May be worth it to put all totally new products into alpha first, even if you do get a large order of them in put up 10-20 up in alpha so the alpha people can give them a go before a few hundred get shipped out. Worth a few more days wait to verify that everything is as it should be.
Lastly a visual inspection prolly should have been done before these were shipped out which would brought the design change to light before they were shipped out to the public.
This might be a good idea, HOWEVER... it seems these folks in China like making MAJOR design changes without informing Dan or Chris about it. Just change it and ship seems to be their policy. Even if the item is in Alpha and they get rave reviews, who is to say that when Got Vapes Main Lines the item, the folks in China want make a MAJOR change to the design between the Alpha and Mail Line orders and NOT tell Dan or Chris.
If I recall, this happened with the Saphires and the Stardust. We all loved the first run of both of these but the second run, well, changes were made. The Saphire never tasted nor functioned the same for me after the first run.. LORD I loved the first run Saphires.. and the Stardust tubes were a nightmare to get off etc etc etc on the second run.
As for a "visual inspection".. good point but (i will have to go back and read again to make sure hehe) but me thinks Dan said he never got a hold of a Raven during testing etc. Chris was handling the shipping then and I think Dan said the first time he saw or used a Raven was when they arrived a few days again. This is why when he filled one up, he did not realize the seal was not there.
Both good suggestions here but in the Alpha, who knows what they will get when they order Main Line runs. This is where the visual and testing would be a benefit. Check a few random items BEFORE shipping any of them out. No matter how HUGE the demand, begs and pleadings are.
Not only does it appear the China factory rushed this, but us customers were not to patient when the tracking was posted for these. We were on pins and needles tearing this forum up waiting for them to hit the buy page.
Maybe a lesson is to be learned here. Let the folks know a new item is coming. Don't tear the forums up with oh they are coming. Just you wait. Oh you will love this etc etc etc. This gets everyone in a frenzy waiting for the new item and frustrated that it is not here yet. When the item does arrive, well, we ain't too patient hahaha we wants em right then hehe
Also, even though the tracking was fun, it might not be a good idea on a item that has soooo many people excited to get their hands on. If we do not know they are in Got Vapes hands, then we want be hounding Dan to get them uploaded so we can get our fingers on them.
This will give Dan time to evaluate the items first to make certain there were no changes during the last mftr run.
Maybe just quickly opening one or two of them to do a video is not a good idea. Yes, Dan got lucky that the one he did select did not give him one mother load of a dry hit when he took his first toot off of it
like most of us seem to be getting.
If he would have not felt SO hounded, had more time and tested a few of them, he would have said ....whoa wait a minute this ain't good, possibly contacted Chris, ask what he was doing wrong, sent him a photo etc and chris would have known right off the bat that this was wrong.
Of course, this is suggestion ONLY. Just me own humblest opinion...
I don't know why. Now, it's not perfect and it does go dry eventually, but it's wicking and I'm tasting my juice quite well. There isn't as much vapor at first which I guess is because it kinda maybe floods it, too, though I haven't had any leaking. I just know when the Phoenixes flood, the vapor goes down to next to nothing. This isn't nearly as bad as that. Edited to add: The decreased vapor only lasts for like 2 draws or so. Sometimes the vapor is fine.
