I responded to this thread, and sent $22 via PayPal on Jan 16th
Heard nothing at all from the member after that, so sent him an email asking if the light was on its way. On Jan 25th he responded that he had been working 6 days a week, and had not had a chance to send the light, but would send it the following weekend (Jan 28th). That weekend has come and gone, and so has the next, and I still have no light. I sent him another email 3 days ago on Feb 3rd, have not gotten a response to that one.
I hope I am just over-reacting and that the light is on its way. but just in case, thought I should give a heads-up here in case anyone else is in the same situation. And I will gladly retract this thread if the light shows up, but three weeks is a long time to wait for a light shipped from and received in the CONUS, heck, I can get one from Manafont in 3 weeks via Hong Kong snail mail.
Paypal verifies $22 sent on 1/16, no credit to my account, no light in the mail.
For $22, this is no big deal to me, if someones needs it that bad I'll just give it to them if they ask. But BLF is a close community, others might be affected as well, so be warned. And it could be that he got sick, or some other emergency came up, I'm cool with that, hopefully he will respond to my last email and all will be well.