got in BIG trouble with the FAA. I worked for a parachute company.
ROFL......That is the problem with these Chinese, They think there is no law apart from their own, so damn arrogant. I used to buy from healthcabin, and have now ceased doing so, the last item I bought was a Smoktech Guardian E=Pipe went to put the battery in and the spring on the base fell apart. No way in hades could I put it back together. The reply from Healthcabin was: "We send you new part with your next order" This to me is bull....t with a capital B...send me crap in the first place what makes you think you will get another order. I finally got a friend to repair the e-pipe and have not ordered anything of them since.
 

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I'm supposed to be getting something from HC in the next few weeks. Now you have me afraid! Lol
Don't be, you might be lucky.....I now buy from Electronic Cigarette, E-Cigarette, E-Liquid | Heaven Gifts Their service is tremendous, and I get my stuff sent by DHL.....Remember I am in Australia and the goodies ordered on June 16th are on board with the courier for delivery to me today June 22nd.....and this cheaper than EMS from China.....I refuse to use free freight options as it takes forever to get here.....Also stay away from Ecigaretteschina.com, I ordered two 100ml bottles of Nic Juice from them, Ok I got my two bottles supposed to contain 100mls in each, went to decant them into 30ml bottles and only got three 30 ml bottles from each 100 ml bottle. I was cheated by 20 mls on the total order. When I emailed them about this there was no reply....Dumb .... Aussle kangaroo...sucked in....Ok....they won't get another order again.....at least give me a courtesy of a reply.
Now I ordered about $150AUD worth of goods and the freight was only $35.39AUD

I tried to order similar from the USA and Fedex freight nearly made me puke....also they would not accept PayPal. Sorry my USA friends, I have been spammed so many times when I paid by Credit Card in the USA...I am hesitant to do so again....but the biggest deterrent of shopping in the USA is the freight....sheesh. Yes I know there is a method of doing this and its called MyUSA.com....I have written about my experiences with them in another post somewhere on this forum....in a nutshell when my liquid arrived it leaked everywhere and this was due to MyUSA repacking the order.
 

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Don't be, you might be lucky.....I now buy from Electronic Cigarette, E-Cigarette, E-Liquid | Heaven Gifts Their service is tremendous, and I get my stuff sent by DHL....

I've been a heaven gifts customer since 2009. I reached 'golden' status early - great discount esp. with any bulk buys and with the extra points above golden I've used for 15% off (and they allow this 'on top of' any sale they may be having - usually around US or China holidays) OR free shipping DHL. I've received orders from there in 2 days shipping to Ohio, but it is usually 3 or 4 days. I've signed off on signature required with DHL and while I'm usually around, not always.
 

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I so agree! My former manager was Chinese and she didn't think she had to adhere to any of the rules set by organizations here in the U.S. Of course, she did after the company got in BIG trouble with the FAA. I worked for a parachute company.

Worked? As in past tense? I sold my rig 15 years ago. I could use a great price on a new one... Just sayin'... :D
 

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I've been a heaven gifts customer since 2009. I reached 'golden' status early - great discount esp. with any bulk buys and with the extra points above golden I've used for 15% off (and they allow this 'on top of' any sale they may be having - usually around US or China holidays) OR free shipping DHL. I've received orders from there in 2 days shipping to Ohio, but it is usually 3 or 4 days. I've signed off on signature required with DHL and while I'm usually around, not always.
Yep I totally agree, top company to deal with and stick by what they sell. I truly dig these dudes.
 

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Worked? As in past tense? I sold my rig 15 years ago. I could use a great price on a new one... Just sayin'... :D
Yep! Worked...I needed more money and they wouldn't give it to me so I left in 2013. I work for a Japanese company now that makes transmissions for Toyota. The rigs we sold were used primarily for S&A.
You're a jumper??
 

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[QUOTE=" I've signed off on signature required with DHL and while I'm usually around, not always.[/QUOTE]
Yeah me too, even with tracking, its near impossible to be home when the courier comes. I have not lost a parcel yet. Made a drop shute box on my verandah and all couriers just deposit the parcels in the shute and no need to worry. I never get parcels bigger than 2kg and the drop shute idea works great. Nothing is even damaged I insulated it with foam rubber. My Ecig vendors really pack their stuff well, and I have no complaints except when MyUSA repacked my order and it leaked all over the place :mad::mad::mad:
 

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The reply from Healthcabin was: "We send you new part with your next order" This to me is bull....t with a capital B...send me crap in the first place what makes you think you will get another order. I finally got a friend to repair the e-pipe and have not ordered anything of them since.


I now buy from Electronic Cigarette, E-Cigarette, E-Liquid | Heaven Gifts Their service is tremendous, and I get my stuff sent by DHL.....Remember I am in Australia and the goodies ordered on June 16th are on board with the courier for delivery to me today June 22nd.....and this cheaper than EMS from China

while i love hg dearly ;) and their cs is indeed topnotch, their policy is exactly the same as at hc. any defective item will be replaced with your next order.
 

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Yep! Worked...I needed more money and they wouldn't give it to me so I left in 2013. I work for a Japanese company now that makes transmissions for Toyota. The rigs we sold were used primarily for S&A.
You're a jumper??

When I was young, dumb and... addicted to adrenaline. I worked seasonally for a sport-skydiving company for six years, over 1400 jumps. Started out packing chutes and worked my way up to instructor and exhibition jumper. Sold my rig when I bought the house. It covered half of the down payment!
 

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So now you want to get back into it? Lol

I went jumping earlier in the month. I try to get out once or twice a season now. The lift charge has gone up with the price of fuel but renting a rig is crazy expensive now. I'm thinking of digging out my 40 year old sporterized military T-10 rig but it's far less responsive and lands much harder than a nine cell ram-air. At $10-15k for a new rig, I'll probably pass...
 
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