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Ok GG fans. My V2 was supposedly sent out on the 17th from COV. No sign. What's interesting is that I emailed Bruce for my new CT for JGG on Monday the 20th. Guess what's in my mailbox today? New CT for JGG. Where is my fricking V2????
Seriously getting angry at this point.
Someone tell me I'm crazy for being upset. Someone.............my rant ends here. I know what happened to my $$
Who else is out their V2 right now???
 
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I am a very new member of this forum so forgive me if I am speaking out of turn but why are Penelope V2's being sent out with badly aligned centre pins in the 1st place? I'm lucky in that mine seems fine but I'm a little worried about taking it apart now..


Ha...Got the V2 today. Set it up and the bottom pin was loose. It was also not aligned....giving me a short. I did what Imeo showed us in the video to straighten and the brass nut broke off. the brass threads are still in the bottom where it broke and now I can't screw the bottom brass back in. :( Never even got to try the V2.

Now I'm scrounging around my house looking for a small screw that could possibly replace that part.
 

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I got my Penelope V2 yesterday, the day before Christmas Eve. And just to let you guys know COV is in Florida and I'm in California.

I don't know if my center pin is was off alignment or if I had a short somewhere else. I built the coil and tried to use it on a mod that reads the ohms. The Ohms said 1.3 but then after tightening/securing the V2 on the mod the reading said 0.2 ohms. With my knowledge, I knew this wasn't right and thought the center pin was touching the side.

I have a perfectly sized drill bit that I put in the bottom of the center hole to straighten. The only problem was that the Brass adjustment cent pin was there and that totally broke. So Now I have a V2 that I've built, and never even tried. But all is good because Esmokeguru is going to send me extra brass parts to replace. But it's an extra 20 bucks to ship taken into account the USD is less compared to Euro.

But it's not their fault since the Euro is higher in value compared to USD. Bottom line is, don't straighten the center post with the brass screw in. That piece is very fragile.
 

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They come aligned Big exept some units that are not. Maybe I missed those units. But its not difficult to do that by yourself. Just put off the brass AD pin and align the center post. Then put AD pin back in place
I am a very new member of this forum so forgive me if I am speaking out of turn but why are Penelope V2's being sent out with badly aligned centre pins in the 1st place? I'm lucky in that mine seems fine but I'm a little worried about taking it apart now..
 

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They come aligned Big exept some units that are not. Maybe I missed those units. But its not difficult to do that by yourself. Just put off the brass AD pin and align the center post. Then put AD pin back in place

Merry Christmas to all. Imeo do you have a video where you show how to straighten the center pin. I would rather see you do it first. :)
 

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Ok GG fans. My V2 was supposedly sent out on the 17th from COV. No sign. What's interesting is that I emailed Bruce for my new CT for JGG on Monday the 20th. Guess what's in my mailbox today? New CT for JGG. Where is my fricking V2????
Seriously getting angry at this point.
Someone tell me I'm crazy for being upset. Someone.............my rant ends here. I know what happened to my $$
Who else is out their V2 right now???

I have not recieved mine either... and no you're not crazy. Merry Christmas!
 

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Ok GG fans. My V2 was supposedly sent out on the 17th from COV. No sign. What's interesting is that I emailed Bruce for my new CT for JGG on Monday the 20th. Guess what's in my mailbox today? New CT for JGG. Where is my fricking V2????
Seriously getting angry at this point.
Someone tell me I'm crazy for being upset. Someone.............my rant ends here. I know what happened to my $$
Who else is out their V2 right now???



Upon checking 5 minutes ago the status of one of my packages- HERE is the tracking info. Since no one blames the USPS - it must be COV's fault



Looks like it left Philadelphia on 22nd and went back there on 23rd, Im glad they know what they are doing. Took 2 days to go from NY to PA



Postal Product:
Features:
Registered Mail™
DATE & TIME
STATUS OF ITEM
LOCATION

December 24, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility
CLEVELAND, OH 44101

December 24, 2013 , 10:35 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
CLEVELAND, OH 44101


December 23, 2013 , 8:33 pm
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19176


December 22, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19176


December 22, 2013 , 2:02 am
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19176


December 20, 2013
Depart USPS Sort Facility
NEW YORK, NY 10199


December 20, 2013 , 9:31 am
Processed through USPS Sort Facility
NEW YORK, NY 10199


December 19, 2013 , 10:41 am
Processed Through Sort Facility
ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
 
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Yeah mine went through GA which it normally doesn't do. I have seen it happen a couple times usually when it does I know it is going to be slow. Although mine still hasn't updated since the 21st but it's Christmas wrong time of the year to dwell on shipping slowness. I am much more bummed that the couple Christmas gifts I ordered on the 13th didn't make it in time :(.
 

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Maybe some of the very late packages are because of USPS and some are because they didn't ship when tracking 1st came out. I don't think there is a way to be able to determine that at this point but I will say this, you can't take away from peoples upset about not receiving their V2. It's not fair to take that from them. I know how I would feel if I had preordered thru COV and I would be ripped.

The bottom line is this...
IF Bruce had paid for the Penny's when he was supposed to pay for them, everyone using COV for preorder would have their Penny already and wouldn't be complaining and doubting Bruce.

It's not about customs or Imeo shipping or Greek Seller being closer to Imeo...It's about using the Preorder money for what it is intended for -- the preorder.
 

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Mine will arrive in due time. I'm not worried about it. We all make choices and decisions about how to do our business and get to live with those. Going forward I'll order from Bruce-if it's in stock. Pre orders will be from Greece. Others can do business any way they want to, it's their choice & I have no dog in that hunt.
 

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There's a story out about massive delays in UPS and Fedex shipments throughout the month of December. Folks who bought on December 1st still hadn't received packages by Christmas. It did not mention USPS, but I can tell you they have been having issues for at least a couple of months.

Based on economic data which I follow every day as part of my job, I suspect people went on buying sprees this winter. UPS and Fedex had been cutting costs for years during the recession, and were not ready for the flood of shipments. The USPS, deep in the red, has also been cutting costs deep and hard.

I think everyone here has made up their mind about their future GG purchases. I think we should just leave it at that and move on.:2c:
 

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There's a story out about massive delays in UPS and Fedex shipments throughout the month of December. Folks who bought on December 1st still hadn't received packages by Christmas. It did not mention USPS, but I can tell you they have been having issues for at least a couple of months.

Based on economic data which I follow every day as part of my job, I suspect people went on buying sprees this winter. UPS and Fedex had been cutting costs for years during the recession, and were not ready for the flood of shipments. The USPS, deep in the red, has also been cutting costs deep and hard.

I think everyone here has made up their mind about their future GG purchases. I think we should just leave it at that and move on.:2c:

Hey Kat,
Do you have a V2? Because I don't! Once I do then I'll move on. Until then I'll go to the mail box every day like I did for the over twenty five packages I purchased from all over the country 2 weeks before the 24th of December that managed to get to me without delay. I want my sh$t. I paid for it months ago and I want it.

Chris
 

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Hey Kat,
Do you have a V2? Because I don't! Once I do then I'll move on. Until then I'll go to the mail box every day like I did for the over twenty five packages I purchased from all over the country 2 weeks before the 24th of December that managed to get to me without delay. I want my sh$t. I paid for it months ago and I want it.

Chris

It just got here about 2 hours ago. I understand the sentiment, I just don't think there is any more point to complaining. We've seen the response, such as there is. I think a stronger statement at this point is to make future purchases based on one's shopping experience.

I suspect that will be a very strong statement next time around.

I'm soaking the v2 parts in 99% isopropyl right now, I'm looking forward to building it in a bit.
 

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I just built my v2 with a 1.4 ohm microcoil, 28g R and 30g NR around S&C cotton thread, and filled her up with Five Pawns Castle Long. I'm using the v2 on a Super-T Precise Simplicity 14500, the only mod I have in the size category of the v2.

I like a medium towards tight draw in general. I can get this easily with the new air control. Wide open is way too airy for me. If this is how all v2 Pennys are, I can't imagine how airy some folks like their draw, if they can't get it with the included air control of the drip tip. For lung hitters, I imagine this is heaven.

I love the air control itself - it turns easily, but stays in place so it won't accidentally unscrew and fall off, or move on its own and change the airflow. And it is much easier as an air control concept than the previous iterations, both in GG and non-GG attys. Simply put: I would want to see this air control on all my attys. For the record, I like the AC on the Ithaka, but found the justGG AC not quite as convenient - but I use it with the Ithaka, as I prefer the look over the knurled Ithaka ring (until I get the brass CR for the Ithaka).

In fact, I'd love to see an add-on that is a drip tip adapter air control, instead of a drip tip air control. This way, I get the air control feature, and use my own drip tip. The reason I'd like this is, like all small attys, the v2 runs kind of hot, and the drip tip can get a bit hot after a few vapes. This is why I prefer longer drip tips (60-90mm) for my small attys, like my Spheroids.

The vape is great, and I will experiment with different coils to get the optimal vape in the coming weeks.

It took a few minutes to get the right liquid flow, basically about half a turn or so from closed - almost identical to my Ithakas.

Building using a microcoil is just as easy as an Ithaka.

Flavor seems the same as Ithaka - I'm vaping them side by side, same coil setup, same juice, same resistance, with the Ithaka on a justGG.
 

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I got my Penelope v2 a couple of weeks ago and I like it a lot. Today I wanted to set it up with microcoil and organic cotton but didn't succeed, I tried two types of builds one with the cotton through the coils, placed horizontally and one with cotton around them and placed vertically - like a Vcore - and with both I got a harsh/dry taste nothing close to the flavor of the liquid and almost no throat hit. Probably it's something I'm not doing right because there still is vapor production with both setups .
Just wanted to see if anyone else had this problem and knows a reason why it's doing it
 
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