Thank you 18sixfifty for your time and energy you invested in this project :)
I got the refund 2,5 hours ago. I wanted 12 drivers and 5 emitters (maybe increase the number up to ten) - now I will try if Fasttech offers me the same prices as the "old" group buy prices.
Got my refund. Thank you for all the work you put into this, and sorry for how unprofessional FT has been throughout the ordeal. Even though their prices are still fairly competitive, I'm going to order the parts I need from elsewhere.
Thanks for trying. FastTech, if any of your reps read this, the way you have dealt with this is completely stupid. Also with an item that was faulty I sent back and you changed your mind on refunding as well. I’ve directed business away from you a few times already because of it, you’ve already lost much more than you would have lost dealing with these issues correctly.
I let them know I was good and ticked off. What gets me is that I know they lost money by not taking the order. Even at the price they quoted me they had to be making money. So why would they mess around and lose a $1,600 order and tick off a whole bunch of people? Lazy, greedy or stupid?
Also I had to have told them that this was for Budget Light Forum at least 30 different times. So they knew it was for a bunch of their customers who have been with them from the time they started out.
Never jumped on the FT bandwagon myself, actually had more problems with FT than many other vendors including several on the blacklist. Thanks for trying 18sixfifty, sorry about all the effort invested by yourself. As for the host, emitters, and drivers, I could care less.
I had just ordered qty 5 of these: 2.1A 7135 2 group driver for $2.37 each -- I'll add 7135's and re-program them anyway. I've ordered a ton of these: 2.8A 7135 2 group driver at $2.68 each in the past in qty 5 or qty 10 bunch's. I thought I requested ordering qty 10 of items in the past from them, and it took so long for them to get back to me, and the price difference was insignificant anyway, so I gave up trying to get price quotes.
This pretty much is another confirmation how bad these guys have become. Unfortunately, I still have to depend on them for some things because they still are the only source for some hard to find items, and they still have the best 7135 driver and parts prices around that I could find.