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Nope - and I don't think in my last but one post in this thread that I implied that it was a satisfactory response (you might have missed that other post). 

The response you quoted wasn't the only one ("nice enough", Mrsmac said, although I don't know details). 
Ash's or his teams response was a verbatim copy and paste (probably with some preface) but no commentary and (see the second supplier bullet point), which was a big mistake in my book.  
So... at best one business day (not counting weekends, which is likely to be skeletal staff) has passed at the time of me writing - is that enough time?  Depends on what Mrs Mac feels and nothing else, not you, not me, not myepack (for a customers perception is all that truly matters at the end of the day, regardless of anything whatsoever). 

However, in my book, I think it's better to give sufficient time for the vendor to respond before we pass our collective judgement (that is not my personal judgement, nor I guess yours - for we are entitled as individuals). I tried to explain why I thought, based on what little I know of their business (the only conversations I have ever had with Ash were a product question prior to purchasing and then a few months later enquiring about shipping something to Australia direct from them), that they would require more time to reply. 

Look - it's really easy for threads like this to escalate in the heat of the moment and to cause excessive damage to a vendors reputation... Based on a "nice enough" phone call and an ill considered (rushed?) copy/paste I really do not believe there is enough evidence. See what it looks like in the cold light of day.

"how much more time do they want" ? No idea (but then I wouldn't).

Well, I started this game at the end of August last year - and if you started vaping three months ago, your running ahead of me on the battery > mod > mech mod path by about two months (it was early Feb when I got my first mod, a second hand clone Chi You) 

If you truly want to laugh I should really document with precision the Cart > Clearo > Tank > RDA/RBA path as well - a fair chance similar has or will pass through your hand / on to your desk...

Mind you, I've been good in one aspect. I have a Swedish Glaze tub (icecream sans traces of milk stocked for my daughters Uni friend) crammed with concentrates which represents my first couple of months mixing...  Why is that good? because I had the fortune to meet lairey at her house - she has a collection of concentrates too numerous to count (and a really sensible way of storing them). 
I suspect my goodness won't last that long though 

Enjoy the Nemesis - wonderful device (I sort of regret buying a copper one because the 510 threads are quite soft and I placed a naughty Squape on it, but the patina is delightful) and am sorely tempted to buy a brass or stainless steel one as well. I'd also recommend a Stingray (I am so impressed with the phantom brass one I bought from FyneMods - not sure who made it but wow) or an Infinity Copper One (not aware of any `ship from china` sources but Greyhaze and (ugh - can't recall who) stock them in the UK.

Can't see the Fortune mod ever leaving the clutch though. Sorry. 

Just wanted to put my tuppence-worth into the mix.

I've purchased a number of things from Ash/ myepack and have consistently been impressed by the level of service (although nothing has ever gone wrong). Anecdotally, I can think of one poor experience (which was resolved) mentioned on UKV and a couple of good experiences where the poster had problems. Thus I was very surprised to see this thread.

I also reckon that the correct practical first step is for the vendor (any vendor) to contact the supplier when any kind of safety problem is flagged. I think, if I was Ash or his team, I would have added my own commentary to the suppliers response rather than copying verbatim. I'd have skipped point 2, which is where the supplier is irrelevantly justifying the use of copper because they had a customer ask them to "OEM" (typically stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer) to source an all copper version (I assume they meant source a manufacturer of an all copper version / request a manufacturer to make an all copper version). However, I was pleased to see that Myepack weren't aggressive (like one rather famous big UK vendor) nor outright palming you off - "nice enough" is a good starting point, as long as it is the start.

What may have happened (which does) is that between ordering the first batch and what should have been the second batch, the B2B intermediary or the supplier may have switched product... Meaning that any testing on the first batch would be irrelevant. Packaging may not have changed.

Why am I posting? Really I guess to beg that people don't leap to a conclusion that Myepack is a poor vendor. As Mrsmac said, it was, after all, the weekend. As striker42 said, the test is how a problem is dealt with. So... I beg folks to see how this rides out (it's in everybody's interest) before making a judgement.

Ultimately DSR means that the product can be returned unused for no good reason

Mrsmac , I think all will ultimately be well.

CaptainChaos, if you're hopeless at being hopeless at Everything then take heart, for that means you're only hopeless at Somethings.
lairey - thanks given regardless. You have my utterly subjective taste buds on call.

I understand. Ah well  -I shall learn to mark my batteries and work on subjective measures (how long before voltage drops to an untenable level)

Curiosity piqued, I wondered about comparative resistance and found this chart (from 2012)


I found this comment on internal resistance and why it drops over time - it might be useful to someone
(source www.happyvaper.com/Articles.asp?ID=240)

So the implication is that by measuring the internal resistance of a battery one can tell how viable it is (or should it be recycled) without using a subjective measure.
And I guess that leads to three questions

• How a layman measures internal resistance with a multimeter
• If there is a table out there giving internal resistances when new of batteries (or should one measure and record when new) ?
• How does one tell what an acceptable change in internal resistance is ?

I know this is a bit of a digression - any thoughts? Knowledge?

Thank you, leo

If you wanted one and can afford but didn't put your name on the list, I'd advise you to join the Fortune Mods group on Facebook
www.facebook.com/groups/410695959074634/

Inevitably there will be some who elected to be added to the reserve list that couldn't manage to purchase / Google through the invoice into Spam or summat. I don't know what Tim plans to do with those, nor do I know how many don't convert the reservation but I reckon you'll find that info on the group. It's worth sending a message as well www.facebook.com/fortunemods

Alternatively you will see the odd one on forum classifieds