Hi ToyKeeper, I suspect you meant to post this over in the other A6 GB thread? Totally agree with you though and it's why I hold off from investing too much £££ on custom lights because we know that this Forum has such great custom group buys.
Hirsh
P.S. Can you give me anything to help explain our flashlight passion to my Wife! She's never heard it from a girls pov, and perhaps there is something I'm just not saying right that she might appreciate or resonate with?! To her they all do the same thing and each new purchase is just one less pair of shoes!! Ta
I like bright lights and I cannot lie!
The big white ones that hurt my eye!
Well built with an itty bitty waist
And a tint with really good taste…
I like bright lights and I cannot lie!
Ask your wife how much her shoes cost? If they’re typically more expensive than your lights, sell enough pairs to buy lights to equalize that obvious imbalance. Fair is fair, right? Her makeup desk, we could buy a bunch of nice cells to equalize that big disturbance in the force right there! So, tell her you’re compromising your inner outdoorsman by buying flashlights and not guns, knives, fishing poles and all the alcohol typically consumed with those toys. See, you’re doing her a FAVOR buying lights! :bigsmile:
I have over 100 lights, my wife is ok with that, remarkably. She knows I’m home with our son, not “honkeytonkin” or in general out and about wasting money, so she’s realistic and I appreciate her for that. I get her nice stuff too, which she usually stuffs in a closet and forgets about whether it’s Victoria’s Secret or a $500 professional mixer. Go figure.
Oh hell Jes :) You might as well go for the SS/Cu too....you KNOW you want to ....everybody will sooner or later - especially after the samples come out.
The sad part is… that isn’t even unreasonable. Less-capable lights often sell for more than that. Some people made a pretty nice profit reselling the original BLF X6 for a higher price, and these will be even better.
Okay all, this is the position swap list from the first post all the way through to present.
Date
Post No
Type (Al/CuSS)
Requestor
From Pos
Approver
To Pos
Status (Pending/Approved/Rejected)
Updated (Y/N)
07/11/2015 - 15:41
62
CuSS
ahirshy
26
mizjif
13
Rejected
N
07/11/2015 - 15:41
62
Al
ahirshy
15
djozz
13
Approved
N
07/11/2015 - 16:09
66
CuSS
mattlward
29
LSX
19
Rejected
N
07/11/2015 - 16:09
66
CuSS
mattlward
29
Wrathbringer27
18
Rejected
N
07/11/2015 - 16:42
67
CuSS
abang.tegak
Blank
33
Prefill Desire
Y
07/11/2015 - 16:48
69
CuSS
ahirshy
Blank
31
Approved
Y
07/11/2015 - 21:01
88
Al
DanielM
25
Pregulla
22
Approved
Y
07/11/2015 - 21:55
91
CuSS
B42
Blank
42
Approved
Y
07/12/2015 - 05:41
102
CuSS
will34
14
Ulibar
28
Approved
Y
07/12/2015 - 11:33
112
Al
ahirshy
32
Nguyen
31
Approved
N
07/12/2015 - 16:34
130
Al
iron potato
39
Tinn44
34
Approved
N
07/12/2015 - 18:54
138
Al
nisse
Blank
100
Prefill Desire
N
07/13/2015 - 00:30
157
CuSS
jealous57
20
Sarge930
57
Pending (PM Aprv)
N
07/13/2015 - 04:26
162
CuSS
sonntag
62
Jmpaul320
55
Pending
N
07/13/2015 - 04:26
162
Al
sonntag
49
Jescereal
55
Pending
N
07/13/2015 - 17:53
178
Al
B42
52
Nisse
42
Pending
N
07/14/2015 - 18:52
193
Al
Nguyen
31
ahirshy
32
Approved
N
07/15/2015 - 00:29
205
Al
kst
Blank
58
Approved
Y
07/15/2015 - 03:16
217
Al
ReManG
7
djozz
13
Rejected
N
07/15/2015 - 21:12
235
Al
djozz
13
ahirshy
15
Approved
N
07/16/2015 - 09:07
252
Al
djozz
15
ReManG
7
Approved (PM Aprv)
N
07/22/2015 - 22:35
336
Al
Nguyen
80
Blank
81
Prefill Desire
N
07/26/2015 - 01:34
345
Al
xelario
Blank
88
Prefill Desire
Y
07/28/2015 - 14:44
373
Al
Tinn44
34
iron potato
39
Approved
N
Krono - To start off with you only need to update those with: Status = ‘Approved’ / Updated = ’N’.
After the first update it will only be a case of the new additions to this list which need updating.
All - if there are any above still with Status = ‘Pending’, and it had already been agreed by private PM only, please feel free to PM that individual again and kindly request they post a short Approval of the position swap on the thread for us to record. They could reference your original request post number, else simply which Al/CuSS list and what positions are being moved.
Any mistakes or omissions please let me know.
All position swaps should be discussed and agreed by PM first to help prevent unwanted spam in the thread. Then BOTH parties must post their request AND approval on the thread. I will then endeavour to update the swap list in this post every other evening.
Hope this is useful, please feedback if there is anything I can add or change to make it easier to track.
Yes, they actually are worth more than we paid. In fact, they were worth more already when we bought them. These lights will be even more so. The fact is that people in some parts of the world, such as here in the USA, are used to paying a lot and not getting a lot. Last I looked, Lowe’s had a 1000 lumen light for ~$60 or so. Well, we can buy 1000 lumen lights all the time for half that, and they look better and are better quality than those at Lowe’s. With these Group Buys, the idea is to get an even better deal than normal, by the power of buying in bulk. For the promise of hundreds of sales, the retailer and the manufacturer are willing to work with us to lower the price and/or upgrade the lights. I expect in general, a person could get over $250USD for the V2 Aluminum set, especially if they included a decent 4-cell charger and 2 IMR 18650’s and 2 IMR 14500’s. That is quick money. You could sell lots of sets that way, I’m sure. With the right set of circumstances, and the right buyer, you could get a whole lot more than that for it. There are people that regularly pay hundreds of dollars for one flashlight that won’t have the brightness or the features that the X6 V2 will have.