[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping.

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18800

Wow, that’s too much to answer.

On your last question, I bet mack303 asked for 2 lights at the same time.

Destro probably asked for 1 light, then a few weeks later asked for a second light.

That would explain the numbering.

As for the rest:

Lumintop agreed to sell 555 lights at $115 and the rest for $150 up to 1500 total units. (The prices are actually a bit more due to Paypal fees)

The Miller made sure the 555 lights got distributed more evenly by limiting one per person (except for a handful of people he said could get 2 at that price). If they asked for 2 or more lights, their 2nd, 3rd, etc… lights would be at the $150 price.

Due to so many early sign ups dropping out, the 555 list went all the way up to number 700 something on the list. This gets pretty confusing.

All these “555” guys paid deposits and their balances where paid during the first week of Dec 2nd. That gave Neal time to match the balance to the deposits. Then the people up to #1049 on the list got to pay on Dec 9th.

Since lights didn’t start shipping out until late December, list numbers got thrown out the window. Orders roughly got sent out by payment number. Not everyone that signed up early actually paid on time, some paid in late December. Orders could not be held up by them. So the paid order became most important.

This meant people that ordered 4 lights got their one light at $115 plus their 3 others at $150.

There is no practical way I can see Neal trying to ship lights by using the original sign up order. Eventually we ended up with 850 orders.

In order to ship these lights in an economical way (since Lumintop actually lost money of the $115 555 lights) Neal used pallet shipping to the US. He needed to fill the pallet to get a discounted shipping price. So he started at the front of the paid list and found all the DHL to USA with no batteries and filled it up.

The 2nd pallet was DHL to the USA with the batteries and he filled it the same. Etc…

It’s not what we were expecting, but what can you do? These Group Buys can be roller coasters. There are always issues that pop up and solutions have to be found.

I hope that answered your questions.

Please no more questions that require an hour to type out. Lol

18801

Damn! I thought finally someone can beat Jason.

18802

I almost forgot about this post.

My switch looked the same. When I removed the cover I found both leds were equal brightness. It’s just the weak output from the leds plus the thick silicone cover. Try rotating the cover and that should even out the light distribution.

18803

Today I got email from Neal saying my GT will be shipped today :smiley: :+1:
I hope this is true and my long awaited big toy :wink: will finally arrive.

I asked him to send me tracking number. I hope I will get it.

18804

Shirley writes to me …

18805

Does this mean I can contact Leo directly regarding tracking number….? :slight_smile:
Drood, was your reply for me?

Thank you

Kind regards

18806

No. Shirley writes to people interested in GT outside of BLF Group Buy. I’m in Group 1 and I’m still waiting. Maybe Lumintop is already selling GT at full cost … But who knows? Maybe Leo has tracking numbers …

18807

So, if I’m not on the list, how does that affect things. Keep in mind, I didn’t even know about the details of the group buy. I was contacted by someone (don’t even remember who now) when I expressed interest in another forum. They sent me a link to purchase (mid to late December I believe) and to contact Neal. I emailed Neal and he said I had time to purchase as it was not closed yet and so I did that night. Neal emailed me the next day wanting my phone number for DHL to contact me and since then, nothing other than the confirmation from PayPal that the money had been transferred to Neal.

So, I guess the question is as I stated above. If I’m not on the actual list, but I paid the $200 (approx $150 for the light and the deal on the 8 batteries), how does that affect my time frame for delivery?

18808

Texas_Ace said a few posts up (18874) that your light was shipped yesterday. I guess he has good info on this. So let’s see if you get a tracking number. Maybe we will get reports of people receiving their tracking numbers today.

18809

(assumptions ahead)

I was assuming that he was assuming it shipped based on them being “the last 50” since I didn’t give any identification. Boots is just a user name I threw in yesterday when I registered here on BLF.

Technically I have a user name here but have no clue what I registered as long ago.

So, with him not having a way to know who I was, I thought he was just saying the last ones went out so I had to be in that 50.

18810

So basically you were able to get in on the group buy without signing up and receiving any of the 1500 registered spots. You are a lucky man

18811

I think you might fall in a different category since you are not on the BLF Group Buy List. Most likely Neal will have to answer your question or you’ll possibly just have to wait & see.

18812

Apparently. I would have done so had I been aware that it was supposed to be done that way but at the time, I was not told that’s what I was supposed to do.

Over simplified…

Saw a YouTube video of the GT. Thought it was awesome. Mentioned that I would loved to have had it (thinking I had missed out). Was contacted by someone that told me how to purchase and sent me the li K to buy. I was told to email Neal first and make sure that it wasn’t too late. So, I emailed Neal and told him I was interested and he said I still had time. He told me what to do so I did. I was never told to go put my name on the list. My assumption after finding out about the list was that there were enough people shy of the max order that I was able to squeeze in. The money was pulled through PayPal within a day or two of Neal contacting me to confirm number and address.

18813

Older guy? Am I missing something?

18814

This is quite a mess. Sorry if I screwed anyone up. I was just doing what I was told to do.

18815

Please fill out the survey link that is posted in the OP. We are using that to compile a list of issues for Neal to sort out.

That said your order should hopefully have shipped in this last 50 orders but it is possible it was lost in the shuffle. If that is the case then they will get it shipped out to you. You are still part of the GB even if not on the list since you orders when the GB was still open.

18816

To be honest I didn’t realize the details of his situation at the time. I figured he was just on the list like everyone else. Seeing as he ordered directly through Neal it is still most likely the case that it was sent this week but there is also a chance the order got lost in the shuffle.

This is why I am so in favor of automation, it would eliminate issues like this.

18817

Are you speaking of the survey that was emailed out from m4dm4x? If so, I filled it out the day it was sent out.

I just received an email from Neal. He said that Lumintop has stated mine was shipped out today.

Since mine is being sent via DHL, it’s hard telling how long it will take to receive it. I know of people elsewhere that rave about them but around here most have nothing but issue with them. Hopefully, they’ve improved in the few years since I last had something delivered by them.

18818

Thank you for the information everyone. Sorry if anyone feels slighted by how I purchased. I didn’t intentionally do it in a way other than it was supposed to be done. I have never been involved in a group buy and quite honestly, probably never will again.

Live and learn.

18819

Great, Neal is working his way through the list it seems. I have had some other reports of him dealing with issues as well. :+1:

Hopefully it all works out, in the US DHL is fantastic. I ordered some new Driver PCB’s on Monday from china and they are set to be delivered tomorrow!