International Vendor Shipping Times [Compilation]

[grey_sky]

Hey all,

Wanted to pull together a nice reference list for the Canadian folks looking for a real life estimate on shipping times from vendors outside of Canada. Hopefully this will give some clairvoyance to Canadian vapers who are curious about international shipping times.

To Contribute, Post Your:

1. Closest Major City
2. Vendor Used
3. Shipping Option
4. Business Days From Shipment to Arrival

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Please Note: This a compiled list of experiences from fellow Canadian vapers. It is not intended to give a definite date for when your shipment will arrive, but give you an impression of what can be expected.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland

Northwest Territories


NOVA SCOTIA

Halifax
USPS Priority or First Class International	Most American Orders Arrive in 14 Days (Counting Weekends/Holidays)​

Nunavut

ONTARIO

	Greater Toronto Area
madvapes	USPS – First Class International	7 Business Days
Backwoods Brew	Canadian First Class	8 Business Days
SmoovCigs	USPS – First Class International	12 Business Days
Gotvapes	International (Flat Rate International)	5-7 Business Days
RTD Vapor	First-Class Mail® International	5-7 Business Days
AVE juice	USPS - First Class International	10 Business Days
Smokeless Image	USPS - First Class International	5-6 Business Days

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

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Please feel free to contribute and/or let me know what you think about having a thread like this in the Canadian forum.

Cheers,

Grey

 

[zer0ith]

Closest hub is Mississauga

RTD Vapor - Shipping (First-Class Mail® International) - 5-7 Business days
Gotvapes - International (Flat Rate International) - 5-7 Business days

 

[ChellyNelly]

Closest Major City: Halifax
Vendor Used: AquaVapor, Mom & Pop Vapor Shop, Copper Creek, Parkes Vaping, Phiniac, and every single classified transaction with a US member I've ever had
Shipping Option: Doesn't seem to make a difference, all have been either Priority or First Class and there's no difference
Business Days From Shipment to Arrival: 14 days. Every time. This is all days, not just business

I'm not sure how much information this type of thread can really provide. There are so many variables with shipping and Customs that even an estimate isn't helpful, and a compilation of shipping times is just going to give us an average, which can always be wrong. But there's my experience anyways.

 

[Toronto_Mike]

I think this thread needs to be a sticky!

 

[grey_sky]

Closest Major City: Halifax
Vendor Used: AquaVapor, Mom & Pop Vapor Shop, Copper Creek, Parkes Vaping, Phiniac, and every single classified transaction with a US member I've ever had
Shipping Option: Doesn't seem to make a difference, all have been either Priority or First Class and there's no difference
Business Days From Shipment to Arrival: 14 days. Every time. This is all days, not just business

I'm not sure how much information this type of thread can really provide. There are so many variables with shipping and Customs that even an estimate isn't helpful, and a compilation of shipping times is just going to give us an average, which can always be wrong. But there's my experience anyways.

Hi Chelly,

You're right about the variables. This isn't meant to be a deadpan list, just an average that can offer some brevity to those trying to figure out what to expect.

I know there have been too many times where I have had no idea what to expect in regards to shipping time, and I think it will be nice to have that estimate from fellow vapors in their respective provinces. I must have google searched "Where does X ship from" or "How long does it take to ship from X to Y" about a million times.

Thanks for your info. That's pretty crazy how all of your orders arrive in exactly fourteen days! Maybe someone is screwing with you. Makes things easy to remember though, right? Haha.

 

[Oriana871]

Phiniac - 3 weeks and it's still not here. OK sorry I'm using this thread to vent - I'll be back with proper info when I'm sober.

 

[Ye Gods!]

1. Toronto, Ontario
2. AVEjuice
3. USPS. First Class International
4. 10 business days

 

[grey_sky]

Phiniac - 3 weeks and it's still not here. OK sorry I'm using this thread to vent - I'll be back with proper info when I'm sober.

Oh no. I'm waiting for my Phiniac as well, it's been about a week and a half now. Hope we both get it on Monday

 

[fuzzione]

1. Toronto
2. Smokeless Image
3. USPS 1st class int'l.
4. 1st shipment 6 bus days; 2nd shipment 5 bus days.

Nice to see the Gotvapes times above as I'm interested in their new carts and tanks.

 

[ChellyNelly]

Well as for Phiniac, I actually had to have mine re-shipped because it got returned to them after 2 weeks with a damaged shipping label. They reshipped with Priority Mail and I got it in 2 weeks. It was my birthday gift

 

[Oriana871]

Yeah I'm worried - notified Chris that I haven't rec'd it yet, he said it has taken as long as 3 weeks so not to sweat it yet. I've sent my mod to the states to be repaired after the Phiniac was shipped, and it's been repaired and sent back in in 1.5 wks. I thought for sure I'd have the tank here before the mod was returned.

Well happy Bday Chelly! Hope you get your belated gift soon .

 

[DemonCleaner]

I read this whole thread and I still don't have clairvoyance.

 

[fuzzione]

1. Toronto
2. Backwoods Brew
3. USPS 1st class int'l.
4. 5 bus days.

Outstanding I'd say. Problem is I think I need another tackle box.

 

[Toronto_Mike]

1. Toronto
2. Vixen Vapors
3. USPS 1st class int'l.
4. 5 bus days.

Yummy Yummy juice with full customization - A must try!

 

[Toronto_Mike]

1. Toronto
2. Provape
3. USPS Express (EMS) - paid for regular shipping
4. 5 bus days.

 

[fuzzione]

I wish there was some way I could filter out all the posts that make me want to buy more things.

 

[kingcobra]

The shipping times do seem to be pretty consistent, I guess you could take the Toronto times and add so many business days to get to where you are from there. The more interesting part of this thread is seeing where people have ordered from. What I'd like to see is people posting the international vendors they ordered from and the success rate of it going through (1 out of 1, 9 out of 10, etc).

 

[ChellyNelly]

The success rate is so high that something like that would be useless IMO. Very, very few shipments are actually stopped and vendors have the most issues. I've had probably a hundred packages from the US, and some have even clearly stated "nicotine juice" as the contents on the Customs form -- no issues at all. In fact, I've only ever had one packaged stopped and funnily enough, it was something I won so it didn't matter too much anyway. Got a letter from them saying what they'd stopped and why, and then it was returned to the sender. Upon receipt, they sent it back to me with no issues. The paranoia about shipments getting stopped is far in excess of the actual risk.

 

[dmatrix7]

I just got a BWB package yesterday that was sent May 9th, 2012. I got it on Monday May 14th. This is a new record for me. I wasn't expecting it until May 18th if I was lucky. Usually it is 5-10 business days when I get packages from the US. But this time it was around 3 business days.

 

[ChellyNelly]

I just got a BWB package yesterday that was sent May 9th, 2012. I got it on Monday May 14th. This is a new record for me. I wasn't expecting it until May 18th if I was lucky. Usually it is 5-10 business days when I get packages from the US. But this time it was around 3 business days.

I always have to wait like 14 days, so I hope that my BWB package comes this quick! It was just shipped yesterday (4 days processing, ugh, they must be crazy busy trying to get ready for vacation!) and I want it NAAAAOOOWWW!!