[PART 2] Official BLF GT Group Buy thread. Closed, but Public sales open!

BlueSwordM · 2018-09-14T01:16:32.000Z

The 115$US GB price must have not helped them at all in this case. In fact, they must have had some losses with the light since it costs a lot to ship.

Had the GB price been 150$US from the start, maybe there wouldn’t be backlash from Lumintop at all.

teacher · 2018-09-14T01:24:52.000Z

BlueSwordM:

The 115$US GB price must have not helped them at all in this case. In fact, they must have had some losses with the light since it costs a lot to ship.

Had the GB price been 150$US from the start, maybe there wouldn’t be backlash from Lumintop at all.

Probably true. But they agreed to the deal & they should either fix the problem or refund all the money.
~~This borders on ridiculous .~~ Nope, this is ridiculous.

Texas_Ace · 2018-09-14T01:25:01.000Z

BlueSwordM:

The 115$US GB price must have not helped them at all in this case. In fact, they must have had some losses with the light since it costs a lot to ship.

Had the GB price been 150$US from the start, maybe there wouldn’t be backlash from Lumintop at all.

You are 100% correct.

From what I have gathered, after all was said and done, they lost money on the $115 lights in a big way and didn’t break even until the final batch of lights in the group buy. There were jobs hanging on the line for a few months if things did not improve and the boss was NOT happy, which was understandable considering the amount of money on the line.

They seriously underestimated the shipping costs for the lights along with the reflector issues and other unexpected issues upping the cost of the light much more then expected as well.

All that said, it does not excuse them for not taking care of these issues, I have been very vocal on that, these issues should of been taken care of months ago and it makes no sense in the big picture to not fix these (fairly minor in the big picture) issues.

BlueSwordM · 2018-09-14T01:39:50.000Z

Yep. I’m not justifying, just explaining the problem :+1:

teacher · 2018-09-14T02:23:52.000Z

/\ … Understood. . :+1:

JasonWW · 2018-09-14T04:24:30.000Z

Northcentralpositronics said he got his replacement tail cap. So he is off the list. We are back to 10.

teacher · 2018-09-14T05:35:09.000Z

UPDATED LIST with those RESOLVED

JasonWW wrote:

GT:
sp5it - got damaged head, still waiting on response for replacement
zelee - got damaged head, still waiting on response for replacement
FreeMagenta - First GT lost, replacement GT status unknown
Bruno28 - waiting for replacement reflector
VRT - recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates
Tete - recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates
Jimmy007 - first GT lost, no word on replacement
k125bw - waiting on replacement battery carriers
Dustynell - light not shipped due to address issues
Chito - got damaged head, no other details mentioned
~~Northcentralpositronics~~ missing tail cap- / RESOLVED

I have not heard anything about these issues. I assume they are all still unresolved.

VRT, Dustynell and FreeMagenta never answered my PM so I don’t know about them.

Jimmy007 · 2018-09-14T05:44:27.000Z

Think everything will be explained. Neal was contacted to me. Thanks.

Jimmy007 · 2018-09-14T10:00:29.000Z

Update: my issue solved. Neal explained everything. Case closed.

teacher · 2018-09-15T02:00:51.000Z

UPDATED LIST with those RESOLVED

JasonWW wrote:

GT:
sp5it - got damaged head, waiting on replacement response / PENDING
zelee - got damaged head, still waiting on response for replacement
FreeMagenta - First GT lost, replacement GT status unknown
Bruno28 - waiting for replacement reflector
~~VRT~~ recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates- / RESOLVED
Tete - recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates
~~Jimmy007~~ first GT lost, no word on replacement- / RESOLVED
k125bw - waiting on replacement battery carriers
Dustynell - light not shipped due to address issues
Chito - got damaged head, no other details mentioned
~~Northcentralpositronics~~ missing tail cap- / RESOLVED

I have not heard anything about these issues. I assume they are all still unresolved.

VRT, Dustynell and FreeMagenta never answered my PM so I don’t know about them.

JasonWW · 2018-09-14T10:24:55.000Z

teacher:

UPDATED LIST with those RESOLVED

I always delete the resolved issues.

JasonWW · 2018-09-14T10:26:00.000Z

Sp5it says he sent his head back to lumintop for repairs. We will find out the results later.

teacher · 2018-09-14T12:14:28.000Z

JasonWW:

teacher:

UPDATED LIST with those RESOLVED

I always delete the resolved issues.

Different strokes for different folks. . I would rather see the progress that is being made with a line thru the name and a big RESOLVED beside it. . :+1:

…….
I’ll take your name as author off the next UPDATE if you wish. I was just trying to give you credit……

JasonWW · 2018-09-14T12:47:48.000Z

Maliblue recieved his missing light in July.

JasonWW · 2018-09-15T01:32:34.000Z

I just heard back from VRT. They sent a replacement head, so everything is okay there. :+1:

teacher · 2018-09-15T09:30:37.000Z

UPDATED LIST with those RESOLVED

People with BLF GT problems ’unresolved’ by LT.

sp5it - got damaged head, waiting on replacement response / PENDING
zelee - got damaged head, still waiting on response for replacement
~~FreeMagenta~~ First GT lost, replacement GT status- / RESOLVED
Bruno28 - waiting for replacement reflector
~~VRT~~ recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates- / RESOLVED
Tete - recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates
~~Jimmy007~~ first GT lost, no word on replacement- / RESOLVED
k125bw - waiting on replacement battery carriers
Dustynell - light not shipped due to address issues
Chito - got damaged head, no other details mentioned
~~Northcentralpositronics~~ missing tail cap- / RESOLVED

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JasonWW · 2018-09-15T08:57:32.000Z

I heard from FreeMagenta, he got his replacement light.

teacher · 2018-09-15T09:33:38.000Z

/\ … :+1: . Post #2333 edited to show FreeMagenta as RESOLVED

Toppe · 2018-09-30T17:41:20.000Z

teacher:

UPDATED LIST with those RESOLVED

JasonWW wrote:

GT:
sp5it - got damaged head, waiting on replacement response / PENDING
zelee - got damaged head, still waiting on response for replacement
FreeMagenta - First GT lost, replacement GT status unknown
Bruno28 - waiting for replacement reflector
~~VRT~~ recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates- / RESOLVED
Tete - recieved battery tube, but not head. No updates
~~Jimmy007~~ first GT lost, no word on replacement- / RESOLVED
k125bw - waiting on replacement battery carriers
Dustynell - light not shipped due to address issues
Chito - got damaged head, no other details mentioned
~~Northcentralpositronics~~ missing tail cap- / RESOLVED

I have not heard anything about these issues. I assume they are all still unresolved.

VRT, Dustynell and FreeMagenta never answered my PM so I don’t know about them.

Hi,

I have paid (158,22:money_mouth_face: BLF GT 11.12.2017. I have got that batterytube, but still missing the headpart of flashlight. I have sent message to marketing lumintop and also leo lumintop. Nobody never ever aswered…

My place of orderlist is [920]

First and also last blf group buy for me…

Texas_Ace · 2018-09-30T17:43:02.000Z

Toppe:

Hi,

I have paid BLF GT 11.12.2017. I have got that batterytube, but still missing the headpart of flashlight. I have sent message to marketing lumintop and also leo lumintop. Nobody never ever aswered…

My place of orderlist is [920]

First and also last blf group buy for me…

I am very sorry to hear this, I just let Leo and Neal know about this although I do not expect to hear back from them until after the holiday.

I would try sending leo@lumintop.com another email about this now, he has a bit more leverage over things then he used to after I got pretty upset with the boss a few months ago.

I think the boss is trying to keep someone between himself and me lol.