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LightRider,

So you can buy the VG-10 Shadow w/ an XHP35? I do like the looks for both lights.

It appears so. I love the finish on all of the lights linked this far. They look nice in the photos anyway.

Stop trying to make me spend money Matt!!!

Yeah, I was looking at this post from a forum member about cssbuy. I think I may try to order the items myself though.

Wow…

That is cheap but shipping looks expensive?

I contacted some of the taobao agents and some of them do accept paypal payments but I found that their fees combined with their shipping choices made the purchase less “budget” friendly.

I was only charged 6 yuan for shipping, which was the cheapest shipping choice. I think that equals a little less than a $1. Looking at my credit card summary online, I was charged a total of $23.47 for 2 of the CountryMan T10 flashlights plus shipping.

That’s good. When ever i see express shipping i assume its expensive lol.

As far as I can see it is available only for this countries :

Im keen to get one to test it out but Im stuck here and it doesn’t translate gggrrrrr lol

Can some one help me out :smiley:

Will you be charged more for the second stage of shipping?

http://mytaofocus.com/shop/in.php?p=category&cid=50014775

Seems to take you to an english navigable version of taobao, but just started looking through it so I don’t know how reliable it is. If you’re wondering, the flashlight section is a subset of the “shirts”category. Who knew.

No, that was the complete total. If I remember correctly, I chose EMS as my shipper choice.

What I did was to highlight the word I wanted translated and copied and pasted onto google translate for the screens that didn’t translate fully. Through that process I was able to fill in all the fields. The screen that you posed is where you fill in your name, shipping address, phone number, and etc.

hey vinte77

i did that method but the drop down menu got me stuck there as i cant copy the text.

i might ask my chinese friend to assist

The drop down menus I think you’re referring to are for domestic/internstional shipping and destination country. You can refer to this guide: How To Buy Directly From Taobao:The Complete Guide – HowToTao for reference for the parts that don’t translate as well. When I’m in front of my computer again, I can point out the part in the guide that specifically explains that window if you need (hard to do on the phone).

Anyone place an order and receive a light?

I ordered and received lights from Taobao last summer. I used Bhiner as an agent and bought a few pop-lite brands lights. The experience was pretty straight forward, you copy and paste the taobao url into the Bhiner search box, add the item to your cart, and pay Bhiner the cost to purchase the items and bring them to their warehouse. They actually unpackaged and photographed the lights with battery installed and running to show it worked. They then consolidate the items into one shipment, weigh, and then invoice you for the shipping fee to your final destination. Once I paid that, the lights promptly shipped and were received just like any other overseas package. I do agree that the shipping fee can eat into the budget, but sometimes its more about collecting budget lights than it is about collecting lights on a budget… Buying from Taobao is fun for me because I can get my hands on a light that is very rare in North America, so I forgive the slight premium.

I’m really interested in that Mateminco light posted a page back. I had some trouble with the mobile link, this works better:

taobao | 淘寶.

Plugging Mateminco into the search box on Taobao leads to most of Astrolux’s catalogue, but with Mateminco branding printed on the lights. The one posted a page back looks to come from the same OEM as the rest of Astrolux’s lights.

I too am interested. Was waiting for someone to jump on it before getting one. And btw, i posted that link LOL