PILA/COPIA Price list , Straight from Pila

I have been emailing back and forth with a Jennifer Wong at Pila, and she has been kind enough to supply me with a complete price list of their products.....and they do ship to the U.S.! These are end user prices, not distributor, but they are still substantially less than the recently increased prices at Wargamers Shop. Enjoy, I certainly intend to order quite a bit /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Thanks again for Ms. Wong at Pila for supplying this.

PERMALIGHT (ASIA) CO. LTD. TEL : (852) 2815 0616
4/F., WAGA COMMERCIAL CENTRE FAX : (852) 2542 3269
99 WELLINGTON STREET, CENTRAL E-MAIL : [email protected]
HONG KONG WEB-SITE : http:// www.pilatorch.com
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1st January, 2003


PRICE LIST FOR OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS


Item Description Unit Price
F.O.B. Hong Kong

1. Pila G2 Flashlight including US$42.00
- 1 x G2 body
- 1 x 6V lamp assembly
- 2 x lithium battery CR123A

2. Pila G2R Flashlight including US$95.00
- 1 x G2 body
- 1 x 3.7V lamp assembly
- 1 x Pila-168A Li-ion battery
- 1 x Pila-BC2 battery charger (AC)

3. Pila G2R Flashlight excluding charger US$69.00
- 1 x G2 body
- 1 x 3.7V lamp assembly
- 1 x Pila-168A Li-ion battery

4. Pila GL2 Flashlight including US$50.00
- 1 x GL2 body
- 1 x 6V lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 2 x lithium battery CR123A

5. Pila GL2R Flashlight including US$102.00
- 1 x GL2 body
- 1 x 3.7V lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 1 x Pila-168A Li-ion battery
- 1 x Pila -BC2 battery charger (AC)

6. Pila GL2R Flashlight excluding charger US$76.00
- 1 x GL2 body
- 1 x 3.7V lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 1 x Pila-168A Li-ion battery

Item Description Unit Price
F.O.B. Hong Kong

7. Pila G3 Flashlight including US$49.00
- 1 x G3 body
- 9V lamp assembly
- 3 x lithium battery CR123A

8. Pila G3R Flashlight including US$112.00
- 1 x G3 body
- 1 x 9V lamp assembly
- 2 x Pila-150A Li-ion battery
- 1 x Pila BC2 battery charger(AC)

9. Pila G3R Flashlight excluding charger US$86.00
- 1 x G3 body
- 1 x 9V lamp assembly
- 2 x Pila-150A Li-ion battery

7. Pila GL3 Flashlight including US$62.00
- 1 x GL3 body
- 1 x 9V lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 3 x lithium battery CR123A

8. Pila GL3R Flashlight including US$125.00
- 1 GL3 body
- 1 x 9V lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 2 x Pila-150A Li-ion battery
- 1 x Pila BC2 battery charger (AC)

9. Pila GL3R Flashlight excluding charger US$99.00
- 1 GL3 body
- 1 x 9V lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 2 x Pila-150A Li-ion battery

10. Pila GL4 Flashlight including US$142.00
- 1 x GL4 body
- 1 x 9V (GL4) lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 2 x Pila-168A Li-ion battery
- 1 x Pila BC2 battery charger (AC)

11. Pila GL4 Flashlight excluding charger US$116.00
- 1 x GL4 body
- 1 x 9V (GL4) lamp assembly
- 1 x LED tail-cap (4 x LED)
- 2 x Pila-168A Li-ion battery
Item Description Unit Price
F.O.B. Hong Kong

Pila Accessories:

12. Lamp Assembly
- 6V lamp assembly US$13.50
- 3.7V lamp assembly US$13.50
- 9V lamp assembly US$13.50
- 9V (GL4) lamp assembly US$15.00

13. Tail-cap assembly
- Tactical button tail-cap switch for GL2 US$15.00
- Tactical button tail-cap switch for GL3 US$15.00
- Tactical button tail-cap switch for GL4 US$17.00

- LED (white / colour) tail-cap switch for GL2 US$15.00
- LED (white / colour) tail-cap switch for GL3 US$15.00
- LED (white / colour) tail-cap switch for GL4 US$17.00

- Remote tail-cap switch with cable for GL2 US$15.00
- Remote tail-cap switch with cable for GL3 US$15.00
- Remote tail-cap switch with cable for GL4 US$17.00

- LED (Infrared) tail-cap switch for GL2 upon request
- LED (Infrared) tail-cap switch for GL3 upon request
- LED (Infrared) tail-cap switch for GL4 upon request

14 Filters for Headlight
- Amber (smoke) upon request
- Infrared (night-vision) upon request
- Ultraviolet (forensics) upon request

15. Pila Li-ion Rechargeable Battery
- Pila -168A, 1800mAH US$30.00
- Pila -150A, 1200mAH US$22.00
- Pila -168S, 1400mAH US$25.00
- Pila -150S, 1000mAH US$20.00
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16. Battery Charger
- Pila BC2, AC battery charger US$33.00
90VAC/60Hz - 240VAC/50Hz
(voltage auto-sensing)
- Pila BC2c, DC battery charge US$33.00
(for vehicle) 8.5VDC -16VDC
(voltage auto-sensing)

17. Holsters
- Pila holster for G2 and G3 series US$3.50
- Pila holster for GL4 US$4.00


Payment : Full payment in advance before shipment

Warranty : All Pila flashlights are offered with a 12-month warranty from
the date of purchase covering material and workmanship.
The warranty does not cover lamp assemblies and batteries.

Remarks : - Above prices and terms are subject to our final confirmation.
- Standard Permalight (Asia) Co. Ltd. general sales terms and
conditions apply.

Yup, that's what she told me.
I gave her an order. They are not yet set up with Paypal but are working on it.
Going to get a GL3R &GL2R one with white led and other with red. Some spare lamps, Clickie tail caps and Surefire 168S battery.
Already got the GL4/M90 at the older $130.00 price /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif . It really kicks butt on traffic stops and gets the bad guys nervous on foot persuits.

Jennifer e mailed me that they rate the lamps at 30 hours (under ideal conditions)

For those who have ordered, how was the shipping cost?
Sometimes the overseas shipping can get bad......

Thanks,
Jon

Wargamer charged me $26.00
I ordered one light, DC charger and several extra lamp assembly's.
Little high on shipping but not way out of line.

I would make sure to clarify the shipping terms prior to ordering. You want them to quote you a price and drop it in the mail or hand it to Fedex. If these goods are truley being sold FOB Hong Kong it could be a hassle. For international trade FOB is a Inco term. It means Free on Board. It only applies to Ocean shipments. The seller in this case Pila pay for cartage to the Port of Hong Kong and places the shipment on the vessal. The buyer then pays all shipping and duty to the destination. In the US FOB has a diferant conotations for domestic shipping it either mean FOB origin which means on the sellers loading dock come and get it. Or FOB destination which is delived to you. If they are working under Incoterms (which most international companies do) you want them to ship to you DDP (Delivered Duty Paid). This way if the documents are wrong or duties are miscalculated they are responsible. They figure up what it should cost tell you a amount and then ship it to you. Any screw ups are on them. If they won't do this get DDU (Delivery Duty Unpaid) then all you will owe is the import duty.
Check it out at http://www.export911.com/e911/export/comTerm.htm#xDDP. Not my company but a good site.

Patrick Hayes
Logistics Specialist
Seantor Intl Freight Forwarding

FOB also apply to Air shipment as well. Technically, when BL (Bill of Lading) or AWB (Air Way Bill) is presented, FOB is done. Any loss during the shipment will be covered by insurance if insurance was purchased. The reason why FOB is more popularly used during quotation instead of CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) is because of different rate of insurance and freight on different destinations (countries, cities). It's no way for a exporter to check insurance and freight for every enquiry from all over the world. Even if you're Walmart or Sears, you'll not ask for any price quote other than FOB since Walmart might request many drop shipment to different cities on one single order. This becomes common practice for most international trade.

By the way, FOB is always mean origin and C&F or CIF mean destination.

Alan

wargamer shipped me using Speedpost. I had the lights in 2 days.

Even though it was shipped DDU there was no duty collected. I think China/Hong Kong has a $400.00 limit on personal items

Inco terms

Not to go to far off topic but the Incoterms can be found here http://www.ltdmgmt.com/incoterms.htm
The important thing is to communicate with your supplier so that everyone is on the same page.

The difference between the domestic USA terms FOB-Origin and Fob Destination can be found here.
http://www.ucsc.edu/bizfaq/FOBdefined.html
Patrick Hayes

Re: Inco terms

Patrick,

Due to the international trade and banking document is volved, all definitions of these terms are defined by international banking organisation that I forgot its full name and not by individual country, not to mention individual University's internal policy. The only document I have to follow strictly is LC (Letter of Credit) 290. For more information, you could contact your banker. I have replied your mail and let's discuss this off-line

Alan

Re: Inco terms

Just an update: I'm ordering a set of cells and charger from Pila, and Jennifer Wong quoted:

> Shipping cost :
> - Registered air parcel postage (cheapest way) : US$14.--.
> It will take 10 - 12 days
> to reach you.
> - EMS (Speed post) : US$ 23.--. You will received the goods
> in 4 - 5 days.

Re: Inco terms

I'm paying for a large order today.
I prefer Speedpost as it will get your order to you in under 4 days