US shipping cutoff dates - USPS, Fedex & UPS

[UncLeJunkLe]

Vapeciga is who I ordered my God of Thunder clone from. It took them about 4-5 days to generate a shipping label/email, and about 3 more for the item to actually ship. Two weeks is a long time to give them, but a week or so would be more like it. I had never heard of them before, so I was actually taking a risk. I think we are going to have to take some risks and keep comparing notes on these Chinese companies from here on out.

Well, I'm gonna give them 2+ weeks because I really want what I bought. I ordered enough to get free shipping and I hope that wasn't a mistake. But $14.99 was a bit steep for "faster" shipping that probably isn't really faster lol

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

I think we are going to have to take some risks and keep comparing notes on these Chinese companies from here on out.

I think we vapers need an underground forum where we have to be vetted to be a member.

If I ever sell anything after the vape mail ban on the classys, I'm afraid that I will have to limit it to people that have been here X years with X amount of posts. Never know which newbs are FDA or BATFE or whoever.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

I don't know if this has been posted in this thread already, but Mountain Oak Vapors says there is a rumor in the industry that the effective date of the mail ban will be April 6 so that must be why I saw some retailers (including Mtn Oak Vapors) state that they'll stop taking new orders on March 26.

I wonder where this April 6 effective date rumor came from.

 

[peteyboy]

vape mail bans . This is terrible, guess i need to stock up, anyone know of possible resolutions in the works?

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

anyone know of possible resolutions in the works?

Nope.

guess i need to stock up

Yup. And fast.

 

[peteyboy]

Nope.


Yup. And fast.

 

[peteyboy]

Im mad mad. Businesses will struggle to stay open and employees may lose their jobs.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

Im mad mad. Businesses will struggle to stay open and employees may lose their jobs.

True. There will be no online vape shops because there are no carriers that will deliver vape to residential addresses due to reporting requirements.

Only B&M will be left. Product selection limited.

Gotta stock up. Being a veteran vaper, I take it you know exactly what to buy and probably have a decent bit already.

If you have limited funds but a good amount of hardware, just get nic base.

Cheapest nic supplier is heartlandvapes house brand when you take shipping into consideration (free after $50 purchase). $45/liter, $43/liter if you buy 4 or more liters. Also code VAPEMAG might get you 5% off.
Nicotine Solution - 100mg Liter

No need to worry about PG or VG because those can be bought by non-vape retailers.

Flavors are safe...for now.

 

[peteyboy]

True. There will be no online vape shops because there are no carriers that will deliver vape to residential addresses due to reporting requirements.

Only B&M will be left. Product selection limited.

Gotta stock up. Being a veteran vaper, I take it you know exactly what to buy and probably have a decent bit already.

If you have limited funds but a good amount of hardware, just get nic base.

Cheapest nic supplier is heartlandvapes house brand when you take shipping into consideration (free after $50 purchase). $45/liter, $43/liter if you buy 4 or more liters. Also code VAPEMAG might get you 5% off.
Nicotine Solution - 100mg Liter

No need to worry about PG or VG because those can be bought by non-vape retailers.

Flavors are safe...for now.

thank you. I just bought 1 litter of 250mg from nicriver for 109. Ill def check out heartland. Also need to get at least one more squonk mod, my topside lite has been pretty durable so far might get another, also need at least one more good single coil rda. Any suggestions for the rda?

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

Any suggestions for the rda?

Sorry, I'm not a good person to ask as I don't use RDAs much and what I have is mostly old stuff. Would ask in the RDA section.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

I wonder when steam-engine.org will be deemed "tobacco product" and forced to be put behind a paywall with age verification?

 

[JoeyC]

thank you. I just bought 1 litter of 250mg from nicriver for 109. Ill def check out heartland. Also need to get at least one more squonk mod, my topside lite has been pretty durable so far might get another, also need at least one more good single coil rda. Any suggestions for the rda?

Ask about squonk rda's in this thread Shinyitis Support Group

 

[Katmar]

I was under the impression your order had already shipped. I agree that you should cancel the part of the order that is holding the rest up. You can reorder that as a separate order, if you want. That way you are assured of getting most of your order. The "holdup" will probably make it to you too, but that is less certain.

I did cancel the half of the order they say is not in stock. Have NOT been told a shipping date, but hope it's soon.....and hoping they are creative in their packaging and don't screw up like Katya said happened to her!!!! Really need that order. The other part of the order was found elsewhere and is in stock and will be sent from the US. soon. Crossing fingers for FastTech. I was under the impression almost everyone liked and trusted them.

 

[englishmick]

Lorillard Tobacco Company


That or buy a "lifetime" supply of nautilus coils

I got a decent stash of Nautilus coils, not a lifetime supply though. My wife uses a Nautilus along with 2 RTAs and I calculated there are enough to keep her going for 8 years. If it was her only tank not so long presumably. If we both went all Nautilus they wouldn't last very long.

Early on I tried rebuilding them. Drill out 2 of the juice holes, remove all the cotton, and put in a single horizontal coil. It's tedious to do and the results weren't too impressive, plus it kind of misses the point of using drop in coils. I got a very nice vape with a 1.2 coil, better than stock, but they didn't last long. 1.6 coils lasted well but they weren't as good as the stock Nauti. Still, I save all the used Nauti coils just in case. I have a bunch of Nauti tanks and it would be a shame if I ran out and couldn't use them at all.

 

[Tommy-Chi]

I've got orders outstanding with the following and can vouch for the products being better than average. If you are looking for some premade e-liquid, then give them a try:

Charlie Noble
Pistachio RY4 - 12mg

Element E-Liquid
Pink Lemonade Dripper e-Liquid 125mL - Pink Lemonade Dripper e-Liquid 06mg

eLiquid.com
Grape eJuice by Wet Liquids - 100ml / 6m

Five Pawns
Castle Long Reserve MMXXI - 60mL / 12mg

Juice Mafia
YELLOW TAFFY
BOTTLE SIZE 100ML PLASTIC
NICOTINE LEVEL 12
PG/VG RATIO MAX VG
EXTRA FLAVOR YES

Nudenicotine.com
Vegetable Glycerin (VG) 500mL

ORBTRONIC BATTERY ORDER
4 x Sony VTC5A 18650 Battery Flat Top High Current-Drain US18650VTC5A Green IMR-Li-ion 3.7V

 

[Katmar]

I have 2 shipments from FT that shipped a few days ago. Not landed in the USA yet. They upgraded to USPS expedited/DHL Ecommerce (I ordered with epacket). When it does finally get to the USA, it could take up to 15 days for DHL to get it to USPS and for USPS to get it to my door.

I placed and order 3 days ago with Vape====a who is not known for speed. Hasn't shipped yet. Gonna let is fly for another 2 weeks until I think about canceling it.

I'm not really worried about it.

End of May I'll have $11 in rebate points to spend and I plan on placing a test order of accessories sometime in may/june with that free money.

Wow, I may not get mine in time. Unless they are crafty with the package. Mine hasn't shipped yet, but up to 15 days is scary if they stop all shipping by the 26th of March.
Nervous wreck, but hoping.

 

[Taberu]

I'm probably preaching to the choir but, I tried plain old VG with Nic (no flavors) and it was not bad. In fact I got used to it and went through 5 - 60ml bottles no problem.

Imo, "not using flavors" doesn't really do anything nor solve anything and kinda pointless (as VG, PG and food flavorings is sold by non-vape companies/sellers).
"Not using flavors" is more of a political thing and would only help in that sense (ya know... all that "flavors hook kids" BS and fear propaganda).

I think the real question/solution is... can you vape with Zero nic?? (like in Japan)
As nic (and hardware) is really the thing that will get vape-mail banned.

 

[BillW50]

Time to setup VapeMailPal networks.

 

[Taberu]

Aroma Oils. Shipped into Thailand (where vaping is illegal) and New Zealand (Tobacco restrictions)
it's amazing what can be poured onto potpourri trays

Vaping is illegal in TH now!?! O.O

I thought TH was one of the few Asian countries left that allowed vaping still? I thought (and read) there are many vaping travelers that go there?
Oh no! I wanted to visit!

I like traveling once per year or two to Asia... and have been fine vaping in Japan and PH my last relatively recent visits. I also heard South Korea is fine with vaping too.

Had friends visit HK and Vietnam... and they were fine with vaping too. But that was like 4-6 years ago... however, I heard Vietnam and HK made it illegal now. (I could be wrong).

Of course, SG has been known to be the strictest and banned vaping. So, I have never travelled there.
I think Indonesia and Malaysia is illegal too... not too sure.

 

[UncLeJunkLe]

Imo, "not using flavors" doesn't really do anything nor solve anything and kinda pointless (as VG, PG and food flavorings is sold by non-vape companies/sellers).

I wonder how many cooks and bakers are actually looking for tobacco flavorings.

I don't think all flavor sellers are safe just yet. They are hellbent on banning vape without actually banning vape IMHO. It may not be fair, but I can see flavor retailers being the next target.