What's the point?

[OneDay]

Several people, including myself, have tried to answer your original question but it's beginning to look like you don't want an answer you want an argument, so I'll say no more

[geordie_vaper]

the attraction is the price... if the prices in the uk matched the same as vendors over there no one would bother but the fact they are alot cheaper says it all money talks


and on faatech they have some clone stuff that isnt out over here

[djs]

What do I want to do?

Order the best clone on FT for £15

or pay some wide boy from Worksop £39.99 for exactly the same product.

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Coz that's what happens quite often.

[Deleted]

if you look at the facebook vaping pages and most of the classifieds there is no need to use fasttech because people are buying from fasttech and selling stuff on

[chykensa]

Like many, I am on a severely restricted budget. I can only afford to pay 1/3rd of the UK price and wait a couple of weeks, but would be severely curtailed in my purchasing power if I was forced to buy from the UK. Most of the smaller shops in the UK buy from the big Asian vendors like Fasttech, Focalecig, Vaporhut and Alibaba, and then stick on some mark-up and sell the same item here for many more pounds.
If I had the money I would a) buy only originals b) buy from UK vendors as that is where I would prefer my money to go and c) support the smaller manufacturers who are slaving away to come up with the unique item.
I don't have the money available to do this, and will take my chances with Fasttech et al.
There is no right or wrong; you must spend where you want to, and leave it to the individual to make their own choice.

[monfooldrop]

if it was not for the likes of ft and focal vaping on the whole would be fairly off putting for me as i can try various items at great prices and then if i like them i can purchase the genuine article,at the end of the day most of the clones i have/tried are fantastic and work just as well as the originals,ok,some may need a bit of fettle but in general they work as well,not everyone can afford £150 quid on a bit of steel but £15 is a deal maker for me

[Perpetua]

Jun 7, 2014 14:49:24 GMT nelsonbloke said:

One of my friends as just ordered the same thing as I did. Mine is 19.95 from a UK seller and his is 8.75 from fasttech.

I get mine on Tuesday. He won't

This is true . . . I ordered something from a UK Vendor Wednesday afternoon, 11am Thursday morning it was in my hand.

 Fabulous service that many of our Vendors offer.


But it all boils down to having the choice, which I and many others appreciate in all things, not just vaping ephemera.

[blakey]

I never order anything from china that I'm desperate for.
I order and forget- It turns up when it turns up
I have to admit that I've been pleasantly surprised by the quality of gear coming from china of late.
It's a good job cos I seem to have it all ass about face- I get the genuine article THEN I get the clones

[andyh]

Jun 7, 2014 12:36:13 GMT nelsonbloke said:

I once had something shipped from China. It took 2 months to arrive and the quality was poor with no chance of a refund.

I'd rather pay twice the price for quick delivery from a UK re-seller.

I can't understand the attraction.

i once never received an item from china i got a full refund

i`d rather pay 1/3 of the price and be patient

the attraction is alot of vaping gear is made in china and every thing i have purchased has been exactly as seller described. the price nowadays is a decision maker for many people.many uk vendors are buying in bulk from china then well...running a business. you will pay the mark up for their work simples.
so i prefer to buy from china mostly because it allows me to try different things cheaply.
my last purchase was 220ml of juice from ocean vapor 28/5 and believe it or not it arrived 06/06 !! ordered from china sent from germany cost = £18.00
i personally think with the hardware you are cutting out the middle man but juice is obviously different.
people will argue about quality all the time and say id rather pay more etc.....etc... but once again uk vendors who do bulk buy from china have done there homework just like some of us

[zedsdead]

Jun 7, 2014 12:36:13 GMT nelsonbloke said:

I once had something shipped from China. It took 2 months to arrive and the quality was poor with no chance of a refund.

I'd rather pay twice the price for quick delivery from a UK re-seller.

I can't understand the attraction.

thats interesting thanks.  

[Cheralynn]

Well i'd rather have money in my pocket and buy all my vaping stuff at half price or less from China. It doesn't bother me a jot waiting for it, i have plenty of stuff to keep me going, but i have had orders in my hand in as little as 6 - 7 days from China. I get most of it mainly from Fastech.

Can you buy iclear 16s in UK for under £2?? 100ml of Dekang juice for under £8?? or an SVD for £22??? an itaste V3 for under £15???? with free shipping?? er nope, i don't think so. I've never had anything that wasn't authentic or bad quality. Sooooooooo, that is the point for me

Just to add, anyone can buy bad quality stuff from anywhere in the world including here.

No disrespect to any of our UK vendors.

[amygx]

Yeah, main reason is the price and because most of the stuff is exactly the same as the stuff you get over here anyway. I would rather pay £3 from China than pay £10 for the same thing here, as long as I didn't need it straight away. Just don't spend a lot of money on China stuff because then if it arrives damaged/broken or doesn't arrive at all at least you're not too much out of pocket.

It's also nice to buy something from China because you tend to forget about it and then its a nice surprise when it comes through your letter box. Its like when you were a kid and they use to put free toys in cereal packets, you wanted the toy really badly but your parents would never let you dig in to the packet to get it so you had to wait until it fell out on its own and it took days (despite filling your bowl sky high every morning) - was a nice treat when it finally fell in to the bowl though lol

[ronaldo]

I love fasttech just order and forget takes less than 2 weeks if your desperate for it quicker you must have forgotten the vaping rule back ups back ups and back ups for your back ups just think in advance

[toots]

Yep, me too, I looooove Fasttech oooooo I wouldn't have half the gear I've got without Fasttech that's for sure

My local shops here in Tenerife charge the absolute earth for e-cig stuff. How's about 25 euros for a little Kanger mini protank and a normal size Kanger protank at 50 euros  ??? or 4 euros for one tiny little replacement coil ???

And if I ordered goods via the UK vendors I'd also end up paying an average of 10 euros on top for shipping fees

So, Fasttech to me is a life-saver, not only are the goods alot cheaper but I also get free shipping too
 

[enjay]

FT don't sell the igo w5 therefore they're crap and that is the end to the discussion, move along now thankyou


Seriously though, the only issue is the quality, if you can get like hcigar or tobecco at the same quality as some of the things I buy over here then it is good, my only experience of a cheaper version from over seas needed modding to make it of any use. Stuff I've bought in the UK so far has all been top notch.

I've also seen some of the FT stuff others have bought and wasn't impressed tbh, no idea what particular brand of crap they were but it wasn't to good.

I've bought plenty over here though at ridiculously cheap prices and so far it's all perfect.

The time thing doesn't bother me so much.