Waiting on an order and I figured it would take a long time. I'm coming up on a month of wait time lol. Just curious what your longest and average wait time for a fasttech was? (For standard shipping)
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How long did your Fasttech order take?
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I've been waiting on some of my items for quite a while now. I contacted FT and they replied, due to the snow storms here in the USA, their packages have been delayed in China. My items finally started moving again in the last few days.
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Some things get to me in as little as 8 days.. Others have taken 28.
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My average is about 3 weeks but anything marked 'Ships in X days' is, off course, going to take longer.
Also, anything with either batteries or a blade will take extra time. They can only be shipped via certain carriers and require special handling.
FT orders are a trade off- speed for price.
Also, anything with either batteries or a blade will take extra time. They can only be shipped via certain carriers and require special handling.
FT orders are a trade off- speed for price.
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Between 8-14 days. But I never use the standard free shipping which is supposed to be 25-30 business days. The e-packet shipping upgrades are free with a $20 order and absurdly cheap for lesser ones.
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Ordered the 26th, got here the 6th..
2nd order on the same day just shipped ..
2nd order on the same day just shipped ..
I have packages that were processed through China's sort facility on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6, and they still aren't here.
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I have three, same thing. For whatever reason a bunch of packages from late Jan thru the start of the holiday over there were routed through XIAMEN EMS as opposed to the usual SHENZHEN EMS never to be seen since. Take whatever's been said about about FT shipping previously and ignore it for this batch of packages. Hopefully it won't turn out like the last shipping debacle a couple of years ago where it took months and some never made it. FT staff returns the 26th but it may be another week or so before things return to what passes for normal throughout China. It might get sorted out then - or not. Thirty days before most shippers will treat it as lost and begin a search.
longest wait is 6 days to California.
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Same.. I got the SubTank Mini that shipped the day before, but thats it.. I wonder if they got sent to the LA Docks as they are mostly shut down.. ?I have packages that were processed through China's sort facility on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6, and they still aren't here.
I ordered for the first time on Saturday (21st), so it'll be a bit, I'm sure. I'm a FT noob, lol. They're on holiday, I won't count that for time frame, necessarily. I'm curious to find out, but in no hurry anyway, which is why I ordered there.
My longest wait has been my last order 1/26, got it Friday ( 25 days to the door). First time I didn't have a tracking number. Have 1 more coming that passed sorting on the 13th expecting it this week.
Edited to update. It hit Chicago today the 26th so my average is around 17 days.
Edited to update. It hit Chicago today the 26th so my average is around 17 days.
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Unlikely, it's airmail. Mine were supposedly dispatched to O'hare on the 5th, 6th and 7th respectively.
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Wonder of wonders the one that cleared Xiamen EMS on the 6th has actually arrived to Chicago customs. Or perhaps they've gotten around to that pile, hard to say. The ones from the 5th and 7th still MIA.
Isn't it Chinese new year?
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Possibly...
Mine cleared on the 6th through Xiamen, but still no movement on mine, I got sick of keep checking tracking for movement, now just got it setup to message my phone when it does actually move again.
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The 18th through the 26th. It's just the stuff shipped through Xiamen EMS late Jan - early Feb that's had trouble. Many shipped as late as the 14th have come through.
Ah OK wasn't sure of the exact dates
shipped Jan 26th, showed up Feb. 28th. I think CNY screws up everything a month before and the month after the actual holiday. So it's really 3 months of chinese shipping cluster fuck. I got stuff sitting in the cart I'm not going to purchase until April 1st.
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My last two finally showed. One shipped Jan 29 the other Feb 2 both got here today Mar 7. Both by tracking were sent to O'hare in Chicago. One showed up in San Francisco and the other in Saint Paul, Mn. where there is no customs center. Weird.
I'm either braver or dumber than you Robert, I have one that shipped today.
I'm either braver or dumber than you Robert, I have one that shipped today.
One month and two days. They are getting worse and worse.
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Also got mine today..
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i placed my first ever fasttech order on the seventh, judging by these responses i shouldn't start looking for a package until sometime in April huh? lol
I ordered 2 things on 1/2. I got one of the items, I cancelled the other one last night. It said it was scheduled to ship in 5 days. I don't know what was up with that item, but I decided I don't want it anymore anyway.
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I received one tiny part of my order one day last week. The bulk of my order showed up Saturday. Still waiting for 2 small packages, the original order was split into 4 shipments. My order was placed 5 days before they came back from holiday - total wait, thus far, about 8 weeks. This was my first experience, but I wasn't expecting a fast shipment based on everything I've read.
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It all depends... I have had stuff as fast as 8 days, and as slow as 28.. Not including this holiday break, of course.
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Never order batteries from there.. They get held up forever in customs/security.
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Seriously??
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Did you not see the warning about 'may be held..'? Well, they do get heldSeriously??
I've used fast tech a few times, waiting on a couple orders right now. Weird part about ft is tho that I've noticed is there are some items I've only been able to find on ft. Its slow, but I personally haven't had any issue that really required any attention, so I don't know how that would work out.
I wish they would have at least one US Warehouse, like some other Chinese vendors, e.g. Hobby King, focalecig, etc.
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And I gave up and emailed Fast Tech a month after my order. They replied to tell me that my batteries were not in stock but should be in another week. Even if they would definitely be in stock in another week, I was still looking at 4+ weeks till I got them, so I canceled the order. They did give me a refund within a few hours so I'm not out anything but time. I'll order from them again, but probably not batteries.
I completely gave up on fasttech a long time ago.. It takes months to get stuff and when you do its a crap shoot on whether or not the posts will be crooked or your battery will catch fire. I actually haven't been keeping tabs on vaporjoes.com as much lately because 80% of the deals posted are fasttech garbage.
Mine have ranged from just 12 days to over 2 months. The fastest ones had just 1 item (but several of that item) listed as "in stock" when I ordered.