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tiburonfirst

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BillW50

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If you could buy coil heads for just 25¢ each, would you still rebuild? That is what I ran into during this holiday season. I found Crown SUS316 single 1.2Ω coils for just 25¢. SUS is SS except it is food grade SS. Is it better? Heck if I know. Anyway they had 42 packs which there are 4 coils to a pack for just 99¢. Normally they are found between $2 to $3 each. But these are 168 coils for just $41.58.

Just got them a few hours ago. And I really like them a lot for MTL. But 168 coils and they generally last a month of heavy use each. That is 14 years worth of coils. Geez what have I done? I haven't even built 168 coils in my vaping life. Will I ever do another build again? :?:
 

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250c chip swap :) I swaped a 250c into this
Buy Authentic Vicious Ant 200W Black 18650 TC VW Box Mod
This mod originaly came with a DNA75c, then they made this version with their own IM200 colour chip.
It is a dual 18650 with a huge 510, fits a 30mm with no over hang :)
A DNA75c would have been an easy swap, but the 250c was an extensive under taking.
I'v been wanting to make a new 250c with dual 21700's, but an enclosure (non BF'er) I like, is imposable to find :(
So I have a few too many 250c's hanging around.
This was the next best thing for the $ Only $50, & I had every thing included for the swap, but the 250c.

It's only dual 18650's but it's pretty small! & the big 510 sold Me :)
See size comparison with ERM & ERM+ :)

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I had a package ship from 3F Dec 1, it showed up today :)
14 days from China in December is pretty good :)

hmmm ... I've never ordered from 3FVape before and just put my 1st order together. On their site it says 'free shipping to most countries'. But looks like the USA isn't one of them. My cheapest shipping option is showing as $12.70. Do you pay for shipping to Canada or get it shipped free. The money I was saving over FT is sucked up by 3F's shipping charge. Might as well wait for the slow boat from FT and save a few bucks, I'm not in a hurry.
 

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My packages from 3F always ship via ePacket for a few dollars, $12.70 in shipping must have been a big heavy order.

3F carries stuff the FT doesn't and vice versa, and ePacket shipping from 3F or FT is always 8-10 days to my door.
 
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hmmm ... I've never ordered from 3FVape before and just put my 1st order together. On their site it says 'free shipping to most countries'. But looks like the USA isn't one of them. My cheapest shipping option is showing as $12.70. Do you pay for shipping to Canada or get it shipped free. The money I was saving over FT is sucked up by 3F's shipping charge. Might as well wait for the slow boat from FT and save a few bucks, I'm not in a hurry.

Like Troll said Shipping (E-Packet) usually cost 2 or 3 dollars to Canada.
Last order was a bit more but the discount all most covered it :)

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Free Shipping is the slow Boat, I'm not going for that!
I use FT Or 3F cause of were it lands in Canada, both come in @ Mississauga On, closer to Me than the west cost. Many other China sites Land at Richmond :( one week extra transit time for me :(

I'm wondering why your shipping is So Much?
 

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My packages from 3F always ship via ePacket for a few dollars, $12.70 in shipping must have been a big heavy order.

3F carries stuff the FT doesn't and vice versa, and ePacket shipping from 3F or FT is always 8-10 days to my door.

Like Troll said Shipping (E-Packet) usually cost 2 or 3 dollars to Canada.
Last order was a bit more but the discount all most covered it :)

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Free Shipping is the slow Boat, I'm not going for that!
I use FT Or 3F cause of were it lands in Canada, both come in @ Mississauga On, closer to Me than the west cost. Many other China sites Land at Richmond :( one week extra transit time for me :(

I'm wondering why your shipping is So Much?

ah ha! Creative financing at work by 3F. I was going to order 4 atty's @ $19.99 each. I clicked their quantity discount button and saw I could get 6 @ $15.71 each. Ok, I'll spend a bit more money over all and have 2 spares so I put 6 in the cart. That's when minimum shipping shows as $12.70 (with the discount quantity of 6 in the order).

If I drop the quantity to under 6 in the cart shipping goes to ZERO. So 3F is recovering most of the quantity discount by adding in shipping. The actual cost of the discounted '6' with shipping added in is $18.23 per atty. So I'd only be saving $1.76 not $4.28 per atty.

Back to my original plan ... getting 4 atty's. If I need spares I'll order 'em in the future. This was my 1st order w/ 3F ... live and learn. :rolleyes:
 

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