Zinite Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 Spoke with the owner. a Mr. Ahmed Ezzat in Cairo, over www.alibaba.com's chat interface. He first said that he didn't receive my order. He then called 2checkout.com who said that there was some error on their side. All cleared up though, and my order is shipping out this weekend. Very nice fellow.I'll report back in when I get everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An1m Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 QUOTE (Zinite @ Mar 5 2009, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Spoke with the owner. a Mr. Ahmed Ezzat in Cairo, over www.alibaba.com's chat interface. He first said that he didn't receive my order. He then called 2checkout.com who said that there was some error on their side. All cleared up though, and my order is shipping out this weekend. Very nice fellow.I'll report back in when I get everything.Rad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Damn..i would have said stay away from a site as bad as that one..but i will also be the first to admit i've been known to be wrong. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 if things go well I will be ordering some goods from them, got my eye on a brass ash tray for my mashal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke eater Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 They have some cool glass minis. http://orientalspot.com/Category/items_in_category_sub.aspx Crazy pricing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyj316 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Did they give you any sort of timeframe? I'm assuming it'll be at least a couple weeks, since it has to go thru customs and all that jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 9, 2009 Author Share Posted March 9, 2009 QUOTE (tinyj316 @ Mar 9 2009, 03:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Did they give you any sort of timeframe? I'm assuming it'll be at least a couple weeks, since it has to go thru customs and all that jazzYeah I have been emailing the guy. He said it will take one week to process the order. It should ship this coming Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyj316 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hopefully this is legit... cause that amber stem looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Thought I should give you guys an update:So apparently the Cart system on their website only allows a certain number of items. Once you add more items than that, it deletes the item at the top of the cart (the first one you add).I decided to add a brush to my order at the last second and without me knowing it deleted the hookah stem from my order. In talking with the owner of the website, he told me that it didn't look like I ordered a stem. I had to place a 2nd order for the stem, and he shipped both orders together last Saturday (about 2 weeks after I placed my order because he had to special order my stem).So, according to him, my order is en route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annual Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Holy crap this site needs a fixing seems theres lots of problems but GL with ur order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (annual @ Mar 25 2009, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Holy crap this site needs a fixing seems theres lots of problems but GL with ur order.Yeah it pretty much sucks... The guy, Ahmed, is really nice though. Hopefully I'll be able to attest to the quality of the products when I get everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 If the quality is legit then I'm assuming someone could place a phone or chat order? Perhaps just an email order? That's what I prefer anyway, the rare times I order online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (K1024 @ Mar 4 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i think youve alL missed the most important thing. THEY HAVE LUTES!whats a lute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 QUOTE (ilikemyusername @ Mar 25 2009, 01:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (K1024 @ Mar 4 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i think youve alL missed the most important thing. THEY HAVE LUTES!whats a lute?http://lmgtfy.com/?q=lute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Cleared customs yesterday, Fedex tried to deliver it this morning but I was at work. I'm trying to arrange for the driver to come by again and drop it off. I'll post pics ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 PICS YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyj316 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Holy shit... its almost verdict time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Took a day to get through Customs because some genius just wrote "hubble bubble" for the description of the package on the invoice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antouwan Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (Zinite @ Mar 27 2009, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Took a day to get through Customs because some genius just wrote "hubble bubble" for the description of the package on the invoice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 It's here. The fucker was packed to withstand some sort of nuclear blast. Smoking it right now... pictures/comments going up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 My KM Ice on the base.. .just for kicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (Zinite @ Mar 27 2009, 10:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>enable macro mode on your camera to do a closeup shot of that tag.macro is the one that has the flower symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zinite Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Comments:The base is a little wobbly due to it's narrow profile. Stuck some paper under it and it's good to go.The hose doesn't quite work with the stem I got... tips it over way too easily. Nammor FTW.The stem was a little tarnished/had some crap on it. Scrubbed it with alcohol rub and it's good to go.The stem is about 6 inches shorter than my KM ice, but weighs easily 3x as much. Solid brass/nickel plated.Overall I'm very pleased. If you can put up with the annoying part - importing something from Egypt - go for it. Any questions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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