As I found out earlier tonight from another long time member, who also happens to be a builder with a stellar rep, this isn't the first time there's been a bit of fishy business with him.
This laser was actually my very first purchase through LPF. My second purchase was an LPM. I ordered them literally within days or each other.
Of course the laser was coming from NY, and the laserbee from canada, so I didn't get it for a while longer.
When I tested the laser and it came up to be 1.2W, I was of course dismayed. I contacted him about. The response I got back was that I must have done something to it. This is, as I know now, but was too new to know back then, was pure bs.
I basically let the issue drop at the time.
A long while later I was playing with other lasers, moving some parts around, and out of curiosity tried the laser out on an LPM with a g1 lens.
WHOAH!!!! It hit 1.48W on an uncharged battery that had ~15 minutes run time on it! Conversely putting the focus adapter form the ehgemus unto another laser that did have a g1 lens... lower readings!
Of course at the time he was completely inactive on lpf, and I had no other means of contact. I posted what I found earlier in this thread... and started leaving the guy neg reps to make sure the problem wouldn't be forgotten. In all honesty I wasn't expecting to ever see him online under this account again.
The PM exchange since he's been back online... well it's all there. I haven't gotten any other messages from him since.
In posts here, he's trying to make it look like I'm now avoiding him, or being unreasonable... the reality is he turned off his ability to receive PM's, and the only reason he wants to "sort it out" is that he has another laser to sell.
This situation is pretty cut and dry, and once again I'm giving him a chance to fix it.
Hell, if he wants the laser back for the $290, I'm fine with that too, but will definitely use a middle man.
Edit: Here's a little game... It's called pick out the Jayrob G1 lens...
Hint: It's not the one in the middle the laser was sold with.