Focalecig ... A new Fasttech??

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Cranky99

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Right, but 2 days after the site gave me the tracking number it shows nothing..not even that a label was printed.

I'm quite aggravated, I just want verification it indeed shipped.

One if the last ones I got never showed anything on tracking until it hit Chicago. Then it showed the previous update from China. I've had several domestic shipments do similar weird things so I'm blaming USPS.
 

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Well I got in on the group buys for both the Kayfun and the Nemesis with my first Focalecig purchase. Will be my first mechanical mod. Time to shop some batteries and a charger, I guess.

I recommend 101vape if you want to buy in the US, got my Efest BIO V2 charger from there and love it...just saying it can be a hassle to import batteries.

I hear the 35A Efest are good batteries but I went with the Sony VTC5s from a different place.
 

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Right, but 2 days after the site gave me the tracking number it shows nothing..not even that a label was printed.

I'm quite aggravated, I just want verification it indeed shipped.

I was talking about my own janky tracking, not yours ... not sure that was clear in my last comment.
 

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I recommend 101vape if you want to buy in the US, got my Efest BIO V2 charger from there and love it...just saying it can be a hassle to import batteries.

I hear the 35A Efest are good batteries but I went with the Sony VTC5s from a different place.

Sony was the better choice, Efest 35A are grossly over stated in terms of amp rating .. that battery should not be pushed beyond 15A as it nearly when into thermal runaway when tested at 20A against the Sony's.
 

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Doris emailed me back and reassured me that it's because of the holiday, I will take her word for it.

Thanks Doris

I forgot about the Holiday .. Doris is a very honest person, so if that what she replied, then that is what it is ... she did email me about the current Holiday last week, but I totally forgot it. It didn't even dawn on me when you were talking about the tracking, so it all makes sense now. :)
 

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I was talking about my own janky tracking, not yours ... not sure that was clear in my last comment.

I wasn't being testy, I knew what you were saying it's just usually when something ships with USPS you at least can see the tracking is valid...like a label was printed but the item hasn't been received and scanned yet.

My tracking number is totally unknown by the system, this is not normal and I don't see what a holiday has to do with a tracking number being recognized as valid.

Doris said it shipped and I will take her word for it...but I still don't understand why the tracking number isn't at least recognized.
 

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Sony was the better choice, Efest 35A are grossly over stated in terms of amp rating .. that battery should not be pushed beyond 15A as it nearly when into thermal runaway when tested at 20A against the Sony's.
Agreed... Testing showed that there are no QC with what you get and what sticker they put on their stickers. Sony Samsung and AW's are my choices.

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I wasn't being testy, I knew what you were saying it's just usually when something ships with USPS you at least can see the tracking is valid...like a label was printed but the item hasn't been received and scanned yet.

My tracking number is totally unknown by the system, this is not normal and I don't see what a holiday has to do with a tracking number being recognized as valid.

Doris said it shipped and I will take her word for it...but I still don't understand why the tracking number isn't at least recognized.

Shipping labels and tracking from China are not the same as shipping labels printed from the US, you do know that right? ... There is no "electronic notification received" in China.

The first status when it appears simply says "Acceptance", which usually shows 2-4 days after shipment by the vendor. There is no electronic confirmation at the time that the label is created, and the tracking # is issued ..

The next status will say "processed through sort facility", then there will be no additional status for approx 5-10 days, until the package hits the United States.

China Postal services work in partnership with USPS, but it is still China Postal systems that you are under until the USPS take official possession of your package which does not happen until it reaches the US ...

Your tracking # is not recognized because it has not been "accepted" by Chinese postal services yet ... which does not mean your package did not ship. It means your package is in a receiving bin, along with 10,000 other packages at China Post waiting for a postal worker to scan your package into their system .. this is norm, there is nothing out of the ordinary happening, aside from a minor delay due to a National Chinese Holiday.
 

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Well I am now a customer of Focalecig as I ordered three of the Kayfun Lites that were part of the group buy tonignt. The picture shows a Tobeco box and I was wondering if they are indeed a Tobeco. I have two Tobeco Kayfun Lite clones and they have given me great service for the few months I have had them. I modified one of them this weekend into a Kayfun dripper and it is working quite well. I needed to replace that one and decided to get a couple of spares also.

When does Focalecig notify you about an ordered being made? When ordered is placed, when shipped, etc?
 

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Well I am now a customer of Focalecig as I ordered three of the Kayfun Lites that were part of the group buy tonignt. The picture shows a Tobeco box and I was wondering if they are indeed a Tobeco. I have two Tobeco Kayfun Lite clones and they have given me great service for the few months I have had them. I modified one of them this weekend into a Kayfun dripper and it is working quite well. I needed to replace that one and decided to get a couple of spares also.

When does Focalecig notify you about an ordered being made? When ordered is placed, when shipped, etc?

They don't send emails for orders placed or shipped. You can log into your account to check the status. If you didn't create an account at the time of purchase, you can go back and do so using the email tied to your paypal account and it will pull in your previous order.
 

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They don't send emails for orders placed or shipped. You can log into your account to check the status. If you didn't create an account at the time of purchase, you can go back and do so using the email tied to your paypal account and it will pull in your previous order.

Thanks for the info. I did create an Focalecig account when I ordered. When I logged back into my Focalecig account after paying with PayPal and checked order status it did not show an order and gave me an error code. I set up the Focalecig account with my special email I use for online purchases. I have another email I use for personal items and also for PayPal. Maybe that is why I got an error code when I logged in to check order status.
 
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