Hmmm, I was sort of thinking about this too, thanks for mentioning it. We actually do have this category: http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/forum/marketplace/sell and I personally don't mind if a vendor advertises his products there. As for a hot deals section, I kind of figured we would put them in the category for the battery type of the light in question, be it AA or 18650 or whatever. But maybe we should have a separate category for deals? I personally find this sort of post very useful and informative, and BLF members are encouraged to post about this.
Just ordered an item from dinodirect and am very disappointed. I sent them a e-mail asking if a particular item is in stock, I got a reply saying that it was. I ordered it, btw the checkout is pretty complicated compared tp DX or FP, after making the payment by credit card, I got a popup saying : "Sorry! The order you requested is inoperable for changes in inventory or price. Please continue to shop for other items you like." !
Be careful, will report what happens. I never had problems like this with FP or DX.
Thanks for the tip there cpf, please do let us know what happens, and please give them a star rating at the bottom of the first post here. I definitely don't like the sound of "The order you requested is inoperable for changes in inventory or price". I could accept the fact that for bad management the inventory could run out. But the price is largely in Dino's control. Even if their supplier suddenly jacked up the price, good business practice would dictate that Dino would eat the loss for an existing customer and then immediately raise the listed price of the product.
I have since used 'Live Help' and e-mail to clarify what exactly is the status of my order. Both assure me that everything is OK, the item will be shipped soon.
Will report when I actually receive it. Keeping my fingers crossed.
hello, BLF members, this is DinoDirect, thanks for your guys interests, as a reward, we are excited to provide you a special discount on our flashlights which are already cheap.
you can get 15% off on all these flashlights http://www.dinodirect.com/flashlights-lanterns-lights/s-103.html ,
Just noticed something DD, the "Watch People Shop" thing on your site causes my browsers CPU usage to spike 100% every few seconds. It is really annoying since my browser freezes for a split second everytime that happens.
Don't know if I'm the only one affected, but you can kill the script responsible for the spikes with NoScript if it bothers you.
There's another version of this light that has a Q5 instead of a Q3: http://www.dinodirect.com/High-Brightness-Focused-Q5-LED-Flashlight-Torch-RC-C6.html . It costs $16.