[PART 2] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Closed, but Public sales open!

I don’t have the exact numbers, we are still putting the list together, the survey was combined with other non-GT products on the back end and we are now having to split out the GT issues to be dealt with separately.

I would say around 30, maybe 40 surveys were filled out. I am not sure how many have been solved yet. Just that I know more and more are being taken care of each day. I have been helping with some of them myself when possible.

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Hi having problems with the shipping on my first GT could you please remove my second order? Thank you very much for understanding.

TA, thanks for the continued hard work and bringing this to fruition altogether.

Neal, glad to see you back. Hopefully there’s light at the end of the tunnel.

Regarding those getting antsy about running out of PayPal protection, and it seems like there are really just a few, what if Neal were to issue refunds then immediately (and directly) issue an invoice for the same amount to the same person/email? If they pay, they stay on the list. If they dont, they are done. This would refresh the buyer protection, keep people who paid eligible to get a light, and not generate new purchase pages that could leak out.
Just an idea, though It would be extra time for Neal and I don’t know if any PP issues would prevent it. I’m fortunate to have gotten a GT a while back, but I feel for those still waiting.

Thanks again to the team.

Your second order has not been paid yet correct? Then it is fine, simply do not pay for the light when the PM is sent out.

This is an idea, I plan to let things ride for another week or so until they get the lenses and can ship out some orders.

My hope is that by then we will have most of this stuff put back together and they should be able to finish up the outstanding orders then, so this would not be needed.

Any idea of when the last batch (3rd) of order will happen? I am on the list for two GT’s on the 3rd batch.

That is unclear ATM, according to TA. It will be as soon as various previously mentioned issues are resolved.

It’s here!!! Still no word on the batteries I ordered, but at least the GT is here! Only one problem and I don’t know if it’s a big deal or not… LED is not perfectly centered. Guess I’ll have to the batts of both my Q8’s for a test run! Pics of that to follow.

Are you sure about that? It looks perfectly centered to me.

Look close… it’s not. Kinda hard to tell from the shadow on the right side of the LED.
Zoom in & you can see it is off a bit.

Looks centered to me even though the shadow makes it a bit difficult to compare. It was long time ago I did pixel peeping when I read reviews of cameras. :sunglasses:
I think for this case, a wall beam shot is more realistic check.

Here is what I see.

If it’s not perfectly centered, then it’s close enough by my accounts. Keep in mind the centering ring is aligned to the 2 screws on the mcpcb instead of a snug fitting center hole. I think there were a few instances where the tiny hole on the black piece actually rubbed up against the edge of the emitter and caused a little bit of black plastic shavings, so they changed the design.

Jason is correct. It’s way less off than my original pic showed it to be, if it’s “off” at all. I had the “bright” idea to take a pic with the flash… and shows that it’s as perfect as I think the tolerances for something like this could be.

One more pic of my modest collection…

I’m pretty confident its centered quite nicely. The black centering piece can be deceiving. Only the position relative to the reflector counts. When you turn it on you’ll instantly notice whether its fine or not.

I think the quantity Lumintop has sold outside GB is really not enough causing such a long delay.
I believe the delay was mostly due to slow in producing quality reflector, expensive shipping cost to remote area that Neal/Lumintop try to solve before asking buyer to pay more and CNY holiday.

Whatever may have happend, it’s in the past. Lets not get worked up about it now, because this will only stirr emotions even more without any form of positive impact on the rest of the group buy.

I was offline a few days
I just see this

About this:

At 00:40 UTC I answered that email
I remind you that January 16 I paid you extra money for shipping fees as you requested me
I also attach information

I still did not receive an answer
Should I send you the info by PM?

PS. I filled the survey as soon as I received it from Martin