The Waiting Game

[Heavyrocker]

I just talked too Canada Customs on the phone and asked about my package from Fasstech and she asked me what i ordered,i said 2 batteries and a ecig,first thing she asked me was if there was any nicotine in the package and i said no,i didnt order any,then she says we are very busy and you stuff will be released and could not give me the time.I asked if its illegal too import nic and she says YES.

 

[bigcity]

Those .......s!

 

[Heavyrocker]

fasttech shipped the order on July 26,Canada customs recieved it Aug 07 so its been actually 3/4 business days since they have had it in their custody,looks like ill get it some time this month.

Heres my lastest tracking message for Canada Post,it say its been accepted into Canada.


Some items may be delayed if held by customs for additional inspection. Canada Post has no information on specific items awaiting customs inspection. Once an item clears customs, it is handed over to Canada Post for delivery. Delivery time depends on the product and the distance to its destination.

 

[retired1]

I just talked too Canada Customs on the phone and asked about my package from Fasstech and she asked me what i ordered,i said 2 batteries and a ecig,first thing she asked me was if there was any nicotine in the package and i said no,i didnt order any,then she says we are very busy and you stuff will be released and could not give me the time.I asked if its illegal too import nic and she says YES.

Should have asked her to quote chapter and verse. They can't.

 

[retired1]

First of all, if nicotine were prohibited from being imported, the Pharma companies wouldn't be able to import it for their NRT devices.

Found this:

CanLII - 2012 FC 1465 (CanLII)

It's not that it's prohibited. It's because Health Canada is selectively applying their own rules to what constitutes a drug and therefore falls under a different set of rules.

What needs to happen is a lawsuit that takes Health Canada to task over their selective application of rules that should not apply in the case of ejuice.

 

[Heavyrocker]

@retired

Tanx for the info,im glad i didnt order any juice as i know they will take it,but they wont take the ecig and my batts,i did order a small buck knife is a separate order too just in case they take it,its only 3 inche blade,i cant see them taking the knife but ya never know.

 

[mise]

I've had an issue with Customs rejecting my package because of batteries.

First time ordering from Fasttech awhile back.

Fasttech changed the description and sent my package again and the second time it went through smooth.

 

[Griff.J]

Heres my lastest tracking message for Canada Post,it say its been accepted into Canada.

FastTech sent my mod with batteries using "Replacement Parts" as description or something like that, I tossed the bag in came in a while ago.

You're lucky! Canada Post didn't track my package at all! Until the day it was actually delivered... it was "Despatched to overseas" to "Out for delivery" with nothing in between.. LOL Grrr.

 

[Heavyrocker]

Ive been waiting 12 businesss days now since it was shipped on July 26,piss me of that people in the states get there stuff in 7 to 10 days.Canada customs suck...BIG TIME

 

[Talyon]

First of all, if nicotine were prohibited from being imported, the Pharma companies wouldn't be able to import it for their NRT devices.

Found this:

CanLII - 2012 FC 1465 (CanLII)

It's not that it's prohibited. It's because Health Canada is selectively applying their own rules to what constitutes a drug and therefore falls under a different set of rules.

What needs to happen is a lawsuit that takes Health Canada to task over their selective application of rules that should not apply in the case of ejuice.

In addition, to the claim that Zen did not provide scientific data, we now have this data via the recent CASAA study, which suggests that a dose from an ecig is actually 99% less then a dose from a cigarette, I'm sure it's similar in comparison to an inhaler. Ergo ELiquid does not fall into the category of 4ml dosage form or the higher 7.2 reported.

 

[Kagey K]

Ive been waiting 12 businesss days now since it was shipped on July 26,piss me of that people in the states get there stuff in 7 to 10 days.Canada customs suck...BIG TIME

The only order I ever placed from the states took 3 weeks to the day. 21 days, not business days, and that was when I decided I would never import again. Your order should be here soon. Hopefully you gave her no tracking info about the package so she could flag it and further investigate it.

 

[terranq]

I just placed my first order with fasttech a few days ago. I'm hoping there's no issues, but all I ordered were a couple Vamo's and three protank clones

 

[Coffin22]

None of it is illegal it depends how hard your willing to fight for your package and how high your going to run up the chain of command recently spoke with customs myself and quoted the dosage etc. And the CBSA officer agreed with me, but said health Canada automatically inspects anything labelled e CIG related. Hence the long hold up at the border. CBSA is just the messenger, health Canada is the problem. A policy probably made by an executive unaware it's basically a dead in the water policy based on I'll conceived evidence which never gets corrected since we probably only speak to the minions of Health Canada.

 

[Heavyrocker]

The only order I ever placed from the states took 3 weeks to the day. 21 days, not business days, and that was when I decided I would never import again. Your order should be here soon. Hopefully you gave her no tracking info about the package so she could flag it and further investigate it.

Nope,i didnt give her no numbers.

 

[Heavyrocker]

Funny how health canada blocks safe ecigs and they let in imports of metric tons of harmful tobacco,seems like health canada aint doing thier jobs properly.

 

[Heavyrocker]

UPDATE:

My Fasstech order just arrived in my mail box,didnt pay any duty or taxes...WOW....thank you Customs Canada.all came in,my Sentinal,2 panny 18650 batts and a cool Linear lock knife.BTW..thsi Mod hits like no other Mod,its a Monster,i just poped in a small 18350 batt,the charge was only 3.5 volts and it still knocked my on my a.ss.

 

[Ill_Rev_J]

I got an order of juice from Caterpillar vapes in the USA a little while ago, said eliquid on the box and all. My feeling is most of the CBSA folks know that HC is full of it, and/or they don't want the hassle of another vaper making a nuisance of themselves. Either way, I prefer ordering from our Canadian suppliers, less wait and less chance of an ordeal. (Now let's see what happened to my Fasttech order of over 2 wks ago, all hardware, batteries, and misc electronic stuff...)

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[Talyon]

I've had 2 orders 1 opened by cbsa, but both sent to me without delay. My brother also orders fairly regular from fastech and has never had a problem.

So just hope the cbsa person who handles your parcel didnt get a dear John letter from his/her sig-other the night before..... Lol!

 

[Hitmetwice]

FastTech sent my mod with batteries using "Replacement Parts" as description or something like that, I tossed the bag in came in a while ago.

You're lucky! Canada Post didn't track my package at all! Until the day it was actually delivered... it was "Despatched to overseas" to "Out for delivery" with nothing in between.. LOL Grrr.

This is exactly how my last order with FT came in. Dispatched to overseas, no tracking at all until it was at my local PO.
two weeks after dispach.
I was getting a little concerned as I broke the rule with this order and had a mod, battery and juice all in one package.

Glad I never called to raise a flag about it. Happy, happy, happy!

 

[Heavyrocker]

My packages were all marked as gifts,one pack was my knife maked as a tool and my batts and V3 were marked as replacement parts,they didnt even open them and no duty charges.