I don’t want to seem like I am trying to get a free flashlight out of them, but I didn’t receive what I ordered, In your opinion should I just be happy with my incorrect order and hope that the replacement tube will fix my light or should I take the chance and try to get both my in-spec tube and correct LED (or complete head, depending on how hard it is to swap out) and risk having my tube canceled for looking like I am trying to milk there profits and get free parts. I guess at the end of the day I just want the flashlight to work, but I would much prefer to get what I ordered.
Be nice. Until it’s time to not be nice - Patrick Swayze
In this case it’s a good idea to just keep being nice until it’s resolved but depending on your level of dissatisfaction don’t let it go past the the paypal time limit and let them be not nice instead.
I would want them to correct the issues. But then again 5a tint isn’t the end of the world. Take it outside once you get your new tube and check it out. The warmer tints are pretty sweet looking on natural scenes. You may really like it! I lucked out and every light I’ve ordered had worked but I couldn’t swap parts between my bare light and my anodized lights. Tail cap to deep.
I started compiling some of your guy's advice into post #2 but (I'm guessing) because I started this thread with a simple post editor I can't go back and use the advanced when I go to edit it. Luckily I was able to save it as a word doc but I really wanted the text color option or something besides bullet points to get it organized. I'll figure it out somehow.....
Hah! Thanks! I had gone into my account and changed it for topics and comments but I didn't realize you could change it with input format! I probably clicked that when I first started but didn't really want the advanced editor and then totally forgot it was there. I'm pretty new to forums......:) Thanks again!
FWIW, you can also just add some HTML and/or CSS to your posts when you need extra formatting. It works, and that’s what the advanced editor does. It also makes quoting easier for the rest of us, since it won’t have gratuitous symbols and <span style=“foo”> tags and redundant attributes everywhere getting in the way of the text.
For example, if I quote 1dash1’s post above… it looks like this:
Heat the part with female threads and cool the part with the male threads. People have also wrapped in tape and gently used pliers. Or also used penetrating oil leaving the light on it's head so it doesn't get in the driver.