geeksville
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4 years ago Hmm. Interesting. Here's a seller on amazon (though the ship date is way out - probably Covid) and the price is a bit high: https://www.amazon.com/TTGO-T-Beam-Wireless-Bluetooth-Battery/dp/B07WVWCMKZ/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=ttgo+t-beam&qid=1583893272&sr=8-13
I've had five on order through alibaba since before CNY. I think they (along with some other aliexpress items I've ordered from other vendors) are still having a really tough time because of Covid. I bet their backlog has now gotten so large the placed a temporary hold on new orders.
I've exchanged emails with them a few times and they seem really nice and this current situation is personally hard for them. After they saw the hackaday article they were kind enough to airship me a few units (and some new 'watch shaped' lora gps devices) as a special favor (because I really need more than the small number I have. Mostly so I can give two to @girtsf ;-) ). I'm supposed to get them this week.
I'll email my contact there who was so helpful and ask if they know what's up with aliexpress orders.
SeaDude
Interesting... I just went to purchase a TBEAM unit from your link to Ali Express. Selected the 915mHz unit. Received this message: "Unable to ship to the US". Not sure if its COVID-related or another issue. Might be good to find multiple sources of these products if possible.