Broken Mya, Raped By Customs And Laid Out By Tangiers...

[booya]

So i ordered a 2 hose rotator from h-s in may... i got it about 2 weeks after the order was placed and immediately went to work setting it up. after 20 minutes of screwing and unscrewing the vase in an attempt to get a good seal, i gave up and called the 1-800 number. the dude i spoke to tried to walk me thru it but in the end i still could not get a good seal on the unit. so i sent it back. it took 3 weeks to get back to austin from calgary.

i spoke with the dude again at h-s and asked if he could ship some tobacco back with the hookah (an aqua blue mya vortex) so i don't get dinged on shipping.
2 weeks later i get a package. i rush home open it up, and to my horror, there is a busted mya base in the nice mya case. and it wasn't aqua blue... so now i'm pissed, my shits broken, AND its the wrong color, which can only mean a massive delay till i can enjoy the sweet flavor of the sheesh. oh and the tobacco wasn't in my package... so i call h-s and talk to the man once again about this situation and he tells me they messed up and sent me two mya's and split my orders to include tobbacco in one and the pipe in the other. two vortex's would have been cool, except the one is broken. so the next day, i get my proper mya vortex, and a bit of tobacco, but not the full freakin order! so i wait all weekend, craving the sweet taste of nakla vannilla and af cola.... finally monday, my tobacco shows up! i'm so excited, contemplating which flavors i'll make a flavorful cocktail out of and smoke this evening. i get to the post office and my excitemnet turns to disappointment and i get the freakin customs bill! 70 bucks for 1250g of tobbaco! a$$holes! so after all this, i go home set up my mya and load it full of tangeirs kashmir peach.... and it starts slowly, the thin smoke and tickle in the thrroat... 10 minutes later, i'm not thinking straight anymore... 15 minutes in, i pull my coals off and proceed to lay down to kill whatever sort of wierd buzz i had.... I don't think i'll be smoking that again.... anyways, thats my story.



p.s. the mya vortex bases ARE very thin... i'll try and snap a pic of the broken one to show y'all.

[Scoop]

pack more next time. trust me. had virtually the same experience with the tobacco as you.

i tried kashmir peach again recently, the first two times i nearly threw up. this time i liked it a lot.

[booya]

pack more next time. trust me. had virtually the same experience with the tobacco as you.

i tried kashmir peach again recently, the first two times i nearly threw up. this time i liked it a lot.

so i still have to keep the space between the tobacco and te foil tho right? i'm using a standard bowl too, does that matter?

[symptom CY]

Agh, there's nothing more disappointing than a failed bowl of Tangiers. The frustration+disappointment+ridiculous buzz combo is the pits. Just know that it's not supposed to smoke that way -- really, it should smoke just as smooth as any other tobacco, though it'll feel a bit more weighty in your lungs.

That's a cruddy story though. Anufta megga guy boist out in teas... Edited July 24, 2007 by symptom CY

[Johnny_D]

Where are you located?

And did H-S claim Tobacco on the customs documentation? Did you ask them not too?

JD

[booya]

Where are you located?

And did H-S claim Tobacco on the customs documentation? Did you ask them not too?

JD

I'm in Calgary Canada, and i did ask the very first time to not delcare it, but they did anyways, and i think this is why... from their faq...

"Duties/taxes are due to the Canadian Government and there is very little we can do to about them. Because of Canada’s strict duties we advise that you contact your local customs office to get the most recent and up to date information regarding duties. We ship our packages as commercial merchandise and it is your responsibility to pay for any duties/taxes associated with your purchase. Our advice is that you be prepared to pay the duties if necessary."

so unless the especially went out of their way to circumvent their own system i think they always declare it.

[Johnny_D]

Other vendors will ship international without declaring tobacco.

I would shop elsewhere.

mnhookahs.com will either claim a gift or put somthing like 'flavoured molasssis'
also hookahcompany.com will do the same.

I like in the UK and suffer the same problems as you. 18 packages from mnhookahs and we're good

JD

[booya]

Other vendors will ship international without declaring tobacco.

I would shop elsewhere.

mnhookahs.com will either claim a gift or put somthing like 'flavoured molasssis'
also hookahcompany.com will do the same.

I like in the UK and suffer the same problems as you. 18 packages from mnhookahs and we're good

JD

thanks JD, i think i'll try mn next time, but i'm pretty sure HC won't even ship to canada due to previous hassles. but i'll def. try out mn....

[Uncle G~Dogg]

Sad to hear that... I got my Vortex last Thursday (from H-S) and have not noticed the base to be thin....

[nestormakhno]

Where are you located?

And did H-S claim Tobacco on the customs documentation? Did you ask them not too?

JD

I'm in Calgary Canada, and i did ask the very first time to not delcare it, but they did anyways, and i think this is why... from their faq...

"Duties/taxes are due to the Canadian Government and there is very little we can do to about them. Because of Canada's strict duties we advise that you contact your local customs office to get the most recent and up to date information regarding duties. We ship our packages as commercial merchandise and it is your responsibility to pay for any duties/taxes associated with your purchase. Our advice is that you be prepared to pay the duties if necessary."

so unless the especially went out of their way to circumvent their own system i think they always declare it.

wtf? Isn't there NAFTA against this crap?

[Sonthert]

Yeah, there is a distinct tendency to underpack bowls of Tangiers. Try more, it seems weird, but thin and harsh is a dead giveaway to underpacked...the only other problems that will act like that are not stirring well or throwing the juice away when you take the tobacco out of the bag. Edited July 24, 2007 by Sonthert

[booya]

NAFTA protects against duties levied against products that are deemed to be undervalued only. so say i bought a maya in the states for $50 bucks, but the canadian governtment determines that the pipe is actually worth $100, they then can levy goods and services tax (GST) on the estimated amount ($100), they cannot tack a duty on the product due it being purchased for less out side the country, but thats about it.

Tobacco and alcohol on the other hand has a sin tax on it, so even if i got it for free, they will add the sin tax on and i'll have to pay it in order to get the goods. sucks, i know.

so i went home right now, and packed another bowl of the tangiers, fully loaded, and it smoked great, but the flavor i find is too spicy for me, it smoked great, but it still kicked me in the chest pretty good.

[Scoop]

took me a week of smoking it to get used to the kick. im too lazy to keep restarting charcoal which is what usually ends my session