About getting a discount on HD battery shipping costs when ordering the SP70, Aliexpress suggested I order a SP70 kit and they can send HD 26650 batteries with it instead of the regular non-HD batteries.
I wonder if this is going to open up the possibility if a shipping error on their part (shipping the regular non-HD batteries).
The Aliexpress supplier was “qidong yang”. Since there are several suppliers within the Sofirn store, how do we know if the battery supplier will coordinate the total purchase with the SP70 supplier?
It was a supplier from the Aliexpress Sofirn store. I was under the belief that the Aliexpress Sofirn Store has several suppliers - this is why the same Sofirn battery can have different prices WITHIN the Sofirn Store. Different suppliers, different prices.
The supplier also said i should pay full price first and they will adjust the price AFTER I pay. Is this how the deal is done?
I thought someone here on BLF previously mentioned that the supplier is supposed to quote the exact discount price via a message to you and somehow they arrange for you to pay that discount price, not full price and an adjustment AFTERWARDS.
Correction: they said make an “awaiting payment order”, they will adjust the price. What is an “awaiting payment order”?
It seems the Aliexpress method of giving a discount is not straightforward and is spooking me from making the purchase.
When we buy batteries from the Sofirn Store, do they usually provide a plastic case to go with them (even if they don’t mention a plastic case)?
I assume not but just asking….
Just buy the kit like they told you & place the order like we told you & wait for the email requesting you to pay the adjusted price.
It actually is pretty straight forward after you have done it & see how it works. Don’t let it “spook you”… just go for it. It will all work out just fine. :+1:
If you order the ‘kit’ the batteries will most likely ship inside the light. There will be no plastic battery box.
If you buy batteries separately I don’t know if they ship in a plastic case or not. Never bought batteries from AE.
Not sure about A “BLF AliExpress Code”.
Sofirn offers us codes from time to time here on BLF for certain lights.
… Edit: For instance……
Just had a message that my SP70 is shipped. Got a different tracking number to the first one and this tracking number is recognised by various websites. And my HD batteries are also shipped
Yes; Qidong Yang is the contactperson from the official Sofirn AliExpress store, i had communication with him as well when i bought my SP36. (which will hopefully come soon)
On Aliexpress when I hit the “Place Order” button, is this paying for the item or not paying?
After all, I would have put in my credit card info by that point in the process.
Is there another button AFTER the “Place Order” button to actually purchase it?
I got to the payment page after selecting 2 items and clicked “buy”, then went back to previous page again to email Aliexpress by clicking email button since I didn’t see an email button on the “place order” page.
I did not enter credit card number.
They responded “You need to make an awaiting payment order first.”
It appears I did not take the process far enough. The next step would have been to enter credit card # and click “place order”.
What am i missing? I told them I need step by step instructions, simply stating “make an awaiting payment order” is not helpful.
I like the idea of getting price discounts but without a convenient BLF discount code and having a not-so-straight-forward process instead, I don’t know about this whole thing.
When I purchased the BLF X5/X6 Group Buy on Banggood a few years back, the process was so so easy. Not this time.
Aliexpress should at least put a link to some step-by-step instructions like “select items to purchase, click this button, click that, go to email button at this specific location on this page, now wait for discount price, then put credit card #, then click ”place order”, etc…
Why doesn’t Aliexpress setup the web page properly - meaning in a conventional manner? And why don’t they make another kit with the HD batteries? So many whys.
Edit: I just figured out my mistake using the link a few posts above. Problem was the “other payment methods” button was not showing so didn’t know where it was - why is it hidden? Anyway, found it.