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[LDS714]

LOL!

My warranty replacement clearo which was shipped a little over three weeks ago via Swiss Post just updated that it's left Switzerland. So, Hong Kong to Switzerland so far. What's next? South Africa and then The North Pole so Santa can deliver it?

I can't do anything but laugh. Thinking about all of the things that have to happen in concert for international shipping to work correctly just makes me dizzy.

 

[CaliGrower]

you have to watch their shipping. i placed an order for an item that had a guesstimated ship date of 7 days. my bro ordered the exact same item the next day from them. they shipped his next day and he got it already, mine still hasnt shipped. their excuse was "we get hundreds of this item in every few days, yours will ship in a few days from now"...... man, i ordered mine BEFORE my bro did and he got his already.

ive also spoken to 3 merchant buyers thatbuy from them that are cancelling their accounts as a couple have been waiting on orders now for over 2 months while others who placed their orders after have gotten their items, place other orders for the SAME THING and also received those. they need to get their heads on straight

 

[Jayvaps]

Agreed, and I understand the desire to get your stuff. What I don't understand is why the long ship times are such a mystery. The issues with long shipping times has been beat to death and still every day there are 25 or more posts "why is it taking so long to get my stuff?" This is a company that ships thousands of items every day and they had to make a major change, on the fly, while still shipping thousands of items every day, during the holiday rush. Your stuff will get here, you just have to be patient or get it stateside and pay more for it. I know their site says shipping times are better than they are but this thread has shown their times to be blatantly false at times. As far as the, ships in ____days anyone should know that is an estimate of when they could ship if the product arrives. That is something they have no control over. Personally, I think they need to just mark items as out of stock and not allow orders for it. I am betting it would reduce the number of tickets submitted that ask "why has my order not shipped?". The biggest issue we Americans have is we are really a narcissistic bunch and we want it all NOW. The Chinese have a completely different mindset and no amount of complaining is going to change that. They are not going to speed it up because Jo Blow wants his Russian 91% knock off. We (AMericans) are so used to the concept of the customer is always right (they aren't) and having companies bend over backwards that it is a shock when a company doesn't. If I owned a large mail order company like FT. I don't think I would try to do it any other way. They seem to be doing it right IMO. Would I LIKE for shipping to be faster and better organized? Of course I would and I think they will get it better. If they don't get slower I will continue to use them when I want something and don't have to have it right away. I will say though I am very anxiously awaiting my Nemesis Cone and two other orders. I HOPE they arrive before Xmas, but if they don't then I will get them when I get them.

On a side note the only reason I specified Americans twice is that I have never lived anywhere else and I would not presume that other societies are like ours. They may be and they may not. I have no idea really.

I personally think the main reason that this thread has been overtaken recently with shipping stuff, is for several reasons.

1. They just made some major changes to their shipping to the US.
2. Because of number 1(and problems with shipping preceding that) many people have not gotten anything from them in awhile to discuss their latest package of stuff.
3. There really hasnt been much to talk about on new items they released since maybe the vela clone was released(and no one has received that yet, that is for sure). ie, most of their new arrivals recently have been...meh. At least imo, although I am not really into the whole RBA scene...so maybe my view on this is slanted.

That is not to say there isnt other things to talk about. But this is the most widely used 'FT' thread on this forum, because it is in the general forum and it is titled 'The fasttech Thread For All FastTech Posts', so....

 

[gingersnaps]

My LK.........SG ordered was placed on 11/24 and shipped on 11/25 order seems to be Despatched to USA since the 5th.

USPS tracking
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment
December 5, 2013 , 2:20 pm
Processed Through Sort Facility
SINGAPORE S?5, SINGAPORE

Quantium

131124462993HONG KONGNov 26 2013 2:11AM11.20100USADESPATCHED TO OVERSEAS DESPATCHED TO COUNTRY : UNITED STATES / CITY : LOS ANGELES
StatusUpdated DateUpdated LocationRemarks
CONFIRMED PICK UP REQUEST26/Nov/2013 10:33:08HONG KONG
PICK UP ARRIVED AT ORIGIN HUB27/Nov/2013 20:39:10HONG KONG
ITEM PROCESSING AT ORIGIN HUB28/Nov/2013 17:10:39HONG KONG
ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB28/Nov/2013 21:52:28HONG KONG
ITEM RECEIVED BY TRANSSHIPMENT HUB03/Dec/2013 09:35:09SINGAPORE
ITEM LODGED INTO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LOCAL POSTAL AGENT03/Dec/2013 10:13:48SINGAPORE
DESPATCHED TO OVERSEAS05/Dec/2013 14:20:00SINGPOSTDESPATCHED TO COUNTRY : UNITED STATES / CITY

Lol mine also matched yours except mine has not updated since 11/28. Gonna hope mine with yours and they just haven't been scanning mine.

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Who likes the fru fru rainbow colors...and just imagine...a C-Twist for $10 a change
$42.89 Rainbow eGo-C Twist Variable Volt Rechargeable Batteries (4-Pack) 4-pack - 650mAh+900mAh+1300mAh+1100mAh at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[CommaHolly]

LOL!

My warranty replacement clearo which was shipped a little over three weeks ago via Swiss Post just updated that it's left Switzerland. So, Hong Kong to Switzerland so far. What's next? South Africa and then The North Pole so Santa can deliver it?

I can't do anything but laugh. Thinking about all of the things that have to happen in concert for international shipping to work correctly just makes me dizzy.

well, Santa would be faster,,,,,,,,,,he makes a delivery once a year!

 

[edyle]

LOL!

My warranty replacement clearo which was shipped a little over three weeks ago via Swiss Post just updated that it's left Switzerland. So, Hong Kong to Switzerland so far. What's next? South Africa and then The North Pole so Santa can deliver it?

I can't do anything but laugh. Thinking about all of the things that have to happen in concert for international shipping to work correctly just makes me dizzy.

Funny you should mention South Africa. Mine is in Kenya.

 

[raverj]

Anyone else have their tracking number memorized? Or is it just me? Lol!

Sent from this thing using that thing

 

[Burnie]

Anyone else have their tracking number memorized? Or is it just me? Lol!

Sent from this thing using that thing

No, but I have my Credit Card memorized, which is a bad thing.

Vape On

 

[lisancentraltx]

Who likes the fru fru rainbow colors...and just imagine...a C-Twist for $10 a change
$42.89 Rainbow eGo-C Twist Variable Volt Rechargeable Batteries (4-Pack) 4-pack - 650mAh+900mAh+1300mAh+1100mAh at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

Nah, it's just you lovin' on those rainbow eGos

Here are some of my most recent FastTech toppers that came in =] I am not discussing shipping issues... I've got too many orders on the way from China that have NO MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER... I'm not worrying about it =] Let's get back to showing off our goodies and not whining over 30 days to get our goods =]

and just in case some of you are having issues with your Fogger flooding, mine is NOT, so this is how I wick.

 

[KenD]

Those are good to go then..if they still have that much charge left on them

Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries

I've read that you should let them sit for some days/a week (or more) and check the voltages from time to time. If they self-discharge fast they shouldn't be used. Just today I opened a non-charging battery pack to see if could salvage some cells. One showed 0v on the multimeter (guess that's why the pack didn't work), the rest had charges around 3.9v. All charged to over 4v (most 4.15 and over, one only to 4.04). A couple of them do seem to self-discharge more than usual so I'll discard them.

Of topic, sorry...

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

 

[SimianSteam]

That would be a great solution, and there are already whole threads dedicated to shipping down in the FT social group section.

But I'm afraid we're crying in the wilderness...the funny thing is, once people get their packages, they don't always come back and tell everyone about their experiences with what was in them

I don't think I've put down the VTR for more than 10 minutes all day May the coming week bring lots of satisfying packages to everyone.

Yeah, I barely bother to post in this thread anymore. There was a time when we were getting some good product feedback, but now it's impossible to find product reviews amongst all the complaining about shipping... Oh, well. It was a good thread.

 

[peraspera]

Is anyone else having trouble getting batteries delivered?? I ordered an iTaste VV3 and an extra charger for my Egos, shipped out over 2 weeks ago and tracking status has not changed. The last time I placed this exact order (sometime in October), it was sent out and nothing changed in like a month and then it was sent back to FT and they refunded me the money. Ugh... hope its not happening again. So annoying to have to wait a month to find out that you won't be getting something you've been patiently waiting for.

I've got 3 Itaste VV 3.0s and a meter ordered. I figured it would come by cargo ship because of the batteries so it is a whenever, if ever order for me. I just checked tracking and can't figure out if Hong Kong Post is bogarting the order or if it's actually on the boat. It's been years since I got anything that came over by boat from China but those things took a month to over three months to arrive, depending on the mood of customs.
From 17track.

 

[Sucker_dad]

OK Quantium is showing progress, It was lodged into Singapore so hopefully will ship out in two days or so. If it does it will beat my last order by several days time.

CONFIRMED PICK UP REQUEST	27/Nov/2013 15:12:36	HONG KONG
PICK UP ARRIVED AT ORIGIN HUB	03/Dec/2013 19:33:16	HONG KONG
ITEM PROCESSING AT ORIGIN HUB	04/Dec/2013 11:33:05	HONG KONG
ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB	04/Dec/2013 12:53:35	HONG KONG
ITEM RECEIVED BY TRANSSHIPMENT HUB	07/Dec/2013 10:23:52	SINGAPORE
ITEM LODGED INTO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LOCAL POSTAL AGENT	09/Dec/2013 08:46:45	SINGAPORE

I really hope the mean it was logged into transhipment hub, not lodged.

 

[Iffy]

...I am not discussing shipping issues... I've got too many orders on the way from China that have NO MOVEMENT WHATSOEVER... I'm not worrying about it Let's get back to showing off our goodies and not whining over 30 days to get our goods

Yeah, I barely bother to post in this thread anymore. There was a time when we were getting some good product feedback, but now it's impossible to find product reviews amongst all the complaining about shipping... Oh, well. It was a good thread.

Yepper, miss da ol' 'heads up' and reviews. This thread has become nothing but a preschool whining fest.

So much for adult supervision. Oh wait... wasn't it an 'adult' that grouped all da FT posts together...

 

[Scope666]

OK Quantium is showing progress, It was lodged into Singapore so hopefully will ship out in two days or so. If it does it will beat my last order by several days time.

CONFIRMED PICK UP REQUEST	27/Nov/2013 15:12:36	HONG KONG
PICK UP ARRIVED AT ORIGIN HUB	03/Dec/2013 19:33:16	HONG KONG
ITEM PROCESSING AT ORIGIN HUB	04/Dec/2013 11:33:05	HONG KONG
ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB	04/Dec/2013 12:53:35	HONG KONG
ITEM RECEIVED BY TRANSSHIPMENT HUB	07/Dec/2013 10:23:52	SINGAPORE
ITEM LODGED INTO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LOCAL POSTAL AGENT	09/Dec/2013 08:46:45	SINGAPORE

I really hope the mean it was logged into transhipment hub, not lodged.

Three shipped a few days apart ... the one shipped last is moving the fastest ... go figure:

Tracking Result

Tracking No Reference No Origin Name Shipment Date Quantity Weight Destination Name Receiver Name Current Status Delivered Date Remarks LK221554819SG 131114546670 HONG KONG Nov 27 2013 2:11AM 1 0.17100 USA CRAIG S ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LK221529448SG 131123378047 HONG KONG Nov 25 2013 2:11AM 1 0.16600 USA CRAIG S ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LK221586241SG 131126650051 HONG KONG Nov 29 2013 2:11AM 1 0.32100 USA CRAIG S ITEM LODGED INTO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LOCAL POSTAL AGENT

 

[Capt.shay]

OK Quantium is showing progress, It was lodged into Singapore so hopefully will ship out in two days or so. If it does it will beat my last order by several days time.

CONFIRMED PICK UP REQUEST	27/Nov/2013 15:12:36	HONG KONG
PICK UP ARRIVED AT ORIGIN HUB	03/Dec/2013 19:33:16	HONG KONG
ITEM PROCESSING AT ORIGIN HUB	04/Dec/2013 11:33:05	HONG KONG
ITEM DESPATCHED TO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB	04/Dec/2013 12:53:35	HONG KONG
ITEM RECEIVED BY TRANSSHIPMENT HUB	07/Dec/2013 10:23:52	SINGAPORE
ITEM LODGED INTO TRANSSHIPMENT HUB LOCAL POSTAL AGENT	09/Dec/2013 08:46:45	SINGAPORE

I really hope the mean it was logged into transhipment hub, not lodged.

My Mighty Mouse package found lodging in Singapore two minutes before yours. I guess they are travel companions.

 

[Maggiemw]

So, if I split a $100 order into 4x $25 orders, with the items costing the same and free shipping, where does the extra shipping cost of three of those parcels go? It's not by weight because there's a minimum for each parcel. The price of each item is the same. Therefore it cost FT more to ship four parcels rather than one.

What you want to think of as 'free shipping' is in fact factored into the selling price of the item - a set number of cents per dollar on any given item. Thus the $15 minimum order for trackable parcels ( 15 x X cents = minimum necessary).

So, whether you split your $100 order into 4 shipments or not, the amount set aside for shipping in the cost is the same (100 x X = 4 x 25 x X). Sometimes it will all be used up by actual shipping costs and sometimes it won't be. Think of it as a 'shipping budget' rather than an actual individual parcel cost. FT uses bulk airmail services, and your 'shipping budget' goes to the total cost of the cubic meter of cargo space. This type of shipping also means that your parcel does not have priority status.

Thus they are not "losing" money when you make 4 $25 orders.

 

[soupy1970]

What you want to think of as 'free shipping' is in fact factored into the selling price of the item - a set number of cents per dollar on any given item. Thus the $15 minimum order for trackable parcels ( 15 x X cents = minimum necessary).

So, whether you split your $100 order into 4 shipments or not, the amount set aside for shipping in the cost is the same (100 x X = 4 x 25 x X). Sometimes it will all be used up by actual shipping costs and sometimes it won't be. Think of it as a 'shipping budget' rather than an actual individual parcel cost. FT uses bulk airmail services, and your 'shipping budget' goes to the total cost of the cubic meter of cargo space. This type of shipping also means that your parcel does not have priority status.

Thus they are not "losing" money when you make 4 $25 orders.

I imagine 4 boxes takes up more space then one box even if the 4 boxes are smaller. Plus there is the cost of boxes, labels and time to pack. Anyway you look at it it does cost more. I bet you if you asked the head of FT shipping if they would rather ship it in one shipment rather then four I could guess his answer.

None of this is really important to us because it is free to us.

EDIT: They are not losing money on the sale but they are losing profits on the bottom end.

 

[Sucker_dad]

My Mighty Mouse package found lodging in Singapore two minutes before yours. I guess they are travel companions.

So who buys who dinner?