In the good old days it was a very dangerous job to be the bearer of bad tidings……. in China. And they are still not very good at it.
I agree with djozz and willmo. I am curious to see what Trustfire have to offer and stick it out for a while longer. From this point on it only can get better.
I see they offer another 2-emitter light (white and purple):
MXDL 9126 Double LED 3 Modes 100 Lumens 1.5V AAA Mini EDC Flashlight Silver
$4.59 apiece.
I wonder if they could get that as a host. Decent lookng shell.
Well I for one am very disappointed about this deal coming apart at the seams. Fingers crossed that it gets put right in the next day or two but I can’t help but feel that someone at some stage has promised something they were completely unable to deliver or maybe it could be something as simple as the initial order being 50 to get the ball rolling and then no one getting the memo that the full order number was for many more lights.
how about next time if we see group buy with Tinywind .com ?
I hadn’t looked at the TinyWind order numbers before, but it looks like TW is probably a pretty small and new company if they assign numbers sequentially and our batch of orders was only in the 600s.
If this is true, chances are that TinyWind have been genuinely trying very hard to make our group buy work. They certainly put in more effort than usual in getting the coupons individually generated and sent, for example. But as a small company they might not have much weight to push around in business negotiations.
So, please try to be nice, and be patient. There is no need to assume malicious intent.
Mine says this:
“Notice : SKU: TW14864 in your order are Out of Stock now, please reply us for a replacement.”
:_(
Anyone else see something else farked up here? It’s obvious that they didn’t care about earlier order numbers or by the group buy sign up numbers.
I already confirm it with djozz and i will not receive one of the 50 lights
I already asked for a refund 2 weeks ago. I had 2 on order.
they refunded me yesterday I believe.
Two weeks for a refund isn’t particularly good customer service. I’ve asked for a refund of my order (#836, outside the GB) today. I’ll file a PP dispute by the end of the week if the refund isn’t processed.
Order Number: 607. I paid the minute I got the message that the deal would happen: Date Ordered: 2015-08-10 05:08:56
You could buy this one for a bit over 16 dollars: http://www.banggood.com/Convoy-S2-365nm-UV-Single37-Modes-SMO-Reflector-LED-Flashlight-p-967480.html. I reckon it uses the same 365nm led as the group buy flashlight.
If you care to wait for a few days, I'm trying to arrange something else with Tinywind that may be more attractive. I think the odds are 80% that it will not work out (and then you will not hear about it), but who knows...
I just realized tinywind never sent me any email about my order. I had to create and account and look it up on their website. Sadly my order is not there, it looks like they shipped only 5xx and 6xx orders, mine is 709.
Hey djozz…sorry this didn’t work out.
I paid and don’t see an order on tinywind at all.
I have a paypal receipt dated August 10th, and it hasn’t been refunded. What do I do?
There's a small chance that you are on the list of people who were sent lights to. Saphire sent me that list with names (real world names), so if you would send me a PM, I can check if you are there.
The current status is that Saphire is in touch with Trustfire to get the missing dual UV flashlights made by them instead. She will hear back from them tomorrow. If this works out there's the choice of waiting for that, or a refund. If it does not work out everyone who did not receive the light will be refunded.
PM sent.
I verified and I am getting one… it’ll be here on Friday it seems.
This GB has taken a very ugly turn for those of us after #50.
The suggested replacement light is not a substitute for the light from this group buy. The conical head, and tiny aperture look like cr@p.
I have a tracking number for mine BUT I like the new host better so I will definitely add another UV light if MOQ is required for same price