I think a lot of people would disagree with this statement. For the amount of items that Fasttech sells I am sure they are going to get duds just like the B&M's.
Some of the Fasttech clones are better than Hcigar clones. I can attest to this myself.
Why only 'some' if they are firsts? I absolutely agree that any factory can send defects too, and when a mech or RBA is a 2nd, it can be things like burs or scratches, but a battery defect can have dangerous consequences. A VV V3 or MPV2 are built in batteries, you can't swap them out if they are defective. Not quite the same thing as a mech mod where a defect can be cosmetic. These are actually the first 2 VV V3's I've heard of anyone buying on Fasttech, so can't say I have experience with this, but how many retail store VV V3's have you heard of that were defective? Maybe there's a bad batch floating around... which is WHY they are being sold on Fasttech? Last time I looked at Fasttech, they didn't have any.
Hey... Balloons at the local Dollar Store are fantastic and 1/2 the price of Party City, so I like the Dollar Store (if you need a few dozen balloons, that's the place to go!). There are some good items at Fasttech too I'm sure, even if I haven't seen any, but I take your word that HCigar clones can be good. How do you know it's a clone and not the 2nds or irregulars of the real thing?
From the items I've seen and tried myself, they sell some real garbage too. Example, I bought about a dozen juice bottles with needle drippers. They are way too small a gauge to push VG blends out of... you squish and squish. The plastic quality is awful compared to 'normal' cheap plastic bottles. Even there, you save sure, but again, dollar store quality and function, they work, but are worse quality plastic than ordinary plastic packaging. If I use mostly 100% PG, it would be a much smaller problem, so there's a use for everything. The deals are sometimes worth trying there anyway, but you do tend to get what you pay for.
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