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I bought a half dozen Aegis Solos back in 2019 to prepare for the end. E-Juices was selling them for $26 a piece. Thought for sure they'd be junk. I'm still on my first one and it's still going strong. And I've beat the hell out of it. I have to say I've been quite impressed with these little things..more than I thought I'd be. Wondering if anyone knows of any sales. Think I'd like to pick up a couple more for insurance to go along with all the other Jacs, Provaris, and others I have. Most (if not all) are selling them in kits. Don't care about the atty in the kit. Prefer just the Solo but I might have to get the kit.

$27.00 / no coupon needed

GeekVape Aegis Solo Mod Wholesale | LightFire Distribution (kangerwholesaleusa.com)
 

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I did the same and bought several. My first one is still going strong. Another plus is they are very comfortable in the hand. In fact I have only heard of someone destroying one and that was by a serious fall onto a very hard tile floor.
GeekVape Aegis Solo
use code: SAVE30 for 30% off site wide according to an email I got
PERFECT!!! Ordered 4 @ $26.60ea includes taxes n shipping. Can't beat that with a stick. Thank you very much!

Ordered mine from Myrany's joint before I saw this. However, I thank you very much as well. Prices were basically the same. Though it appears according to UJ they are out of stock.
 

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I did the same and bought several. My first one is still going strong. Another plus is they are very comfortable in the hand. In fact I have only heard of someone destroying one and that was by a serious fall onto a very hard tile floor.
GeekVape Aegis Solo
use code: SAVE30 for 30% off site wide according to an email I got
Oh, and another thing, I agree. These little mods are very comfortable. Compact, grippy, and you can beat the crap out of them.
 

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Those emails are sent out to reassure their customers, but without facts they are not reassuring. How is my package going to be delivered? How much is it going to cost me? I'm not placing any orders from Sourcemore without those facts. I'd rather go with FT's fly under the radar plan. At least I know what I'm getting into there.

I would love to believe that there is going to be a fly under the radar plan with FT and the like but after seeing this post:

"K9Luvr said:
Just got an email from Vapora.com with this info"
“In addition, Kangertech just informed us that the leading carriers (DHL, FedEx, and UPS) are also voluntarily banning international shipments to the US of vaping products in the near future. So even sourcing hardware products will also be challenging, if not impossible.”

I just don't anymore. The carriers having been doing business there long enough to know the companies selling it. They are covering all their bases. While some stuff may have made it through customs it can't if it doesn't even make it there in the first place.
And Kangertech is warning their authorized dealers so vape shops will be SOL too.
 
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I would love to believe that there is going to be a fly under the radar plan with FT and the like but after seeing this post:

"K9Luvr said:
Just got an email from Vapora.com with this info"
“In addition, Kangertech just informed us that the leading carriers (DHL, FedEx, and UPS) are also voluntarily banning international shipments to the US of vaping products in the near future. So even sourcing hardware products will also be challenging, if not impossible.”

I just don't anymore. The carriers having been doing business there long enough to know the companies selling it. They are covering all their bases. While some stuff may have made it through customs it can't if it doesn't even make it there in the first place.
And Kangertech is warning their authorized dealers so vape shops will be SOL too.

Two things that FT has going for it...

One is that they sell Internationally. And Many Countries Don't have the Draconian Bans/Policies that we do in the USA.

The Other is that FT sells Other Items besides e-Cigarettes. So I'm sure FT will still be around a Year from Today.

Will we in the USA Reliably still be able to by things from them? Only time will tell.
 

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Welp, one of my FT orders for KF V5 glass finally changed to "discontinued" lol, meh. (all my other 4 or 5 orders have been shipped already tho)

Seems difficult to find now. Anyone know where to get V5 glass?


All 3 of my 3fv orders are out-for-delivery today already tho... love how fast they are.
 

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Two things that FT has going for it...

One is that they sell Internationally. And Many Countries Don't have the Draconian Bans/Policies that we do in the USA.

The Other is that FT sells Other Items besides e-Cigarettes. So I'm sure FT will still be around a Year from Today.

Will we in the USA Reliably still be able to by things from them? Only time will tell.

it's not FT, they have nothing to lose if vaping product packages are seized or major carriers refuse them it's the buyers dime and I'm sure they will continue to ship to the U.S. and be around for a long time.
I hope that avenue stays open to buyers in the U.S. but personally I won't be placing any orders from FT (or other international) post vape mail ban.
 

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it's not FT, they have nothing to lose if vaping product packages are seized or major carriers refuse them it's the buyers dime and I'm sure they will continue to ship to the U.S. and be around for a long time.

Yes, FT has already placed USA as a vape ban country on their site since 2020. It's on their forum. States they will ship to all countries on list but buyer assumes all customs risks. CYA.

Countries That Banned E-cig Products: FastTech Forums
 

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it's not FT, they have nothing to lose if vaping product packages are seized or major carriers refuse them it's the buyers dime and I'm sure they will continue to ship to the U.S. and be around for a long time.
I hope that avenue stays open to buyers in the U.S. but personally I won't be placing any orders from FT (or other international) post vape mail ban.

It's just Hard to Say how all this is going to Shake Out.

If it was just Nicotine or e-Liquids, things would be clearer. But with Hardware it seems like there are going to be Many Shades of Grey.

Maybe FT will try the "Only to be Used with THC/CBD" route on some of their stuff with White Box packaging? Or maybe they will just Keep Doing what they are Doing now?

It's all such a F:censored: Needless Mess. All I ever Wanted was to Quit Smoking.
 

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    it's not FT, they have nothing to lose if vaping product packages are seized or major carriers refuse them it's the buyers dime and I'm sure they will continue to ship to the U.S. and be around for a long time.
    I hope that avenue stays open to buyers in the U.S. but personally I won't be placing any orders from FT (or other international) post vape mail ban.

    I may place a small one to test the waters, a few drip tips maybe. I agree with @UncleJunkle, FT isn't going anywhere. It remains to be seen whether they will ship to the USA. They may be in China, but they are not the CCP, per se. They are about selling things, as much as they can get away with. Their current custom labeling shows they have no concerns about US laws. They dont care if a package is seized by customs, they're not out anything. The WHO can make a lot of noise, but money talks louder. The CCP owns the WHO, the WHO doesn't own the CCP. If it's in China's best interests for vaping supplies to be sold, then they will sell them. The US won't outright ban ecigs, but will continue its death by a thousand cuts. Next step is this fall with the PMTA enforcement and approvals. That will kill the brick and mortar shops that have survived covid lockdowns. Who knows what they have planned next? An internet ban?
     
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    FT isn't going anywhere.

    As a lurker on the FT forum for at least 4 years, I can tell you that, from what I see there, people in many parts of the world, even EU, just don't have access to a lot of products (non-vape products) that we in the USA can just pickup at wally world. Ft and Aliexpress and others fill that void for these people.

    FT ain't likely goin' anywhere regardless of what happens to vape in the USA or worldwide. But they will have to step up their game or else they will go further downhill.
     

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    FT ain't likely goin' anywhere regardless of what happens to vape in the USA or worldwide. But they will have to step up their game or else they will go further downhill.

    They may not have to step up their game. If alternative shipping doesn't work out or is just too expensive, sites like Sourcemore that only sold vaping supplies will no longer be competition. The other mass market sites, like Ali Express, at least right now, have too limited a selection, and if other companies go the way of Kangertech, then the only thing in the market will be clones. That will be true for FT as well.
     

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    It's all such a F:censored: Needless Mess. All I ever Wanted was to Quit Smoking.
    NOT GOOD ENOUGH !

    About 10 years ago it had become obvious to me that we were no longer dealing with people worried about the health of smokers - the supposed original motivation of the anti cigarette campaigns - No, they hated all tobacco and nicotine used for anything except medical, and it became obvious that they were not going to stop with cigarettes. So I had written this on another general interest and conspiracy forum.

    Vaping was just starting back then, so I add the word vape to the post:

    "WARNING: IF YOU SMOKE {or vape} 'THEY' WANT YOU DEAD!

    Greetings,
    HISTORY: In the 20th Century a cumulative fanaticism which started in the 19th Century and was based on the opinions of many ......... of the era and based upon the 'so called fact' that alcohol was a major public health hazard, evil, and had to be outlawed
    - led to
    PROHIBITION, the outlawing of almost all drinking alcohol in the USA and the rise of major crime cartels. These same ......... are doing a good job with the same scenario and illegal drugs - BUT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH - HELL HAS NO LIMIT TO ASSANINE THINKING!
    'THEY' want to do the same thing with tobacco! Some cities have oulawed outdoor smoking, some indoor smoking AND YOU KNOW WHERE THESE 'PROHIBITIONISTS' ARE GOING - THEY WANT TO OUTLAW ALL TOBACCO PERIOD!
    If you still smoke they insist you quit or else you are considered by them not only to be endangering your own health which theoretically is costing the public money in hospital costs {they forget to mention that you are supposed to die early from smoking and therefor are saving money in health care, medicare, social security, etc. but that truth does not fit their agenda}; AND NOW YOU ARE A MASS MURDERER! YOUR SECOND HAND SMOKE IS CONTRIBUTING TO 50,000 DEATHS A YEAR????? 'They' want you dead to satisfy their statistical paradigm and to save the public health!
    Sound familiar? PROHIBITION all over again in the 21st Century. The fact that the latest statistics show light to moderate drinkers outlive non-drinkers in almost all categories and research has shown cigar smokers to live almost as long as non-smokers and pipe smokers
    to actually live two years longer than non-smokers is irrelevant to these people - in order to achieve the agenda they want to outlaw tobacco and if 'they' can't stop you from smoking 'they' want you dead! AND YOU CAN DRINK TO THAT - THEY LOST THE ALCOHOL WAR!
    REMEMBER:
    A ROSE, IS A ROSE, IS A ROSE
    and
    A ........ FASCIST, IS A FASCIST, IS A FASCIST! {Hitler hated tobacco and meant well didn't he?}

    May freedom triumph,
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    Did you really think they would leave you alone because you were using a safer tobacco product?
    Once they realized that vaping was much safer than smoking and that even second hand vape is almost harmless, they became more determent than ever to outlaw it - That will be their next step unless.......???

    Also, they finally realized that since cigarette smoking really does shorten people's lives - So if you go back to smoking you will not cost them as much money in Medicare, Social Security, etc.

    You see - They may be evil, but they're not stupid!!!
     
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    Maybe FT will try the "Only to be Used with THC/CBD" route on some of their stuff with White Box packaging? Or maybe they will just Keep Doing what they are Doing now?

    Won't work. "other substance" covers absolutely anything and everything that isn't nicotine.
     

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    Just received/opened my 3fv packages, and looked at the labels (as this thread comments about).
    I've never really studied the labels before visiting this thread.

    Anyways... both packages were labeled with a US PO Box return label.
    Funny thing is, it didn't look like it was pasted over anything else nor other labels underneath (I inspected them super closely). It wasn't repackaged, nor cut open, etc.
     

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    I guess the whole testing the waters thing doesn't work for me as a good tell tale. Even if I were to place a FT order post vape mail ban and it makes it to me will the next person's order make it to them? Lucky 1 out of 10? 1 out of 100? 1000? packages? And for how long?

    This is so wrong on every level with no apparent way to effectively fight it which is heartbreaking to me really.
    I am going to continue to step up and let my opposition voice be heard and support in any way I can those in the front lines fighting to regain all the we lost because it is something I strongly believe in. This seems like an end all, maybe it is, but it definitely will be if we continue as a collective to remain passive. Personally I'll take that money that I would have spent at FT in hopes of getting a package and put it to work with CASAA, AVA and the other the vape organizations banding together to continue this fight.
     
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