Recent warranty/exchange experiences.

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leaford

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Sometimes it seems as if all my units fail at the same time. Other times, I've been setting problem units aside, and wind up taking care of them all at once. Recently I had a combination of the two.

I mentioned that my Sedansa atomizers had died. I was also having battery issues since they had sent me a pair of older style batteries which had degraded in performance, probably because I had to use my original Sedansa charger which isn't really compatable.

Well, when they died I switched over to my Backup penstyle, Janty, and for no known reason it suddenly quit on me. One puff everything's great and I'm getting great plumes of vapor. The next puff, nothing at all. Which also reminded me I had been having probs with my Yentyl manual batteries giving me low power output.

So I set aside the Janty and switched to my backup-backup penstyle, an Njoy. But that just reminded me that I had been having battery problems before I set it aside, one battery that wouldn't hold it's charge, and two that would fade in and out during use, and would often light up as if they were working, but wouldn't produce vapor.

And at the same time, I had some E-puffer atomizers I wasn't satisfied with, which were nearing the end of their guarantee, so I really needed to get those taken care of quick.

SO, it was time to make some e-mails and take care of bidness.

That was Friday, August 29th. I e-mailed Janty, Njoy, Sedansa, and E-puffer.

The first to respond was Jeff, from Janty USA. He got back to me that same day, there were a few questions back and forth, but by Tuesday (Monday was Labor Day) my replacements were in the mail. I got them the next Friday, and both my Classic and my Yentyl are now performing WONDERFULLY! Thanks again, Jeff, you are my A+ vendor of the month. :lol:

Shirley, from Njoy USA, got back to me next, e-mailing me that Tuesday. She even went to the trouble to call me for clarification about my problems, and determined that the inconsistant performance might have been the atomizer, not the battery, so she promised me a new atomizer, too.

Unfortunately, those haven't arrived yet, bt I have faith in them. It will probably arrive any day now. Shirley is my B+ vendor. :D

Sedansa didn't get back to me for a week, though. When I did hear from them they already had my package in the mail, and gave me a tracking notice (order tracking, not package tracking unfortunately) in the e-mail. Problem is, while they confirmed the replacement batteries, and also sent a new charger, they seemed to have forgotten about the atomizer. I e-mailed a reply reminding them about the atomizer, but haven't heard back, and probably won't get the package for at least another week. I'm going to e-mail them again today, but so far they get a C.

Lastly, and most dissapointingly, E-puffer never responded at all. I wrote them again today, and we'll see, but for now, they get an Incomplete. :(

That's very dissapointing, since previously I was able to get a replacement atomizer very easily, and quickly, which was why I went ahead and ordered a few extras. I had spent this month's whole e-cig budget on them, since the first one was as good as Sedansa's. But the new ones I received weren't anywhere near as good as the first had been, and I was really counting on being able to exchange them for better ones.
 
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Its Funny (odd funny), looking at the names of your A, B, C, and F. For some reason, thats about how i would expect it to go, A and B could be B and A I guess.
I never used any of them, but thats about how I would expect it to go when you see the names together. (based only on reading reviews and forum messages, and their sites, just IMHO)
If it was one of those competency tests where you have 4 things, and you put them in the right order type of thing.
Hope That was clear.
 

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I have experience of replacements with Smokester, Sedansa and Janty Europe.

Smokester replaced an atomiser and battery that were faulty within the months warranty period for me. He replied to my email immediately, posted out the replacement parts straight away and supplied a stamped, addressed bag to return the faulty ones. Ten out of ten.

Sedansa were asked to replace a faulty battery. They replied to my email straight away and asked me to send the faulty one to them first. I replied that they should send the replacement and a return envelope first. They sent a replacement battery but no envelope.
I ended up not getting used to the Diva and decided to send it back for the thirty day money back deal. They didn't reply to my first email asking for a return code and after four days I emailed them again. They answered promptly then. I sent the Diva back and got a refund no problem.

Janty Europe sent me a Kissbox with a faulty battery and a dodgy automatic switch. I emailed them about replacements and two days later sent another email. They replied immediately to the second. I was asked to send the faulty parts back but they shipped replacements plus an extra battery, switch and some cartridges immediately with another order I had made. They also sent a jiffy bag for returning the faulty parts but not postage paid.

My best experience was with Smokester. None were particularly bad or difficult though, I have no real complaints about any of them.
 

suzyqto

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Still consider myself a newbie, vaping and off real cigs since 8/28/08 :thumb:
Feel compelled to relate my experiences with puresmoker (Steve) and his return/warranty policy. Can't praise him enough. Ordered 2 mini's on 8/25, he suggested to order 2 sets for replacement parts, excellent suggestion! They shipped out on 8/26 and arrived 8/28 (shipped priority mail for free). Also sent along 10 free carts. Now, yesterday one of the atomizers died, I emailed him and he replied promptly, within 10 minutes, that he's sending another out immediately. Emailed him again today, one of the batteries was staying lit, would not go out or charge. He told me how to reset it and if it wouldn't work/charge to email back and he'd ship another battery out right away. I am so confident in him, that I ordered his new pen style with the 4 hole atomizer :D. By the way, 2 weeks and still vaping great! I was considering getting one of the brand names, but decided to stay with these as the price for units, replacements, and carts are extremely affordable and loads of vapor! Besides customer service can't be beat.
 

BigBuxNoWhammy

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It's good when they send freebies, I like that, it sort of compensates for the trouble you've had. I don't know if I was clear in my post above but Janty Europe sent me a free battery, switch and fifteen cartridges. I was chuffed about that actually, it's pretty good customer service in my eyes.


Yes Janty USA has also been very nice to me. Jeff has sent me a bunch of free cartridge boxes, and when I originally got my kissbox it had a weird taste that wouldnt go away, so Jeff sent me out a new atomizer even though he told me that it would go away. And he was right, it did within a day or so. I told him I could keep trying it out and let him know if it had gone away, but he sent me the atomizer anyways! Nice guy. Also threw in a free case.
 

ngax666

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Leaford your rating is accurate. I dealt with NJoy, puresmoker and epuffer.
epuffer is the worst.
i order a starter kit from all 3. by comparison i decide i didn't like epuffer's product(i am not dissing their product, this is my opinion just to be clear). they do offer 30 day money back. i email epuffer asking for instruction to return the starter kit. they reply back with very clear instruction what to write on the package. so i followed instruction sent via UPS with my own money cost about $18 dollors. i didn't want to send it via USPS(they lost package all the time). package was in the UPS system for 3 days, reason being Canadian custom checking all the package. finally this morning the tracking status for the package indicated "THE RECEIVER DID NOT WANT THE ORDER AND REFUSED THIS DELIVERY / UPS WILL CONTACT THE SENDER AND/OR RECEIVER REGARDING THE STATUS OR DISPOSITION OF THIS PACKAGE". so i email them asking what's going on. so far i got the reply back saying."We do accept any shippments with accured customs fees.". at this point i am confused. they refused the package and reply back say they always accept package.(anyone in forum had that problem?). :evil:
now after 3 days i recived NJOY starter kit atomizer die on me(no big deal it happens). i called left voice mail and emailed last friday. just today they said they are shipping out the replacement. it will take 2 to 7 days. not too happy about that.:)
like everyone else on this forum. i like steve from puresmoker. I also ordered a starter kit along with spare parts. he did forgot send me the battery i ordered. i emailed him, he got back to me within a hour. and i receviced missing battery today. and i like his price too.:thumb:

 

jpc815

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Hi All! I am a newbie, but have had a LOT of problems with NJOY products. I ordered 3 of the pen styles the end of July, they arrived, and so far I have had to have the batteries replaced several times, the atomizers all replaced, it has been a constant problem with all of them. They were for different family members. I then read on here about PureSmoker and I ordered first one kit of the mini, and I loved it! I then ordered another for my mother and extra batteries and atomizers. The only problem I have had in several weeks is one of the chargers was bad and Steve immediately sent a replacement. NJOY sends replacements, no problem, but it has been a continuous problem with one part or the other since day 1! Steve @ PureSmoker is great, gives wonderful advice, has excellent products and very good prices! Keep up the good work Steve!
 

leaford

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I still haven't heard anything from ePuffer. I'm on the verge of contacting my CC company and doing a charge back. I was SOO happy with my first atomizer (well, untill it died) and the first replacement went smoothly, so this is really a huge letdown. But everyone seems to have problems with them, so I guess I have to say they are NOT reccomended at all.
 

leaford

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OK, updates:

My Njoy replacements arrived today. 1 Atomizer, and 3 batteries. The batteries came charged, which was nice, and the atomizer works great, as usual.

I e-mailed e-Puffer directly today, and they replied right away, saying they did not get my contact form messages. So lesson is, e-mail them directly, do not use the contact form on their website. They gave me an RMA and asked me to send back the bad parts. I am asking them if they can send the replacements immediatly if I make a purchase, like they did the first time. We will see waht they say.
 
I've had 2 classic battery failures from e-cigs.co.uk

On both occasions, I received a reply the same day

On both occasionsm I received a replacement along with a pre-paid jiffy bag for the return, the next day.

10 out of 10 every time for e-cigs.co.uk :D

Same here about a faulty atomizer, just emailed e-cigs.co.uk and they replied within a few hours and they say they are sending me a pre-paid jiffy.
Ive only used warranty before with heaven gifts and i had to pay postage, which to be honest i would expect on this type of item (low value).
I have read plenty about e-cigs customer service but it somehow seems better when you experience it !:)
 
Living in NZ makes it difficult due to shipping costs etc. I've made most of my e-cig purchases from e-cig.com (until recently when they went totally AWOL), now I'm a very happy Janty customer. My first kissbox purchase had a faulty USB cable and the atomizer died down to about 10% power after about 5 days.

Ludo has been VERY helpful and quick to respond on both of these issues. Possibly more than would be normal under the circumstances. My suggestion to Ludo would be to include a jiffy bag with any replacements requested so that they can be sure that people are not taking advantage of their goodwill. Personally I wouldn't, but I would be wary of people taking advantage of this.

Overall, I'm a very happy Janty customer - it's great to see that they are willing to go the extra mile. Whenever I had problems with e-cig products, they inevitably ended up thrown in my drawer rather than inviting the usual Chinese stock responses (ie. we sent the correct order) etc.
 
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