TA, thanks for the continued hard work and bringing this to fruition altogether.
Neal, glad to see you back. Hopefully there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
Regarding those getting antsy about running out of PayPal protection, and it seems like there are really just a few, what if Neal were to issue refunds then immediately (and directly) issue an invoice for the same amount to the same person/email? If they pay, they stay on the list. If they dont, they are done. This would refresh the buyer protection, keep people who paid eligible to get a light, and not generate new purchase pages that could leak out.
Just an idea, though It would be extra time for Neal and I don’t know if any PP issues would prevent it. I’m fortunate to have gotten a GT a while back, but I feel for those still waiting.
This is an idea, I plan to let things ride for another week or so until they get the lenses and can ship out some orders.
My hope is that by then we will have most of this stuff put back together and they should be able to finish up the outstanding orders then, so this would not be needed.
It’s here!!! Still no word on the batteries I ordered, but at least the GT is here! Only one problem and I don’t know if it’s a big deal or not… LED is not perfectly centered. Guess I’ll have to the batts of both my Q8’s for a test run! Pics of that to follow.
Looks centered to me even though the shadow makes it a bit difficult to compare. It was long time ago I did pixel peeping when I read reviews of cameras. :sunglasses:
I think for this case, a wall beam shot is more realistic check.
If it’s not perfectly centered, then it’s close enough by my accounts. Keep in mind the centering ring is aligned to the 2 screws on the mcpcb instead of a snug fitting center hole. I think there were a few instances where the tiny hole on the black piece actually rubbed up against the edge of the emitter and caused a little bit of black plastic shavings, so they changed the design.
Jason is correct. It’s way less off than my original pic showed it to be, if it’s “off” at all. I had the “bright” idea to take a pic with the flash… and shows that it’s as perfect as I think the tolerances for something like this could be.
I’m pretty confident its centered quite nicely. The black centering piece can be deceiving. Only the position relative to the reflector counts. When you turn it on you’ll instantly notice whether its fine or not.
I think the quantity Lumintop has sold outside GB is really not enough causing such a long delay.
I believe the delay was mostly due to slow in producing quality reflector, expensive shipping cost to remote area that Neal/Lumintop try to solve before asking buyer to pay more and CNY holiday.
Whatever may have happend, it’s in the past. Lets not get worked up about it now, because this will only stirr emotions even more without any form of positive impact on the rest of the group buy.
The reflector delays ARE real, they are the limiting factor. What would they possibly have to gain by slowing production or sales and letting the competition come out with competing lights?
On the other hand they have everything to gain by finishing this GB quickly and being able to go whole hog into public sales at full retail.
All that said, the number of sales outside the GB have been a very small percentage of the sales. It is most certainty not the cause of the delays.