I pm’d TexasAce the screenshot of the conversation that was posted earlier in this thread. I was talking to Thomas in the facebook group trying to figure out what was going on when Josh posted exactly what was going on. I’m sorry I didn’t live up to your lofty expectations.
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He’s an older man, already has his GT, trying to help people get on the list… at the back of the line. He screwed up for sure, but I do not believe it was malicious.
Acquaintances a many!
Ok, everyone. No need to go ballistic here.
Yes, it was very rude and completely against the rules to release the link (no matter what he claims, he did NOT have permission to post that anywhere).
Yes, it is causing a lot of extra work for the unpaid team to cancel orders, make new order pages and all the work associated with this.
No, you should not go on a witch hunt. There is only one person that is in the wrong here (well, those that requested and used the link he sent can be argued but a lot of them think there is no problem, so don’t go after them, their orders will be canceled).
Even Thomas does not deserve to be hunted. He may not be on my Christmas card list at this point but what is done is done.
He has already got his GT. So lets just put him behind us and move forward.
malicious, no, maybe not directly.
It could not be clearer in the PM that the link is not to be shared though and that exactly what is happening here, would happen.
Yet he still claimed he had “permission” to post the information. That is what bothers me more then anything.
I figured the link would be shared at some point but also hoped that it would be an innocent mistake that would be easily corrected without all this work of halting the GB. Where the person would simply say, sorry, my bad, and remove any links.
Within a few sec of turn on.
After running about 2 or 3 min.
I’m guessing the permission he keeps referring to is from the FB group… I just don’t believe he understands what he’s actually done here. But yes, your “Do not share this link” certainly should have been enough.
I’m really sorry this incident is going to cause more work for you guys… Y’all have been amazing. Thank you all!
Thanks for the cool IR pics, that is pretty much what we felt by hand, it is nice to see it visualized.
It is amazing how much faster the xhp70.2 heats up when playing with them side by side.
Can’t be more clear than this…
Anyhow, it’s Monday 10:23 AM in China now, whoos lights are they shipping today 
Great effort and beamshots.
But I don’t understand why you want to say it is Warm White for stock light although it is Neutral White. You could be misleading newbies on this. Or your stock light has wrong LED in it? But the beamshot doesn’t look like 3000k color temperature to me.
His attitude as seen in the screenshot is quite malicious. Displays dark triad traits.
This personality type also engages in illegal activity of the kind that violates personal rights of other people. But don’t mail the bastard any nasty surprises, including and not limited to human feces. An all out Internet Vendetta is a lame response to someone just being a moron and a loser. Trolls and lame uncles should mostly be ignored. The justice system will get to these individuals and most likely has on several occasions. This… example can not have a clean record.
I will try and explain why you got one light when you paid for 3, 1 with no cells and 2 with cells).
The first shipment was lights with no batteries to usa for people up to 576th (as far as I have determined) on the paid list. So Neal went by paid order until he filled a pallet.
Now you were the 528th person to pay. That means your one light with no batteries got shipped on Dec 27th.
Your other 2 lights (with batteries) did not ship then. When Neal started filling the second pallet he went up to the 740th person who paid. This still includes you. These lights shipped on Jan 3rd.
So they are probably in transit to you right now. I can’t say for sure, but I think so. You can call dhl and ask if they are in route.
I don’t know if they are shipped as one box or two seperate boxes.
You can PM TA about the switch cover. I think they will send you a new, translucent one so the light can be seen.
Lets not go here, no personal attacks. Lets take the high road here.
Stating how disappointed you are that one of the BLF family would break trust like this is one thing but don’t get personal.
Trust me, I know the temptation is there but it will not do any good.
Lets just use this as an example and try to keep this from happening again.
Oh, my point exactly. Just stating it’s not worth it to search revenge on the evil doers.
Was this a typo when you said WW or did you buy a WW emitter and install it?
I thought you were going to compare the stock NW 4000k to the CW.
Ok, I was hoping that was where you were going.
Just wanted to make it clear my stance on the subject before I turn in for the night.
On a 4K monitor it’s just half the width; barely over 30% of the screen space.
Think I prefer the 4000k tint myself. Should have mine tomorrow, so can see for myself how it looks.
How’s about contacting Neal pronto and letting him know what is going on? Seems to me that this should have been thought of a long time ago and that “NO” GT flashlights should ship out “Unless the BLF usernames matched with proof of those users being on the main list!”
I mean it’s really not that complicated to get a PM from Neal or whoever with Lumintop to respond back to their PM’s and prove that your account is genuine! No lights shipped out unless everything matches up! 
Am I missing something here?
Thanks Jason! You beat me to asking the same thing!!! :+1: