Shinyitis Support Group

[AngeNZ]

How has your experience at aliexpress been? How's their customer service? Product quality? I fear this is who I may end up replacing FT with. I've just heard a lot of iffy things about product reliability/quality.

One of the good things about Aliexpress is their buyer protection. My first purchase from Aliexpress (non-vaping) was a bust. I went through the process and got a full refund within a week. It was painless and leant heavily towards me and not the dodgy seller

It's like Amazon, tons of lil stores under the umbrella. After my first order, I now go by feedback on an item about its quality and the store's total feedback percentage.

There's the obvious sxk etc atty clones there, but also some branded atty clones. Like FT if it doesn't have eg Vandy Vape in the title, then assume the Kylin Mini v2 rta is a clone.

They've also got a lot of our stuff under different names - like soldering Irons for mods or strawtip holders = drip tips. Hidden in plain view.

Here's some links to try to see if they show up for you in the states

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004380553675.html
Store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1102075374

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004927419293.html
Store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1102341924

Store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1102191337

Replacement glass store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/912617321

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Nice ! What are you guys paying for gas? I'm paying around $2.40/ litre for diesel here.

The price of gas varies widely from state-to-state and within each state/city. Gas stations nearest my home are $2.58/gallon (3.78 liters). If I drive a couple miles west of me it's $2.45/gallon. I use the GasBuddy website to find the lowest cost of gas near me.

 

[Territoo]

Nice ! What are you guys paying for gas? I'm paying around $2.40/ litre for diesel here.

Right now gas is $2.66/gallon and diesel is $3.86/gallon. I live in a region where fuel is cheaper than average, cuz there's not as high of state taxes. $2.70/liter is expensive, not even taking into account the exchange rate on the dollars. That would be a touch over $7 per gallon here, figuring the exchange rate and liters to gallon conversion.

 

[ShowMeTwice]

Right now gas is $2.66/gallon and diesel is $3.86/gallon. I live in a region where fuel is cheaper than average, cuz there's not as high of state taxes. $2.70/liter is expensive, not even taking into account the exchange rate on the dollars. That would be a touch over $7 per gallon here, figuring the exchange rate and liters to gallon conversion.

I'm surprised. For sure I thought all of Texas would be way cheaper p/gallon versus Wisconsin.

Quick look at GasBuddy, it's $1.95/gallon (regular) at United Express in Lubbock.

Best Gas Prices & Local Gas Stations in Texas

Today's best 10 gas stations with the cheapest prices near you, in Texas. GasBuddy provides the most ways to save money on fuel.

www.gasbuddy.com

 

[Fidola13]

I placed an order on November 14th from Sourcemore and surprisingly received it today! That’s the fastest delivery from China that I ever had.

So todays shiny vape mail is a repeat of gear I already have that I really like. It includes a black Wotofo Profile squonker with 2 replacement tubes and another Helhiem RDTA also in black.

Seeing that who knows how long stores will be open or closed, I decided that I better grab some extras especially if they’re on sale. The sudden closure of FastTech has left me empty

 

[hittman]

Nice ! What are you guys paying for gas? I'm paying around $2.40/ litre for diesel here.

I stopped and filled up on the way home and it was $2.84/gallon.

 

[Z-Lee]

One of the good things about Aliexpress is their buyer protection. My first purchase from Aliexpress (non-vaping) was a bust. I went through the process and got a full refund within a week. It was painless and leant heavily towards me and not the dodgy seller

It's like Amazon, tons of lil stores under the umbrella. After my first order, I now go by feedback on an item about its quality and the store's total feedback percentage.

There's the obvious sxk etc atty clones there, but also some branded atty clones. Like FT if it doesn't have eg Vandy Vape in the title, then assume the Kylin Mini v2 rta is a clone.

They've also got a lot of our stuff under different names - like soldering Irons for mods or strawtip holders = drip tips. Hidden in plain view.

Here's some links to try to see if they show up for you in the states

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004380553675.html
Store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1102075374

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004927419293.html
Store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1102341924

Store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1102191337

Replacement glass store:
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/912617321

Okay, most of these show up for me. Just wondering if they'll ship to the US. Someone mentioned that they don't.

 

[Letitia]

What did you buy? I’ve missed some pages while I was in the hospital so I think that I’m out of touch right now!

From qp I ordered 2 jk mini mr rta along with 10 spare glass. From sourcemore I just got in spare glass for the Hellbeast 2 and gti coils as well as an eleaf i80 stick. Really nice little mod, worthy of its predecessors in performance. Tested for my uncle, my mr was heavier than the mod. lol
And if you didn't know I have 3 think vape Cratons. Another great mod.

 

[hittman]

I got vape mail. I preordered this quite a while back and it finally arrived today from 3f. Now I need to dig out a blue tank to go with it.

 

[hittman]

Also Voopoo sent me the go go go gift box along with a special edition Argus 2.

 

[Territoo]

My Luxe IIs arrived today. The tracking never updated. It still shows they're in NJ. I also got a useless bonus, a wrist strap for some type of pod that I don’t even own.

 

[Pigs]

Today's rigs:

Nothing new to show you guys but cycling through my favourite setups keeps it interesting for me.

 

[Zazie]

Bludger looks tired.

 

[Pigs]

Bludger looks tired.

He's heartily sick of me. Can't blame him.
I'm making him a garlic/chilli/ginger/coriander root paste to give him a kick-start.

 

[Javichu]

I got a new shiny today. Not vape related, but still a shiny.

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Grats on the new truck,looks awesome

Almost 9 am here,missing my morning coffee but had to remove coffee from my morning (for health reasons) so stuck with camomile,yuck!!

Shiny wise just ordered the usual,some aromas,base and GTi coils for my Hellbeast II.

The gear for the videos is getting delivered today so me so happy.

Little by little doing the work,opened accounts in youtube,odysee and rumble and now watching some editing videos.

Looking into future releases of shiny devices,2 first videos are covered (intro to channel and review of Lost Vape M200) but only doing reviews for Vopoo at the moment so i will reach out to some brands once i posted the first 2 videos and see if i can get some goodies to review.
If not well since I'm on a budget at the moment i will try to find cheap shinies so that i can review,all the gear i bought for the videos took what little i had saved up hehe.

Off to the market to get some fresh produce and then to the supermarket,talk to you folks later.

 

[hittman]

My Luxe IIs arrived today. The tracking never updated. It still shows they're in NJ. I also got a useless bonus, a wrist strap for some type of pod that I don’t even own.

Usps tracking is horrible right now. I have three packages that I already received that don’t show delivered on informed delivery yet.

 

[hittman]

I don’t know if anyone else pays attention to the Geekvape forum or gets emails from them but now they are trying to push all the same old mods but now they are red and white. Seems rather ridiculous to me. Instead of coming up with something new they think “ hey, let’s release the same old stuff but change the color “. Did they fire their design team or what?

 

[Bigbob2322]

I don’t know if anyone else pays attention to the Geekvape forum or gets emails from them but now they are trying to push all the same old mods but now they are red and white. Seems rather ridiculous to me. Instead of coming up with something new they think “ hey, let’s release the same old stuff but change the color “. Did they fire their design team or what?

It's sad to see them stoop to this level when they used to be a great company, but as they say things change.

 

[hittman]

I got the new BP mods tomahawk mod but for the life of me can’t figure out how to open the squonk bottle to fill it. I didn’t get a user manual with it and tried to look online but couldn’t find anything. I would think the top would unscrew but it doesn’t. Any suggestions?

 

[hittman]

Right after I made that last post, I figured it out. There’s a black seal around the top of the bottle that you have to lift to expose the fill hole. It’s basically a rubber plug built into that round seal.