Hey Bloke, Sorry to hear about your struggles! After you make your video for 3F. Open her up and go to town. If you know to use flux, you know enough to do basic solder work in a glorified flashlight.
Thanks!
I've made the video and submitted it to 3F late last night, 10am their time. About six hours later I got an interim reply: "For your case, we need time to talk to our supervisor. Then we will come back to you."
I'm hoping that's a routine response. I'm pretty sure that they've at least opened my video on Youtube, judging by the view counter (it's unlisted so can't be found randomly.)
I'd love to get going on this flask but I can't be sure that they're going to tell me I can keep it. I know they did that with some customers a month ago, but they were Kangxins and who knows if that still applies, or ever applied to Waideas. So I have to hold tight until I know more. If they do ask for it returned, I will certainly complain - at the very least I want them to ship the new one out before they receive the old one back, else I'll be looking at anything up to a month delay. Plus I would want them to pay the return shipping, of course.
And I would quite truthfully tell them that buying from China was always a concern, and a big part of the reason why I went ahead was my understanding that 3F took on a big part of the risk themselves by handling returns efficiently and painlessly. I won't order from them again if I know that DOA products won't be quickly re-sent without fuss or cost.
But if they do handle it well, I will very likely order lots more stuff. I was browsing their New Products list last night and it was kid in a candy store type stuff. I can get decent quality clone attys for like £8 each, and high wattage mods for £25+. It's crazy - in a good way!
Hey did you guys know that Waidea are now becoming a brand in their own right? There's now a
Waidea Storm 60 VW/VV 60W mod. It's basically an iStick variant, though not directly - similar design, same battery size, slightly bigger, higher wattage. What I found interesting was that its branded Waidea, so they're clearly trying to break out as a brand in their own right, not just a clone factory.
And it costs £26! Of course it might be a piece of junk, but it's equally possible that it's just as well built and usable as the iStick 50W.
So anyway, yeah. I hope 3F treats me well, and if they do I can see myself ordering literally dozens of products from them in future. At £26, I could very well just buy two of those mods, so I can keep one in the car, one in the shed, etc - mods for all places and occasions!
