I think maybe I did not get my point across. I am not saying you have done anything āwrongā brother or have not been cordial with Jaxman. I am saying, from what I have read that you posted; I think your initial contact with Jaxman went wrong.
1.) think language & cultural barrier 2.) saying less is actually more if it is said straight to the point
How did it go wrong you askā¦.
- There was no mention or picture of the crappy white box
- No mention of the āchippedā lens
In other words the initial conversation āstarted down the wrong roadā so to speakā¦ through really no fault of your own or even his. (Remember the communication language barrier.)
If in fact this is trueā¦ no amount of communication at this point (continuing down the wrong road) is going to get you where you want to be. Continuing down the wrong road probably will not have a harmonious outcome.
I completely understand you wanting to make sure if the light was real, considering when you first posted as far as we knew every Jaxman Z1 had shipped in the cool brown box that almost everyone had raved about when they received their Z1.
And yes, it is totally obvious that you do not want something for nothingā¦ far from it my friend.
And as far as the quality you mentioned, I think if you will take a long hard look at your Z1; you canāt help but see and feel it.
Now, the chip on the edge of the lensā¦ā¦ā¦
Well, I can not tell you how to feel about that; neither can anyone else.
I can tell you this though. I have 2 factory Z1ās & 2 hostās (I have not built the hosts yet due to busy summer work scheduleā¦ they are a winter project ā¦ ) Until a couple of hours ago I had not even unwrapped the host lensās & only taken the lens out of one of the factory Z1ās when I first got it.
That changedā¦ just so I could give an accurate report here. :person_facepalming: ā¦
- The āworking partā of all four lens are absolutely perfect.
- 1 factory & 1 host have no (zero) chips or imperfections of any kind on the mounting (non-working) edge
- 1 host lens has a microscopic āinclusionā on the outside edge of the mounting (non-working) edge
- 1 factory has a minute āchipā on the inside of the mounting (non-working) edge
Nothing mentioned above has or will have any consequence at all on how light shines through the lens. Nor does it in any way affect the high quality of the light in a negative way.
Therefore it does not ābotherā me in the least bit. That is how I feel about that.
As far as keeping your boxes, there is not a right or wrong answer to that. And no one, myself included; has any business telling you how you are to feel about that. That is personal preference, nothing more.
Just so happens I keep all my boxes and clean my tools also. :+1:
Does that make me right or wrong? Nope, it is just how I do it. If someone else wants to burn or recycle theirs, good for them. Iāll keep mine, good for me.
Now seeing as you have had someone offer to send you a box, *IF* you wanted to; you could PM said person your address and have them rescue their box from the recycling bin and mail it to you.
Could possibly be a way out of (what I personally see as) a no win situation my friend.
But only you can decide that buddy.
I will let you know for sure when I am coming, I still have your number.
But, unless something falls completely apart; God Willing I will be there this winter. :+1:
Oh yeah, the above are just my thoughts on the matter, nothing more. I do hope you will consider them thoughā¦ā¦