the e-cig.com site seems to be down..

[trog100]

i hope its just a technical hitch ad not a sign of the coming Armageddon regarding the chinese customs ban on liquid and batteries.. .. he he

i have a heavensgift kit coming.. the next few days should tell me if it escapes from china.. i hope the bloody thing does..

trog

 

[CaSHMeRe]

i get this ... hmmmmm

ADODB.Connection error '800a0e78'

Operation is not allowed when the object is closed.

/shopping/shopcontent.asp, line 147

 

[MNZ]

I talked with the online help last night trog and they are going to ship my latest order from the US instead of from China.

Why the site is down I don't know, it could be a number of reasons. As I'm writing this it's still down, but China is only just beginning it's working day, I'll check it later on to see if it's back up again

 

[trog100]

just me getting paranoid.. they seemed doubtful about the "US Office" when i spoke to em this afternoon.. six weeks of no business aint good for anybody.. whatever US connection they have i cant see it having stock for six weeks.. it all originates in china..

trog

 

[Jason]

I chatted with Yoyo this morning regarding an order placed on the 11th. He (she?) told me they were going to ship it from the US. A bit more prying on my part and I learned that they're trying to get a single massive order to a central location in the US and ship them out from there.

Since they can't ship this stuff by air, I'm guessing it's going to be three weeks to get it stateside and then at least a week to sort everything out once it's here. That's probably best case scenario.

Sometimes my penchant for being a cheap ....... bites me in the ....

Regarding the site error, I see that fairly often and it's more a sign of a finicky website than their impending implosion.

 

[CaSHMeRe]

how did e-cig ship their goods to customers? China post? or UPS/Fedex/DHL ???

 

[Jason]

how did e-cig ship their goods to customers? China post? or UPS/Fedex/DHL ???

Both. Express shipping went by UPS/DHL, normal shipping was china post.

 

[trog100]

they has several options.. express which in my case was mostly EMS sometimes TNT or one or two others..

china post sea and air.. and china slow boat.. he he.. i ordered a kit from heaven gift who use EMS.. i should know in a couple of days if that gets out of china.. i also have some cigar atomizers which i havnt had a shipping number for from e-cig..

my fear is it will hit local supplies and the whole shebang will dry up.. everyone pretty much has to have stuff shipped from china even if we buy it locally..

trog

 

[jarvis]

I seem to remember someone posting that ecig.com was setting up an American office for distribution. I guess it would be good for liquid purchases, but I've been scared off ever buying any devices from them.

 

[trog100]

the site is still down.. i think its deliberate.. its been down too long for a simple hitch..

when your entire business is brought to a sudden stop cos u cant ship anything out to the world its bad news.. i have two atomizers on order.. if i dont get shipping notification within a couple of days i am gonna assume they are dead in the water.. at least for the time being..

trog

 

[trog100]

still down.. my paranoia is looking real... i even just ordered 50 cheap ruyan cigar carts from china just to see if anything is getting out.. if they do get out i will order some more.. i have visions of a lot of panicking e smokers running around unable to feed their new habit.. he he

i dont wanna cause a run on e liquid or carts but i think it would be wise to check yer stocks..

trog

 

[TropicalBob]

What a great day for Macfan to open his Johnson Creek E-Liquid business. Perfect timing (see suppliers category).

 

[trog100]

if he can supply the world it would be.. i see the whole lot drying up before the six week period is up.. based on the simply logic it all comes from or via china.. or the vast bulk of it does..

okay worse case scenario... but i am taking it seriously..

trog

 

[trog100]

on an encouraging note.. my package ordered from heavens gift a couple of day ago has made it out.. it contained both carts and batteries..

26-07-2008 01:52 Delivery Agent - BEIJING - PTT Left origin country

25-07-2008 14:44 Delivery Agent - CHINA Collected from customer

trog

 

[MacFan]

if he can supply the world it would be.. i see the whole lot drying up before the six week period is up.. based on the simply logic it all comes from or via china.. or the vast bulk of it does..

okay worse case scenario... but i am taking it seriously..

trog

Trog, I don't believe a single ingredient of mine comes from China. Could be wrong but I am definitely not worried about my stock

 

[sanneke]

I believe E-cig. went out of business.

 

[trog100]

I believe E-cig. went out of business.

do u have any idea why.. is the "cant ship anything due to customs" simply a smokescreen to cover other reasons..

they are quite clearly not conducting business at present.. the question is why and for how long.. he he

love em or hate em i cant help but feel they helped keep the price some others would charge for consumables down..

trog

 

[CaSHMeRe]

the e-cig.com site is back up and running .... hmmm.....

 

[trog100]

the e-cig.com site is back up and running .... hmmm.....

yes i was just gonna report that.. i least they dont seem to have shut down completely even if they cant sell anything.. he he

its 4 am here in the UK time i went to bed.. whoosh

trog