Mr. Gweilo 420
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Hello All
I hope this is the right section for such a topic. I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with www.alibaba.com ?? I guess most of you know what it is. Basically its a website connecting buyers to Chinese manufacturers/wholesalers, etc.
Anyway there are a lot of companies offering cheap vapes. As has been discussed around here on different threads most of these e-cig style devices either combust or don't work well or at all (maybe some with oil but basically none with buds). Obviously many forum members would refuse to buy from China for health and safety concerns. Also, many would not buy a knock off for ethical or perhaps other reasons as well.
Ok, so having said that, as you can see from my info I am located in Hong Kong and I am basically 50kms from where most of these factories are located. I have had a bit of down time lately and I have been wasting my time by doing research on alibaba.com . There are most certainly some interesting things to look at. Here are some points to note;
1. So many of the pen style vapes mentioned above are available there at dirt cheap prices. For a laugh I placed an order today for an Ago (which unless I am mistaken is basically an Atmos Raw) and a VMax. Delivered to my door the total cost of this order was $35 USD. So I am just playing around and expect these to be rubbish but that price is amazing. I could have got an Elips as well but I thought two was enough for now.
To me the real point here is just how cheap and worthless these Chinese made pen vapes really are. If I ordered 100 I'm sure the price would only be about $10 per unit.
2. The most interesting item I found is the Pax by Ploom. Now we all know the Pax is manufactured in China and there are at least 10 different companies offering the Pax for around $75-80. It is unclear whether these are genuine items or not. To be honest I believe they are genuine.
There is something in this part of the world which is generally known as A-product. What that means is very high quality knock offs that are possibly exactly the same as the real thing. They may differ slightly as far as branding but often they are identical. To give you an example I have a set of Ping golf clubs at home that are A-product and they are excellent. So I believe this is what the alibaba Pax are. They are using the same technology and parts either in the same factory or they have duplicated it nearby.
If you take a look some of the companies they are offering a variety of colours including the original 3 colours, the new Emerald green unit as well as maybe silver, light green, lilac and a different blue.
Stock is hard to come by right now but I will have one soon and will write a review. I am a very honest person but have no hesitation in ordering a Pax this way. It shows you how much the units are really worth imo and how inflated the retail price really is.
3. There is also a lot of other crap as well but mostly it looks like a waste of time to me. Blatant knock offs, Skyda products and so forth.
Anyway that is all. Like I said I am just doing this for fun and interest. If I get a cheap Pax then great but it doesn't matter.
I hope this is the right section for such a topic. I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with www.alibaba.com ?? I guess most of you know what it is. Basically its a website connecting buyers to Chinese manufacturers/wholesalers, etc.
Anyway there are a lot of companies offering cheap vapes. As has been discussed around here on different threads most of these e-cig style devices either combust or don't work well or at all (maybe some with oil but basically none with buds). Obviously many forum members would refuse to buy from China for health and safety concerns. Also, many would not buy a knock off for ethical or perhaps other reasons as well.
Ok, so having said that, as you can see from my info I am located in Hong Kong and I am basically 50kms from where most of these factories are located. I have had a bit of down time lately and I have been wasting my time by doing research on alibaba.com . There are most certainly some interesting things to look at. Here are some points to note;
1. So many of the pen style vapes mentioned above are available there at dirt cheap prices. For a laugh I placed an order today for an Ago (which unless I am mistaken is basically an Atmos Raw) and a VMax. Delivered to my door the total cost of this order was $35 USD. So I am just playing around and expect these to be rubbish but that price is amazing. I could have got an Elips as well but I thought two was enough for now.
To me the real point here is just how cheap and worthless these Chinese made pen vapes really are. If I ordered 100 I'm sure the price would only be about $10 per unit.
2. The most interesting item I found is the Pax by Ploom. Now we all know the Pax is manufactured in China and there are at least 10 different companies offering the Pax for around $75-80. It is unclear whether these are genuine items or not. To be honest I believe they are genuine.
There is something in this part of the world which is generally known as A-product. What that means is very high quality knock offs that are possibly exactly the same as the real thing. They may differ slightly as far as branding but often they are identical. To give you an example I have a set of Ping golf clubs at home that are A-product and they are excellent. So I believe this is what the alibaba Pax are. They are using the same technology and parts either in the same factory or they have duplicated it nearby.
If you take a look some of the companies they are offering a variety of colours including the original 3 colours, the new Emerald green unit as well as maybe silver, light green, lilac and a different blue.
Stock is hard to come by right now but I will have one soon and will write a review. I am a very honest person but have no hesitation in ordering a Pax this way. It shows you how much the units are really worth imo and how inflated the retail price really is.
3. There is also a lot of other crap as well but mostly it looks like a waste of time to me. Blatant knock offs, Skyda products and so forth.
Anyway that is all. Like I said I am just doing this for fun and interest. If I get a cheap Pax then great but it doesn't matter.
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Edit: If you get a glass honeycomb screen it can help with the flowers, however, still very frustrating and easy to combust. But I use the screen with errl too seems to help conserve it a bit more IME...
yep the two units with delivery came to $37. I'm guessing errl is hash of some kind. I have a little at home that I will try with it. Sadly for me I don't have access to waxes, BHO or all the wonderful stuff available. However, I can get hash which is either Nepalese or Afghani. Sounds good but I have to buy it from dodgy guys and I question its purity.
. Great job, and I honestly agree with you. Ploom set their policies, and for people in the US it's fine. However, It's not worth spending $250 on a sub-par vape with no warranty. Great job, let us know what you find!