I think I am a pretty patient guy, but I am starting to get a little itchy as well.
I paid on dec. 2nd and still my light has not been shipped (registered, Netherlands).
Is there at least a better indication of when the last batch will be shipped? I was hoping it would at least be shipped within two months after payment
I see people modding it. People requesting when they can pay for the 2nd list entries. But ours has not even shipped yet…
I am turning up my living room lights to max, just to avoid depression
The next group (3rd batch) to purchase lights (#1050 and up on the list or who signed up after 10/23/17) will get their emails late January to early Feb in order to let Neal get caught up with current orders. Since Chinese New Year is quickly approaching, Texas_Ace may wait unto late February. No final decision has been made yet.
Lumintop should avoid this problem for it will not speak well of them as a fine flashlight maker if they can’t even center the led…it’s just like buying a new car however it veers to one side all the time.
People in U.K seems little sleepy, today but it’s 7am there. I am not sure how customs will react if they received same package again but with different value?
What is the reason for the registered mail lights to be shipped out last? And is this last of the batch or will people from the next batch (who selected another shipping method) also get their lights first? I’m 335th on the list and paid on December 8th. It would be nice to be informed of the procedure and current status (and I think more people also would like this and that would reduce the amount of posts in this thread drastically).
In my naivety I assumed that the lights would be shipped in the order of the original list and did not mind to wait a few weeks extra compared to expedited shipping but if I had known that the shipping method had an influence on the order then I might have chosen otherwise…
2 UK members, chrisc & somebody else, whose name escapes me, received their DHL lights but via TNT I think, with no fees incurred.
They are the only UK members in possession of a GT yet as far as I know.
Is it just Tuigli”s light that keeps being returned ?
If you declare the light at $50 then UK members will be charged 20% vat plus a shipping company handling fee for which DHL charge about $25 for processing the fee (not sure about TNT).
So that would be about an extra $35 dollars.
Also if you suddenly change the value of an item that has already been returned twice marked $25 to $50 dollars I think that you will raise the customs suspicions & possibly jeopardise the remaining shipments which are all registered shipping I think as the majority of UK buyers chose registered to avoid the increased costs.
Just my thoughts.