PapawBrett

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I haven’t ordered from them but like I said, after two purchases from a new vendor then my card got hit.

Inquiring minds want to know... which Vendor. Not saying it'll happen again, but I'd prefer to avoid them all together.
 

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Still one of the best MTL tanks available, the steam crave Mini Robot.
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    Inquiring minds want to know... which Vendor. Not saying it'll happen again, but I'd prefer to avoid them all together.
    I’m not saying for sure it was due to them but it was the only new site I’ve ordered from in a long time. I ordered two kits from myvaporus.com They had a couple hard to find old kits at a great price and delivered quickly. I don’t know that there’s any way to find out how my card got compromised.
     

    chanelvaps

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    @hittman , that sux. A few years back someone hit my account for nine straight 90 cent withdrawal. Then my bank shut it down, and I had to get another card.
    This is why I won't auto draft my bills. It's tedious deal (for about 30 seconds) but I feel like I have more control over my own money that way.
    I never auto-draft my bills either. I pay online through my bank once a month and just always overpay so I do not have to wait for a bill
     

    chanelvaps

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    I found some Lost Vape Gemini's and was super excited. I put two in my cart and went to pay. It took me to Paypal and a person's name to pay. I should have backed out at that point but did not. That is how bad I want a couple of Gemini's. Paypal is much harder to get your money back from then a credit card. I used my Paypal Mastercard and they should back it and do a reversal if I do not get the goods
     
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    hittman

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    I never auto-draft my bills either. I pay online through my bank once a month and just always overpay so I do not have to wait for a bill
    Most of my utilities are on level pay so I know exactly what they are each month. I use the credit card to auto pay my bills because my card is through my mortgage company and they pay my rewards directly to my mortgage. I just started doing this a year or two ago and have earned 1k paid towards my mortgage in rewards. I really don’t think the auto pay stuff had anything to do with my card getting hacked. I think they were running a program that tries different numbers until it hits one.
     

    AngeNZ

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    Where did you purchase it from, hard to find in the US now days.

    Aussie: QA Vaping | QP Designs JuggerKnot MR, Tank
    It was hard to find one in gunmetal anywhere, so I struck it lucky with that store.

    QP still have some in SS, if you don't mind their shipping price
     

    Z-Lee

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    Thanks for letting me know that. I guess they don’t vet the sites they advertise for. I may try that privacy site you mentioned. Do they charge a fee?
    I'm sure it's hard for the site to track down anything because it's likely difficult for people who used a link from their site to pinpoint where their fraudulent charges are coming from, much less report it back to the site. For the site, all they see is a good deal, so unless they're also making purchases from the sites that they're linking deals to, which I'm sure they aren't, they'd have no way of knowing peoples' information is being hijacked.

    Do they charge? I don't think they do. The purchase amount at checkout on the sites are equal to the amounts pulled out of my bank account. However, the virtual card amount has to be $5, or sometimes even $10 above the purchase amount. I assume it's some sort of validity check, like when you go to the gas station and as soon as you start pumping gas, a charge for the full amount you can purchase automatically gets charged to your card before it's corrected to the appropriate amount after you finish pumping.

    I would definitely check it out if you don't have a Capital One or Venmo CC.
     
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    Letitia

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    While not cheap ordering directly from QP has always been a positive experience for me.

    Good evening Shiny's
    Been using the sc meson rta a couple days and not particularly impressed. Had to wide space my coil and the top cap screws the same direction as the 510, just plain annoying. Flavor is good but no better than any of my other top air rtas.
     

    Z-Lee

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    While not cheap ordering directly from QP has always been a positive experience for me.

    Good evening Shiny's
    Been using the sc meson rta a couple days and not particularly impressed. Had to wide space my coil and the top cap screws the same direction as the 510, just plain annoying. Flavor is good but no better than any of my other top air rtas.
    Honestly, I've never been impressed with any steam crave RTA/RDTAs in terms of flavor output. I think their deck/chamber size is far too large to get a good ratio of flavor to air mixture, and the only way to fix that is to use honking coils to fill that space. Not particularly fond of that. Try larger ID coils or go with the mesh if you're looking for better flavor output.

    The main reason I went for the Meson was because it's top airflow. I'm done worrying about tanks leaking all over my mods - I'd rather sacrifice a tiny bit of flavor for that comfort.
     
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    Letitia

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    Honestly, I've never been impressed with any stream crave RTA/RDTAs in terms of flavor output. I think their deck/chamber size is far too large to get a good ratio of flavor to air mixture, and the only way to fix that is to use honking coils to fill that space. Not particularly fond of that. Try larger ID coils or to with the mesh if you're looking for better flavor output.

    The main reason I went for the Meson was because it's top airflow. I'm done worrying about tanks leaking all over my mods - I'd rather sacrifice a tiny bit of flavor for that comfort.
    The meson will assuredly get benched, I'm not really interested in playing around with it. I have rtas easier to build that don't have annoying threaded top caps that I enjoy using and have already been dialed in for my preferences. That being said looking forward to playing with the Blaze solo when they get here.
     

    Z-Lee

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    The meson will assuredly get benched, I'm not really interested in playing around with it. I have rtas easier to build that don't have annoying threaded top caps that I enjoy using and have already been dialed in for my preferences. That being said looking forward to playing with the Blaze solo when they get here.
    I'll try regular coils first, then the mesh. If it requires too much fiddling, I may bench it as well simply because I wasn't expecting a whole lot from it to begin with.

    I believe I have the Blaze RTA somewhere but haven't tried it yet. The Eclipse is a great RTA, and I would assume the Blaze Solo should be good as well. I think Mike Vapes has been in the game long enough to know how to dial in the flavor.
     

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