Anyone else have trouble with their order from Aurabuy?

Congrats. I am surprised :open_mouth:
Willie could you check if there is a tracking number on your package? Is it the same as in the dd4 shop?

Thanks mute for the link, this will only be a future change from 18th Novemberā€¦we will see how that goes but I think it is necessary because 45days is way to short for the Chinese sellers. I often have to file a dispute to get additional 20daysā€¦

Never checked the tracking number cuz I figured it was bogus. I did track it after receiving and it was a real FedEx tracking number showing the delivery. I ordered a single A60 via Paypal that was also shipped on Monday but the tracking number was a deadend on FedEx. Will post when it arrives but bet itā€™s on the slow boat. The FedEx had to be a mistake. Maybe the Karma fairy is being kind for all of the 60+ days shipping and receiving an empty opened package BS lately.

I have bought about a total of 14 A60s and several inexpensive chargers for my friends from Aurabuy. So far they are the only seller that sent me a $60 package via EMS, the most expensive and fastest ā€˜free shippingā€™ (by a vendor) service out of China.

EMS even has its own website and tracking system:

http://www.ems.com.cn/mailtracking/e_you_jian_cha_xun.html

I have only good words for Aurabuy.

Agreed.
I was afraid that this may be a scam on the account of them closing their regular web site kind of out of the blue.
Sometimes others will come in and steal files and try to profit on someoneā€™s good name.
I bought other items from them other than the A60 and always got what I ordered, sometimes wait times were quick, other times over 1 month.
So you could say standard fare for China retailer.

Never had to file a dispute and was saddened to hear of their closing.
It seems like the DD4 website is a virtual Mall of sorts with many different companies going thru their web portal.
This is probably a less expensive way for Aurabuy to liquidate remaining inventory or to just keep on selling with far less overhead.
Sorry If I made it sound like they were scammers.
Thanks,

Keith

We are very happy for you, really.

But, today Iā€™ve receved another emailā€¦ā€œStore Aurabuy has shipped your order # 1430218433, please track your order laterfor delivery updatesā€ Another tracking not working and another broken link.
What do you think about?

Price of the Jacob went back up to $10.## Also, as before, there was no check out button. Checked this morning. :frowning:

Ok, after 3 emails, today I read this. Try to put the tracking on the website they give me, read this:
2014-11-07 09:12:02 SZX Shipment operation completed ę“ä½œå®Œęˆ
2014-11-07 01:48:40 SZX Shipment arrived at facility 蓧ē‰©åˆ°č¾¾ä½œäøšäø­åæƒ
:bigsmile:
With Google translate, itā€™s all ok, they have shipped the Jacob. So now must just wait the same old monthā€¦

Mine arrived today. Says something with sky Net as shipping company and got delivered via dpdā€¦
Fast shipping, excellent packaging, very nice deal. I saved the letter and label and will investigate a bit later if I have more time.
I canā€™t imagine that they always ship with such a company, because I guess it is expensive.

I wouldnā€™t have mind if it had took the normal month or longer for such a good price.

I just did a short check and the light is in good condition for a budgetlight.
No paper disc under the star. high mid strobe. Pulls around 1.5A@4V from powersupply.
This is my first a60 so I have no direct comparison.

P.S. They seem to have many plastic bagsā€¦

WOW!
Butā€¦have you choose ā€œfree shippingā€ option or not?

Me too!
Well, will wait with less anxiety :smiley:

Well some days ago I reported trying to get an order that finally seemed to complete: Anyone else have trouble with their order from Aurabuy?

Today I got a FedEx (not the method I chose!) package containing nothing I ordered and a couple of things I didnā€™t order.

The paperwork inside shows the right thing that I ordered ā€” but itā€™s not there.

I left them feedback at their site, which curiously today only shows Chinese, I canā€™t get it to open in English now.

Who knows. Maybe some Customs officer took home the fuzzy slippers Iā€™d purchased for the kids, and threw in some junk from his pockets before taping up the great big FedEx envelope and sending it to me.

:~ |(

Holy shit!
Take a photo/some shots and email them. If they want to keep you as a client, they have to refund o something else!
I hate this thing! :weary:

Iā€™ve managed to send them messages through their website finally.
Upper right corner, there are some Chinese characters, click those, and it will switch to English (at least, today)

To send a message on their page about an order:
ā€” first guess the name that will work (ā€œdd4ā€ works, ā€œaurabuyā€ does not, thoā€™ that is the seller for what I ordered)
ā€” name that id as a ā€œfriendā€
ā€” then you can send an internal message about an order.

Could not believe it as they kept sending me emails saying they didnā€™t have the right phone #.
Anyway, they still have the dirty lens but do not seem to have the paper disc under the star (at least on the one I took apart). Iā€™ll check through the rest of them tomorrow.

First one worked fine for like 3 cycles then went dim.
So I started messing with it, ending up throwing out the stock driver and putting one out of the Ultrafire F13ā€™s from OLā€™s group buy a few months ago. I had resistor modded that one and it pulls 3.43 amps at the tail cap on high at start up settles around 3.2, so in it went with a used XM-L T6.
Cleaned the lens as best I could without having access to 0000 steel wool.
Braided the tail cap as well as the driver spring.
Had to use one of the thin butterfly spacers over the emitter from FastTech. Ground down the reflector bottom outside edge as it was wanting to short out the wires.

Turned out great, no rings and it still throws good, better than most C8ā€™s and has nice spill.
Has really good thermal path as the head gets nice and warm, output holds well.

WARNING;
For whatever reason these Jacobā€™s do weird things if you use a long cell. Even after changing the driver, I think it has to do with the battery tube being anodized and maybe the tube is not making good contact with the tail cap ring when using a long cell. I found that by taking the brass colored cap off the driver spring it helps with cell compatibility

After modding this one, it is not the lazer that the stock small die emitter is, but I have lotā€™s of them to toy with.
I think the next mod is going to be a de-doomed XPL.

Anyway, hats off to Aurabuy, they did deliver.
Later,
Keith

:~
I hope that my work ok, Iā€™m not into moddingā€¦

Thisā€™ll teach me to try to make the family laugh.
I figured, well, never heard of ā€œdd4ā€ but Iā€™ll see what I can find on their website and buy something and see.
That was my first mistake.

Well, I can always tell the story and see if yā€™all get a laugh out of it.

Starts with an attempt to be funny at home. What I ordered was three pairs of these, valued at 96 cents a pair:
http://www.dd4.com/goods/Convenient+Floor+Polishing+Dusting+Cleaning+Foot+Socks+Shoes+Slippers+-+Random+Color_691.html

(and it took multiple tries to get that, as their website repeatedly crashed and ended up with four copies of different attempts to create orders ā€” one of which, finally, I was able to pay for.

(Donā€™t everyone jump on that bargain, theyā€™re showing zero stock now, must have sold out.)

And the package delivered contains: two little metal knives, somewhat dinged up ā€”- with the paperwork for the three pair of slippers, and valued at $15 for Customs.
Customs opened and closed the package en route ā€” one of the labels on the outside is from Customs saying theyā€™ll bill me if I owe anything.

So once I figured out how to send a message to ā€œdd4ā€ I let them know ā€” both to cancel the bogus orders showing as unpaid, and that the one I paid for was mis-fulfilled.

The reply, with my order number right in the subject line, said:

ā€œDue to the warehouse mistake, they only send you 3 shoes instead of 3 pairs of shoes. Now they wants to send you the others. But as the shoe is sent with random color, so they need to confirm the color of the shoe you received, so they can arrange shipment to send you the others. Please kindly advise us the color of the shoe you received ā€¦ and the order number ā€¦ā€

I think theyā€™re pulling my leg.

But what the heck. I sent them photos of every label, and every scrawl on the outside of the envelope and on the outsides of the box inside the envelope.
And photos of the knives that were in the box, because they were somewhat dinged up, as delivered, anodization scraped in places, like theyā€™d been stepped on or something.

Weā€™ll see.

Offhand, if yā€™all want to buy something from what used to be Aurabuy, now DD4 ā€” let me know how it goes, here.
Big bargains, yup.

Jacob A60 for $5.47, free shipping: http://www.dd4.com/goods/Jacob+A60+Cree+Q5+3-Mode+310LM+White+LED+Flashlight+Torch+w%2F+Strap+Black+(1\*18650)_667.html

Donā€™t blame me if you try buying that and get fuzzy slippers instead, though.

Hank,

My wife and I could NOT stop laughing, reading about your shoe (note: singular) shipment :)!! Sorry!

Having said that, I just got my shipment of Jacob A60s from DD4, and it was FAST (from their U.S. warehouse). Hereā€™s some pics:

Notice that they shipped theme priority mail :)!! And no, I didnā€™t pay extra (or anything) for the shipping.

And, hereā€™s one of them:

And I was surprised that they came with a nice lanyard and attachment:

Iā€™m guessing this place is selling odd lots and remainders.
The Jacob A60 link is dead, search finds nothing close on their website now.
Oh, you can get Sipik SK60 clones for uh $35 (!)

On the other hand, if youā€™ve got a big battery pack, $211.38 for a streetlight: http://www.dd4.com/goods/LED+street+lighting_4295.html

oh, some Aurabuy links still work: Jacob A60 vs. Yezl

Got mine today ... that was fast...very fast .

i had a bunch in my cart and mistakenly hit the refresh and lost them all. i went back and there were only three left ...Chibi M was right the phone number issue was i was putting the - in the phone number and ---'s were messing up and causing an error ..Crazy site but crazy cheap price ,crazy great light

A60 comes with plastic or alu reflector?