john lawson said:
you sir were wrong now send it to me just to make things right lol :
I agree. ;D
Fleebay quote:
Material High quality Aluminium Metal (Black matte-plating)
Model No. LP3997
Laser Type Visible Green laser
Output Power < 80mW (Guarantee genuine / Real as shown)
Wave Length 532nm
Beam Distance over 500 - 10,000 meters
Working Time Over 8000 hours
Working Temp -10? ~ + 40? Ta = 25?
Working Voltage 0 ? ~ + 40?
Storage Voltage -10? ~ + 50?
Size 9.5cm (Length) / 2.8cm (Diameter)
Style Portable Pointer / Torch (attached a buckle)
Battery 1 x CR123A 3V (Included)
On/Off Button Simple press to activate and release to deactivate
Condition Brand new with Gift Box (User guide attached inside)
Passed QC/ CE/ TUV/ FDA/ RoHs/ PAHs (Class IIIb Product)
Function Used as Astronomy indicator or good for teaching / lectures baton
Features ~
Compare with RED laser pointer, the green laser beam dot can be seen at much greater distances, So you will able to see a very clear green beam in the sky (not just the laser beam dot) when skypointing at night or in a dark conditions..
That's completely false information, heck I couldn't even find a LP3997 laser (but I didn't look too long) but found a LDO CMOS regulator with that number. :-?
http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pdf/95624/NSC/LP3997.html
And I vote that it is the sellers fault here. The buyer obviously didn't know much about lasers and because of this seller he had to browse the horizons. But, as any buyer should keep in mind is that it is ebay and there are defiantly going to be many dishonest sellers, and buyers.
For your info, unless you have much experience with lasers, you can only estimate a lasers power by 10-20mW if you're good, and those DX New Wish 30 mW lasers that you used for referencing comparison, vary all over the place, from less then 5mW to greater then 50mW. There are no quality control at DX and DX do not rate these units and the Chinese manufacture of these cheapest of cheap green lasers don't have guarantees and a lot of time put the wrong label on the wrong laser. But, these are the perfect lasers to scam people with on ebay also. And judging from the item description, the seller must have forfeit the dispute because he knew that all of his specifications are wrong, even down to the battery size, so it would cost more then it's worth to investigate and he knew that he was of disadvantage anyway, and like Coherent said, he's probably scammed enough people to eat the cost of this one and still sleep fine.
However, know that you're very lucky, as there are many others who have been royally screwed and didn't get this nice opportunity to get justice, so good for you!
Luck only goes so far though... don't get used to it!
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