In the last 3 months, since I stopped smoking and discovered ECF and FT, I have spent about $350 with FT on vape-related stuff. I have a vaping budget of about $125 a month, about 40% of my old smoking budget.
In exchange for my money, instead of a lot of burned-out cig ends, I have acquired:
* 1 iTaste v.2 kit
* 1 iTaste v.3 battery
* 1 iTaste MVP with iClear30
* 3 Kanger Protanks
*1 X9, 1 mini Vivi
*1 T4, 2 Evods clones, 1 KWx6
* 3 ego-Cs
* 1 pack of CE4s
* 1 Kanger protank II (not here yet...)
* lots of small supplies like coil heads and little bottles and stuff
* about 15 bottles of e-liquid (5 not here yet)
Yes, I have waited about 15 days on average, sometimes more, rarely less, for stuff to get here. The bottleneck here has always been Customs and my post office. Could I have bought even half of this from the US or from the incredible rip-off artist vendors here? No, it would never have fit in my budget. Never.
Here my first 3 ego-generic bats with CE4s cost me about $100 total. I have ONE liquid vendor here who is a good guy with reasonable prices and nice stuff.
So while I would love vapemail to get here faster, being an instant-gratification kind of old lady, I've made a trade-off with myself: if I wait, I can have just about whatever I want.
But I have to wait. Meaning that I will put up with delays, major crippling typhoons, stocking and air freight issues. That's part of the deal.
You could mention that maybe I don't have a lot of options, while vapers in the US and Europe do...which would also be true. Your money, your time, your choices.
FT has always been really good about solving any quality issues or wandering packages that I've had (2 tickets so far).
Sorry for going on and on, but I think a bit of perspective on the trade-offs we make might help here. In return for waiting, I get all the pretty, shiny, cool stuff I want...and it has definitely kept me off cigarettes.
