No, the codes for Amazon purchases only work ONCE.
AE and ebay are another matter
Setting up the system on AE and ebay as was done was not a very wise move. So what if people on the list have to wait a month ot whatever. Those in the firsy hundred or so have waited a lot longer… Keep it all in mind for whatever the next big thing is. Either open the doors for the whole world or take turns and be patient.
Appreciate you being forthcoming with that Alex, but $hit man, that seriously goes against the spirit of the whole group buy. There are folks damn near 4 years in waiting, and entitled decisions such as these spit in the face of those who patiently wait and follow the rules. Part of me respects your ability to game the system, but as someone who lurked this for years, then jumped in around 1300, it sucks knowing some will be holding lanterns before thousands of those deserved ones who followed the rules.
Yeah, it’s a shame how Sofirn decided to handle this group buy. I followed the rules, was one of the first 500 for my first light and I ordered it. I’m patiently waiting for the second round (and hoping for more color options) but with the group buy limited to 3000 and all the people gaming the system I’m not counting on getting my second light at the reduced price.
The BLF team deserves major kudos for this effort, and I’m glad Sofirn worked out as a partner to manufacture the light but I hope we learn from this and strongly discourage manufacturers to take over the group buy after this.
Wow, it’s worse than I thought, people are actually stealing others positions! That’s low!
It amazes me how GBs always go wrong at some point, this one was so well planned and it still goes to crap. I feel so sorry for the team that put so much in for this to be messed up beyond their control.
Now everybody take a breath. The whole group buy has not gone wrong yet, just because one or more people behaved like something rhyming with pass + coals.
I got my code but I will be waiting for the second batch. Any idea about 2nd batch? I mean when it will be started to produced? (estimate)
I hope that it isn’t risky to wait for it. I just want a more perfect light because I am a student and my budget on flashlights are very limited.
Second Question: Can we use cashback for purchases made on Aliexpress (note that after price adjustment) ? Or it doesn’t allow cashback when price adjustment happens? Anyone knows?
I believe someone mentioned earlier that this is Sofirn’s biggest group buy to date.
No-one’s ever perfect when they’re doing something big for the first time. I trust that Sofirn will iron out the glitches, boot out the fraudsters and make sure everyone on the interest list gets their lanterns in the end. Once that’s done, Sofirn will have a lot of good experience to use in future group buys.
I’m hoping for a long-term relationship between Sofirn and BLF, ready for whatever the next BLF project turns out to be. This is all part of getting there.
Of cause. You have to connect some solder points at the battery-side of the driver.
There are 3 AMC7135 connected per channel as default and you can connect 4 more for a total of 7.