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I order from them all the time and every order took 12 days or less. Not bad at all.
Not unless they could get it here in less than a week, for less than $3. The $26.99 came from California, free shipping, and got here in 5 business days. Life's too short for the kind of waiting FT offers. I order stuff sometimes from a place in hong kong, but it's like 3 wks, not 5+. I've seen some stories of fast shipping from FT, but they're by far the exception, mostly I see horror stories of just order and forget about it, it'll be like xmas when it gets here... whenever it gets here.

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Not unless they could get it here in less than a week, for less than $3. The $26.99 came from California, free shipping, and got here in 5 business days. Life's too short for the kind of waiting FT offers. I order stuff sometimes from a place in hong kong, but it's like 3 wks, not 5+. I've seen some stories of fast shipping from FT, but they're by far the exception, mostly I see horror stories of just order and forget about it, it'll be like xmas when it gets here... whenever it gets here.

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I agree. FT has screwed me over several times on shipping times and I stopped buying from them. 3-4 weeks on a couple of orders where they said was in stock but wasnt. I rather pay 2 bucks more and get my items..
 

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Yeah it's not so much that I object to a lengthy wait for getting a good price on something, it's the other side of the planet after all -- 3 wks from Hong Kong for $5 seems entirely reasonable to me. But I've heard so many tales of stuff that's supposed to be in stock at Ft, but it turns it out it's not; I'm not sure if it's incompetence or outright dishonesty, but it seems wrong to me. e5cigs, the place I buy from in HK, tells you right up front, about 3 weeks, and it was, to the day, and a lot of their stuff is priced even better than FT. e5cigs seems to be a part of, or affiliated with, ChinaBuye. I'm about to place another order with them in fact; yeah they sell a lot of cheap knock-offs, but they're REALLY cheap -- $10 for an "eGo-C Twist"... no it's not a *real* eGo-C Twist, they don't make those in 1300 mAh, but $10 for a 1300 mAh variable voltage battery that works? Fine with me! :thumb:

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I would never use a fake ego twist... That is too risky for me.
Yeah it's not so much that I object to a lengthy wait for getting a good price on something, it's the other side of the planet after all -- 3 wks from Hong Kong for $5 seems entirely reasonable to me. But I've heard so many tales of stuff that's supposed to be in stock at Ft, but it turns it out it's not; I'm not sure if it's incompetence or outright dishonesty, but it seems wrong to me. e5cigs, the place I buy from in HK, tells you right up front, about 3 weeks, and it was, to the day, and a lot of their stuff is priced even better than FT. e5cigs seems to be a part of, or affiliated with, ChinaBuye. I'm about to place another order with them in fact; yeah they sell a lot of cheap knock-offs, but they're REALLY cheap -- $10 for an "eGo-C Twist"... no it's not a *real* eGo-C Twist, they don't make those in 1300 mAh, but $10 for a 1300 mAh variable voltage battery that works? Fine with me! :thumb:

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Bought an SVD as a backup from SlowTech awhile back. It was defective (power would shut off of its own volition). It took exactly three months from the day I mailed it back to the day I received the replacement. That was my one, only, and last experience with SlowTech. :)

Ouch, that sucks I know! Apparently we are the lucky ones here (in Canada) ~ We have the Canada Express ePacket option. Anything and everything of mine reaches in 6-8 days from Fasttech
 

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If there is any one thing I have learned with vape gear, it is you get what you pay for. I've had one setup in my entire vape life that has given me zero problems. And I mean ZERO problems! That's a genuine Svoemesto Kayfun Lite on a genuine ProVape Provari. Any and every other piece of gear I have owned has failed to one extent or the other. The choice in front of me is to pay a premium price for perfection or pay a discount for crap. It's a personal choice, but my experience tells me paying the premium price once is not only my preference but it has been cheaper in the long run.
 

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Ouch, that sucks I know! Apparently we are the lucky ones here (in Canada) ~ We have the Canada Express ePacket option. Anything and everything of mine reaches in 6-8 days from Fasttech

Well, shipping method was a part of the problem. The other part is SlowTech just sat on the return. Stuff goes obsolete by the time they get things to my door. I'll pay the extra 20% to get it stateside (or a reliable foreign supplier).
 

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If there is any one thing I have learned with vape gear, it is you get what you pay for. I've had one setup in my entire vape life that has given me zero problems. And I mean ZERO problems! That's a genuine Svoemesto Kayfun Lite on a genuine ProVape Provari. Any and every other piece of gear I have owned has failed to one extent or the other. The choice in front of me is to pay a premium price for perfection or pay a discount for crap. It's a personal choice, but my experience tells me paying the premium price once is not only my preference but it has been cheaper in the long run.

I've been lucky on gear once I left the world of egos and cigalikes- each and every one of those were constant nightmares and hassles.
My MVP2- was a dream- the evods and other "clearos" sucked. The aerotank was good. Still use it from time to time.
Then I got the provari- that thing is a wet dream come true for me.
The authentic kfun, the ehpro v2 and black edition have all been great and worry free.
So really once I got into "more advanced gear" no problems at all!
The. Again I overkill research before I buy anything now.
 

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Well, shipping method was a part of the problem. The other part is SlowTech just sat on the return. Stuff goes obsolete by the time they get things to my door. I'll pay the extra 20% to get it stateside (or a reliable foreign supplier).

Touch wood - till date nothing has failed me. Fasttech or from elsewhere! I select my mods / attys / whatever with due deliberation and from legit sources ~ and they have kept their promises.

All my mods come from the modder themselves, directly. Till date haven't purchased anything from a vendor. And all those nodders provide us a lifetime of support! Never had to use any (support) is another matter.

My K'funs and Russians are my dream attys, like you heartily opined! My most reliable RBAs ~ never have failed me. And I cannot get them to fail either! Yep tried everything wrong - and yet they performed under all diverse situations / inconsistencies of build and handling! Man, these attys are good! And they all came from authorized vendors like InTaste / VapeRev / C9V etc.

I fetch most of my batteries from Fasttech. And they have held their worth very well. My iTaste VV v3s and Evods came from there too ~ and loaded with Microcoil & Cotton they perform stupendously well. So does my kids' nick-knacks, toys, AV cases, sleeves, pouches etc. that come from FT. All work perfectly. FT actually is a saviour here, for my kid's growing demands ;)

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For some Microcoil & Cotton Fun!
 

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If there is any one thing I have learned with vape gear, it is you get what you pay for. I've had one setup in my entire vape life that has given me zero problems. And I mean ZERO problems! That's a genuine Svoemesto Kayfun Lite on a genuine ProVape Provari. Any and every other piece of gear I have owned has failed to one extent or the other. The choice in front of me is to pay a premium price for perfection or pay a discount for crap. It's a personal choice, but my experience tells me paying the premium price once is not only my preference but it has been cheaper in the long run.

In principle, I agree 100%. In practice... I just don't have that kind of money. :( But if I ever do win a lottery, I'll keep it in mind! :thumb: That's the only way I'll be able to justify a PV which costs the equivalent of a month and a half's worth of groceries.

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In principle, I agree 100%. In practice... I just don't have that kind of money. :( But if I ever do win a lottery, I'll keep it in mind! :thumb: That's the only way I'll be able to justify a PV which costs the equivalent of a month and a half's worth of groceries.

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Hmm, Idk what you'd tell about this:

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The Mod itself = $448. Then there's the Atty, Drip-tip...
 

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Well, shipping method was a part of the problem. The other part is SlowTech just sat on the return. Stuff goes obsolete by the time they get things to my door. I'll pay the extra 20% to get it stateside (or a reliable foreign supplier).

That was bad, but how? The Krapfun Lite I returned to FT got refunded within a week (the time it took my returning package to reach their US addy).
 

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Ouch, that sucks I know! Apparently we are the lucky ones here (in Canada) ~ We have the Canada Express ePacket option. Anything and everything of mine reaches in 6-8 days from Fasttech


I'm at 3 business days since my current order shipped. Previous one took around a week if I remember correctly, but that was around 6 or so months ago. Let's see how this one does.
 

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Hmm, Idk what you'd tell about this:

The Mod itself = $448. Then there's the Atty, Drip-tip...

Ok then, the mod itself is a month and a half of groceries. As much as I love to vape, eating is kinda required. :p But hey, we do play Mega Millions and PowerBall pretty often; who knows, we might just hit 6 lucky numbers. And then I could buy that and have it dipped in 24k gold. :D

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Ok then, the mod itself is a month and a half of groceries. As much as I love to vape, eating is kinda required. :p But hey, we do play Mega Millions and PowerBall pretty often; who knows, we might just hit 6 lucky numbers. And then I could buy that and have it dipped in 24k gold. :D

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Yep we all are different. I have never purchased a Lottery ticket or played Poker in my life, ever :D
 

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Yep we all are different. I have never purchased a Lottery ticket or played Poker in my life, ever :D

Well, I do realize that I have a far greater chance of being struck by lightening than hitting 6 lucky numbers. But this logic is irrefutable: if you don't play, you'll never win.

Man prays to god: "Let me win the lottery!" Prays it over and over, day after day after day... one night, while praying "Please God, please let me win the lottery!" There comes a booming voice from heaven: "Meet me halfway... BUY A TICKET!"

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