Just buy the kit like they told you & place the order like we told you & wait for the email requesting you to pay the adjusted price.
It actually is pretty straight forward after you have done it & see how it works. Don’t let it “spook you”… just go for it. It will all work out just fine. :+1:
If you order the ‘kit’ the batteries will most likely ship inside the light. There will be no plastic battery box.
If you buy batteries separately I don’t know if they ship in a plastic case or not. Never bought batteries from AE.
Not sure about A “BLF AliExpress Code”.
Sofirn offers us codes from time to time here on BLF for certain lights.
… Edit: For instance……
Just had a message that my SP70 is shipped. Got a different tracking number to the first one and this tracking number is recognised by various websites. And my HD batteries are also shipped
Yes; Qidong Yang is the contactperson from the official Sofirn AliExpress store, i had communication with him as well when i bought my SP36. (which will hopefully come soon)
On Aliexpress when I hit the “Place Order” button, is this paying for the item or not paying?
After all, I would have put in my credit card info by that point in the process.
Is there another button AFTER the “Place Order” button to actually purchase it?
I got to the payment page after selecting 2 items and clicked “buy”, then went back to previous page again to email Aliexpress by clicking email button since I didn’t see an email button on the “place order” page.
I did not enter credit card number.
They responded “You need to make an awaiting payment order first.”
It appears I did not take the process far enough. The next step would have been to enter credit card # and click “place order”.
What am i missing? I told them I need step by step instructions, simply stating “make an awaiting payment order” is not helpful.
I like the idea of getting price discounts but without a convenient BLF discount code and having a not-so-straight-forward process instead, I don’t know about this whole thing.
When I purchased the BLF X5/X6 Group Buy on Banggood a few years back, the process was so so easy. Not this time.
Aliexpress should at least put a link to some step-by-step instructions like “select items to purchase, click this button, click that, go to email button at this specific location on this page, now wait for discount price, then put credit card #, then click ”place order”, etc…
Why doesn’t Aliexpress setup the web page properly - meaning in a conventional manner? And why don’t they make another kit with the HD batteries? So many whys.
Edit: I just figured out my mistake using the link a few posts above. Problem was the “other payment methods” button was not showing so didn’t know where it was - why is it hidden? Anyway, found it.
Mine has really shipped this time couple days ago, according to the “qidong yang” person... There already is real tracking info from the tracking # of the order, so is probably legit this time.
Jason's is probably shipped DHL or some other expedited means, so he should get it quicker than I.
i did consider it but I need those HD cells. Hoping for a discount on shippping charges for the batteries but I am ordering 4 batteries which means 2 need to probably ship on their own since they can only put 2 inside the light.
I will ask them and see.
If I have to pay for shipping on 2 batteries, that is almost the same as the cost of shipping on all 4.
No real need to buy the light with the cells Dude, you can get cells from Illumn, Li-ion Wholesale, IMR Batteries, 18650 Battery Store, The Vape Shop, Mtn Electronics…. no shortage of where you can get top cells when you’re in LA.
Thank you for your list - I did look over their offerings and prices just now. Sofirn’s prices look really good for what they’re claiming and their new black wrap 18650 batteries got good reviews so this should increase our confidence in their new black wrap 26650 HD batteries, sort of. I guess we’ll eventually find out for sure one way or another.