BLF Lantern Purchase/Followup Information - Group Buy list is Closed!!!!

Making an offer Friday and it was accepted saturday , worked here. Gave them my user ID here in the message section.

I think my situation might be cleared up now. I’ve been told to re-submit the ‘offer’ on eBay and it should be accepted this time. So, I just did that and waiting for them to get it. :partying_face:

Recieved my code and placed my order. Jammin

I think I saw one person (Mtn Don) who purchased on amazon got a shipping notice. I bought mine on Thursday evening PDT on ebay, still no shipping notice. Hoping by morning.

Has anyone seen one shipped from ebay?

“Amazon order”

Ordered Saturday, October 12
Shipped today 10/13

Arriving November 7 - December 2

Tracking info provided by Sofirn
Shipped with China Post

thx chinooker. A few other folks have mentioned in another LT1 thread that theirs have shipped from amazon purchases. Maybe they have a priority for some reason. I’ve waited a couple years, I can wait a few more weeks. But I am really looking forward to it.

Got a china post tracking number on mine. Nov 7 or later

The tricky question arises, is the group buy price $49.99 or $50.00 ?

P.S. … i guess $49.99 …

WooHoo! I just checked eBay and the LT1 was ready for me to purchase at GB price, so I paid up. Now to wait. The eBay estimated delivery schedule is Nov 7 - Nov 19. It would be great to get it a little sooner. We’ll see.

That is caused by the way BLF formats messages in its “simple post editor”. If x is in the middle of a number, it’s replaced by a multiplication symbol. This can be avoided by wrapping the text in something to tell it not to do any markup, but people don’t know to do that until after tripping over it a few times.

So, for example:

  • 1x123 has a multiplication symbol
  • 1x123 has a real “x”

The difference? I put a double-equal sign around the second one to turn off formatting.

  • 1x123 becomes 1x123
  • ==1x123== becomes 1x123

My first LT1 ordered via Ebay was shipped today and I received a tracking number.

My eBay one got moved to shipped Estimated delivery Wed, Nov 06 - Mon, Nov 18. Can’t wait.

Ok, I’m in the US and bought on ebay, so maybe mine will ship soon too . . . .

This happened to me, works now. Thank you!

Great tip. Thanks Jinx.

And thank you TK for the explanation.

Ordered LT1 no batteries from ebay on 10/10, shipped 10/15. :+1:

I got a tracking number from eBay, some time this morning, or maybe overnight. Now, it shows actually shipped! :partying_face:

Give me a code already and take my money!

:slight_smile: My package has shown movement through locations on the Chinese end. Just for the hell of it I did a serch on the last given location. Here’s one of the images that turned up. :person_facepalming:

It’s that one near the bottom right !