I donāt see how. The manufacturer will happily sell an extra unit. The coupon code isnāt personalized. I think the interest list was used mainly to estimate demand, and allow a line/queue to form.
That is interesting the coupon code isnāt personalized. You are right, checking the demand. I didnāt get one this go around. Keeping an eye on future deals.
I see some folks have already received shipping notices for their lights. I wonder how many units are available to be processed out before the May 1st holiday or whatever it is that will delay further processing until May 8th.
I do not know what means IRRC but in the very first post its written:
āPricing
Target $30 including shipping, manufacturer can decide own pricing afterwards.
Maybe $36 if XP-L HI emitters are used.
Not fixed yet!ā
I do not want to make big deal for $3 just noticed the difference.
I wish Neal the best and to enjoy for that extra profit.
I donāt understand why āyouā is in quotes, but i read the sentence that contained the words āIf & maybeā as the final part of your response to the comments you quoted, specifically ifratosās āNealās last minute $3 fee.ā which the rest of your answer relates to, and took it to mean that: If people (like ifratos) do not keep upā¦. maybe they get surprised (as ifratosās description suggests he was).
What did i get wrong?
I didnāt forget, i assumed thatās what you meant by āif IRRCā and took the whole sentence as factual to the best of your knowledge, and a helpful answer. What did i get wrong?
āIRRCā should be āIIRCā which means āIf I Remember Correctlyā¦ā.
The prices you quote are target process, it means that the project was developed to try and be sold for that price, but it wasnāt a guaranteed price. AT the start of the project no-one knew how much it would actually cost to make the loght and therefore it was impossible to know how much the light would be sold for, $30 and $36 were a guess. A very educated guess but still a guess.
The final price was set depending on how much it costs to actually produce the light, and is close to the original price. I donāt know the details of where the money goes but i havenāt assumed it was Neal just adding money on.
Extra shipping to specific countries where thereās a high cost seems fair. I just wanted to make sure thereās not some sneaky fee being added to later orders.
Heyā¦ I donāt know what āIRRCā means eitherā¦ it was a typo. :person_facepalming: ā¦ My bad.
IIRC = If I remember correctly
if IRC = If I remember correctly
And quite possibly I did not remember correctly.
I know I read somewhere months ago that shipping to certain countries was extremely high and that even āfree shippingā to those countries would have to be subsidized by the buyer.
I honestly thought I remembered that was mentioned & discussed in this thread. But as I statedā¦. maybe I remembered wrong. But I know it was discussed somewhere & I shall try to find where that was.
IIRC this was brought on by the BLF GT when Lumintop lost their rear ends on shipping quite a few of those lights.
I honestly do not think Neal is trying to pull a fast one or make āextra profitā. That kinda makes him sound like a thief, And I for one DO NOT think Neal is a thief.
I think he is trying to cover legitimate cost so it does not come out of his pocket, as was rumored to have happened with part of the BLF GTās.
Is it completely out of place to suggest that if the idea of paying an unexpected $3 is that upsetting, maybe just donāt order the light? Iāve dropped any number of purchases at the āpay nowā screen after I finally got to see the shipping cost, and didnāt like it. Usually thatās $8-$20 āsurpriseā charges (one place, $25 for a small UPS package from Arizona to North Carolina, when $10 is the most that could cost). $5, I might grumble. $2-3, unless itās a $5 item, probably not.
And, yeah, ātarget priceā is really not something to take as more than a rough estimate.
I've received a tracking number from Neal that shows "Item received" to a sorting center in China. I expected it to basically be a "label created" type of thing, and was very surprised. Last I heard, shipments wouldn't begin until May 8. Time to play the "wait and see" game.
I also just got a tracking number. But based on experience I wouldnāt be surprised or bent out of shape if it took a month to get to me.
As an aside I donāt really know why I bought the flashlight since I donāt really have a need for it. Although irritating my adult kids is certainly a fun thing to do