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So Im pretty new to vaping and have thoroughly enjoyed all of the benefits to getting off of analogs. I started out with a really overpriced kit(no knowledge of the forum yet) from an american company and had no problems with it or receiving it. When I ordered another kit for my parents and multiple packs of refill cartridges for my kit they were stopped at the border and I received the awesome refusal letter from health canada. What I'm wondering is when that happens do they ship your products back to the supplier or do they garbage them and you lose your money?
 

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Sorry I can't answer that for sure, on first though I would expect that it would be returned to sender, and you should be able to get your money back..... On second thought, they probably could care less and just throw it in the garbage. Why would some CBSA employee think to send it back, or even care if you get a refund for merchandise not delivered??

Funny that would happen though, as it isn't a banned substance in Canada.... You could try to fight it, and should win, but is it worth the hassle?? Any e-liquid can be bought and sold in Canada, and there are many Canadian sellers/distributors. The e-liquid with nicotine is kind of a gray area, but is not banned, and plenty of Canadian suppliers are legally selling it. Not sure on what grounds they refused it, as it hasn't been out right banned, or allowed either way. I know some would like to see it banned, but don't think it can be logically justified as long as tobacco is legal, and absolutely proven to be more harmfull and dangerous to use.

That being said, logic is not always part of the equation when regulations are formulated, so I would not be surprised to see e-juice prohibited, while tobacco products remain legal. Currently there is no law against or for e-juice that contains nicotine.

Order from a Canadian supplier and you'll get what you need. Just by-pass the over jealous border agent who is willing to prohibit a legal product from entry.
 
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I got 1 more package that is coming from China...its been shipped 11 days ago...I expect that type of letter too.

No biggie though,just a $40 package that i dont really need anyways (in fact I dont need it at all,its just some leftover credit that I had with them,closing the account).

You can get good prices locally,no need to go fish out the borders :)
 

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Hi andruless and welcome to ECF. After 5 posts wait 1 hour and you can request a Cdn vendors list via pm here:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...an-juice-w-nic-supplier-list-via-pm-only.html
With juices they toss them but with hardware they "usually" send them back to the vendor.
Good Luck, Vapoor.

Edit:L Thank you dormouse for the clarification

It was hardware and refill cartridges. The cartridges were prefilled 18mg so I don't know what they will do with them?
 

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Hi Andruless, So sorry your products were stopped at the border ! I realy hope they will pass on the second attempt, I am sure they will !:)

I was wondering how you like your 510?

I am going to go get my first ecig sunday morning, I wanted a 510 but the owners of the ego seems to like it so much, I am not sure what I will do, I guess i will decide on the spot !
 

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So with a bunch of e-mails back and forth the company has recieved the shipments back from customs and is going to re-send them to me. Keeping my fingers crossed.

You should get them to take the pre-filled carts out, if it is ONLY hardware HC has no reason to refuse its entry. AFAIK

Edit: Just re-read the question, are the replacement carts pre filled? if not and they are blanks i am mystified as to why HC would stop them, besides being douchebags :vapor:
 
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Hi Andruless, So sorry your products were stopped at the border ! I realy hope they will pass on the second attempt, I am sure they will !:)

I was wondering how you like your 510?

I am going to go get my first ecig sunday morning, I wanted a 510 but the owners of the ego seems to like it so much, I am not sure what I will do, I guess i will decide on the spot !

I love my 510 with kanger hc cartomizers. Manual batteries are the way to go as there are no worries about getting any juice in them. I personally have no experience with an ego but have heard good things. I also have a vv Knight rider which I use a lot at home and love. It really depends on what you want for battery life and size and vapor. A 510 is a lot more similar to a cigarette than an ego but an ego has a far greater battery life. Both can use cartomizers I believe which I completely recommend for beginners and there are a ton of videos on youtube on how to fill them. I prefer the drip method. Whatever you decide I wish you luck and happiness. You have a wonderful support group here on ecf and a ton of great options, and always remember that if you get something and don't like it, keep trying, you will find what works best for you :)
 
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You should get them to take the pre-filled carts out, if it is ONLY hardware HC has no reason to refuse its entry. AFAIK

Edit: Just re-read the question, are the replacement carts pre filled? if not and they are blanks i am mystified as to why HC would stop them, besides being douchebags :vapor:

Yep the cartos were prefilled, I ordered them back before I found out about ecf or knew anything about customs regulations. Luckily I found ecf and some canadian vendors and got some good products before I gave up on e-cigs. Now it's just a matter of whether or not I wasted a few hundred dollars on something I won't be able to recieve. Hopefully not. But as a positive with the refused orders I found ecf and some very good canadian vendors and that in itself would be worth the money spent :)
 
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