I think you are exactly right David.
The people at BG answering inquires are most likely giving āstock, scripted, general answersā. I mean lookā¦ TomE shared how his specefic question about expedited shipping had not been answered yet. And the person he asked was familiar with the Q8 project.
No way the average CS person is gonna know any specefics at allā¦ thatās just how it is.
As far as I know from reading all this threadā¦ at this point no one knows for sure if BG or TF is actually āhands onā doing the shipping. .
I am betting that real soon there will be another large batch shipped out to people on the Q8 list. And so on untill all of those orders are filled.
I donāt think that will be 5 or six weeks either. I think it will be much quicker.
That is my predictionā¦ only time will tell if it is correct or not.
A tripod mount is never meant to withstand bumping around like on a bicycle. You could get away with it or not, I would not trust on it (Loctite will not prevent the threads to break out). I would go for a mount that wraps around the light.
The first batch was finished on Sept 7 and TF said they were going to do at least 3 batches in a row. Each batch takes 1 week (I think). So the early part of batch 2 might have already started shipping. They may be starting on batch 3 in the next couple days. I would guess that all 1400 would be finished and shipped within the next 9 to 12 days assuming no delays and they can maintain making 500 a week.
I think the Miller might know in more detail, but this is what I remember from past thread posts.
I just got confirmation all open orders will be shipped this month (late, but before October ;) )
:beer: :)
about the time gap between batches:
i guess that the manufacturer gets the parts for final assembly also from other companies.
and our price would be significant higher when every supplier would send the ordered ammount of LEDs / boards / srings / lenses / whatever in small packs of 50-100 just to have some lights go out constantly...
that would multiply logistics extremely!
please stay calm, relax and look forward for the parcel to arrive!
there is no contest who gets the first, no price for the first review ;)
its just in your head - do not spoil your fun with trcking # and shipping times :)
Maybe, my second is still not shipped, and tracking of the first (placed order hours before anybody else so it literally is the first order) is a no show on 17track and such. Yeah the tension and all the posting made me look againā¦sigh
Wow, I wonder what will happen after the group buy when the price drops from $99 to the more normal price and regular folks start buying them? There might be another surge in sales.
I just received my 30Qās which i ordered an hour or two after my Q8 (i think first 500). My tracking still doesnāt show on banggood or anywhere i have looked though. Hopefully my Q8 is not too far behind.
Good god everyone. Stop harassing customer support about your Q8. Take it easy, your Q8 will appear on your doorstep at some point. It has been in development for over a year, a few extra weeks are a drop in the bucket.
I donāt do pre-orders, ever. The only reason I placed this order was because I thought they were available already. Iāll give it another week and then cancel and move on.
I have held of buying a couple of other lights because they were too close in specs to this one.
I wonāt do any more business with Banggood, China warehouse. Iāll continue to buy from the USA warehouse which I have done without problems.
Now to continue Hurricane clean up.