The Goon is made in the US. Whenever you really get down to details you can’t get any Chinese made clone to compare. I have seen all the clones and the authentic Goon is made better. There is a lot of pride in the craftsmanship of the Goon. And working in the machining field for 25 years I really respect that.
I have not vaped all the clones, but a friend that I know is very accurate with his take on RDA’s says the clones are not as good as the authentic in regards to flavor. I almost want to buy a couple clones to see for myself. But every time I buy a clone I think to myself how upset I would be to have designed a product that is one of the top vape items only to have the Chinese rip off my design. I have bought clones. But I always strive to buy the Authentic if I do.
Oh, and as far as price, the Chinese can produce just about anything cheaper. Because they pay lower wages to their “workers” who in turn don’t really give a shit how good of a job they do. They are also using machines that spit parts out much faster than most small machine shops in the US can afford. And because of that the American “machinist” will take the time to check his work. Look the parts over. And spend a little more time making parts clean and free of any burrs or imperfections.
Yes I have been machining since I was 16 in my grandfather’s machine shop I am 54 now
I was cnc programmer for 5 years for 20 machines the boss for 3 back to basics now running a 65 foot cnc lathe live tooling making 17 ton rudder shafts
The material and design of these atomizers are unbelievable what they sell for. I am glad I have made a decent middle class living for my family.not selling my talent for peanuts as they do in China
My local vape shops when they find out I am machinist want mods made they don’t understand the cost of material and time to make one I could but not worth it
I have to get RF Shamrock Shake…used the last of it tonight, and there is nothing I can sub in place of it and a CAP or FW or Flavorah Horchata to try to get more of the rice aspect into my rice pudding with my TFA Horchata Smooth And at least a TFA RY4 Double as I need a tobacco flavor. Everything else I’m subbing. Like I’m out of TFA Vanilla Swirl, and I’m subbing RF Vanilla Ice Cream for it. I will use them all somehow until I get down to favorites only.
Still on the spending freeze, but some are not able to be subbed But only those three. And I need to go through my stuff again and pull out the PIF stuff. No sense in it sitting here not being used.
EDIT: I did do all the Purilum Reviews, they are in the notes on the flavor database. I just didn’t post them on the forum @Machinist2
The info comes directly from 528customs saying that they don’t do business with 3fvape and that it has to be clones. 528customs also say they are investigating further into this.
The link posted in my last post is supposed to take you to instagram but it doesn’t work as it should and i got no clue why that is.
Damn, hopefully it’s not too late for the people that ordered them to cancel. It’ll be my birthday in just over a week and I was going to treat myself. Good job on posting that.
Thanks bro. Since i was the one posting about it originally i felt i had to issue the warning as well. I feel bad enough if people pulled the trigger on this and it turns out to be overly priced clones. Was never my intention at all.
If 3fvape have done this deliberately they have started a big trust issue with the vaper community.
I mean i wouldn’t trust that anything they claim to be authentic to be anything but a clone now.
And if they did this deliberately they did shoot themselves in the foot big time business wise and i expect them to lose a lot of business.
Looks like greed is taking over everything in China and that they will do anything in order to maximize profits.
I have to agree with you there. I’ve never ordered from them before and just reading the post from 528customs I definitely wouldn’t even take the chance now.
It sure is and if they have done this deliberately they might have put a nail in their own coffin in the business.
I for one could never trust anything they mean is authentic and would take my business elsewhere.
The claimed authentic Goons on 3fvape is priced up even more now and cost the same as the Goons in other places. The SS $59.95, the Brass and Copper $64.95 and the Black $69.95.
Looks like they have taken the prices directly from 528customs website and lowered the price with 5 cent overall.
Since 528customs claim they don’t do business with 3fvape i really do wonder where these so called authentics come from. It can’t be from the manufacturer of these RDA’s since it is manufactured in the USA, so no China manufacturer does this one and therefore impossible for 3fvape to get ahold of, at least directly from a manufacturer.
With what i have seen so far i think that what 3fvape is selling now is an over priced clone of some sort and that they are ripping off their customers.
It’s gonna be interesting to see if someone get back to us and answer the questions made in the 3fvape thread. I for one isn’t expecting any answers soon.
I decided to email them about this too, just to see if I would get a reply. So here’s the reply I got.
Thank you for your message! We are sorry for the confusion. But we promise the Authentic 528 Custom GOON RDA Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer is AUTHENTIC. 3Fvape never ever sells clone products as authentic. We would like to explain as following:
The item is from authorized distributor of GOON. We have launched sales promotion for this item, and that’s why the price is so low on our site. Sorry that we are unable to enclose distributor information due to non-disclosure agreements.
We made a video to show you the difference between authentic and clone ones. From the video you can see clearly about the difference. You may check the video with the following link: https://vid.me/B5vj
We are under pressure, since we offer Authentic Goon RDA at such a low price. So we have to finish the sales promotion earlier, and the price of the Authentic 528 Custom GOON RDA has gone back to $59.95/$69.95/$64.95/ $64.95 USD.
and a CAP or FW or Flavorah Horchata to try to get more of the rice aspect into my rice pudding with my TFA Horchata Smooth And at least a TFA RY4 Double as I need a tobacco flavor. Everything else I’m subbing. Like I’m out of TFA Vanilla Swirl, and I’m subbing RF Vanilla Ice Cream for it. I will use them all somehow until I get down to favorites only.
But only those three. And I need to go through my stuff again and pull out the PIF stuff. No sense in it sitting here not being used.