Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part Four

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Lannie

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Your right that is pink, that's all I'll say.
I also checked my orders, shipped the 4th=origin post is preparing shipment.
Really don't know why.

Awww, c'mon, I'm a gurl and I don't got nuttin' pink yet. Everything is blue, black or silver. I need ONE pink(ish) mod! :p
 

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It's an iJoy Solo mini ordered from Breazy.com, specifically the rose gold/pink one. They got BLACK in stock, but only that one color. Rich paid $53-something for it including postage, and fasttech has them for $50 with free shipping. I've already waited a month and a half, so compared to that, a couple weeks is no big deal. If I could just get an answer from Breazy about WHEN they might have the pink in stock, I could decide whether to cancel it or not, but I hate to just cancel if it's going to ship in the next week or two anyway. This is SO frustrating! (I'm not normally a patient person, so this has been a Herculean effort for me so far!)

~Lannie

Oh, I forgot to say, yes, fasttech says they have the pink ones in stock now.
If I wasn't getting answers from the seller I'd cancel that puppy & tell them why. Especially since it's available other places now & it was a preorder. Pre what?
 

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Ordered a mod from FT on Nov. 5. Contacted them last week about it. Response...

For registered postal mail, the tracking is not updated in real time. This tracking status would be updated only after the item clears destination custom and is handed over to local post office for delivery. This stage could usually take 1-2 weeks.

As now it is beyond the mentioned time frame, we will submit enquiry to the post office to institute investigation for this item. They may take maximum two months or 60 days to finalize the investigation
 

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Site or computer had a glitch and wiped out my quotes.

Meant I went from 6mg to 18mg and it didn't make a difference in some situations. :lol:

I've never had a problem with WL's nic tasting peppery. Perhaps it's down to personal preference, like with liquids, in some cases?

Order something from FT that is not in stocks and you're at their mercy. :w00t: Chinese New Year and you're in an alternate reality.
 

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I have ordered a lot from Fasttech. As already mentioned, if it is "in stock" it will ship right away. I did place an order about a week ago that most of the items said "ship in 7 business days" and it shipped 2 days after my order. I also find that once shipped, it takes about 1-2 weeks to hit the US. OK with me. The hangup is US postal service! I have one order that has been sitting in Jacksonville, FL (I am in Ocala, about 2 hrs away) for 4 days!!!! I have had worse luck with Gearbest. Last order they choose to ship via Norwegian Post. Didn't take all that long to get to the US, but it has been sitting in Miami for about 5 days. Geesh!! I just order things from Fasttech I am not in a hurry for. Can't beat the savings on some items, especially parts and such. Even internal battery mods - you have to use special shipping but usually here in about 2-3 weeks(or less!). Over $20 ships free, but even when I have ordered less than $20 shipping is pennies (like $.75 or less). I have also had good luck with Fasttech's customer support. Pretty quick to get back to me and problems always resolved.

Beware the Chinese New Year coming!!!!!

@Kenna , great recipe sites!!! Several I already had bookmarked, but made sure I have them all bookmarked!
 

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I've never had a problem with WL's nic tasting peppery. Perhaps it's down to personal preference, like with liquids, in some cases?

You are absolutely correct - it all comes own to personal preference. WL was one of the first I tried and I never noticed the peppery element until one mixing session where I finished a WL nic bottle and used NN for the rest. The differences in the juices was noticeable to me, not bad, but enough that I decided I preferred NN. Later on I pulled a bottle of WL from the freezer and had a similar reaction to it. I still mixed and vaped it but I won't order it again. It's definitely a case of YMMV!
 

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Hey, you guys, I have a question. How many of you have ordered from Fasttech in the past and how was your experience? I'm STILL waiting on a mod Rich ordered me for my birthday back in December (he ordered it the end of November) from a stateside vendor, and it was on "pre-order" status at the time, but everyone seems to have this mod in stock now. Except I still don't have mine. I've contacted them on their live chat function "sorry, still not in stock," and e-mailed the owner, and now I've PM'd the owner here on ECF, but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be easier to just cancel that order and reorder it from Fasttech. They have it in stock, and the price is the same... I just want it NOW, and I'm tired of waiting.

What do you guys think? Is Fasttech OK to order from, and might I actually get it in the next several weeks? Or should I just keep waiting on the U.S. vendor? What would YOU do?

~Lannie

Yeah dun FT, just received order #24 ($1700 + in orders). They've fulfilled all orders that I've placed and replaced items that have failed to operate correctly (3 occations) paying for shipping on those returns.
My most recent order was OOS, so shipment was delayed 12 days (5 business days) the total time from order placed to delivery 30 days. The item was a Cloupor Mini + 50 TC that has been flawless (so far).
The average time from order to delivery for the 24 orders has been 21.3 days, least was 9 and greatest was 38 days.
If the description says 'Authentic' it is if it say 'Style' it is a clone.
 

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I have ordered a lot from Fasttech. As already mentioned, if it is "in stock" it will ship right away. I did place an order about a week ago that most of the items said "ship in 7 business days" and it shipped 2 days after my order. I also find that once shipped, it takes about 1-2 weeks to hit the US. OK with me. The hangup is US postal service! I have one order that has been sitting in Jacksonville, FL (I am in Ocala, about 2 hrs away) for 4 days!!!! I have had worse luck with Gearbest. Last order they choose to ship via Norwegian Post. Didn't take all that long to get to the US, but it has been sitting in Miami for about 5 days. Geesh!! I just order things from Fasttech I am not in a hurry for. Can't beat the savings on some items, especially parts and such. Even internal battery mods - you have to use special shipping but usually here in about 2-3 weeks(or less!). Over $20 ships free, but even when I have ordered less than $20 shipping is pennies (like $.75 or less). I have also had good luck with Fasttech's customer support. Pretty quick to get back to me and problems always resolved.

Beware the Chinese New Year coming!!!!!

@Kenna , great recipe sites!!! Several I already had bookmarked, but made sure I have them all bookmarked!
That French one is really good.
If you are getting text updates you can text help as a reply to the notifications they'll reply with a phone# to call. Call the # & at the first voice prompt just say "customer service" & they'll put you through to a human. Have your tracking # ready. They'll open an investigation to find your package. I do it everytime a package doesn't move for 24 hours, or when I get notice that it left North Houston, but doesn't show getting to Alvin. It's a 2x a day run, so I know it should show be here the same day or the next morning. I usually get an answer within 24 hours or less.
 
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I placed my first order with FT first of the week and they said it was shipped yesterday.
I wanted to beat the Chinese New Year. I just ordered some pre wicked coils for the A7 rda I had ordered elsewhere.
I also can use them for my pt2 coils which I have over 7 yrs worth. I think I might be prepared for whatever now.
 

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Yeah dun FT, just received order #24 ($1700 + in orders). They've fulfilled all orders that I've placed and replaced items that have failed to operate correctly (3 occations) paying for shipping on those returns.
My most recent order was OOS, so shipment was delayed 12 days (5 business days) the total time from order placed to delivery 30 days. The item was a Cloupor Mini + 50 TC that has been flawless (so far).
The average time from order to delivery for the 24 orders has been 21.3 days, least was 9 and greatest was 38 days.
If the description says 'Authentic' it is if it say 'Style' it is a clone.
You make me feel better about my spending lately.
 

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Ohhhh...GearBest = nightmares. I had the run around from them about a year ago with them not saying "out of stock" until after you have paid, giving you a maybe date that always ended up with replies like wait a few more days. They finally sent the instock items and that was IMO shipped in a container, on a boat over the ocean...42 days in transit before canadian customs got it then 2 weeks after that. Thats their free shipping...lol
Got my stuff. I'm now after the out of stock items (kayfun bellcaps) I waited with occasional emails and replied with wait a few more days, it went on then I asked for my money back(shoulda just did a PayPal chargeback) and magically the bellcaps went into "pre-shipping". There they stood for 2 more weeks before being sent. I did finally get my bellcaps but getting jerked around like that. No thanks gearbest.
As long as you keep a eye on fasttech "Shipped in" days and align the orders for that then they do pretty good. My most recent slight grief with fasttech is the subtank bellcaps that had a ETA of a few days away so I stalked them with a cart of a bunch more instock items. Whoohoo bellcaps are instock and like lightening I bought, paid then looked over my order and the bellcaps said out of stock with a week away date, not a happy camper. Bright side is that I got a email a couple days later saying all items were shipped and on their way. :)
 

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I think Fasttech has improved through the years. 2 years ago they were not as quick to respond and resolve problems (although any problems were minor and always resolved). Now days I find they respond within 24 hours (time difference) . Had one where I realized I ordered the wrong item. Got on their online support and within minutes the item was changed, a refund for price difference credited (to my Paypal account, not store credit, although that would have been fine), and all was well.
 

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Cool I just book marked this page so I can go back and read it at home. I told my wife we needed to start getting our plans together so we could go on a shipping spree. Lol

Also I see lots of people buy nic from MFS. but on other pages people have said it was peppery. I know that taste means it is not good. I just don't want to order from the wrong place and end up with bad nic.

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Here is the most thorough Spreadsheet on different flavor percentages I have ever seen. These are for single flavors but it gives you a good idea.
 
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