The bottom line is this light, as it was delivered to the customer; is potentially very dangerous.
It makes exactly zero difference if it was a group buy or not.
The specs that ‘Cyberscudo’ specified were ignored. That is fact. There is no excuse for that.
The ignoring of the specs is what has caused the majority of the problems with the COMETA. If you delete those problems what you have left is just pretty much normal. A few partially broken lights, a few DOA, and the normal unexpected things that pop up.
Profit margins are not an excuse, changes IF there were any in original specs are not an excuse, price point is not an excuse.
Nothing is an excuse for this light not being built to the final specs ‘Cyberscudo’ says were specified and agreed upon.
The seller/maker agreed upon the price, I assume no one twisted their arm.
IF, there was something added after the price was agreed upon it is the sellers/makers responsibility to adjust their price and make a new agreement; if they feel they need to. That should not be hard to understand.
There is really no placing blame here either, it is cut and dried.
If ‘Cyberscudo’ is telling the truth and personally I have NO DOUBT that he/she is about what was agreed upon for the final specs of the COMETA… then the final specs were not followed by the maker/seller.
As said above…. this is what has caused the majority of problems with this light.
This is in no way the customers fault.
It is the sellers responsibility to sell a safe product and this one is not safe as delivered.
Sure there are “fixes” that have been identified, and that is well and good. Many of us are able & willing to do those fixes as well as understand them.
But, there are many people who have no earthly idea how to do even the simple fixes; much less understand them. IF they even know about them.
That my friends is a BIG problem.
It is not saying anything bad about those people either. That is probably just not their thing, no big deal.
But this light, as shipped; can potentially be very dangerous for them.
And please don’t try to use the tired old argument that this is just a “cultural thing”.
That argument is just a “steaming pile of what the doggie dropped”.
This has everything to do with business models and integrity.
Hopefully the seller/maker will have the business model and the integrity to fix this fiasco.
The ball is in their court……………
This is my opinion. I could really care less if anyone disagrees. It is what it is.
Whatever it may, be you are entitled to your own opinion.
Thank you……………