Would you be interested in a Flashlight/EDC 'Surprise' Monthly Subscription Box

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now That`s something I would probably get behind! :slight_smile:

22

I like the idea

Also like the idea of a raffle type thing , few flashlight guys do this on Facebook

Example 150 doller flashlight

10 people at 15 dollers a piece , winner gets the flashlight

Jccustoms does this and I’ve won a few times

Loverly titanium/copper fw3 with amber secondary’s

23

Katherine Alicia - cool :+1: i would too, would be fun and useful. potentilly inspire modding, new designs, etc.

24

I voted no... like many have previously posted, I don't think it would work well for this type of community. If you're a member of a flashlight forum, my bet is you have a particular taste in what you like in a light. Most of these types of surprise subscription box things just end up being random junk, might be good for a "muggle" but not for most people here... just my humble opinion.

25

no

i have enough trouble ‘liking’ all the lights i thought would be ideal but my pickiness ruled them all out

which is about 90% of them - fail to make it

i can;t imagine that i would like any lights that i didn;t intentionally want

plus now i have so many ‘’second class’’ lights that are all over the house—the ones that didn;t make EDC status
they are good enough for now and then, but not 50 times a day

wle

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It’s all about the audience… AND I’d agree most here would be put off by a monthly “pitch” UNLESS it was PURELY informative (as in not trying to make a buck) :money_mouth_face:

I want to bypass the middleman with BLF… and get the skinny on what cool deals are HERE today (and often enough— gone tomorrow).

So, we already have that here (ok, sad some of us have nothing ELSE to do but scrounge BLF for deals) :person_facepalming:

But it is what it is… and I think I’d end up deleting a monthly email because it’s from some seller OR an honest BLF’er who’s trying to help up out— but a day late and a dollar short. :wink:

BLF’ers are market mavens who (often) already know about deals and the latest thing (which can be brought to our attention by MANY users AND is!). And thus, we already would KNOW what was in any given email- so moot to us and often would be “old news”

My random thoughts anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

27

Another monthly bill for stuff that I may or may not like, want, or need?

Pass.

28

plus isn;t grab bag stuff usually ‘the stuff we have a back room full of ’?
because it didn;t sell?

where would the products come from?

i just don;t see it as viable

wle

29

I don’t consider myself a modder. A re/de-lego-er at the best, with an OCD for fine-tuning. But my spare parts are looking more and more alike. I fear that these surprise boxes are filled with stuff that need replacement parts, Leaving me with even more of the same stuff, like PCB’s with XM-L2 leds. So thanks, but no thanks.
I already have shelves filled with lights from an age between top-of-the-bill and golden oldies.

30

This idea is a great marketing move from the large overseas shippers, all their surprise bags and gimmick items are filled with stuff that were returns and/or didn’t sell before. flashlights are also in them. If anyone on here bought one of those surprise bags from BG - how was the experience?

31

ok i amend my answer

yes if i could get any non-broken light - for under $1

so $10 a month would need to be at least 10 lights
preferably 20

and excluding anything that runs on 3 AAA cells with 9 terrible LEDs