Just received my first order from fasttech, the Vamo V3 with the Nitecore charger and 18650 panasonics. Free shipping was 12 days to the west coast. Received everything I ordered and all is working well 
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Latest order:
Ordered: July 20 (with 3 or so days ship time)
Shipped: July 25
Hong Kong: July 26
San Fran: July 29
Received: August 1
That was just a K101 (red). This was the third or fourth order with them.
Ordered: July 20 (with 3 or so days ship time)
Shipped: July 25
Hong Kong: July 26
San Fran: July 29
Received: August 1
That was just a K101 (red). This was the third or fourth order with them.
Pretty sure fastech is about to blow my mind and get me my stuff in 7 days, order to door. (Obv Jinx)
I bought a Damascus Steel Folding Knife, very similar to this one and it came from Pakistan. I had no issues at all and the blade was a good 3 inches as well.
Beautiful Blade,looks like quality there,how much,WOW.
I've found myself making color choices based on the ship time. If blue ships in 5 business days, but green is in stock, green it is. Turns out I have pretty much no patience.
Has anyone actually earned enough rebate points to redeem/use the $10? .20c a pop for product reviews of stuff u buy....lol
YA...my order is waiting forCanada customs too release it too Canada post office ,that was very fast,4 business days so far.I think im going too break the record.
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I have no expectations of spending enough to get a $10 rebate, especially since there is a 60 day wait for them and they all expire on Oct. 10th. But it does seem a bit skewed that you get as many points for buying a $20 item as you do for reviewing a $1 clearo.
.20 for product reviews, 1% of total purchase as well.
Lets do some quick math.
The cheapest thing in E-Cig category is .75 cents.
If you could buy 49 of them and write 49 reviews (you can't, but lets pretend you can) It would net you 10.17 Points, which you could redeem for 10 dollars.
49 x .75 = 36.75 | 36.75 x .01 = .3675 | 49 x .2 = 9.8
It would cost you 36.75 dollars.
While thats not to bad of a deal, you have to consider that you can only write a review for a product once, and the prices quick jump up from .75 cents in the e-cig category. So you would have to spend quite a bit more money that that 36.75, even IF you only bought say, the 45 cheapest items or what not.
In reality, you won't be buying anywhere near the cheapest items, unless your using FT exclusively to buy juice. Even if thats the case, you would have to spend at least 90 dollars before getting enough points to get 10 dollars back. Still...thats not totally a bad thing...
In practice tho, you will be buying all kinds of things so, using an average of my all my total purchases, I would have to spend roughly 350 dollars (and write reviews for all the items) before I got 10 dollars.
Not so great anymore. Given their prices tho, it is amazing they have ANY kind of reward system at all, but don't hold your breath to long waiting for those 10 points.
I had to pay duty and brokerage on my order from Fasttech.
Really?? Ive made 5 or 6 orders and havent had to pay anything extra...
Can I make a suggestion?
I've seen a couple of people send messages to FT in Google-translate Chinese. I'm a translator, amongst other things and if there is one sure way to get a translation wrong, Google Translate will find it. It's awful, horrible and horrendous. From any language to any language, not just English to Chinese BTW.
So, please, please don't use it to write messages of complaint to FT. It is counter-productive.
I've seen a couple of people send messages to FT in Google-translate Chinese. I'm a translator, amongst other things and if there is one sure way to get a translation wrong, Google Translate will find it. It's awful, horrible and horrendous. From any language to any language, not just English to Chinese BTW.
So, please, please don't use it to write messages of complaint to FT. It is counter-productive.
Sorry too hear the bad news,how do they soak you,is it done by each individual item in the box of a % of the total cost?
Those are so cool looking. I want one!
But alas, I'm electronically challenged and don't feel I have the knowledge to keep from blowing something up.
Yeah, I know I could learn. It can't be that hard. But I'm just not that into it. I just like to fill up my clearos and vape. Changing heads is about as technical as I want to get right now.
Love that I'm reminded daily that they F up everything they touch
Canada peeps can get snowed. It's seems virtually impossible for us living in the most spoiled country of all(US).
Death=yes Taxes=YMMV
your post
hehe 92 dollars how cute ;o)
NO
^^This
I've made a ton and have the same outcome
WTH are you vaping up there? :S
Last order was another record...placed order to doorstep in just 6 days. $1000+ order and no duty tax crap ever to speak of. FT puts it as a gift and values insanely less than actual value. 2.6% if you were to get hit in the states unless your state is lame and hits you for more. Otherwise, it's not enough to worry about. Please sleep well knowing
Love that I'm reminded daily that they F up everything they touch
Canada peeps can get snowed. It's seems virtually impossible for us living in the most spoiled country of all(US).
Death=yes Taxes=YMMV
your post
hehe 92 dollars how cute ;o)
NO
^^This
I've made a ton and have the same outcome
WTH are you vaping up there? :S
Last order was another record...placed order to doorstep in just 6 days. $1000+ order and no duty tax crap ever to speak of. FT puts it as a gift and values insanely less than actual value. 2.6% if you were to get hit in the states unless your state is lame and hits you for more. Otherwise, it's not enough to worry about. Please sleep well knowing
That's true, but if you resell it, you better sleep with one eye open because importing goods from China in bulk from resale purposes without going thru the proper channels is bad mojo, not to mention if you are importing it as gifts to get around import tax. Typically you stay under the radar unless someone reports you, but a couple of 1000 dollar deliveries to your doorstep (or worse, a place of business) will set off some red flags eventually.
I remember a couple years back they went after some mod chip suppliers in the US, and when some of the "circumventing copyright law for piracy" chargers were not going to stick, they ended up charging them multiply felony counts of illegal reselling and importing, because they were buying the chips in canada.
I could be wrong, as I'm not 100% up on all the fun importing/reselling laws, but make sure if you plan on running a US based business off of fasttech products you are legally in the clear.
Then again, you could have just placed a order for 1,000 dollars worth of fasttech stuff for your self. In that case, dear god, you have a addiction alright, lol.
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I work as a customs broker for a truck and railway port, but air is very similar. The reason some of you are probably being required to pay for duty and brokerage is because of some sort of error in the releasing of the shipment, most likely caused by the broker. Fast Tech pushes the responsibility onto you to pay these charges, but usually it is the shipper's responsibility.
If I remember correctly, someone said that they claim the value of their orders waaaaay under the actual value? If this is true, it could cause further inspection to occur and therefore the charges.
Customs and Border Patrol are VERY nosey about imported goods, and electronic cigarettes and parts would probably cause some suspicion.
Actually, now that I think about it they are probably required to send in FCC forms for the electronic parts.
But I don't clear for USPS, so everything I say could be wrong.
If I remember correctly, someone said that they claim the value of their orders waaaaay under the actual value? If this is true, it could cause further inspection to occur and therefore the charges.
Customs and Border Patrol are VERY nosey about imported goods, and electronic cigarettes and parts would probably cause some suspicion.
Actually, now that I think about it they are probably required to send in FCC forms for the electronic parts.
But I don't clear for USPS, so everything I say could be wrong.
If you can use a flashlight you can use a mechanical mod. All you do is put a battery in it and when you need to change the battery you simply put it in a charger. Buy good protected batteries and a good charger and you will never have a problem.
$23.37 POLAR HXY-18650-2A 4.35V Battery Charger + 2*Panasonic Rechargeable 3400mAh Lithium Batteries - US Plug at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
One of these batteries will last you all day and all night easily no matter how much you vape.
I highly disagree with this advice. That's a 4.35 battery charger, and will overcharge the batteries we use which will ruin the batteries or make them dangerous.
The Nitecore i4 is a great charger sold by FastTech. The only 18650s I'd recommend from FT are high-drain Panasonic CGR18650CH and NCR18650PD. They have other high-drain IMRs like Sony, they are much lower capacity but high amp limits for sub-ohm vaping. You can use protected batteries, but they have a lower amp limit than IMR batts, so you want to make sure not to use with too low of resistance coils. The best choice for mechs and all PVs, is unprotected, high-drain IMR batteries.
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