Ordering e-liquid

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Any good placs besides e-cig.com? their shipping costs are huge.. you're paying $30 for a $5 bottle basically. Seems pretty crazy to me. How does it cost them $25 to ship such a tiny thing? I bet it costs them $3 max. lol

Anyways, are there any better alternatives you guys have found? Where do you order yours from?

 

[quirky]

Well that 20 bucks or so is express shipping. That is usually DHL or Fed Ex international. That is quite expensive. There is a surface option. But surface mail will take longer and cost less.

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Ah you're right. I didnt see other options.
Cheapest method is the China Post SAL Parcel. that's $9. China Post Air Parcel is $11.50
What's the difference between the two?

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Ah you're right. I didnt see other options.
Cheapest method is the China Post SAL Parcel. that's $9. China Post Air Parcel is $11.50
What's the difference between the two?

ehh nevermind, one of them isn't even available to Canada, so I guess it doesn't matter. Guess I'll juts go with the $9. Any idea how long it would take through that? 2-3 weeks?

 

[TropicalBob]

I've used that $9 route three times: One time took only 9 days. Another was three weeks. A third was a month. And it arrives looking like it got run over during a chariot race. If there's liquid in it, the liquid is spilled all over the other contents. Happened every time with my deliveries. And E-Cig won't replace the spilled liquid either. Not their problem, they say. It was a "delivery problem." Sure.

Recommendation: Use the eBay reseller of e-liquid. Much faster delivery and not much more overall to pay for product and shipment. Plus you have a real person to complain to instead of a folder full of unanswered emails to China.

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

I've used that $9 route three times: One time took only 9 days. Another was three weeks. A third was a month. And it arrives looking like it got run over during a chariot race. If there's liquid in it, the liquid is spilled all over the other contents. Happened every time with my deliveries. And E-Cig won't replace the spilled liquid either. Not their problem, they say. It was a "delivery problem." Sure.

Recommendation: Use the eBay reseller of E-Liquid. Much faster delivery and not much more overall to pay for product and shipment. Plus you have a real person to complain to instead of a folder full of unanswered emails to China.

lol, wow.. thanks for the warning.. so much for that.
Why did you continue to order more liquid from them if 1 and then 2 times your package was destroyed?

Do you have a link to the ebay guy by any chance?
Thanks

 

[TropicalBob]

http://stores.ebay.com/e-Cig-Sales/SMOKE-JUICE-FLAVORS.html

My orders were like, bang-bang, back-to-back. I had placed second and third orders for different flavors before my complaints about spilled contents were even addressed. E-Cig doesn't answer email. E-Cig removes "bad reputation" posts from its forum and doesn't answer most complaints. Once I got the Big Picture, I didn't order from them again.

Fortunately, I do have a table overflowing with bottles of E-Liquid. Not sure how long it will last, but the Iraq war will probably end before I run dry.

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

http://stores.ebay.com/e-Cig-Sales/SMOKE-JUICE-FLAVORS.html

I dont see anywhere to buy it? He doesn't have any listings up for liquid, only e-cigs. No prices or anything. hmm

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Also, did you try ordering from e-cig with the expensive shipping option? does it still get destroyed?

 

[NerdyCinderella]

I dont see anywhere to buy it? He doesn't have any listings up for liquid, only e-cigs. No prices or anything. hmm

I think you have to contact thru email: "ecigsales@aol.com"

 

[trog100]

u will find the chinese liquid supply will dry up completely.. but i think they will still ship the smaller bottles.. how many at one time is unknown.. i will simply buy the bigger carts and syringe it out if i have to.. the overall cost wont be too different..

trog

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

Emailed the ebay guy, and he doesn't ship here. He also said he only sells the liquid to people who are buying the e-cigs from him

 

[katink]

I ordered around 30 of the small bottles at e-cig (china); was no problem.

 

[trog100]

I ordered around 30 of the small bottles at e-cig (china); was no problem.

i think e-cig will still express the smaller bottles.. perhaps not huge amounts but i recon enough to make it still worth getting..

trog

 

[NerdyCinderella]

Emailed the ebay guy, and he doesn't ship here. He also said he only sells the liquid to people who are buying the e-cigs from him

Sorry, I didn't know that was a criteria. I did order an ecig from them.
It was the Health mini. It seems to be working okay but I've only taken a few puffs because I'm enjoying my NJoy better.

I purchased the mini ecig because I was eager to have an ecig that looked like a real cigarette. I guess for when I go out in public.
In that sense I was a little disappointed because that LED at the end of the cig is bright red. The slightly orange color is a little more realistic.
Also I thought I'd appreciate the rounded mouthpiece vs. the tapered mouthpiece of the pen style. However, the hole on the rounded mouthpiece is so tiny! I felt if they could only make the hole/opening on the rounded mouthpiece larger one could get more vapor.

 

[TropicalBob]

Trog has the right idea for newbies. If you find you can't get e-liquid, order packs of pipe cartridges (the biggest) and a syringe. Pull the wool from the cartridges, put it inside the syringe and squeeze the liquid into an empty bottle. You can also order empty cores for your device, then inject the liquid into the wool in those. The price about evens out when going this route.

I'll never deal with E-Cig again after my experiences, but search their site and you'll find the cores, cartridges and syringe you need to make your own, if you choose to do so.

 

[BigBuxNoWhammy]

I'll never deal with E-Cig again after my experiences, but search their site and you'll find the cores, cartridges and syringe you need to make your own, if you choose to do so.

Were your experiences all with the cheap china post shipping? Or did you also try using their expensive method ($25 or so) with the same problems?

 

[TropicalBob]

Back around Jan. 1, I ordered an E-Pipe with Express shipping. No problem. I then ordered non-essential stuff for China Air shipment. Crushed package, spilled liquid. I complained to deaf ears in China. I then express-ordered cartridges and 50ml of E-Liquid and the package was detailed by U.S. Customs for a month because of the lie printed on the outside invoice about its contents (it was a "plastic pipe" valued at $10, E-Cig wrote). Anyhow, Customs opened it. No E-Liquid at all. E-Cig said it wasn't their problem. It was a delivery problem. FedEx said it can't deliver what was never packed and shipped. And, you know what, FedEx was right! Next package of liquids, ordered before I swore off E-Cig, arrived with spilled liquid all inside it. E-Cig never admitted any problem with any complaint I made and never sent the paid-for, express-paid-for 50ml bottle of liquid. You'll find these kinds of issues very common on their own forum -- until they quickly remove the negative posts and ban the user, which they did to me. Now you have some idea why I'll never give them another cent of my money.

 

[quirky]

Now I see why you are interested in creating your own flavors TropicalBob. I hope my experience is better.

 

[TropicalBob]

I do too. Really. I know E-Cig is suffering growing pains. That might explain a lot.