DHL and e liquid

[Saferciggie]

Hi all, has anyone else been told dhl are not taking e liquid for the moment? At the moment i currently buy from a couple of suppliers in china and as you can imagine this is not great news, i am not sure if this applies to carto's or not though so pointers to uk based manufacturers welcome. simon

[Fog On The Tyne Ltd]

This is true, I've just had it confirmed.

Pre-filled cartos aren't affected, only bottles.

[Perpetua]

What a PITA for you Vendors . . . EMS is still ok though?

Although I know it takes longer to clear, as DHL have their own clearing facility.

Hope you're all able to find a work around.

[Skwoddy]

I'd love to hear their reasoning.

[hifistud]

if I recall correctly, UPS had something similar last year.

[Saferciggie]

Anybody know the reason behind this!! Is this the first step in the powers that be trying to put a stop to us. Don't really want to switch to importing cartos as tank versions offer so much more value for money. Any ideas on best plan of action? My supplier is looking at other carriers but must be just a tempory fix.

[Skwoddy]

I would switch carriers in a Jiffy, the distribution market is saturated with them. DHL are crap anyway.

[stanton]

i hate tnt tho.

[Fog On The Tyne Ltd]

Oct 9, 2012 16:08:39 GMT Saferciggie said:

Anybody know the reason behind this!! Is this the first step in the powers that be trying to put a stop to us. Don't really want to switch to importing cartos as tank versions offer so much more value for money. Any ideas on best plan of action? My supplier is looking at other carriers but must be just a tempory fix.

I wouldn't worry too much. They've done this before. I'm not even going to think about it until my next shipment. A lot can change over the next week or two.

Worst case scenario is that is that we have to pay a few hundred more for a slower service. I'm sure there'll be bigger obstacles than this in future.

[Saferciggie]

so is this just a carrier issue then? I sometimes wonder if it would be wiser longterm to not grow this business as faced with losing billions in revenue to the first credible alternative to smoking 2 faced governments will do everything to stop it , but for now carry on regardless lol

[smithyss]

time to begin our own delivery service problem solved lol

[Brian]

UK must be the 2nd largest purchaser of juices and devices related to vaping in the world. YES?

So any Chinese wholesaler/factory/supplier, will have to make a delivery service available, or risk losing a huge amount of business.

Or is this more than just buying from China?

[stanton]

Oct 9, 2012 20:08:27 GMT Saferciggie said:

so is this just a carrier issue then? I sometimes wonder if it would be wiser longterm to not grow this business as faced with losing billions in revenue to the first credible alternative to smoking 2 faced governments will do everything to stop it , but for now carry on regardless lol

i don't think they'll necessarily stop it. but the tendancy to monopoly by government and industry might leave some of us without a paddle one day. so you don't wanna be to far up a dirty creek if that happens.

[rookwinkel]

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According our sources there has been a shipment of liquid and batteries in a single box. The liquid bottles apparently started leaking onto the batteries and caused a short circuit. You can imagine yourself what happened next…

[Brian]

But surely that means they wont carry any liquids.... wouldnt orange/lemon juice, vinegar, react with a battery if it leaked?

Be safer not to carry the batteries