He handles a lot of groupbuys on the forum. Iâm not sure why he doesnât give more info on these, but some of them are only available on TaoBao and he might be gauging our reactions to see if it is worth suggesting them to our usual stores.
really curious about that DM40 you ordered - looks VERY much like the NiteCore EC4* series - do you know what emitter is installed in that? I could not read the taobao product page, even with google translate.
Freeme, do you have links to these lights? I am almost glad there are not any as they look too tempting.
Also how exactly do you pay for something on taobao without giving them your entire lifes information (which I refuse to do, SS number? um, no way is that happening, or I suppose there is no way for them to check the number, you could put in a fake one maybe?). There are a few things I have wanted to order from taobao but canât figure out any options to actually pay for them.
Seriously, someone gave this a rudeness click? I must have missed where it was rude? Was it because it went a bit OT? Well I kinda figured others might be interested in the answer as well, guess not.
You can purchase from Taobao using a third party. I recently ordered three lights from various sellers using bhiner.com, it went very smoothly. If you use this website, make sure you check the box on your profile to calculate shipping charges based on real weight only and not âvolume weightâ. The lights I ordered weighed only 400grams but were calculated at 1kg due to the size of the packages and the âvolume weightâ calculation method.
You make an initial payment to the agent, they order all of the products to one location, once they receive the items they photograph them (in my case they actually turned the lights on and showed them operational), and then request a second payment to cover shipping from them to you based upon the weights and volumes on the items. It is more complicated than aliexpress, but pretty doable once you figure it out.
I did not have to provide any personal info other than for payment. They might have even accepted paypal, I cannot recall.
freeme said in post #51 that he had ordered one. If it is constructed well itâs a good deal, comes with a nice holster and a box. The included batteries might make shipping a hassle though.
The service fee and domestic shipping was very reasonable. The shipping cost to Canada was higher than I expected but that was partly due to me accidentally choosing a more expensive shipping method.