[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping.

[KawiBoy1428]

I asked Neal about it, he was not aware, I was offered a spot from a member to take his second light, this Neal is aware of, he sent me a PM about it, I agreed to take it, and that is where it’s been, no word from Neal?

[Tally-ho]

Please put me down for a second one. TIA.

[ARsee]

@tatasal

@ARsee

@xCentrino

First question Arsee, Did you make TWO $14 down payments? On " Fri, 08/25/2017 “:[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping. - #5438 by ARsee You only made ONE payment. Following your post history, you didn’t make another one or at least didn’t post about making a second downpayment. But my 1st question will solve this part. Here is the” List of Paid $14 down payments":[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping. - #6435 by The_Miller, you are only listed once, This confirms you only paid ONE $14 down payment months ago. It appears you are looking at 1st page 1st post list claiming you should be in for 2 @ $111. Yes your requests were with in the 555… BUT in order for the most people to receive the $111 price, that was limited to 1 per person at $111. With a special exception** I can explain later or link The Miller post on it later. On “post #3”:[PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping. - #3 by Team-Giggles The first list. You are: 344 ARsee 1st #386 663 ARsee 2nd #473 The left number is the important number to be under 555 for the $14 payment/ $111 price. The Far right # is your place at time of request(s) I don’t know how to wrap up my findings, but this should make sense enough or if someone else can wrap up what I’m trying to say? I’m pretty sure you just went ahead an bought 2 lights based on your time of requests position in the list.

I've been away from the forum for quite some, and did not monitor anything. Recently I received a PM from The_Miller stating I could place my order. Given it said clearly I could order one, I went through the motions and placed my order for one and paid. After paying I went back to the order page. At the bottom of the page it states, BE FAIR, only order the number of Light(s) that you signed up for. So, I thought about that. Had to speak with the miss's to confirm before I hit the bank account a second time. That's when I placed the order for the second light and (8) batteries. At that time I gave it not a second thought i may have circumvented the system, due to the order processing. Once that did, I recalled I also needed to pay the additional $14.96. Of which I paid with a different transaction number. I did not feel to be doing anything wrong. Just trying to abide by my commitment to purchase two as I agreed. Short of that, I'm confused. All the changes after the fact helped my position. There's a little more to it that I'd rather post openly, that may explain better. Please PM me and I will explain

If you are in the 555 group and you signed up for more than one unit in THAT group, then you can order what you signed up for. Perhaps what was not thought of is for that pm to include the people are signed up for MORE than one unit (regarding the down payment which was did not consider members who signed up for more than one unit) and WAS not considered as such. Perhaps just add the lacking downpayment amount for the extra unit/s in another PP transaction, since you already have Neal PP account.

I have paid Neal for both lights, to include the down payments, plus batteries, through Paypal. I have the transaction numbers if necessary.

PM sent TA

[Lund1660]

I just realized that on my PayPal it didn’t include my country, I sent Neal a email, is their anyone else I need to make aware?

[Texas_Ace]

@ARsee

I have paid Neal for both lights, to include the down payments, plus batteries, through Paypal. I have the transaction numbers if necessary.

PM sent TA

Not to worry, that is not necessary. We will handle the rest through PM.

You did nothing wrong, just a simple misunderstanding.

[Texas_Ace]

@Lund1660

I just realized that on my PayPal it didn’t include my country, I sent Neal a email, is their anyone else I need to make aware?

That should be good, he is the keeper of the order list.

[Texas_Ace]

Ok, I just talked to Neal, Apparently like kawiboy said Miller never actually got around to sending out the final downpayment requests to those last 22 people.

So he said we can go ahead and allow the following 22 users to order their second light at the discount

622 Tom E 2nd #44
623 Wineslurper 2nd #69
624 giorgoskok 2nd #98
625 Kurt_Norway 2nd #105
626 adnj 2nd #121
627 Muto 2nd #156
628 Lyubo Yanev 2nd #160
629 aslpg 2nd #171
630 Gerrh 2nd #175
631 Abqjohnny 2nd #188
632 KawiBoy1428 2nd #193
633 Docp723 2nd #209
634 Aardvark Spleen 2nd #215
635 Norddeutscher 2nd #228
636 Dralf 2nd #231
637 Angel Martínez 2nd #262
638 Mindaugass 2nd #266
639 Lights-Out 2nd #277
640 slackwolf 2nd #291
641 DarkerInSol 2nd #302
642 needmorlts 2nd #306
643 darkpenguin 2nd #310.6

If your name is on the list, you may order a 2nd light with the link you already have. You will simply need to add 15 of the $1 donation’s to the order to cover the downpayment cost and note in the reply to the email that this is your second GT order and that $15 of the donations are for the downpayment.

ONLY those on the above list can order a second light, please don’t order another light if you are not on the list and cause more work for Neal.

[fed893]

Ordered……………

Followed the directions in the email, and…and everything went smoothly :partying_face:

Much appreciations to the entire BLF GT team.

[xxx]

Just my suggested.

If first goal is 1 GT for 1 member @ $111, lets make its happen. Lets next number after 555 list get GT @ $111. If any member already sent second $14 payment or full, than refund for them.

Just my2cent

[strayz]

@DB Custom

I’ve been reading this from the beginning and have a relevant (or irrelevant, depending) question.

DHL is typically a fast International shipping service carrying a package to it’s destination typically in 3 business days. If people that are ordering chose DHL, would it be this fast?

I ask because recently I paid $18 extra for DHL with kaidomain and it took them over a week to get the package to DHL, after which point it did move quickly. Just thought I’d ask about this as many will probably choose the DHL option on this light.

If you are in the United states avoid DHL like the plague. They have lost two things for me, in the last 6 months when the USPS has outsourced things to ship. One was the Q8, the other was misc camera parts that were not supper expensive but still a pain to replace.

After speaking to people that work with freight movers it seems to be DHL out side of the US is good, but OMG it can turn in to a huge drama fest when shipping with in the boarders.

[Texas_Ace]

@xxx

Just my suggested.

If first goal is 1 GT for 1 member @ $111, lets make its happen. Lets next number after 555 list get GT @ $111. If any member already sent second $14 payment or full, than refund for them.

Just my2cent

We are going to stick with the original people that were supposed to get a PM. Since it is not clear why they did not get a PM at the time.

Had they received the PM back then, the slots would have been filled when there was no one else on the list, so it is still perfectly fair.

The whole downpayment ordeal was utter chaos. I just want to put it behind us and never, ever think about it again.

[Texas_Ace]

@strayz

@DB Custom

I’ve been reading this from the beginning and have a relevant (or irrelevant, depending) question.

DHL is typically a fast International shipping service carrying a package to it’s destination typically in 3 business days. If people that are ordering chose DHL, would it be this fast?

I ask because recently I paid $18 extra for DHL with kaidomain and it took them over a week to get the package to DHL, after which point it did move quickly. Just thought I’d ask about this as many will probably choose the DHL option on this light.

If you are in the United states avoid DHL like the plague. They have lost two things for me, in the last 6 months when the USPS has outsourced things to ship. One was the Q8, the other was misc camera parts that were not supper expensive but still a pain to replace.

After speaking to people that work with freight movers it seems to be DHL out side of the US is good, but OMG it can turn in to a huge drama fest when shipping with in the boarders.

I have had nothing but good experiences with DHL myself but I have only had a few dozen packages delivered via DHL.

[hazG]

A major thanks to all those working hard making the Giga Thrower become a reality.

Kudos!

[Box]

Number 65 on the list. Paid on 2/12/17. Thank you guys

[keengeorge]

@Texas_Ace

Sorry everyone, I suddenly stopped getting updates about this thread yesterday, I figured I was finally getting some downtime and peopel were busy on the weekend. Turns out that was not the case lol.

@keengeorge

G'Day Texas_Ace, the GT Team, and BLF'ers,

Could you Please tell me what is the maximum width/diameter & minimum height of the Battery Button Tops that will be OK for the BLF GT's battery holders?

I have some EVVA batteries that have Button Tops that are about 1 mm in height, and about 9.5 mm diameter, and I was wondering if they will fit in the BLF GT's battery holders?

Also I seem to recall seeing pictures of the final battery holder, but can't find them. Could someone Please point me to the pics?

Love to see the battery holders' details, and in particular the + and - battery contacts.

Thank you Very Much,

Best Regards,

George

I am not totally sure what EVVA stands for?

The carriers fit the only protected cell I own just fine with some room to spare so unless they are abnormally large protected cells should work fine.

Greetings & Salutations Texas_Ace,

They are EVVA branded Protected 18650 batteries, with rather wide/broad Button Tops.

What I am concerned about is the size of their Button Tops and their fitting or not fitting the Reverse Polarity Protection in the shipping BLF GT's Battery Carriers.

Their Button Tops are about 1 mm in height, and about 9.5 mm diameter, and I was wondering if they will fit in the BLF GT's battery carriers/holders.

I thought you had the Proto V2, and you could Please have a look at the carriers.

Thank you Very Much,

George

[teacher]

George, that size sounds more like an elevated flat top. :question:

[JasonWW]

@keengeorge

What I am concerned about is the size of their Button Tops and their fitting or not fitting the Reverse Polarity Protection in the shipping BLF GT’s Battery Carriers.

Their Button Tops are about 1 mm in height, and about 9.5 mm diameter, and I was wondering if they will fit in the BLF GT’s battery carriers/holders.

I thought you had the Proto V2, and you could Please have a look at the carriers.

Thank you Very Much,

George

There are pics of the button height on the carrier here. It looks like 0.5mm difference.

Click on the pics for a bigger view.

I present you with Giggles, the most hardcore BLF thrower in the World.

Here are some prototype V2 updates: Condensed cliff notes version: - New reflector is much improved, has some minor specs that don’t affect the beam that are already being worked on by lumintop - Centering ring is good, just needs to be careful when installing - Kurling on battery tube, fantastic, could not ask for more - Lighted switch, 223ua of parasitic drain, about 3 years of standby time with 8 cells - New Battery carriers are all metal now, double springs, much lower resistance and b…

[Texas_Ace]

@keengeorge

Greetings & Salutations Texas_Ace,

They are EVVA branded Protected 18650 batteries, with rather wide/broad Button Tops.

What I am concerned about is the size of their Button Tops and their fitting or not fitting the Reverse Polarity Protection in the shipping BLF GT’s Battery Carriers.

Their Button Tops are about 1 mm in height, and about 9.5 mm diameter, and I was wondering if they will fit in the BLF GT’s battery carriers/holders.

I thought you had the Proto V2, and you could Please have a look at the carriers.

Thank you Very Much,

George

Ah, ok now I see what you are asking.

Sadly it does not look like the button tops will fit. I just measured the opening and they are 8.5mm across.

You can remove the polarity protection with a simple soldering iron or even a heat gun and if using protected cells anyways you really don’t need it.

[teacher]

@keengeorge

G’Day Texas_Ace, the GT Team, and BLF’ers,

Could you Please tell me what is the maximum width/diameter & minimum height of the Battery Button Tops that will be OK for the BLF GT’s battery holders?
I have some EVVA batteries that have Button Tops that are about 1 mm in height, and about 9.5 mm diameter, and I was wondering if they will fit in the BLF GT’s battery holders?

Also I seem to recall seeing pictures of the final battery holder, but can’t find them. Could someone Please point me to batterys?
Love to see the battery holders’ details, and in particular the + and - battery contacts

Thank you Very Much,
Best Regards,
George

George… I just looked through my batteries an I have a couple of those. From what what I remember seeing of the latest carrier picture there is no way they would work unless the polarity protection was removed or you solder boobed them.
Hope this helps……
………
EDIT……. TA beat me to it….

[JasonWW]

@Texas_Ace

Ok, I just talked to Neal, Apparently like kawiboy said Miller never actually got around to sending out the final downpayment requests to those last 22 people.

So he said we can go ahead and allow the following 22 users to order their second light at the discount

622 Tom E 2nd #44
623 Wineslurper 2nd #69
624 giorgoskok 2nd #98
625 Kurt_Norway 2nd #105
626 adnj 2nd #121
627 Muto 2nd #156
628 Lyubo Yanev 2nd #160
629 aslpg 2nd #171
630 Gerrh 2nd #175
631 Abqjohnny 2nd #188
632 KawiBoy1428 2nd #193
633 Docp723 2nd #209
634 Aardvark Spleen 2nd #215
635 Norddeutscher 2nd #228
636 Dralf 2nd #231
637 Angel Martínez 2nd #262
638 Mindaugass 2nd #266
639 Lights-Out 2nd #277
640 slackwolf 2nd #291
641 DarkerInSol 2nd #302
642 needmorlts 2nd #306
643 darkpenguin 2nd #310.6

If your name is on the list, you may order a 2nd light with the link you already have. You will simply need to add 15 of the $1 donation’s to the order to cover the downpayment cost and note in the reply to the email that this is your second GT order and that $15 of the donations are for the downpayment.

ONLY those on the above list can order a second light, please don’t order another light if you are not on the list and cause more work for Neal.

I suspected Miller might not have sent those out. Lol

Anyway, I wanted to point out that in this post [PART 1] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Group buy officially closed! Lights shipping. - #10100 by JasonWW I checked on those 22 names and 9 of those names weren’t on the down payment list. Some withdrew from the group buy and some just joined in for several lights, like slackwolf who wanted 4, then disappeared. Lol. IDK, I guess some people like to jump on lists and then never even follow the thread. So your definetly not gonna get responses from all 22 folks. I don’t know if this is useful info, but I just wanted to let you know.