Fasttech deliveries

Menoetius

I know they are supposed to take 2-3 weeks, but I'll be hitting 3 full weeks waiting tomorrow.

Has anyone been waiting longer for deliveries from fasttech?

Thecageyone

What did you order? Are you sure it was in stock? I haven't ordered much from them in the past but in around 2 weeks seems to be the norm on available stocks.

Allan45121

Menoetius wrote: »

I know they are supposed to take 2-3 weeks, but I'll be hitting 3 full weeks waiting tomorrow.

Has anyone been waiting longer for deliveries from fasttech?

Yeah I've waited 4 weeks and longer for orders. There great when it's things you don't need fast. Sometimes I get a parcel and I've forgotten what's in it.

columf

Depends on the order the last order I placed and a mate of mine placed took 10days to get here.

8mm

I average around 3 weeks from dispatch.

It's great for bits and bobs but watch out for Mr. Customs.

Menoetius

I got a letter from the Athlone mails centre, had to e-mail them a copy invoice, they say it will be forwarded once received and the delivery guy will collect import duties (no idea how much yet) and 7 euro postal fees.

It was just an istick pico and 2 18650 batteries.

Has this happened to anyone before? Any idea of the rough amount of duties?

pretty annoyed as I presumed the delivery fee I paid to fastech meant it was paid through to my door!

mossymac!

It will be €7 + 23% of the invoice total.

When ordering outside the EU you are always liable for import duties. Sometimes they stop packages - sometimes they don't. Also remember an iStick Pico + 2 bats would set you back €60 in Ireland

Menoetius

Stung!!!
The postal service mailed me to say between duties and postal "service" I have to pay Euro19 on delivery.

This was for the istick pico mega kit, plus two batteries worth usd59.

Worth bearing in mind when comparing fasttech prices with others.

Is this normal? I haven't notice anyone mention this when discussing fasttech orders.

mossymac!

Happens about 10% of the time - mega kit & bats would have cost €80 over here.
You win some you lose some

columf

Menoetius wrote: »

I got a letter from the Athlone mails centre, had to e-mail them a copy invoice, they say it will be forwarded once received and the delivery guy will collect import duties (no idea how much yet) and 7 euro postal fees.

It was just an istick pico and 2 18650 batteries.

Has this happened to anyone before? Any idea of the rough amount of duties?

pretty annoyed as I presumed the delivery fee I paid to fastech meant it was paid through to my door!

From Revenu.ie
C. Consignments of Negligible Value
Consignments not exceeding an intrinsic value of €150 may be imported from outside the EU without payment of Customs Duty. Intrinsic value is the value of the goods alone and does not include insurance and freight). Consignments not exceeding a total customs value of €22 may be imported without payment of VAT. (Customs value is the value of the goods plus insurance and freight (which includes postage costs (CIF value). However, there is no relief (from Customs Duty, Excise Duty, other duties or VAT) under this negligible value provision for importations of tobacco, tobacco products, alcohol products, perfumes or toilet waters irrespective of their value.

VAT liability amounting to less than or equal to €6 will not be collected. No similar rule applies in the case of Customs Duty or Excise Duty.

I split orders to keep the value of the shipment below 22 where possible and I don't get hit. I think it will be vat you will have to pay so 23%

j26m

Just over 3 weeks any time I ordered (and keep the order under €22)

chipfox

Some great info here. My order (which coincidentally is €21.64) was made maybe 5 days ago, only shipped today. They said everything was in stock?

Seems like there's zero reason not to split orders. Free post, and you'll likely end up getting some items faster than others.

Only ordered from them once before and it took exactly 3 weeks from the day I ordered it.

Any codes active at the mo?

Thecageyone

What id you want to buy a mod, or say, a phone on there? You're very likely to be hit by customs these days? What if you were to use your PM or AP UK address? Would that avoid it?

8mm

You can somewhat reduce your customs risk by avoiding any of the direct China post services and have in sent via Swiss or Sweden post. They will still mark it as coming from outside the EU but I've not seen any packages be hit with customs this way compared to even under €25 packages through China post services.

Thecageyone

I bought the Tesla nano mod from Gearbest, and as I was in the middle of a move I used Addresspal so I could just pick it up from the post office. That was just under €40 and had no issues. That's what has me wondering if the UK addresses work every time, as the UK don't get hit for customs like we do

macker33

You might have to wait up to 2 and a half months if its out of hong kong.
If its out of singapore expect it any day now.

And good luck with customs

Menoetius

Hi all, I was looking at the silicon covers for the stick pico mega, usd1.55 in total.

would you still get stung with the "postal fees" on delivery on this?

last time I had to pay duty due to the high value, but was also hit with a 7 euro "postal fee".

Can anyone shed some light?

youcancallmeal

Menoetius wrote: »

Hi all, I was looking at the silicon covers for the stick pico mega, usd1.55 in total.

would you still get stung with the "postal fees" on delivery on this?

last time I had to pay duty due to the high value, but was also hit with a 7 euro "postal fee".

Can anyone shed some light?

I think for that amount you should be fine. I ordered €50 worth of stuff about 2 and a half weeks ago now so expecting to either get my delivery early next week or a letter from customs

8mm

Menoetius wrote: »

Hi all, I was looking at the silicon covers for the stick pico mega, usd1.55 in total.

would you still get stung with the "postal fees" on delivery on this?

last time I had to pay duty due to the high value, but was also hit with a 7 euro "postal fee".

Can anyone shed some light?

You have no problem. Even if customs hold your package you can show that what you paid was within the limits and they will release it with no cost to you. I've had to do this a few times but I try to keep any China purchases under €25, they have free ship so I split my orders up - easy.

Menoetius

Great stuff thanks all!

jonski

8mm wrote: »

You have no problem. Even if customs hold your package you can show that what you paid was within the limits and they will release it with no cost to you. I've had to do this a few times but I try to keep any China purchases under €25, they have free ship so I split my orders up - easy.

I ordered a mod for €60 due next week so I'm expecting my first letter from customs

chipfox

Ordered 4th of October. Starting to think I'd be better off just paying the actual price and getting the items. Can't even remember what I ordered

lensman

Should be called Slowtech, I've never had a delivery less that a month, usually more.

youcancallmeal

lensman wrote: »

Should be called Slowtech, I've never had a delivery less that a month, usually more.

Yeah I ordered 12th Oct so coming up on 3 and a half weeks now. Did you order anything recently? Probably wouldn't have ordered if I'd known it'd take this long

youcancallmeal

chipfox wrote: »

Ordered 4th of October. Starting to think I'd be better off just paying the actual price and getting the items. Can't even remember what I ordered

Did yours arrive yet?

Allan45121

You forget that your not paying shipping. For me to order from Dublin costs 3.50/4 Euro. From UK it can be £10 for some places. From China? Free?!? Wha? I'll take the free shipping please and wait. There are options to use courier services when ordering from fasttech. Probably would only take 5/6 days but I'd rather not pay 40 Euro to have my 8 Euro clone rda posted to me. I've never been dissapointed with fasttech, once you accept the delivery times.

chipfox

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Did yours arrive yet?

Nope.

I don't except it to be fast or anything, but a month is a long time. Honestly don't even remember what I ordered now

youcancallmeal

Got the dreaded letter from customs. Have to send receipt so they can calculate import charges. You win some you lose some I guess. Stuff I bought will probably still work out cheaper than buying it here. Only thing is it's awkward having to pay on delivery as I'm getting it delivered to work

jonski

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Got the dreaded letter from customs. Have to send receipt so they can calculate import charges. You win some you lose some I guess. Stuff I bought will probably still work out cheaper than buying it here. Only thing is it's awkward having to pay on delivery as I'm getting it delivered to work

I'm expecting the same letter next week

youcancallmeal

So with order of $48.52 had to pay €16.50(€7 An Post fee and rest VAT@23%) extra. Not too bad, saved maybe €20. I wasn't in a rush to get the items so would probably order again if I was in same situation

8mm

youcancallmeal wrote: »

€7 An Post fee

Is it ok that I'm annoyed for you

cocoman

I ordered a few bits on Oct 12th and got the customs letter last Friday (Nov 11th). I deliberately kept the order under €22. It worked out at $22.50 but I noticed that the letter stated that all tobacco related products are liable. I assume that Customs don't classify vaping products as tobacco related? I just e-mail them a copy of the paypal transaction to show that the order was under €22.

8mm

cocoman wrote: »

I noticed that the letter stated that all tobacco related products are liable. I assume that Customs don't classify vaping products as tobacco related

Yeah I've seen this on the customs site and wondered if it was going to be an issue with the TPD and therefore no minimum value allowance.

Doesn't seem to be a problem so far though maybe it will come down to nicotine containing products like liquids.

irish_investr

Wanted an eLeaf iCare (cheap plastic but very portable, at least compared to my fave SMOK OnePlus) and ordered from Fasttech. After 2 months, a mail: stopped by customs. Ordered 2 more, to two different addresses - another 5 or 6 weeks - both stopped by customs.
Seems like customs has a problem with this particular item - I have no problems getting plenty of other stuff from fasttech.

youdipstick

irish_investr wrote: »

Wanted an eLeaf iCare (cheap plastic but very portable, at least compared to my fave SMOK OnePlus) and ordered from Fasttech. After 2 months, a mail: stopped by customs. Ordered 2 more, to two different addresses - another 5 or 6 weeks - both stopped by customs.
Seems like customs has a problem with this particular item - I have no problems getting plenty of other stuff from fasttech.

That is strange,devices with built in batteries might be alerting the Customs...

moleyv

irish_investr wrote:

Wanted an eLeaf iCare (cheap plastic but very portable, at least compared to my fave SMOK OnePlus) and ordered from Fasttech. After 2 months, a mail: stopped by customs. Ordered 2 more, to two different addresses - another 5 or 6 weeks - both stopped by customs. Seems like customs has a problem with this particular item - I have no problems getting plenty of other stuff from fasttech.

The inbuilt battery maybe?

youdipstick

moleyv wrote: »

The inbuilt battery maybe?

:D:D:D Great minds think alot...

youcancallmeal

So if I order an item that is under 22euro, it gets stopped by customs and then I send on proof of item cost do I still have to pay the 7euro admin charge?

lensman

Never had any customs issues with batterys/mods from china although sellers do limit the shipping options to Chinapost,PostNL or Singapore post, DHL is never offered, I recently got 2 of these from fasttech & they arrived fine.

youcancallmeal

lensman wrote: »

Never had any customs issues with batterys/mods from china although sellers do limit the shipping options to Chinapost,PostNL or Singapore post, DHL is never offered, I recently got 2 of these from fasttech & they arrived fine.

Was actually thinking about getting one of them, how does automatic wattage work? I get that it changes according to battery level so does that mean it is default 30w at full charge and then drops as the battery level drops?

lensman

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Was actually thinking about getting one of them, how does automatic wattage work? I get that it changes according to battery level so does that mean it is default 30w at full charge and then drops as the battery level drops?

I got them for family members but I used one for a day or so myself to test, the leds are white when vaping fully charged, they drop to blue then red as the battery drains, didnt notice any change in the hit as it drained, Im dubious about the 30W claim because if I use my Eleaf iPower at 30W it blows the S**t out of my 1.6ohm aspire core, I would estimate they are putting out 15W max when I used it, maybe their reading the ohm value in the core & adjusting output to match. Good value all the same for around €10.BTW cigabuy are doing the Eleaf iPower 5000mAh 80W for €23 shipped from china, only 1 left :eek:

youcancallmeal

lensman wrote: »

I got them for family members but I used one for a day or so myself to test, the leds are white when vaping fully charged, they drop to blue then red as the battery drains, didnt notice any change in the hit as it drained, Im dubious about the 30W claim because if I use my Eleaf iPower at 30W it blows the S**t out of my 1.6ohm aspire core, I would estimate they are putting out 15W max when I used it, maybe their reading the ohm value in the core & adjusting output to match. Good value all the same for around €10.BTW cigabuy are doing the Eleaf iPower 5000mAh 80W for €23 shipped from china, only 1 left :eek:

Sounds perfect then cause yeah I was worried at 30w they would destroy my 1.5ohm coils

lensman

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Sounds perfect then cause yeah I was worried at 30w they would destroy my 1.5ohm coils

I actually thought one of the two I got was a lemon, wouldn't turn on & wouldn't charge, no sign of life, I left it on charge & kept my eye on it & after 15mins it came to life with red leds which changed to white when fully charged, working fine ever since.

nobodys_hero

I'm waiting on 3 orders from Fasttech at the moment. One was $24.84 which is €23.46 grr. The one I'm really concerned about though is a knife which I since discovered is classes as an "offensive weapon" (used to have one as a kid and it was cheap so I ordered it on a whim). I'll settle for a letter, but I'm beginning to worry that I'll have members of law enforcement at my door instead! - 7 years for importation of offensive weapons! <erk>. One of my orders only got received by singpost today but was marked shipped a month ago on Fasttech.

moleyv

I'd say you are going straight to prison...

magentis

I'm waiting on a pack of coils I ordered from fasttech on 14th of october.Is that the norm for them?

8mm

magentis wrote: »

I'm waiting on a pack of coils I ordered from fasttech on 14th of october.Is that the norm for them?

You will get a better feel for when you might get it by checking the tracking on the order page at FT.

You should be able to find when the shipper got the package and when it was dispatched overseas. That's all you get though - usually around 3 weeks from that.

Allan45121

Did you choose registered post?

8mm

Whatever was free, I think all their post is registered / signed for.

edit: just realised you might be asking magentis!

magentis

8mm wrote: »

You will get a better feel for when you might get it by checking the tracking on the order page at FT.

You should be able to find when the shipper got the package and when it was dispatched overseas. That's all you get though - usually around 3 weeks from that.

Yep it was the free post option I went for!
On reflection I should deffo have went reg post.
I got a few things from gearbest though again unreg and got them in 3 or 4 weeks on the 3 purchases.

There is no mention of who it was sent with,just a pic most likely China post.The gearbest stuff came woth post nl that looks to be quicker.

chipfox

I've used loads of different postal options with FT. They're all the same, your pack has either arrived in China, has left China, or is currently in a black hole and will probably arrive between 8 and 80 weeks.