of course flaminpyro, jay and pontiacg5 would want this thread deleted. it brings up their absolutely non existant customer support (and i DO NOT mean replacing the damaged parts) after they have collected $100's from a customer. or in pontiacg5's case his complete irresponsibility and lack of knowledge to pack laser diodes in cotton balls and blame the non-antistatic bags on the way the manufacturer labeled them.
this was for your, the membership here and in the future's benefit. i benefited nothing from this other than apparently wasting my time. also daguin, as wise as he is, can not make an evaluation of the laser diode in question without evaluating it. to do otherwise is bunk. i never claimed it died because of ESD. it certainly wasnt from my build or the driver because they are working with another diode.
so go ahead and delete the thread. i had my experiences with these sellers so the lesson was learned on this end. you can delete it and pretent it didnt happpen, or leave it and maybe the people will adopt normal responsible business practices that one would expect from people selling things especially of this nature and cost.
Look... I dunno what you have been smoking but I have dealt with Jayrob. He has given me and many others superb customer support. I can't say anything in regards to flamingpyro because I haven't dealt with him personally but I suspect it's the same for him.
You ordered your components, they arrived in perfectly good working condition. You abuse them by using a higher current than is suggested and they magically die and somehow you believe that's not your fault and that Jayrob and FlamingPyro should replace your components (there is no other way to interpret your constant complaining about lack of support).
I agree that I don't think there is any need to delete the thread as I believe there is some valuable information. The mere fact that you struggled with the assembly of jayrob's kit is valuable. It is simply something for people to consider when purchasing a kit.
I also know for a fact that Jayrob has many detailed tutorials on how to assemble his kits including the SS18650 where he strongly warns about the very problem you are having and gives you several different ways to deal with it including purchasing a tool from him.
Jayrob has been more than helpful in answering any of my questions, including the many dumb ones I had. He responded by explaining the anwers for each one, helped me determine which kits I needed for the builds I wanted and helped me determine which options I need for the results I wanted.
Jayrob has regularly bent over backwards to help people on the forums, even going as far as to offer you a new driver even knowing that it was user error on your part that destroyed it.
Had you done ANY research at all on the kit and/or components you were trying to use you would have gotten all the "support" you needed. Any questions you had in regards to those I gurantee you that Jayrob would have gladly answered had you sent him a PM with specific questions.
I'm all for leaving the thread intact, my solution instead would be to temp ban your account (perma ban if you still haven't learned your lesson after you get back).
You are coming onto the forums and trying to bash two different vendors for a problem you created. Personally I find that unacceptable and don't think the forums should tolerate it. If you had a legitimate issue, I would have no problem with you airing the problem publicly. But it has been clearly determined that YOU were at fault for the destroyed components and you still continue to bash the vendors even after Jayrob offered to replace your part knowing it was your fault it died.
Your request for "support" is unreasonable. You were given support, you were told you could not get replacements due to the fact that you destroyed the components. There is no support left. Jayrob even went as far as to offer you a free replacement just to shut you up, but that still wasn't good enough. You either have no concept of what support is, or you are purposely trying to discredit these two vendors. Personally I think you are purposely trying to discredit the vendors for some reason and believe you should be banned for that. :banned:
