I got several flashlights from Taobao already. I use the Taobao agent Superbuy to import all flashlights and parts I like to Europe.
You can recharge your Superbuy account with Paypal and order the flashlights that you want. They will store them in their Chinese warehouse and once you submit and pay for international delivery they ship you the products.
It is quite convenient as you can put together many small flashlights and parts in one big parcel. Of course the international shipping is not cheap, it is about 15 - 20$ per kg.
The translation function of Chrome works quite well on Taobao. It contains errors but most of the time it is more or less readable. Only text in pictures is not translated.
Yeah I know it’s on alibaba and on Taobao - but I can’t buy from those places sadly.
The link is the lady on both those sites (annyli) who is offering them for sale on TFF
Lol oh I see, yes that is a bit weird - never seen anything like that before! Shame, seems to be dead (the forum) and it was quite by chance I stumbled across annyli on there, and it was only last week she was on there - I have mailed her, and if that doesn’t work I’ll do it on twitter (2nd time in my life I will have used it) :person_facepalming:
I’ll try to get her on here, looks like she does copper/brass/titanium lights for less than half what we are used to paying.
What do those flashlights cost on TFF, G0OSE? Please tell us if you are able to buy them.
In case you are wondering I am also looking for these flashlights because I don’t like the prices on Taobao. They would be cheaper on Alibaba but the seller there doesn’t have them in stock.
I used to know a Chinese eBay seller who would help me buy stuff from taobao and I would send him funds via PayPal… it would’ve been the easiest way because buying through the “agents” seem overly complicated with very subpar English communication.
Just out of curiosity… if someone here were able to buy a small batch of those Ti and Cu flashlights and resold them, would there be any legal complications due to the fact that these are clones?