I do also love to walk away with the loot, but next question is what to do with it.
The first few time it may be easy to use the stuff, but soon you got more than enough and do not know what to do with it.
The first few reviews it was nice to get stuff for "free", but today I only review the stuff, but do seldom use it (Do not ask me about long time usage). With maybe 100 charges* I cannot use all of them, but uses only the best ones that match my usage pattern.
*I do not know the correct number, I give charges away to friends and family, but mostly they run screaming away when I ask them if they need a charger or a battery .
I don’t know how you have time to do all the reviews you do. I know I have had to turn away a few… not that many. But you must have accumulated a ton of stuff you’ll never use ever again. I like you have given a bunch of my stuff away… but I barely have time for the few I do… I could never take on as much as you do. Kudos though, as your reviews have helped many of us here, who don’t have the testing equipment or technical know how to put chargers through any real testing.
Yes, these posts (and PM’s which I’ve also received from this member about items for sale) annoy me too. I guess now that the other side now effectively charges sellers might be relevant.
In the giveaways that I’ve run, the users contribution to BLF has never come into question. The fact that the user has registered and said “I’m in” or what ever is required, is proof enough to me that they like flashlights. That is enough for me. If they then want to sell the light or do what ever they want, it is fine by me.
We cant all “give” to the community. If you start analysing the content of users posts, most of the users here would rank very poorly. Quantity does not equal quality
I am not trying to troll this post, just trying to get a bit of perspective from someone who does not post or contribute much!
Dont doubt yourself as its members like you here that make this place a place not to be missed. Your uniqueness and honesty is a wonderful asset.
Talking about members here for the wrong reasons, there's no need to search the forum on who does the most giveaways. I just wonder if he/she is really generous or just after the publicity.
Hopefully someone else can search for the most useless member as well, at least somehow I can get nominated ;)
Seriously though, if you read through the lines you will see that most of it is joking. I'm not a stalker. Explanation: When I was in one of the latest gaw threads I saw a member which I noticed seeing at CPF as well, then checked his posts out, and made this thread out of surprise of my findings, because I remember seeing him often at BLF in gaws.
But actually now I'm quite interested in your background small light.
I disagree strongly with the assertion that someone reading a lot of threads and taking the advice of the community is not a contributing member. Lurkers, Unite!