Tootle Puffers, Part Three! (The Sequel of the Redux)

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What's going on with FT lately? There are tons of complaining posts on ECF and lots of "discontinued" or "sold out" on many of their products.

It almost seems to me like they are going out of the vaping business but I can't imagine this happening...I would think they make too much money.

I only used FT one time. It was several years ago. My order took eight weeks to get to me after my payment was processed. I never used them again.
 

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I like and use my kayfun clones more.I bought the Serpent mini cause I wanted to try something new and I had a few extra dollars to spend.When I first went to coil the Serpent it drove me nuts trying to capture the 28 gauge wire,I tried and tried and when I was about ready to give up...I nailed it! Over time it got easier expecially after I purchased the headband visor magnifier.

I have three tanks in rotation,two Kayfuns and the Serpent,I'll mainly use the KF's but when I want some BIG clouds I'll grab the serpent cause it'll do it better than my KF's (for me anyhow). :)
With my messed up left hand building the Serpent mini was impossible
 

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Thanks guys. I thought it was my imagination at first until I put the tank on the provari. Puff those images sure tell the story cleary!

I guess it has earned a rest. It was my first mod after the Logics. It served me well.
Can replace it for around $20 for a beater
 

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I've ordered from FT for 4 years now and for what I expect from an inexpensive China merchant it has been a great relationship. But I use them for a specific need and chalk up some less than stellar vendor attributes to super low cost.

There are other vendors, gearbest, 3f, 2f and hotecig and I've bought from them all and still prefer FT to them all overall.
 

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In my opinion. There isnt one.down the doggy is good but the KFL+ V2 beats it for flavor hands down.

I agree KFl+ V2 is my preferred base
The SXK doggy is a flavor machine... The sjmy is more geared towards clouds and I have not used it
 

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I don't know if these last holiday overwhelmed some Chinese suppliers. As I mentioned I am finally getting one of my Chinese orders in next Tuesday. The other, though, has been particularly frustrating. I won't give the name because I don't want to turn this into a "vendor: negative review" post but it went like this:

July 5: placed order
July 6: payment processed, order still showing as processing, contacted vendor
July 7: vendor contacts me to tell me to be patient, order still shows as processing
July 10: order still shows as processing, contacted vendor
July 12: vendor contacts me to tell me to be patient and assures me that item is in stock as advertised, order still shows as processing
July 13: order finally shows as fulfilled, vendor contacts me to tell me that item is shipped and provides me with a tracking number that does not work
July 14: tracking number now works and shows item as sitting in their warehouse

So, about a week and a half after taking my money, my order finally appears to have been mailed. Honestly? That's ridiculous. I expect to have to wait for items to be shipped to me. I understand that filling an order takes time as well. But to take over a week just to fill an order? I won't be using them again.
 

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I got one of those this morning, too. Rather that than another weeks wait for an item that WAS listed as in stock when I hit buy. FT has been doing that a lot, lately... I buy something IN STOCK, and by the time they put the order together, it's listed as restocking and I have to wait, or cancel...

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I wish ECF would set up a clone section of the classified section.

Getting stuff from FT is getting harder to get. I have several Kompact Kayfuns i could sell.
 

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I don't know if these last holiday overwhelmed some Chinese suppliers. As I mentioned I am finally getting one of my Chinese orders in next Tuesday. The other, though, has been particularly frustrating. I won't give the name because I don't want to turn this into a "vendor: negative review" post but it went like this:

July 5: placed order
July 6: payment processed, order still showing as processing, contacted vendor
July 7: vendor contacts me to tell me to be patient, order still shows as processing
July 10: order still shows as processing, contacted vendor
July 12: vendor contacts me to tell me to be patient and assures me that item is in stock as advertised, order still shows as processing
July 13: order finally shows as fulfilled, vendor contacts me to tell me that item is shipped and provides me with a tracking number that does not work
July 14: tracking number now works and shows item as sitting in their warehouse

So, about a week and a half after taking my money, my order finally appears to have been mailed. Honestly? That's ridiculous. I expect to have to wait for items to be shipped to me. I understand that filling an order takes time as well. But to take over a week just to fill an order? I won't be using them again.

That's ridiculous! I don't blame you for not using them again
 

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The SXK doggy is a flavor machine... The sjmy is more geared towards clouds and I have not used it
Havent gotten the. Sxk. I do have 3,SXK doggys on order from FT. WAITING WAITING WAITING. :-(
 

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That's ridiculous! I don't blame you for not using them again

Oh, hilariously, the other vendor contacted me asking to do a product review. I replied that I couldn't possibly do that because they still haven't bothered to get the item to me yet, lol. Can't really review something that you haven't given me.
 

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Oh, hilariously, the other vendor contacted me asking to do a product review. I replied that I couldn't possibly do that because they still haven't bothered to get the item to me yet, lol. Can't really review something that you haven't given me.

Looking back I am amazed and proud of myself that I was able to type out that reply to them in a professional manner without using any profanity.
 

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Looking back I am amazed and proud of myself that I was able to type out that reply to them in a professional manner without using any profanity.
I reserve profanity to let people know when i am really upset.
 

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I reserve profanity to let people know when i am really upset.
Sigh! I wish I had your restrain. The older I get the more of "those" words find themselves in my every day speech.

DH has to remind me to be good when I talk to an online vendor who is causing us problems. LOL
 

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Sigh! I wish I had your restrain. The older I get the more of "those" words find themselves in my every day speech.

DH has to remind me to be good when I talk to an online vendor who is causing us problems. LOL

Yeah...I once had to hand the phone off to my older daughter when talking to the IRS. I lost the ability to form sentences without every other word being a profane one.
 

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Oh, hilariously, the other vendor contacted me asking to do a product review. I replied that I couldn't possibly do that because they still haven't bothered to get the item to me yet, lol. Can't really review something that you haven't given me.

Product XXX is AMAZINGLY light, can't even feel it in my hand. But I wasn't expecting it to be so transparent. I set it down the other day and haven't been able to find it since.
 

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