I have bought from Simon in the past and cannot fault his quality of service, but I would buy a lot more stuff from him if only he could drop or reduced his minimum order policy.
Example: If I wanted to buy a blue S2+ host and the components to go with it, I would end up having to buy 2 hosts, 5 identical drivers and 5 identical LEDs for a total cost of around $60! Sorry, but it aint gonna happen.
I’m sure he has his reasons (lack of staff/time etc.) but it must be losing him a lot of business. Perhaps a minimum order value would be a better policy?
I believe he will sell individual hosts / items if you ask. Particularly if you’re ordering several different items. It doesn’t appear that aliexpress supports a minimum order value. He has to work around aliexpress’ deficiencies. He accepts paypal payments outside of aliexpress because they don’t support it.
My order of 1 blue and 1 red from Simon touched down in Malaysia yesterday. As today is already the weekend, most probably the postman will deliver the parcel on Monday or Tuesday
Simon takes PayPal. Just message him on Aliexpress, tell him you are from BLF to get your discount, tell him exactly what you want and then have him send you an invoice through PayPal. Log in to PayPal, pay him and you are golden.
I bought a blue host from BangGood. As others said, much rather prefer buying from Simon direct but for a single piece, you have to buy 2 -- ugh. With BG, I trust them a whole lot more than GearBest, I can use the BLF 8% code, or use my points. Only thing tracking is extra - believe Simon includes tracking. I'm hoping these Convoys at BG are coming from Simon anyway, so we still are supporting him. I have and will buy from Simon direct for many things, parts, etc., in small volumes.
I asked Simon about creating short 18350 tubes for both the red and the blue S2. It sounds like he likes the idea. I don’t have any promises yet but it looks like our chances are good. I suggested he sell them with a new design deep carry clip similar to the BLF A6 clip (but better of course). I Think a shorty S2 with a deep carry clip would be awesome. The bolt on clip currently available for the Convoy S series is a bit of a stinker in my opinion. I suggested he do it in stainless to match the switch cover. There is already an area that would work for clip placement if he used a solid ring instead of a snap on clip. That way you could just add or remove the clip by unscrewing the tail cap.
Though it doesn’t quite fit this gives you an idea what it might look like minus the wings. Just pretend it’s on a short tube and not the standard S2+ I stole from my wife’s purse.
