That is correct price, but as mentioned recently due to their loophole and flawed GB system, Sofirn has suspended Ebay & AE purchases until they can fix the issue, (hopefully soon) They been sending out GB codes slowly for the Amazon store, but is taking some time. We hope they can get the problem ironed out soon for their Ebay & Aliexpress stores.
Thanks folks for letting me know what is going on. I hope they get things worked out soon, but weāll continue to be patient. Hopefully whomever it was that did this hasnāt screwed things up too badly for the rest of us who have been waiting patiently and trying to follow the rules. Iād happily go the Amazon route if theyāll send me a code. I guess that Iāll have to keep an eye on the SPAM folder to make sure that nothing inadvertently gets put there, if they decide to send e-mails and not PMs to this site. Just another thing to do for this flashlight obsession, er, I mean hobby. Thanks all. Jeff
Unfortunately Sofirn decided to send out the PMās manually so thereās no way for us (non-Sofirn people) to know where they are at or who was sent a PM. You should have gotten a PM since your numbers are low enough but thereās no way for us to check.
Sofirn has said that everyone on the list (3000 and under) will be able to get their lanterns at the group price so Iām confident that you will get a PM at some point, one way or another. Things are in a suspended state now until a more efficient and secure system is in place so until then nobody is getting a PM.
Everything will be done via PMās since we donāt have access to anyoneās email address. Make sure you have PMās enabled on BLF and you should also periodically check the spam folder of the email tied to your BLF account.
I also requested a code for one with batteries, and have yet to hear a response back. I wanted to get the first few loaded, as Iām intending them to be gifts. Guess I should have just ordered one without to get the ball rolling. My first position on the list is 665. Not too worried though. It sounds like thereās a pretty good relationship established here with Sofirn.
Worse comes to worse, Iāll pull a couple apart when I get them and either Cerakote or DuraCoat them myself. I just think itās a cool color for something like this lantern. BTW, thanks for all youāve done creating this outstanding little light!
I have been requesting ano colours from Sofirn before (for the C01 in which I was involved) and although many colours were discussed, I made a real effort to get a flat olive, the ones that were finally decided on were the limited range that were used on other Sofirn lights too. I understood that some ano colours are cheaper than others and those are simply the cheap ones.
Further, light transparant colours are easier, deep and darker colours are more difficult. I do not know if difficult is just more expensive or if they are impossible to make.
Nice dark ano colours are a rarity, some oldschool Shadow lights have a great dark brown colour, and of course the ādesert tanā from Convoy is nice too. I would love to see a dark green in the same darkness and texture of the desert tan.
I think that Sofirn needs to be convinced how important colour is for their buyers, if they find an anodisation plant that can make a few really good colours (like Convoy did, and Emisar makes rather nice colours too) that will pay back the higher production costs in improved sales.
Personally I stick to black only because I dislike the weak candy colours that are the alternative.
Thatās why I stick with black as well. Black is safe and I pretty much know what Iāll get. I did make an exception for a C8 that a gent on here built for me, and thatās in a sort of graphite silver/grey that is just too classy for words.