Official ProVari 3 Thread - P3 *PART 2*

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I am done with Provape!
Got a new P3 some months ago.
From beginning on it switched off with about two thirds full batteries.
Opening and closing restarted but only for a few puffs.
Provape sent me a new spring, which didn't change anything.
Told me to go to a local dealer so I Went to a shop in Vienna, where they told me an update might solve the known problem.
My P3 could not be updated, Also not in the second shop updating Provari's in Vienna.
Left my Provari (approximately three months old] in the shop to check it.
After a week I was told they have to send it back I should come to pay 30 euro for that. I would get another invoice then from Provape. Could be around 75 bucks for repair as to their experience Provape hardly ever accepts problems as guarantee. postage back I would have to pay in any case.
ridiculous for a brand-new device. I was absolutely furious and told the shop to Trash the .....

Replaced it with a Dicodes Dani extreme. Two years full guarantee including free postage in case of problems.
Plus temperature control for all possible wires and full bunch of other options for even little less money than a provary.

So as I said at the beginning: I am done with Provape.
Sorry to hear of your unfortunate experience. I feel confident that if ProVape in the States were contacted directly, the situation would have been quite different. Perhaps when all is done and said, your decision to go with a manufacturer that is much closer to you is a wise one. All the best with your Dicodes.
 

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In fact as first step I did have a long email conversation with Provape. They sent me a new spring for the Cap, which did not help, and then sent me to a dealer in Vienna to try and update.
Two dealers were not able to update The device.
The second asked me to leave it there for him to check, and the rest you know already.
 

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In fact as first step I did have a long email conversation with Provape. They sent me a new spring for the Cap, which did not help, and then sent me to a dealer in Vienna to try and update.
Two dealers were not able to update The device.
The second asked me to leave it there for him to check, and the rest you know already.
The rest as I understand it is...

You did not follow up with ProVape after the failed update attempts, and instead left it up to the dealer.

Jim
 

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In fact as first step I did have a long email conversation with Provape. They sent me a new spring for the Cap, which did not help, and then sent me to a dealer in Vienna to try and update.
Two dealers were not able to update The device.
The second asked me to leave it there for him to check, and the rest you know already.

Didn't you feel the need to follow up with PROVAPE, instead of trust the situation to a dealer (who didn't make the device)?
After two failed software updates, I would have been back on the email train with Provape in a heartbeat...warranty or not.
They will ALWAYS stand by their products.
My case in point: I sent an old, beat up v2 in for a button that did not work. They replaced the button, free of charge, on principle.
When I asked them why there was no charge, they said "Because we used to brag that this particular model had a button that would never fail."
The device had been OUT of warranty for 2 years.
Some people just don't feel like following through, or taking the time to seek the proper resolution.
:shrug:
 
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Maybe, or even probably I over reacted. I just was really angry that after long Mail traffic and visiting two dealers out came nothing but the option to spend a lot of money for resending to the US and a high chance (as to the dealer) to get charged even more for a repair and send back.
Could add up to altogether nearly 100€ and this amount I just wasn't willing to invest.
 

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Maybe, or even probably I over reacted. I just was really angry that after long Mail traffic and visiting two dealers out came nothing but the option to spend a lot of money for resending to the US and a high chance (as to the dealer) to get charged even more for a repair and send back.
Could add up to altogether nearly 100€ and this amount I just wasn't willing to invest.

That's a totally reasonable set of feelings on the situation, considering the time and money invested.
However, just know in the future, that Provape respects your time and money.
They would have taken care of you, and potentially handled the shipping with the dealer.
In some long distance cases, I've seen them just authorize the dealer to replace the unit in the store, and ship the defective unit back to them, this way the customer doesn't lose time or money.
 

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