I never got around to getting my AAA flashlights. Just decided on the ITP A3 Upgraded non SS but then found the new Olight I3 and decided the $2-$3 or so extra (it's about $1.50 but because of weight may be more) was worth it for the tail stand ability which may be useful on occasion.
Anyway just wondering if anyone has suggestions for where to buy the Olight I3 shipping to New Zealand. I know both goinggear and batteryjunction have and do international shipping with GG being cheaper due to lower shipping particularly combined with their 10% discount coupon (compared to 5% for BJ). (I admit it always seems strange to get something made in China shipped all the way to the US then to me in NZ.)
I also found on eBay pangelectronics6988 seems cheapest although if I order 3 it's cheaper from GG (but pangel has a 'bestoffer' function so may be able to get them down). HKequipment.net are same as pangel on eBay and Lightake don't have it yet (did ask them). No one on Aliexpress seems to have. Is there anyone I'm missing particularly the HK/China sites? I don't know much about what shops, if any, for Olight or other higher end brands (HKe and LT I guessed from the ITP).
I ended up getting it from eBay via bestoffer from pangelectronics6988 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170680809257 for US$20.88 x 3 which is about the same price I would have paid for GoingGear if I lived in the US (which I don't) which I pointed out to the seller (dunno if it made a difference). It was my first offer, in retrospect I should have offered lower particularly since if I did live in the US and was ordering 3 I would have expected it to be cheaper (it was actually 3 cents more) but I thought it would be rejected. And considering it's a fair amount cheaper the GG or anyone else shipping here, I was willing to pay more. I found out from another buyer they offered $21 for 1 and it was accepted but not until after my best offer was made and accepted (should have waited for an answer but I was impatient ;-P)
But anyway I suspect it wouldn't have been much lower $0.50-$1.00 per light at most. I do hope the products are genuine, I asked Olight but never got a reply but they're new enough hopefully no one is making fakes yet and I'll go thru eBay if it really is fake.
P.S. From the PayPal receipt the seller is Fu Lee Electronics Company, I guess the same as http://www.fu-lee.com/
My 3 Olight I3s arrived via registered mail today/Wednesday less then a week after ordering (paid on Thursday last week) and seem to be genuine in original packaging and everything.
I noticed on the packaging it has a bunch of colour circles (black, natural, blue, red, yellow, purple) so perhaps colour variants are closer then has been suggested, may be I should have waited more ;-)