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That's very generous of you BC

Strewth, you move fast Daz! Welcome to AAEC and thanks for your order

The quality control on China's latest e-cig looks fairly decent.

I'm sure you didn't mean to denigrate Asians. Is it possible that "they sound Asian" and "do you have doubts about their integrity?" were two entirely unrelated statements? Their proximity would suggest otherwise and that is going to offend most people. I say most people, not all, because there are still plenty of people who seem to think that it's entirely acceptable to portray Asians and in particular the Chinese as peasant, sweat-shop workers without the faintest idea of quality control, no regard for safety and for whom ethical conduct is an entirely alien concept.

The research and development team at Dekang consists of only people with AT LEAST a masters degree in their specialist field. Ask yourself this, how many UK and US e-liquid mixers have any chemical engineering background whatsoever? How many even have an A-level in chemistry? Yet you would trust these people to concoct substances that you will INHALE instead of a specialised, experienced, QUALIFIED team based on no reason other than one is British and the other is Asian?

This anti-Chinese sentiment seems to have drifted over from our friends across the pond and somehow become entrenched in our own views. This, coming from a country that makes no secret of its desire to restrict imports as much as legally possible. A country where 36% of all household appliances are made by prisoners in privatised prisons. A country that owes China one trillion US dollars. Yet the casual racism and mistrust towards the Chinese continues and is even seen as a healthy and patriotic attitude to have in America. Why is this seen as acceptable? Why is it okay to have your iPhone made in China and not trust them to make anything else?

It's true that a large amount of counterfeit goods come from China but is this any surprise? China makes most consumer products, we haven't seen manufacturing on this scale before. One in five people are Chinese. There are counterfeiters and shoddy manufacturers all over the world. Judge a company on its reputation not on its workers' race.

The thing to remember regarding ecigs/e-liquid and people seem to forget this, is that the Chinese invented them. It is the UK and US manufacturers that are copying their invention. If it weren't for the Chinese, we'd all still be killing ourselves with smoke, which would probably be for the best since we'd also be suffering a catastrophic global financial meltdown if China wasn't bailing us out.

Thanks BC. If I do create the option of leaving reviews on the site, it would have to be that reviews go through unapproved. But then I would be leaving myself at the mercy of trolls or possibly competitors. It's a tricky one.

It really depends on how much they're making. Better to sell vast quantities for minimal profit than tiny amounts with a 1000% mark up.

Look at petrol for example, and the huge amount of effort that goes into turning crude oil into useable, refined petrol. Surveying, bidding for exploration rights, deep sea drilling, construction of huge oil refineries, mass transportation by sea and land. At the end of all that, they sell the petrol for 60p a litre (when you exlude duty). That doesn't mean BP is selling inferior fuel to what Mr X makes in his garage using chip fat and ethanol.

As for 30ml bottles, the packaging is more efficient so it can be sold for less per ml.

So you've basically been torturing yourself by keeping sealed bottles in the cupboard?