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

Did all of last 50 get their tracking number?

I got nothing…

I do not know, Neal’s only response was: “it seems they change to send to US because the expensive shipping fees to Uruguay”

Sorry everyone, I stopped getting updates about this thread for some reason and was so busy yesterday I forgot to check in manually.

Wow it blew up. I am heading out the door now, I will try to get on a bit later. If someone wants to give me a cliff notes version of the last 6 pages that would be great.

I am giving Neal this week to get things in Gear. If he doesn’t start doing what he signed on to do, then we will be forced to look for alternative options.

Fixing this problem is what yesterday was spent on for me. All I can say is I am so glad all we have to worry about is a delay and not actual issues with the lights. Man that GB looks to be a nightmare. On the plus side my time seems to have paid off…

Same here. :cry:

No tracking info as of yet.
Not even a confirmation that it was shipped out. At least give us a list of lights that WERE shipped during the last shipment.

I have doubts it’s only 50 orders that haven’t shipped. Seems like quite a few of us haven’t received any tracking info.
I dread to hear news that some lights have to be pushed back for whatever reason again.

I’ve been silent on the GB shipping delays till now, but it’s gotten to a point that’s quite worrying.

I don’t receive tracking number too.
I almost email Neal today, but since he didn’t reply many emails, what’s the point to get dissapointed again if he doesn’t reply.
So I choose to wait. I believe we are almost at the end of tunnel.

How the heck is lumintop desperate to get rid of stock when they can’t produce enough reflectors as it is. Neal has had PayPal frozen for a very short time so I cant see them having more than 50 or so. TA I don’t envy you dealing with this. Perhaps Lumintop could finish the rest of the group buy sans Neal. He obviously has too much on his plate. They look to be selling them from factory for 165us plus shipping and the next round of group buy were to pay shipping costs anyway. Maybe I’m reading it wrong but if waiting on Neal takes months and they are only saying 10 bucks, I know what I would do. I already have my GT so I’m out not effected but this is leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

TA if you are going to skip the 6 pages, at least read what mad max posted about Neal and Lumintop. Good Luck, and I pray this hassle doesn’t keep you from working on a blf project again, your expertise is highly appreciated and very much needed. Cheers

I believe most of us here can wait patiently like adults if some form of information is provided to us.

Instead of saying: Last 50 have shipped out
Say instead: Users whose lights have shipped out are: 1…. 2…. and so on.

This may take some extra time, but I think it’s part of proper communication with the GB members.

Don’t get me wrong: TA, Jason and the rest of the team are doing a fantastic job with this GB.
Lumintop and Neal on the other hand….not helping the communication to the GB members much.

G sintornillos thank you for reposting that! That, my friend, is one of the craziest explanations ever. You paid Neal extra money for shipping already and when you received tracking information for your order it went to USA instead of Uruguay. His explanation is a classic
“it seems they change to send to US because the expensive shipping fees to Uruguay”

Sorry about your situation but that explanation is pure insanity

Not to distract from the current thread re: shipping issues but, I am completely lost when it comes to the actual process of:

:Being on the list on page 1
:Almost at the very bottom of tsaid list
:HOW will I receive notification that I am to [pay] for my GT
:If known, approximate time to such payment notification

Sorry if this has been explained clearly somewhere but after reading through 98.7% (I totally made up the percentage but it is up there) of this thread, I have no clear indication that I understand the actual process.

I am patient and not worried about waiting months… not desperate for it but just don’t want to miss a step through lack of knowledge or following proper procedures.

Thanks everyone working hard to clear up the queue!

Cheers.
/manny

Is the BLF GT going to be for sale again? How would I go about purchasing one?

Mind linking to the post you are referring to?

I honestly do not know what is going on. I have been trying to get a response from Neal for the last several days.

Yes, it should be for sale as soon as the GB is finished.

Just check post #1 every now and then. Because of the small reflector batches, shipping the lights has been quite slow. The date for batch #3 of PM’s to go out keeps getting pushed back and back. We are in March now and the focus has shifted to sorting out missing shipments, damaged shipments, etc…

As far as when the last group of folks to buy can do so, that is up to Texas_Ace. Maybe Neal can get more stuff done now that “all” the lights have shipped. Emails to g_sintornillos makes it sound like there are still a few lights that have not been sent yet. I don’t know of that’s the case or not.

I hope the delay in this last buying group will motivate Neal and Lumintop to sort out the issues quickly. The $100k from the next group of buyers will pay a lot of bills for them. I thinks it’s good motivation to get issues sorted out and emails responded to. We might even get some lists of stuff. :+1:

No unfortunately its saled again

https://de.aliexpress.com/store/product/LUMINTOP-Super-Helle-Suche-Taschenlampe-2000-Lumen-GT-mit-Cree-XHP-35Hi-LED-Max-2000-Meter/2529001_32857004396.html

I am guessing this is the post he is referring to.

And again, I see Lumentop trying to sell the GT before the group buy lights had been supplied…
If they would stop providing lights to people out side the group buy, this group buy could possibly be finished by now. Also, it was implied that Vinh is buying them outside the group buy directly from Lumintop at wholesale price.

Also, I see Neil has asked a member recently to provide more money for shipping. I find this phishy because:
1: It was already agreed that Lumintop would eat the charges on orders already paid for
2: Neils PayPal account is supposedly on lock down.

Another thing that kind of irks me is the fact that the everyone gets one before people get seconds. I notice some people tend to buy more than they need of lights just to keep them in a tote in their garage and horde them. I think if that rule was stuck to, more people would at least have one in their possession and the delays would have been less aggravating.

I know most all of this is/was outside of the people coordinating the group buys hands, and not aiming this at you. Just some observations on what I have been seeing as I follow the closing of the group buy. I already have my GT and was lucky enough to get into the first batch of 555. If I wasnt, I would not have been able to afford to participate and want to thank those that were involved at the beginning for negotiating that low price enabling me to participate and get this iconic light

Thanks for the link.

For the record, only a few lights have actually been sold outside of the GB, including the skylumen lights it is not more then a few dozen at most that I know of. So it most certainly is not causing any major delays for the GB. Just to put that rumor to rest.

That said I have to get a response in order to figure out what is going on, which I have not thus far.

Only out of the first 555 did people get 1 before people got seconds. After that it is simply a matter of what number you are on the list as to who gets what. If you asked to be put on the list for 3 lights at the same time, they you got a code to order all 3 at the same time.

Up until the last few weeks things have actually been pretty smooth and running good if not slow. These last few weeks without updates is not acceptable though. I sent Neal another email today, I will give him next week to give me a reply and then alternative options will be sought.

Also, I am pretty sure Neals account really is on lock down, which could explain why lumintop is taking orders directly if Neal is not able to. They are just doing it the wrong way.

Trust me, as soon as I know something solid, I will update this thread but I don’t deal in rumors. So until I have something solid there is just not much I can do or say. I am a glorified messenger boy when you break it down at this point.

Are they actually selling it for $165? If so, then that must be seperate from the Aliexpress store where they are $399 and $479.

I see they are using 2 pictures from Texas_Ace and Alux’s picture showing a beamshot. I’m guessing they did not ask permission to use those pictures.

Here are some English links.

LUMINTOP Super Bright Searching Flashlight 2000 Lumens GT with Cree XHP 35Hi LED Max 2000 Meters $399.

LUMINTOP Super Bright Searching Flashlight 2000 Lumens GT with Cree XHP 35Hi LED Max 2000 Meters with batteries $479.
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I know, that is why I made sure to include that it was not aimed at you. I am following a few flashlight groups on FB and just about every time there is a mention of the GT, there is at least one person saying they got theirs directly from lumintop, and also a lumintop rep giving out info on how to buy it directly from them.

165$ wholesale and 325retail. That makes 399 plausible. Could also be a person who only got 1 or 2