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The Tempest by Mad Heaters & Phatpiggie
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Totally agree. See my last post. Its borderline hijacking the thread and the excitement. And great point, MH is not the only company facing this issue in the dhv community.
Mods, can we make a thread for US tariff concerns? This will be a long road and starting it now would be great.
HoodiesAndHondas
Active Member
I really hope shipping goes smoothly. I can’t wait to get my hands on the V2!
My girlfriend isn’t even a gear nerd like me, but when I showed her the V2, she got pumped and can’t wait to try mine.
My girlfriend isn’t even a gear nerd like me, but when I showed her the V2, she got pumped and can’t wait to try mine.
kegstandman420
Well-Known Member
Adding to the tempest "porn"
cuckF0mbustion
Member
Shoot man $100 sounds low at this point if 145% is the number everyone is throwing around in the news
What a mess Tangerine Palpatine is creating. @Brenyo if it matters at all, I think most USA customers will be willing to pay an additional $25-50 for the Empires new import fees.
Hoping for a smooth process for you. Cant wait to get my unit. Much love from The Mitten of the third world country we use to call The United States.
Hoping for a smooth process for you. Cant wait to get my unit. Much love from The Mitten of the third world country we use to call The United States.
Octavia
No thoughts, head empty
There’s already one that’s pretty active:
Tariffs? Buy stuff now?
If Trump does what he said he was going to do, and implements significant tariffs on goods imported from China into the US, glass I’ve been eyeing on dhgate might become more expensive. I’m seriously considering buying sooner rather than later.
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Edit: also this one, but refers to the most recent batch of tariffs by the mango’s preferred name for them:
Liberation day - US Vapes
A question for those not in the US. Liberation day is upon us, and tariffs have been applied around the world. Do you feel any different about buying US Vapes? Will it make you think twice about buying a US vape? Will you be hit with increased prices due to reciprocal tariffs? Or will all of...
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also a thread dedicated to MadHeaters shipping:
https://fuckcombustion.com/threads/madheaters-shipping-thread.54686/
good luck to all that might be affected by the tariffs.
https://fuckcombustion.com/threads/madheaters-shipping-thread.54686/
good luck to all that might be affected by the tariffs.
It makes sense to include Tarrif discussion there as well I think. Seeing as it's not going to get simpler anytime soon.
I apologize for continuing the tariff topic, but I would just like to add to the voices asking @Brenyo to please consider allowing US customers to pre-pay any tariff costs as necessary.
As someone who tried so hard to convince people to support the other political option, things like the release of the Tempest 2 are a ray of light in a dark and depressing time. It sounds a bit much, I know, but eh...
I will gladly cover any costs, and I'd even be happy to pay a fee for the service of estimating the tariff and allowing me to pay it.
Apologies again to all, I know this discussion must be annoying to those less directly affected.
As someone who tried so hard to convince people to support the other political option, things like the release of the Tempest 2 are a ray of light in a dark and depressing time. It sounds a bit much, I know, but eh...
I will gladly cover any costs, and I'd even be happy to pay a fee for the service of estimating the tariff and allowing me to pay it.
Apologies again to all, I know this discussion must be annoying to those less directly affected.
While were all here waiting maybe someone has a tip for me. Im enjoying a tempest with a revolve stem and the wood sleeve. After a few days of use the thing gets really clogged. Is there something i can do to prevent this? Im using the helix tube and the mouthpiece airflow setting is on DTL(fully open).
FuckPyrolysis
Member
I think one of the problems is that we don't even definitively know what the tariff will actually be to get it into the hands of US buyers. I'm sure @Brenyo has taken notice that many here in FC are willing to pay the tariff, but also consider we're in a forum specifically for fans of DHV, and even more specifically, the Tempest thread. That likely skews our perspective on how many people are actually willing to pay the potentially large tariff that may be added to the cost to get the T2 in our hands.
Regardless, expect this tariff bullshit to be a stickier mess than what the inside of my T2 will be after having it for a week.
If you're using the revolve stem with the screen at the top of the cooling unit, remove it. I was adamant about using it for a long while then I decided to try it would it and there was essentially no difference except that it didn't get clogged as quick. It actually hasn't ever fully clogged on me since. I use mine on the closed air flow and fully open air flow on the tempest head. Heated with the wand at 260-280 celcius, depending on wand battery. The thing hits like a beast. So excited for my tempest 2 pre order
I’m not set up to be able to accept pre-payments, so the tariff would need to be paid at customs.
I won’t cancel anyone’s order without prior notice. I currently plan to wait until next weekend to see if there’s any change or more clarity, then send out a newsletter with some options. DPD told me there’s no flat-rate tariff (??), and it’s approximately 152.5% overall.
If all goes well, I can start fulfilling a few orders on the UK site over the next week (non-US orders only). The EU store situation is a bit unclear and depends on customs, I expect shipping to start around the middle of the month. If there’s a change in the next few days, US orders will start shipping as well. All US orders could arrive before the end of this month if there is indeed a flat-rate tariff and it increases further from June.
jbm
Well-Known Member
So it’s not a flat 25 fee and is indeed the price we paid x1.5? Roughly 375 USD additional?making this about 610 USD all told?
jaanky
Member
wtf???
I might have dealt some misinformation on this -- there was an outdated "Fact Sheet' (great name) that provided $25/$50 figures for May and June. An Executive Order superseded this, changing it to $100/$200 flat fees per parcel valued at or under $800 imported via USPS.
Now, apparently, it's even more than the 145% worst case scenario? Worse worst case?? This is wild haha. Can't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. I want to believe things will shake out, the universe compromises at $100 for now, and we have these things in our hands before June.
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cuckF0mbustion
Member
That's honestly what I'm gearing up for and expecting unfortunately. The only real hope I have of not paying a roughly 150% tariff is that by the time we have to make this decision, there has been enough backlash to unwind or reduce the tariffs. But I really don't expect that to happen, not in time anyway. The way I see it, we should prepare for the worst case scenario and then if it's not as bad as we expected, we'll just enjoy our new devices even more
jbm
Well-Known Member
25$ additional is one thing, I’m not sure I can justify an additional tariff more than the actual cost of the item itself. I’m a loyal customer, and I don’t blame @Brenyo at all, but that’s just too much money. I’m thinking that this “point of origin” stuff is going to wreak havoc on the vape industry.
It's been covered in the last couple of pages so this is my last comment related to the tariffs, but 150% is on top of the retail value for items with China as the manufacture country of origin. So the roughly $250 I paid will be subject to potentially $375 in tariffs ON TOP of the $250.
$625 all in. Not ideal by any means but not altogether a deal breaker, mainly because I've worked hard to get to a high paying role the last couple of years and it's not painful at all like it would have been in the past. Still, hopefully just waiting it out a bit allows things to settle and this becomes a non-issue.
sternit
New Member
ah, damn. i hope it can start sooner. any chance we get more tempest-porn in the meantime? You didnt show us the sexy CU yet. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
cuckF0mbustion
Member
I totally understand where you're coming from. Even though I can spare the money, it's a bitter pill to swallow.
That's essentially where I'm at. My job isn't crazy high pay but I save money so I can afford to do things like this on a whim if it's what I decide I want to do. I really don't want to pay that high of a tariff but I will if I need to
HashOnMyMind
Well-Known Member
What does this mean exactly? Don’t get me wrong —I feel bad for the Americans who voted for Kamala (not so much for the rest, to be honest; they did it to themselves after being warned a thousand times). But MadHeaters is a European company, and as an EU customer I really hope whatever’s going on in the US has no bearing on EU or other international customers.
So, I hope we can get back on the hype train and talk about the Tempest V2.
I’m guessing the lack of pictures or videos is why people drift into other topics.
Anyway, I’m super hyped, and it’s getting harder to go another day without the Tempest V2!!
delta hotel
Well-Known Member
Just got off the phone and all shipments to my residence are TARIFF FREE, so feel free to send mine along whenever you see fit (soon, this is a limited time offer!)