This is disappointing. It is the third group buy that I can recall that has fallen through. A simple question to those organising such deals: wouldn’t it make more sense to have the details agreed with the dealer/distributor/manufacturer before making any Group Buy announcements?
Sorry vinh - from post #1, it sounded like you did one of these before. I'm thinking it's just another packaging of the TN31 and K40 internals, though I do like the looks of the packaging better on this BK-FA01. I'm thinking it will not get better #'s than a TN31, but who knows, maybe, or maybe equal. I was thinking it was a 4 series cell, but Dale is saying it's 2P2S, which actually makes some sense if the driver is identical to the TN31/K40.
This GB termination from Niwalker sucks...
i don't know who s*cks.
Niwalker?
or the US-dealer who complained?
can't be both. that would be weird. who s*cks whom ;)
It is 2S2P, and there are in depth reviews with comparative beamshots and runtime graphs to the TN31 (HERE).
such bs - everyone else does coupon codes from illumination supply to amazon…. shame on you niwalker.
ill take my money somewhere else
Yep, thanx Red - just went thru the review. More convincing it's the same driver OEM'd, should be easy to resistor mod or bridge, de-domed XM-L2 should be in the 400's in kcd if bridges resistors, in a nicer package than the TN31 - just dunno if it can match the TN31 #'s.
My oh my oh my….
First it was me and Bill of Doingoutdoor
Then this……
Something’s got to give….this is too much…boycott?
This is sooo true, a lot of the business these dealers get is from BLF and CPF. People just need to start boycotting the ones that are being way over the top on the map practice. Speak with your wallets, they will hear us!
There is obviously A LOT of money to be made on some of these lights, a discount helps us out and the dealer is still doing pretty good I would imagine also. There are only a handful of U.S dealers that even sell these. Take a look and I am sure it would not be that hard to figure out who it was. Maybe people should not only stay away from manufacturer, but also the rat dealers out there who are mad that they can not gouge us at the full retail or the tiny 5% off code they are offering.
The bad publicity these companies are receiving with their M.A.P hardly appears to be worth the effort.
We should collaborate a list, linking to the specific examples and promote it so it’s prominent in search engine searches.
See how they like it when we bitch slap them around a bit.
Further to that, pricing is not equal world wide anyhow.
Check out European/Australian pricing compared to American/Asian pricing.
If they desire to ensure equality/fairness, that’s the first issue they should be addressing.
Ensuring pricing is the same as USA Asian pricing world wide.
has this “distributor” also complained about the “other” TWO dealers that are/were doing the same freaking thing?
my dad just bought a vostro mtg2 with a coupon code for $140 somewhere else 2 weeks ago.
i hope this distributor is happy, hes not going to get me to buy this light for $180, $125, or even $14. id rather wipe my own ass with my $ than give it to niwalker at this point.
Hey guys we would like to make things clearly here. We do not/will not support any people who trying to get fast cash out of a sales. We do not mind GB activity as we know this will grow our customer base but this has to go through an authorized dealer only. Don’t you think anyone who wants start GB should have discussed with us before anything they planning to do? We are sorry for so many troubles here but please understand why we are doing this.Thanks
Do you mean to say that Cellguy is not an authorized dealer but I’m almost sure he got his stock from an authorized dealer of Niwalker since there is no known dealer of Niwalkers other than those authorized, right? Obviously, after he gets to pay his lights from an authorized dealer, you don’t have anything to do with how much he will sell those lights.
Niwalker shill, you don't have a written MAP agreement do you? Group buy or not is none of your business. MAP may be, but you better damn well have a written MAP agreement that any dealer can access so as not to violate your rules.
There's no trouble for me. It's you that has lost what could have been a happy customer and reviewer. Better lights are coming that will cost less money. All you've done is save me money.
this was a group buy - you would have only gained business and happy customers by hopping aboard with e2 field gear and seeing this whole process through.
you have actually lost customers and money because of this. good job - i hope you are happy with your actions.
your account should be banned from this forum and niwalker customer service put on the main forum “avoid” list
Halleluyah! No one deserves this treatment more than Niwalker, the company.
Niwalker has ensured I will never buy or recommend any of their products that’s for sure.
If you want to explain, please go ahead. The above statement does not.
This is Niwalker’s email to the original Vostro GB that I organized that was also cancelled:
Please stop your group buy activity on your site. You are not an authorized dealer selling our products. If you wish to work with us you need to at least follow our MAP.
We won`t offer you any Niwalker products as for now.
Best regards,
Tony Sung | General Manager
Hi Amanda Lee,
A please accept this very sincere **** you, on behalf of everyone here at BLF.
Please accept this also from members on other flashlight forums.
Please understand that in the future many people will avoid buying your products from you, or from ANY Niwalker dealer. I will be contacting those I can find to let them know sadly I can no longer do business with them.
Please recognize that while it is your absolute right as the manufacture to enforce MAP pricing, if MAP policy is not made available, and a price is not actually advertised, a dealer cannot be in violation of it.
Once again, a sincere **** You from the members of Budget Light Forums, Candle Power Forums, and Laser Pointer Forums.
InSincerely,
InfinitusEquitas
P.S. - Look up what my name means and latin and decide whether I hold grudges, and get even or not.
Yep, I completely agree. Companies like these who actively refuse and interfere with legitimate purchasing like these group buys that actually don’t break their Map policies that are in place and refuse to give the enthusiasts the opportunity to own their products will see their growth in any business suffer. I recently showed a few of my torches off to my boss’-boss who is a huge hunter and outdoors man and has a large group of friends all into the same thing. He was shocked by the torches I had since they mostly own and use stock off the shelf offerings. To bad for companies like Niwalker cause I was looking forward to showing him these offerings and potentially recommending them. But the good news is there is plenty of other companies our money can go to.
I’m also all for a “BLACK LIST” of companies we should not buy from because of this constant screw job over map. So someone please start up a stickied thread and we can get this ball rolling of who you should not be sending your money to!