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Vape Exchange => Group Buys => Topic started by: ukric on October 02, 2013, 09:01:55 PM
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PLEASE READ ALL THIS BEFORE ADDING YOUR NAME TO THE LIST
Nicotine is a hazardous substance and should be treated with caution at all times. If handled incorrectly it can cause serious injury and in extreme cases has the potential to END lives. If you have kids please keep it out of their reach, and the same applies to pets & your dear old grandmother who thinks it's gin. Myself and E-cig-reviews.com will not be held liable should you mishandle this stuff and injury or death occurs as a result
Remember at 72mg this stuff will need cutting down before using to vaporise. I won't do this on your behalf.
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So what are we buying?
A 28.5Kg drum of nicotine. (30kg including the drum.. won't be making that mistake again!)
It will be 72mg Propylene Glycol base.
What will I get?
The nicotine will be in 1 litre bottles, 1Kg should equate to about 970ml If I recall correctly, but it will be weighed anyway.
How will it be sent?
UK Mail
How long between paying and getting it?
Last time it was 6-8 weeks, the manufacturer has stated 4-6 weeks this time. My advice is allow for 8 weeks ish.
Where is it coming from?
The UK. Which means all the associated consumer rights :-) So I'm not overly concerned that the business would like paying by BACS payment which I would be if it were another country I were ordering in.
COST
Ah the fun bit eh?
It's working out at £56.85 per Kilo before delivery
This includes the nicotine, the bottles, the boxes, printing costs, sellotape (oh man I love the tape!), petrol for my car.
Extra bottle?
Based on the dimentions I have to keep to for postage if anyone wants an extra bottle it'll be £1.41 and you'll need to let me know whether you want 1L or 500ml.
What about delivery cost?
This is variable depending on where you live, I'll be asking for post codes before I take any payment so I can let you know total cost including delivery before you decide to proceed.
If you wanna save some money and you're close to West Yorkshire you're welcome to collect, but let me know this is what you'll be doing at the time you send the email you'll be asked to send after payment.
What about payment?
Payment I'll be wanting when the list completes, before I make the order.
You can make payment any way you like, so long as the amount I receive is the amount for your order. If you want to pay by Payal, please factor in any Paypal charges so the amount I receive is the full amount after charges. There will however be a few payment options on the email, choose whichever suits you best.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be prompt with responses. If you can't make payment, say so, i'll offer it up to someone else.
The List
1. itsmeitis - PAID
2. jonn AAEC - PAID
3. ckc AAEC - PAID
4. upgrader AAEC - PAID
5. chrisjw AAEC - PAID
6. vapeit AAEC - PAID
7. Bluefish AAEC - PAID
8. Jockyspants AAEC - PAID
9. Jockyspants AAEC - PAID
10A. Kong - 500g - PAID
10B. Fagsareus AAEC - 500g - PAID
11. spikey_fridge AAEC - PAID
12. meforgetful AAEC - PAID
13. marshallar - PAID
14. dave AAEC -PAID
15. Si - PAID
16. Ballsy - PAID
17. Jordan - PAID
18A. g3mma AAEC - 500g - PAID
18B. pebbles AAEC - 500g - PAID
19. richeh AAEC - PAID
20. barrynorton AAEC - PAID
21. buzbybarz - PAID
22. gruff - PAID
23. I Shall Not Recant - PAID
24. Remnant AAEC - PAID
25. Redron AAEC - PAID
26. Poochops AAEC - PAID
27. Kay AAEC - PAID
28. Robdelmar AAEC - PAID
28.5 (This is for 500g) GunJack AAEC - PAID
2nd list, I can only order in 28.5kg at a time, if it doesn't complete I can't order it
1. Pezz AAEC - PAID
2A. Stonethecrows - PAID
2B. pauljbl AAEC - PAID
3. dagl AAEC - PAID
4. spikey_fridge AAEC - PAID
5. spikey_fridge AAEC - PAID
6. dickyg AAEC - PAID
7. tjlumley AAEC - PAID
8. Xs2man AAEC - PAID
9. Xs2man AAEC - PAID
10. Richieh AAEC - PAID
11. Janet (work colleague) - PAID
12. Daddy Cool - PAID
13. InAnElectricMist - PAID
14A. Herbie AAEC - PAID
14B. chrisjw AAEC - PAID
15. fred AAEC - PAID
16. a1laserboy - PAID
17. Brambles AAEC - PAID
18. Redron AAEC - PAID
19. Spyder - PAID
20. Valleys Vaper - PAID
21. Rebelpants - PAID
22. eddy-r3 - PAID
23. freefromsmoking AAEC - PAID
24. ThirtyQuidKid - PAID
25. Bluefish - PAID
26. MarkS - PAID
27. freefromsmoking AAEC - PAID
28. Johanino AAEC - PAID
28.5 googled AAEC - PAID
Addition
It has come to my attention that with some group buys (and indeed some vendor purchases) sweets are being included.
Therefore, each package will contain a small section of bubble wrap. Which is far more fun. ;) (Hope I've enough if the second list completes eek)
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Open.
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0.5 pleeease
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just pm'd you mate. Funds transferred. Thanks Ric
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paypalled and details sent to e-mail address.
fanx, lots of love, gruff
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just pm'd you mate. Funds transferred hopefully never done this before please check Mate ???
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Check your email ;)
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Hi Ric for some reason I can't see the payment on payppal and can't see any email from you
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I've just had the notification of the paypal payment now, so it's in, but when you emailed me you didn't put you full address on it ;)
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Just pm'd you Mate sorry.
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Payment sent by bank transfer and address by email - sorry to have been slow on this
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Payment sent by bank transfer and address by email - sorry to have been slow on this
No worries, just about to fire up the laptop n take a look :)
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Another one for us Ric,,if that's OK .....bottom freezer draw still has some room left :)
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TPD bump ;)
Sorry bit late, was trying to find out what was going on
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now's the time to stock up on 72mg - this sh!t might only be available in twenty bags, and from some sinister looking guy in some back alleyway come 2016 ;D
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now's the time to stock up on 72mg - this sh!t might only be available in twenty bags, and from some sinister looking guy in some back alleyway come 2016 ;D
Sinister? You putting stilts on to overcome the 'awww factor' ? ;)
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I told Faye we might need an extra freezer :)
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now's the time to stock up on 72mg - this sh!t might only be available in twenty bags, and from some sinister looking guy in some back alleyway come 2016 ;D
I've had similar thought's.
Have fun with this one guys and I'll probably jump on the next nic train. ;D
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that sinister looking guy might just be our very own ric the nic.
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if we re-brand it ricotine - we should probably avoid any new regulations ;D
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if we re-brand it ricotine - we should probably avoid any new regulations ;D
I like that very good :P
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Right I've sent off the email this morning to order list 1 batch
Any more for list 2?
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nice one ric, would like to go on the next one, but funds are a bit depleted at the moment. maybe next time.
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Any more for list 2?
If this list completes for payment in a couple of weeks time, (around 25th) I'll jump in for a kilo but until then I'm all spent up on vapemail.
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Order comformation for list 1 received, approx 6 weeks is what I've been quoted
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Could you put me down for 1 Kilo please Ric 8)
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Any more for this?
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Ahhhh !!! list 2 is coming on nicely keep it going peeps 8)
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Any more for this?
As we are only a week away from "when I can afford this" you can put me down for a kilo. Then I think I will have enough to last me a good while. ;)
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Done :)
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hi all, not been on for a while, see your continuing with the group buys rick, awesome stuff fair play, cant fault you at all, can you add me to the 2nd list for a kilo please?. do you have a rough idea of the postage cost ?
many thanks, you the man!
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PM me your post code so I don't have to go digging for it please :)
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PM me your post code so I don't have to go digging for it please :)
will do, cheers
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Anymore? Not too far off completing the second run
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You can put me down for one Ric m8!
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OK, I've been doing some searching, costing and research.
Would anyone object to the second list being sourced from China?
£35 a litre after shipping, customs, vat, bottling and other costs then shipping on top. 70mg instead of 72mg but, it's a litre so it'd be 30ml extra.
I've spoken to a few people who've had their stuff before (I have too but I didn't realise they did it in quantity) and it's decent nic.
I'm happy to continue ordering from the UK place, but I suspect they're getting it from China/India anyway as they're the major producers.
If we get people from both sides of the fence I'm happy to split lists etc
Just offering it as an option for consideration, it'd be remiss of me not to at the price.
Thoughts?
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That's a good price :)
Keep my 500ml and get me 1litre :)
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bargain, think i might need to take you up ..at that price :)
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That is a great price I'd be up for a litre at that price
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awesome ric, thumbs up from me too
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Good for me too ;D
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Sounds good :D
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Mmm, that's a good price, tempted to start mixing my own again!
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Bear in mind shipping to NI is about £15, but I can fit 4 in a package. Oh, and have a look at Ged's TJuice Red Astaire costing ;)
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I'm not 100% sure. I bought some china sourced nic from LF once upon a time and it had the weirdest background taste ever.
Another thing to take into consideration is the prices you see now may not necessarily be what you'll end up paying. Can't see it being marked as a gift.
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I would be putting in the order notes that it should be marked value correctly.
The price I worked out accounts for Customs & VAT.
Another thought I had was to buy a smaller bottle and send people samples to try before deciding. Of course there would be a small cost to this. Couple of quid each?
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from LF
I reckon we probably found the problem ... ;)
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from LF
I reckon we probably found the problem ... ;)
lmao.
The price I worked out accounts for Customs & VAT.
Another thought I had was to buy a smaller bottle and send people samples to try before deciding. Of course there would be a small cost to this. Couple of quid each?
Sorry I saw that mentioned in your original post after I had posted.
A sample sounds good although it would hold up the process somewhat. I don't mind a delay as I am well stocked from the last run.
As most seem to be fine with it I'll roll with it and give it a shot, let's face it, the price is right and it'll most likely be fine. If it disagrees with me I can bottle it up in 100ml's and pass some on to my vaping buddies at a bargain price to recoup my costs.
Keep me in @ 1 KG or Litre. Cheers Ric.
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I think Ric allows for the custom charges When he does his sums.... ;D
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very tempted but never mixed before
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it is very easy - definitely worth learning and extremely cost effective way to vape 8)
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I am up 4 the cheap as chips option! ;)
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ok may as well go for it ,for £35 put me down for a litre please
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I'm a newbie to buying nic in this way and up until now have only used pre-mixed liquids , so will trust your judgement entirely Ric and will go with the consensus , however , the UK sourced nic that was bought in the last group buy still works out at approx one third of the price of nic base that most of online ecig suppliers sell it for which is a massive saving already and its tried and tested by your good selves .............. Do you think it's worth buggering about with something that you know works for the sake of £25 ,which incidentally is what I used to spend in half a week when I was on the demon weed !!! The 970 ml bottle of nic will make me 133 x 30ml 18mg bottles of e liquid and at 30ml a week thats over two years worth . Thats enough of a saving for me :)
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Well, in short yes, but that's given the fact we've already used it.
If we hadn't already tried small bottles from the supplier I'd be a bit more edgy about it.
To me it's a no brainer and the only reason I didn't check this particular supplier earlier is I didn't realise they did UK legal (strength) nic in the kind of quantity we need.
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Sorted....... If you've had it before and it's decent stuff I'm happy with that especially at the price. Thanks for the effort :) The second list should push on a bit now I reckon.
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Not followed thread, apologies, but....
please Sir may i have some more? :)
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Is there still room on the list Ric? If so, can you put me down for one.
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Hi ric,,,could you add me to the list too please mate :)
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I'll be going through updating this on Sunday. No further requests to be added will be accepted after 12pm Sunday.
I would appreciate if anyone who hasn't responded to the China/UK question could respond by then.
Those who haven't will be kept on a UK only list and I'll only open this list back up again after I've finished this round of nic buying/bottling/sending.
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I'm happy with the Chinese nic....not sure if that was the question lol
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china,china,china ,,,catch me drift me old china ;)
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It was more for those who hadn't already responded ;)
I think I know where you're going with it though...
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It was more for those who hadn't already responded ;)
I think I know where you're going with it though...
i was posting on the behalf of everybody :P
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;)
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looks like they want chinese ric.
i'll have a chicken and green peppers in black bean sauce, fried rice and a bag of prawn crackers if you're buying.
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and a spring roll :D
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Crispy duck
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Winner Winner! Chicken Dinner, chow mein plz ;D
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I dont mind a bit of Chinese Nic...Ric...
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its alright you lot shouting out the menu, you know you'll be hungry again in 1/2 an hour.
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ok, go on, i'll have some chips as well.
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Right then, here's where we are with list 2.
A few questions were asked by a member, so I've contacted the China supplier to ask some questions. It being the weekend I'm awaiting a reply. There's a few certificates I want from them. More for others peace of mind than mine, but perfectly justifiable to ask those questions. If they reply with all the info I want then all good, if not then I'll be probably going UK nic only.
I'm gonna give them until Friday to reply.
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While your at it Ric, I'll have plain chow mien and sweet and sour sauce, and fried bean curd with Bok Choy f they have any :P
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Pwaun cwacker and fwied wice for me too.
1st time at this lark for me. Dipping mi' toe in so, if anyone wants to split a litre thats fine. If it means we get our take-away sooner, then I'm fine with getting
a litre, also. I'm in Leeds, if that helps.
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...and why is my quick reply box 17'000000ft long?
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It's a bit of a boaster :P
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Hmm, not feeling good about China at this point. Mid week and no reply to my request for info.
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Poo :(
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Hmm, not feeling good about China at this point. Mid week and no reply to my request for info.
still only Wednesday - there's time yet :-\
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patience grasshoper .....
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It's a bit of a boaster :P
Size isn't everything ;)....It's not popping out the screen and into the kitchen, as I'm writing this - but all my previous replies from the quick reply box were mental?
Anyhow, as its my first time - I'm sound with 1L Chinese or 500g UK.
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Any news?
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Updates in the morn
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Right then....
Uk supplier only.
Not because I think the China nic is bad or owt. Simply because they haven't got back to me on the one simple question I asked.
Saving money is a nice idea, but not at the expense of trying to get a response from 1/2 way round the globe if things go wrong.
There's a few to add to the list, I'll do that tomorrow. I've had the WY meet today and I'm away at a vineyard harvesting grapes tomorrow, so it'll probably be late evening when I get it all updated.
Sorry to those who hoped for the savings China, but I really can't justify taking the level of risk involved given lack of comms
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oh well - better to have them let you down at this stage than father down the line - good on you for trying though 8)
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oh well - better to have them let you down at this stage than father down the line - good on you for trying though 8)
+1
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Right then....
Uk supplier only.
Sorry to those who hoped for the savings China, but I really can't justify taking the level of risk involved given lack of comms
oh well - better to have them let you down at this stage than father down the line - good on you for trying though 8)
Makes sense. For the small savings involved it's not really worth the aggro if things don't go as planned. The price on the UK sourced nic is a good enough saving for me.
Cheers, Ric.
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Thanks anyway Ric ;D
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Okie dokie, not to worry. Better safe than sorry. UK still good for me.
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Is this still open????
Wouldn't mind jumping on the list if I'm not to late.....
1 KG please
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Updated. I don't think I've missed anyone. Please give me a shout if I have
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Whoo hooo. List 2 almost complete ;D
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hows the earlier group buy coming on ric.
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Hey
The order was placed on the 10th October, the timescale I was given was approx 6 weeks so I'm expecting some time around the 21st November.
Nothing to suggest otherwise :)
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cheers ric, i wasn't pushing for "when do i get it", just good to know its on the way. love, gruff.
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No worries, I already had to look it up anyway for someone else :)
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List 2 complete.
Right, sorted, I'll get some PM's out. If no one drops out, I hope to be able to put the order in this week as soon as payments are in.
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nice 1 ric, thanks for your work on this
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Bottling wine took a lot longer than I expected this evening. To save me some time tomorrow could anyone (on list 2) who does not live in England or Wales send me a PM with their post code.
Thanks
Ric
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Right I've sent out PMs to all but 2 people asking for payment.
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payment and email sent as per message
thanks Ric
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payment and e-mail sent....
Thanks for sorting this group buy out for us.....
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Paid so far updated
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Tha Pants has paid!
Sorry for the delay... but I have not had the time I had hoped for.
Thankyou for your great work and organisation.
Goodluck,
Reb :-)
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Paid. Thanks again Ric for an awesome GB. ;)
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I've sent the to request the order of list two. A few people left to pay still but I know when most of them will come through.
If you've not yet responded can you please do so ASAP
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1Kg has become available, anyone want to take it?
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Yeah, go on then. I'll have it.
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Yeah, go on then. I'll have it.
Sold. :)
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Edited whilst I await someone answering a PM
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not getting twitchy or anything, but any news on the nic ric.
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you can be confident in Rics abilities Gruff - if/when news comes available to him, i'm sure he'll be quick to pass the information on accordingly ;)
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I was thinking of checking on list one tomorrow as it happens
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i have confidence in ric 100%, just wanted to check for any news, thats all.
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i have confidence in ric 100%, just wanted to check for any news, thats all.
based on the following quote - i've put main expectation more toward next week.
... I'm expecting some time around the 21st November.
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let the mixing begin......................next week hopefully. this week i'll be getting supplies, pg, vg, flavours, bottles and syringes.
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let the mixing begin......................next week hopefully. this week i'll be getting supplies, pg, vg, flavours, bottles and syringes.
Good luck.
These are useful for when you step up batch sizes -
http://www.wilko.com/homebrew-accessories+equipment/wilko-jar-plastic-trial/invt/0022576?VBMST=plastic%20measure (http://www.wilko.com/homebrew-accessories+equipment/wilko-jar-plastic-trial/invt/0022576?VBMST=plastic%20measure)
Up to 100ml. In the Wilko homebrew section ;D
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used to do home brew years ago but had totally forgot about using brew eqiupment. also didn't know wilkos did home brew stuff, i'll check them out. good call stewrat.
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It's not accurate enough for small batches, but fine for 50 ml and above. Also handy if you pre mix your nic + PG + VG in advance,
Good luck!
You probably won't need your old hydrometer ;)
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Email in.
Dispatch of list 1 next week..... best order bottles n boxes :)
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does that mean the supplier despatching or are you doing the despatching.
bottles and sundries are being sourced and im now looking at different flavourings, so many to choose from.
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does that mean the supplier despatching or are you doing the despatching.
bottles and sundries are being sourced and im now looking at different flavourings, so many to choose from.
There are a few good flavour vendors; 28 vapers later, leisure liquids, lt cigs and alchemist's cupboard are some that I have bought from. Not forgetting the one and only Tjuice perveyers of most excellent concentrates :D
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does that mean the supplier despatching or are you doing the despatching.
bottles and sundries are being sourced and im now looking at different flavourings, so many to choose from.
as Ric is about to commence his ordering of bottles to decant to, and boxes to post them off in, i'd suspect it will be the supplier doing the initial despatching as mentioned. ;)
and plus one (+1) to Funkybunch's recommendations regarding those flavour suppliers - 8)
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It means the supplier dispatch
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good, good. the funky one sent me some flavours a few weeks ago and im enjoying quite a few of them as it goes. going to have to get more peanut, cherry, almond, cuban, m type etc.
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I'm trying to link someone to this thread from AAEC, Ric, to fill your list up, but I'm making a reet balls of it!
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Nevermind, all done.
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You'd be linking to the wrong list? It's the VG one that's open ;)
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oops! links open now. Hopefully, that will guide them to the right one, though.
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List 1 Nic arrival on Monday
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good good and prompt update - cheers Ric 8)
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Nice one Ric
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Syphoning currently, Walking Dead and Fringe to watch.... if everything goes well I might be able to get these in the post today :)
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keep up the good work ric.
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Great news, Im almost out of juice so the timing is perfect.
As I never had more than 100ml of nicotine base I need to decide on the best way of storing it. I think if I split it into 100ml bottles and store it away to avoid exposure to air every time I make a mix. What are the rules on freezing? I have seen some varied opinions on this. Anyone here freezes the nic? What effect does it have on the quality afterwards?
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Change of plan, took longer than I thought, just put the bottle labels on. Will get them booked in tonight with the delivery company and drop them off with them tomorrow night.
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Nicotine received - check
Nicotine bottled - check
Bottles labelled - check
Boxes made up - check
Bubble wrap sorted - check
Pay for postage and print labels - :'(
I was hoping to have this all ready to go tomorrow. The mail company however, appears to be having problems with the server, click basket... 8 items (I've entered 28) ... click again... 0 items... click again 16 items... and so on and so on. So at this point. I'm giving up for the evening having not managed to pay for the postage. Which means I'll be trying again tomorrow night to hopefully send on Wednesday.
Sorry all. :(
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thanks for the updates Ric. 400ml tpa flavours arrived Monday, along with 30 x 30ml bottles. Big mixing session ahead :P
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what news on the postage ric?
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Sorted, packages ready to go tomorrow. Gonna get up early and drop them off in the morning
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I just received my litre Ric.
Thanks mate.
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my nic arrived 10am today, thanx ric.
well done lad
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yep, mine arrived this morning as well. Thanks so much Ric, you've done a brilliant job, very much appreciated
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Many Thanks Ric mine arrived here today as well. You are a Star ;D ;D
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Damn missed it. Hopefully you'll be doing another Ric at some point...
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Got mine today, thanks Ric!
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Just an update on this. As tomorrow is the 7 week mark I progress chased it.
Hi Richard
Your order will leave in early January - w/c 6th
Please may I apologise as I had hoped this would have shipped before Christmas
Thanks
Helen
I'd hoped so too but not to be :(
When I receive it it will go out promptly
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Thanks for the update Ric and seasons greetings to you and yours 8)
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Good news :) thanks for the update
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Thanks for the update Ric, will this be running again in the new year??, I for 1 will put my name down for another kilo (or 2)
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Nic arrived this morning list 2.
Much appreciated Ric. Will play with my little piece of bubble wrap later.
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I kilo of PG nic from list 2 just arrived.......
Timing was perfect as I have just ran out of my last batch..... Was actually going to post last night for an update.....
Nice one Ric and the bubble wrap was a nice touch. Thanks
Time for some mixing.
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Just received mine too 8) Let the fun commence . Thanks very much for all your effort Ric ,you're a Gent , I for one wont be running out of Vanilla Custard for at least two years ;D Thanks too for the bubble wrap , have already popped two , will have to pace myself.............
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Indeed, that's 100% genuine clone bubble wrap there, don't use it all at once ;)
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*jealous of you all *
Next time...
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Thankyou Ric for my Nic!
Great work on your part and sorry about the courier delay hassles.
My only complaint was that some of the bubbles on my bubble wrap
were already burst. ???
Thanks again, Great work!
Goodluck,
Reb 8)
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some of the bubbles on my bubble wrap
were already burst. ???
Oh dear :))
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That's just the ocd playing up again reb :yeeha
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He's lying... he popped them and is trying to screw me for some more priceless 100% real cloned bubble wrap :'(
;)
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Just wondering if theres going to be another nic group buy anytime soon. Im currently down to my last 250mls of nic, and although that will last me a few moons, along with what ive got mixed already, it wont last forever. If there is going to be another gb, I'd be up for a few kg of nic ric.