Silicone Skirts in Bulk / Alibaba?

[SPTOGFLUKEJIGR]

Hi Pete,
Happy New Year. Knowing you have a wealth of knowledge wanted to ask this question to you and the group. I'm looking to purchase silicone skirts in bulk. Skirts for fluke jigs primarily. I have been buying skirt packs (10x to a pack) for between $1.90- $2.50 a pack.

Doing some searching I'm seeing vendors on Alibaba that are selling the same exact skirts for $.05-.08 each, based on a 100 ct min. I have no experience buying anything from Alibaba express and wondering if you or anyone else has experience buying from these sources? Or do you know of any other sources that sell in bulk?

Thank you
SP

 

[chunkster]

SevenStrand makes a lot of nice stuff.
A wide variety of colors and sizes.

 

[pequa1]

Stay away from Ali Baba if you can but for the life of me I can not recall what led me to say that. Go look at others on Ebay . I bought from this 10 Bundles 50 Strands Silicone Skirts Fishing Skirt Rubber Jig Lure Mixed Color | eBay and from SILICONE SKIRT TABS/MATERIAL - 8850 Plasma Series | eBay and from 5" Fishing Squid Skirt Hoochies Octopus Trolling Soft Lure Crinkle Shape lot NEW | eBay
Just about all of them are coming from the chicoms but that is the way it goes.

 

[Leprechaun]

I too suggest you avoid Alibaba. I think pequa1 is using the same source I do in his last link to Ebay.

5" Fishing Squid Skirt Hoochies Octopus Trolling Soft Lure Crinkle Shape lot NEW | eBay

® 5" Soft Octopus Squid Skirt Hoochies Lure. Exclusive -New Crinkle Shape-. Crinkle wave shape! Eyes glow in the dark! Alluring skirt that performs a tantalizing dance beneath the waves. Random colors are random mix.

www.ebay.com

For further research on this subject:

Building "Bucktail" Jigs - Lep Style

So, its like 25 degrees out, I’ve already checked inside the boat, under the shrink-wrap - more than once today - gotta make sure the bilge-mounted 60W light bulbs are all lit and doing their jobs keeping thr temp up down in there. Turned the dehumidifier off, what with the water in the bucket...

nyangler.com

and here:

Bucktails

Where does everyone buy their bucktails for fluke.Looking to buy in bulk bucktails and plain jig heads,looking to buy 100.

www.nyangler.com

 

[pequa1]

I got the 3rd link from u , Pete

 

[Joan]

Hoochie king squid skirts

Hoochie King Squid Skirts - Cheapest Skirts Online

 

[Leprechaun]

Look good, but close to twice the price of the link that I provided to E-pray. The price on my link was 38 cents per skirt (for the 100 pc lot), this new one is between 54 and 60 cents per - at what, 5 pcs per lot? Even the 100pc lot looks to be $54.

Of course if you just need just a few pieces and so don't want to go for a 100pc order, then why not? 54 cents per won't break anyone's bank. But at the rate I seem to lose them, 100 pcs only lasts a couple of seasons or so. Therefore for me, it makes sense to go for the lesser-cost alternative.

 

[BennyV]

I’ve bought in bulk from Alibaba. No issues at all.