[Available again! - BLF special edition light] new Sofirn AAA twisty high CRI 5mm LED

Paypal price on AliExprees is always higher. Has nothing to do with this light

Just attempted the discount ā€œcheat codeā€ and couldnā€™t get it to work, so I ended up paying full price. They should either reimburse the difference or something else because this method isnā€™t cutting it for a lot of us.

Also Ali charges 80 cents for Paypal use.

That is annoying, at least we know Sofirn is doing the best they can.

This is my first Sofirm group buy.

Just followed the process as described. No discount. Paypal charged full price for two. Oh well.

Paying an extra buck is not a big deal, but if the BLF Lantern project ever actually happens for example, it would be nice to get the discount next time.

I appreciate the good work people have put in, but if the company doesnā€™t cooperate and we have to pay full price, I might not be able to participate in the end.

I however cannot seem to get Paypal to show up once they adjusted price?

thanks for explaining that paypal costs extra, yes, that is how I paid

OMG I paid too much! LOL LOL LOL
(still less than an Angry Blue Fenix Low CRI with no pocket clip)

Ok, I will stop complaining, just give me the light now!:wink:

kudos to Sofirn, you guys did what Fenix could not do!

kudos to djozz, you had the patience to see it through!

applause for slowtechsteff, I though you were dreaming when you first came up with this idea

I leave the seller a message, select the PayPal option, then Confirm and Pay and am directed to PayPal page. I donā€™t complete the purchase on the PayPal page, but when I go back to Ali, my shopping cart is empty. No way to ā€œwaitā€ for price change, there is no item there to wait for.

Edit. They are not in my shopping cart anymore, but when I click on Orders, I see the order status as Awaiting Payment. So I guess now I wait.
Edit 2: After a while I refreshed the ā€œOrdersā€ page and price changed from 7.02 to 6.50. Clicked on ā€œPay Nowā€. PayPal was not an option, but when I clicked Cancel, a PayPal option was on the next popup. Ali charges $0.80 to use PayPal. So it was $6.50 + $0.80. Everything worked perfect. I had never done it this way before, so I was confused, but it all worked out. :slight_smile:

Itā€™s not a ā€œcheat codeā€ or a coupon code, or anything. Sofirn need there to be an order on file, then someone on their end checks out the comment (no idea how rigorously), and manually adjusts your cart total. So you have to get far enough in the process that thereā€™s an order for someone over there to look at, then they will adjust. You periodically ā€œrefreshā€ and eventually the new total will show up, but it depends on how busy things are at their end. I have an aliexpress account from previous activity, so I could close the page, sign into my acct, and bring up an order to see if it had been updated. Not entirely sure how it would work if you didnā€™t have an account. I assume that a browser refresh would do it. But you have to get far enough in the order process for it to be filed on their end. I went through and chose other pmt options, wire transfer, which just brings up a page of info on how you would do that. Then the order was in their system, and I could come back to it later and see if the price had been updated.

I went ahead an ordered with Paypal. Total for 2 of each tint was $27.04, so it was still a tiny bit cheaper than the original price. Overall Iā€™m not too worried about an extra dollar or so.

Adjusted price in my cart is $6.93 per unit, not $6.50

OMG! you paid 9 cents less than I did! LOL,
poor meā€¦ (im laughing at myself, not at you)

Ordered ā€œfullā€ price as well. Full in quotes because I wasnā€™t expecting the full price would only be 50 cent more. I really donā€™t care for a few cents and am glad they handled this as well as they did.

I got messages that my order has shipped and the website shows it is awaiting payment.

What?

To late to sign up for this ? High CRI

No need to sign up, just buy it. It's on sale for the Chinese 11.11 sale date today.

Wondering if colored versions will be HIGH CRI ???

Yes.

Yes, 2000 lights with Yuji leds, half 3200K half 5600K, 1200 black, 500 red, 300 blue. That is the plan. Already 300x black is made, the rest will be later.

From the first page:

"2000 pieces, of which 1200 in black, 500 in red and 300 in blue, all colours half/half with 3200K/5600K"

no need to sign upā€¦ it will just cost you 52 cents extra

I used the link in post 1487 :slight_smile:
go buy it Now!

warning, I paid 80 cents extra, on top of the 52 cents, because I used paypalā€¦ oh woe is me! I paid too much!.. LOL!