Fastech Closing down

[Rickster]

This is one closure Im no bothered about.......sold a lot of shit really

 

[andipandi]

I dont like all the changes, shops just want to sell you disposables and pods, i dont even do the rounds of my local vape shops anymore, the places are clinical and unwelcoming, they just leave me feeling cold.

Back in the day lots of shops and vendors bought stock direct from FT, i wonder how they might be affected by this. Straight off i can think that maybe bubble/ replacement tank glasses might become rare, also drip tips & orings, i used to buy bucket loads. I suppose there's no need for bulk purchases anymore, authentic stuff is affordable, it wasn't always like that, far from it.

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[stuartd]

I dont like all the changes, shops just want to sell you disposables and pods, i dont even do the rounds of my local vape shops anymore, the places are clinical and unwelcoming, they just leave me feeling cold.

Back in the day lots of shops and vendors bought stock direct from FT, i wonder how they might be affected by this. Straight off i can think that maybe bubble/ replacement tank glasses might become rare, also drip tips & orings, i used to buy bucket loads. I suppose there's no need for bulk purchases anymore, authentic stuff is affordable, it wasn't always like that, far from it.

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There's a guy on ebay who I think does that buys from china and then charges a fortune for it. got to laugh when I see his stuff on there and think to myself all wait the two weeks for it to arrive rather than pay his prices

 

[zouzounaki]

I have but you have to go courier which is expensive because your getting it from France, Italy etc. through the UK and then onto the ferry. A lot of Italian shops won't even ship to Ireland anymore. I like to buy decent high-endist gear when I can and support independent mod & atty makers - decent RDAs, decent boro stuff etc - I got the pilot RBA direct from Ambition mods for example but if I can't get something through a facebook list (and we all know what a lottery they are) my only realistic option is the UK online ships. I was looking at a boro mod that I've wanted for a while that had has been reduced in price to 65 GBP. I've got stuff from this retailer before and I know their customer service is excellent but by the time I would have got the mod in my hand it would have cost well in excess of 100 euros. more & more I'm looking at the clone China websites and thinking why not go down that road because I simply can't afford it anymore. it really, really sucks and (along with the Irish government - thats another tragic story the muppets) its killed the Irish hobbyist vaping scene nearly stone dead. everything over here is plastic pods & disposables.

aye, it sounds shit. i think ireland has been fucked as much as us in the uk with brexit and the run of mad eejit tories in charge here. it is likely to get worse.

 

[stuartd]

aye, it sounds shit. i think ireland has been fucked as much as us in the uk with brexit and the run of mad eejit tories in charge here. it is likely to get worse.

Just wait till labour win we will still be fucked no matter wat or who vote for. we always get fucked and they don't give a shit asking aslong they have there second jobs and other shit making them money

 

[Biochemist]

Damn, another big one. The hobbyist side of vaping looks more and more grim.

 

[Richard Winter]

Used to use them a lot 5 ish years ago as the range of product they had was really varied. Always managed to get lots of spares and quirky bits. In the last few years they started going down hill and the prices didnt really warrant the wait anymore.
A shame they are going. Not looking good is it!

 

[zouzounaki]

Just wait till labour win we will still be fucked no matter wat or who vote for. we always get fucked and they don't give a shit asking aslong they have there second jobs and other shit making them money

aye, the problem is that they are tories an all. we better not derail the thread though.

it’s the end of an era. one more step in the outsiders being edged out.

 

[3dj]

Fasttech used to be really good. Used to buy lots of stuff off them. I have noticed recently that they are selling less stuff. Fuck em.

 

[bergkamp]

I dont like all the changes, shops just want to sell you disposables and pods, i dont even do the rounds of my local vape shops anymore, the places are clinical and unwelcoming, they just leave me feeling cold.

Back in the day lots of shops and vendors bought stock direct from FT, i wonder how they might be affected by this. Straight off i can think that maybe bubble/ replacement tank glasses might become rare, also drip tips & orings, i used to buy bucket loads. I suppose there's no need for bulk purchases anymore, authentic stuff is affordable, it wasn't always like that, far from it.

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Fu k me , surely you've got enough rings left to see you into the next century anyway?