Ridiculous warranty?

[Ciego]

I was just browsing, looking for cartomizers at places other than where I have purchased them over the last six weeks. I will not name the vendor, but they seem to be popular here for things like PV adaptors.

They are selling cartomizers, blank or prefilled for nearly $4.00/each. You and a 5-pack? Add $12.00 to the unit price. Okay, caveat emptor, be sure to comparison shop and all that.

What struck me was their statement of warranty.

"D.O.A. warranty only."

Huh? I don't know about you, but I tend to buy cartomizers at least in packs of 5. I don't use them all at once. So how does one know whether or not a cartomizer is "D.O.A.?"

Does this make sense to anyone reading this?

I can understand not wanting to replace a carto that has been opened (for those few vendors I've encountered who actually wrap each carto separately), or replace a carto that has obviously seen use.

Is this just another add-on to the cost of vaping? I need to use a carto to find out if it's D.O.A. I am not going to put a multimeter on every carto I buy, looking for open circuits, wrong resistance, etc. Yeah, I know how to do all that stuff...but it's not practical.

I'd love to read others' encounters with ridiculous, pointless warranties. Post below, or comment to tell me that I am being an unreasonable weenie.

 

[sbphotog]

cartos are not meant to be a long term item. a D.O.A warranty is quite good. some places offer no warranty on cartos at all. A D.O.A warranty simply means that if the carto is dead on arrival to you, it will be replaced.

 

[sbphotog]

I should add that if you want particulars on companies D.O.A. warranty policies, you'd have to call/email the company about it.

 

[ropetrick]

Just a guess, but I imagine they mean it's warrantied if it is delivered to you non-functional, whenever you find that out. You're right that it would be unreasonable to expect you to use them all immediately. I think the assumption is that if it's dead when it arrives, it'll be dead the first time you try to use it, even if that's in a few weeks.

Not sure, just guessing.

 

[Liv2Ski]

Not sure with the cost of these things if a warranty is worth anything on a carto or atty. By the time you pay postage back to the supplier and factor your time, for me I just throw it out. Batteries, mods, PCC's are another story.

 

[DaveP]

You'd have to open the sealed plastic wrapper to test it, but that's not a problem because there's little water in the juice to evaporate. A zip lock would re-seal it.

But they only cost a couple of bucks apiece and are refillable for the most part. As long as the coil is good and the wick is working, all you have to make sure of is that it will vape. I don't open mine until I use them. Last pack I ordered, the first one had a polyethylene aftertaste and the second one was great. Mod time.

 

[mistinthewoods]

It's more of a sales tactic than a practical warrantee. I mean, are you really going to call them on an item that costs you a buck and a half? I buy from venders who would probably just send me a replacement on my say so (Ikenvape did for an atty that was DOA once) but I'm not going to call them for a carto. I'm sure that's what they're counting on when they post such a warrantee.