Jstaggie

Re: Best vacuum packer? (FoodSaver alternatives?)

Bottom line: VakShak doesn't have their act together.

They do seem pretty unorganized. But to update--I received my UPS delivery notice for the delivery shipped direct from Minipack this evening, so once I spoke with Don/Derek they did get it together and the Cyclone 30 is on the way. They were about $60 less than the next best price I found (about $70 less after shipping).

Re: Best vacuum packer? (FoodSaver alternatives?)

I'm in a PayPal dispute over a second unit for California which never arrived from The Vak Shack, at $350. If the Minipack Cyclone 30 is available anywhere, one will have to pay $400 or so. Use a credit card that you're sure will side with you; by the time a PayPal dispute resolves, these may be long gone from the market. You will have missed your chance.

I don't know if you resolved this yet, but before I saw your post I ordered the same Item from The Vak Shack and was concerned because I heard nothing from them at the time of order or when the PayPal payment cleared. I emailed and got no response, but today I got a second contact number from their Facebook page for Don at 717-512-5500. I called him and a short while later received an order confirmation. I'll update here when it ships/I receive it.

It turns out that Derek--one of the owners I think--was unfamiliar with PayPal's clearing procedures for a bank transfer/e-check and marked the order non-paid because payment was not attached with the original notice of the order. I don't know if that's ideal, but I'd never had PayPal delay payment on a transaction until this one, so it's plausible that PayPal changing the process for check payments caused confusion.

I'll update if I have any other problems.