[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping.

Very nice beamshots!

Thanks for letting me know…!!! I WON’T ORDER IT

To all those worried about getting your light and upset over the shipping time.

No one is happy with how long the shipping has taken, we had assumed maybe 2-3 weeks to finish this, not 2-3 months.

The fact is there is nothing the team or lumintop could have done to make it faster. The lights are all ready to go, expect for the reflectors.

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When Neal answered the email mine had not yet been dispatched (I ordered it by DHL)
I hope to have my Giggles before February 22

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My GT just arrived in regional VIC, Australia.

I was second last on the 555 list and 10th on the paid list.

This thing is insane. Can't wait for dark haha.

Edit: I didn't get any notice from DHL or Neal, so don't get too stressed if you don't hear anything. It will show up eventually.

Well,i apreciate the work the team has put in this light and everything was smooth till shipping; i understand the team didnt take decisions about shipping,but never before there was any explanation that shipping would go to DHL first and preferentially 3lots to USA ; i suppose the lack of explaining things this way,have let other members upset; before,there was mentioned that for shipping costs the dhl full palet,but now,lets face it: does it make less expensive to send all the rest of the units registered? Knowing that registered units would take 2-3 weeks to arrive to its members,couldnt be choosen at least second or third lot to go to registered units , so at least these members would have their lights by the end of january,while almost all DHL would have em allready by that date? I am about 200th on the list and kept waiting,separately i ordered 8cells through neal,to have em shipped separately GT for weight/custom issue,payed in 15th of december,but never received an answer from him since then,even though i sent him emails - Now,if any of you would put yourself in my shoes,what would you do

I am not stressed about when it will ship, when ever I get it it will be OK.
But no communication from manufacturer is really making me angry and disappointed.

Can’t they just give some general info how and when will they ship instead of us making wild guesses?

If I have to wait 2 more months for it to arrive I have no problem, but I would like to know that’s how it’s going to be.

I don’t know if the manufacturer is to blame, it seems Neal is acting as middle man between team and manufacturer, and by the looks of it is shipping if i understand correctly between 100 and 200 lights a week due to reflector availability constraints witch is not (shipping so much or should we say little lights in a week) by any mean a full time job.

Still Neal who apparently speaks very decent english and has a BLF account is still hiding behind TA and team, creates a communication mess and doesn’t make the effort to adress the situation clearly and directly, a past message also insinuated that he took a cut of the sells (don’t know if it’s true) wich would give him even more accountability, my only disappointment in this is Neal not owning to his responsibilities and acting a bit shady.

Maybe i’m reading the situation wrong…

I am afraid that things are going to boil over here…
Let’s all calm down a bit and see if Neal will eventually find some time to visit BLF and give us some explanation :wink:

We were not told that DHL would be first or that the USA would be first until after it happened either.

I honestly don’t think they really thought about it themselves since they assumed the complete order of reflectors would be on site and all the lights would be shipped within a few weeks.

Yes, none of this is leading anywhere good.

There is positively nothing that can be done at this point besides waiting for the reflectors to be made.

I at least am not worried and in no hurry receiving the light. :slight_smile:

I felt that I needed to responded on a post that stated that people upset about the shipping order were just being negative. I did not agree and was trying to explain why, while at the same time still being enthousiastic about the GT-project, some disappointment in how shipping goes is understandable.

No need to get upset :slight_smile:
We are all going to get what we paid for :slight_smile:

But after some time you just have to write down what bothers you…

I believe people would be more calm with more information.

I agree that those that have not received the lights have a right to be disappointed, I am disappointed that it is taking this long myself.

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Hard to say how high it goes, but You cant see the column from 300 feet down the street due to the fog

Nice photo! :+1:

I was looking for Darth Vader :smiling_imp:

Nice picture justanotherguy……… :+1:

I wish next payment for new orders are done only after everyone from first and second batches who paid in last December got their lights or at least got notification by DHL, Fedex or Neal with tracking number to confirm.
Lumintop can continue to produce BLF GT even though orders are not in. They should not be worried as the interest of GT is still very high.
Just my thought.

We are barking up the wrong tree. The Team has nothing to do with the order of shipping. They have done a spectacular job, yet they receive lots of unearned criticism.
It is the people at Lumintop responsible for the shipping or anyone else they have hired for managing the shipping who is causing this mess. Still, I think this is just a bad misunderstanding and not a sign that people from Europe and the rest of the world are second class customers. I am sure the Team will try to prevent this in all future group buys.