Buying advice / reputation of different platforms and stores

rocketfuchs · 2019-10-08T07:52:31.000Z

Hello guys,
im planning to buy a SST40 flashlight, probably the convoy S2+ SST40 version
is there a good reason to doubt the 14.61$ offer of this store(fake, etc?): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000093333335.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.586b2352tllhvR&algo_pvid=a2216aac-cb80-4657-a880-6f9bc4c907a0&algo_expid=a2216aac-cb80-4657-a880-6f9bc4c907a0-0&btsid=a3481e44-3a22-49a6-bd3f-2098833ea9e1&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602\_,searchweb201603_53
compared to the 17.14$ offer of the official convoy store? 17.85€ |Grau convoy S2 + mit luminus sst40, kupfer DTP bord und ar beschichtete innen, Temperatur schutz, 18650 taschenlampe, taschenlampe licht|Taschenlampen| - AliExpress
also, are there really preinstalled spring mods nowadays? That would be amazing.
If there is a good reason to look for another SST40 flashlight, feel free to suggest other lights.

Thank you,
rocketfuchs

E30M3 · 2019-10-08T08:01:48.000Z

I would buy from Simon directly https://convoy.aliexpress.com/store/330416

Barkuti · 2019-10-08T17:13:25.000Z

I see no reason for the SST40 S2+ from Arilux to be of any lower quality than Simon's. Authentic Convoy stuff is sold in many places for affordable pricing (lower than the default figures at the Convoy flashlight Store). Simon offers top customer service, custom requests and, on top of this, he does offer a 15% discount to all BLF members. To obtain such a discount you need to submit your order, which is made by selecting “other payment methods” and then withdrawing from the Alipay payment page so you don't pay straight away¹. After this you go to My Orders, select your payment pending order and submit a message to Simon kindly requesting a discount. He'll adjust the order total briefly afterwards.

¹ A glitch when buying via internet browsers may happen for the moment, resulting in not being able to select “other payment methods” as payment option. If this happens to you, order via the AliExpress application.

rocketfuchs · 2019-10-09T05:32:56.000Z

Unfortunately, I already bought the flashlight from the convoy store without the convoy discount and just with the new customer discount. But thank you really much for the detailed explanation. You, Barkuti seem to be of distinct value with everything you post in this forum!