The precise details of what Sofirn’s factory can do and how they project-plan their capacity are commercially sensitive information. I would be very surprised if any company ever discloses information like that on BLF for their competitors to see.
As I understand it, Sofirn already have 500 units of the LT1 in stock right now, with manufacturing of the second batch currently in progress.
So what’s to stop someone from buying one on eBay or aliexpress using someone else’s BLF ID? There’s no way for Sofirn to know that the eBay or AE account is owned by the same person as the BLF ID from the interest list that’s being used for the transaction. I’m not advocating anyone do that, and I think it would be pretty crappy, but several of the current sales methods could be abused (once the interest list hits 3000).
it is one per person from what is reported, also it looks like eBay circumvents the order of the list. Also eBay hit me with added tax all of a sudden on my two razors this week I bought.
Maybe they have a spreadsheet that tracks your blf handle. Like for me, they send me a code and logged it under my blf handle, then when I try on eBay, they ask for me blf handle and if I give them dealgrabber2002, they can see the code already been given out via Amazon.
It is not a foolproof system, and that is not essential either in my opinion, if things do not go seriously wrong everyone on the list will eventually get their lantern for the discounted price. This is no different from the other BLF projects, lots of irregularities in the sales process but in the end all the people got their lights and the manufacturer got their money.
(one exception and it was me organising it : the double UV Romisen project from years ago went wrong, only 50 lights were produced for a list of 200, it was completely random who got their lights and who did not)
I also did order one from Aliexpress even if listed in the late 2000 numbers, since I also will get code when the lights are produced if planed from Sofirn
Not only that we have likely with the very extended time frame from first interests numbers cases of:
I ordered mine soon after Sofirn started sending out PMs. This is the info I have so far. FWIW, it was ordered through Amazon.
Thursday, October 17
3:43 AM
Package has left the carrier facility
GuangDongShengGuangZhouShi 51040034,
1:04 AM
Package has left the carrier facility
GuangDongShengGuangZhouShi 51016508,
12:16 AM
Item has been picked up by carrier.
GuangDongShengGuangZhouShi 51016508,
Sunday, October 13
Package has shipped
Supposedly it’ll arrive between Nov 7 and Dec 2. I paid tax too and not to CA but to Maine.
Enhance your Calm, Deal Grabber Two Thousand and Two.
Batch #2 - both production and notification/sales are being worked on. When the stars align and the cats are herded the LT1 will, like the spring, come back to grace us all.