Great experience with kidneypuncher...

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erikbal

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To start off, I can swear under the ecig review section there used to be a subforum for positive reviews for sellers but all I see now is a negative one. To the moderators, if this is in the wrong place please move it to where it should be and I apologize for that.

Anyways I just placed my third order with kidneypuncher and will continue to do so because they've been very good to me.
My last order with them was for 5 1.8 ohm Nautilus coils. They processed and shipped my order very fast. After receiving the order I went to install a new coil in my Nautilus and noticed it wouldn't thread more than about an 1/8 of a turn. I was kind of baffled at first. Upon further investigation I saw that some threads were missing on the part of the coil that threads into the base, and the ones that were there weren't machined very well at all. Now if these were cheap $1 protank coils or something this wouldn't have been a big deal, but these Nautilus coils are expensive! I contacted kidneypunchers customer service and very politely told them about my problem and offered to send them a picture. Corey emailed me back very fast and asked to see the picture so I sent him one of the defective coil next to a good one. He said that he could see the defect and asked if it was just the one coil or all 5. I took a look and found 1 other in the pack with the same issue. He took my word for it and said he would credit my account $3 a piece for the defective coils and did so very quickly.

I just wanted to share my experience with them and let everyone know that they have great customer service and good prices. I just used my $6 credit today towards another 5 pack of Nautilus coils, this time the new 2.2ohm ones.
Also I asked him if this was a common issue or if it was just my bad luck and he said this is the first time he'd seen this issue. Sorry for being so long winded and thanks for taking your time to read about my experience!

For those interested, here's a photo of the defective coil. It's not the best quality because it was taken with my phone, but you should be able to see. It's the one on the left..
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Daddy dan123

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Lol ^^ sorry but that made me giggle. I mean I see six dollar flat rates almost on every site I go to. Maybe I just look at the wrong vendors. I'm so glad to see such positive reviews as I pulled the trigger and ordered my first purchase from them.
Two bullet drip tips and a kfl clone. Man I hope it's not defective and does better than my igo-L lol. Now Friday I'll have my first mech after multiple vv-vw devices and hopefully I can get my kfl soon after and hide them before my wife puts me next to jimmy Hoffa lol
 

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I will say KP is prompt at shipping and great at customer service, but they have some of the highest prices in the business and from my experience THE HIGHEST shipping costs of anyone I have done business with...EVER. $6 to ship a few inches of string (wick) in an envelope? Really?

How long has it been since you last ordered from KP?

I placed my first order with them on 4-15 and shipping for four 14500 batteries was only $2.82. Perhaps they have revised their price structure for shipping.

I will give them props on shipping time. I ordered at around 3:30PM eastern time and the package was shipped at 5:04PM eastern time. Not just this label printed, marked as shipped BS but out the door. Tracking shows dispatched to sort facility at 5:45.:thumb:

ENJOY
 

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How long has it been since you last ordered from KP?

I placed my first order with them on 4-15 and shipping for four 14500 batteries was only $2.82. Perhaps they have revised their price structure for shipping.

I will give them props on shipping time. I ordered at around 3:30PM eastern time and the package was shipped at 5:04PM eastern time. Not just this label printed, marked as shipped BS but out the door. Tracking shows dispatched to sort facility at 5:45.:thumb:

ENJOY

That is a possibility. My one and only order was on Sept 23, 2013. I ordered 1 ft of XS-116 wicking for $3.99 and was charged $6.00 for shipping. While EVERY other aspect of the transaction was good and quick, paying more for shipping than the value of the item, especially since I could have shipped it for about $1.00 or less, just left a bad taste in my mouth.

If they have changed their shipping charges, I may consider giving them another try.

EDIT: In fact I am in the market for a couple of AW IMR 14500's so I may give them a try today.
 
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Kidney Puncher is awesome, no doubt.

My first order from them included two of their Long Barrel atomizers. I don't know if I did something wrong, but I had issues with both of them.... their resistance started out at the proper 1.5ohms, primed both well, and vaped for a bit. Both started acting funny, and I found they were now at .6 and .7 on my meter, and would just burn.

Until this point, I didn't even know that they were in Mesa, AZ.... a hop, skip, and jump away from my girlfriends work. Rolled by there while killing time a few days later, and told them exactly that. I was already moving to RDA's, so didn't see myself using them(haven't) but was more curious about what I did wrong, or if I just had bad luck. Made sure they knew that it could have been my wrong doing, but they were adamant about giving me two new ones, as they had never had anything come up like that. Extremely nice guys... one was even showing another RDA newbie how to build a particular coil that he was interested in.

I had no buyers remorse when I walked out with a Nemesis. Have made a few more orders from them since then(not always on that side of town, otherwise I'd have no need to order)

KP is a definite winner in my book.
 

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How long has it been since you last ordered from KP?

I placed my first order with them on 4-15 and shipping for four 14500 batteries was only $2.82. Perhaps they have revised their price structure for shipping.

I will give them props on shipping time. I ordered at around 3:30PM eastern time and the package was shipped at 5:04PM eastern time. Not just this label printed, marked as shipped BS but out the door. Tracking shows dispatched to sort facility at 5:45.:thumb:

ENJOY

Dude you are smoking something other than vapor. I just added 2 AW IMR 14500 batteries to my KP cart and my shipping options were $6.50 for Priority "standard" USPS, or $32.80 for Express. I live in Texas and since the USPS doesn't charge by distance, I don't see how you got $2.82 shipping from KP for 4 of the same dang battery that I am only ordering 2 of.

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Let's look at a simple comparison shall we? I went to 4 sites that sell the same AW IMR 14500 600Mah batteries, added 2 to my cart and then proceeded to checkout, here are the results:

KidneyPuncher.com
(2) AW IMR 14500 600Mah batteries $17.90
Shipping: $6.50 (Optional 2 Day charge $32.80)
Total: $24.40 (with 2 day shipping: $50.70)

VaporCigzz.com
(2) AW IMR 14500 600Mah batteries $15.98
Shipping: $3.75 (Optional 2 Day charge $6.00)
Total: $19.73 (with 2 day shipping: $21.98)

AltSmoke.com
(2) AW IMR 14500 600Mah batteries $15.98
Shipping: $3.07 (Optional 2 Day charge $6.95)
Total: $19.05 (with 2 day shipping: $22.93)

Lighthound.com
(2) AW IMR 14500 600Mah batteries $15.00
Shipping: $3.20 (Optional 2 Day charge $7.10)
Total: $18.20 (with 2 day shipping: $22.10)

At all but 1 of KP's competitors I can get the SAME batteries AND 2 day shipping, for LESS than the batteries and standard shipping at KP. At the other competitor I could still get 2 day shipping for only $0.53 more than KP with standard shipping. KP's base shipping rate is about double everyone else and KP is charging over 4 TIMES more for 2 day express shipping than ANYONE else. It's just flat out crazy. It's not like giving KP double the money makes the USPS get it to you any faster.

I am not denying them fast shipping and good CS, but I am just not going to pay those prices. 2nd chance given and FAILED.
 
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Dude you are smoking something other than vapor.

I'm not above that but in this instance it doesn't apply.:D

Here's relevant info from the email receipt for four Efest 14500s to Kentucky.

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Don't know why it is cheaper but I'll take it.:)

ENJOY
 

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ScottP

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I'm not above that but in this instance it doesn't apply.:D

Here's relevant info from the email receipt for four Efest 14500s to Kentucky.

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Don't know why it is cheaper but I'll take it.:)

ENJOY

Yeah they must hate me or something. I would have bought from them for $2.82 shipping.

In the end I kept looking around and ended up going with rtdvapor.com and got both batteries, as well as a battery case + shipping the grand total was only $18.08. Pretty good deal IMHO.
 

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So I just tried an experiment. I went back to KP and cleared my cart and added the same Efest batteries that you ordered. Low and behold a NEW option for shipping appeared for flat rate envelope for the same $2.82 you paid. Removed those and added the AW's back, and the flat rate envelope disappears.

So for some strange reason Efest batteries can be shipped differently than AW batteries from KP, which makes zero sense. Although none of the other sites list the flat rate envelope for the AW's either. That still doesn't explain why KP charges double to quadruple the shipping rate that others charge for the same options.

/shrug no clue man
 
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