Looks like sputnik77 is a liar and thief... Promised to sell it to me, then dissapeared and sold it to another user, BROKEN.... Seems like he is a POS.
Whoa there- kinda harsh words considering what we know and what we do not.
People make offers sometimes at the same time and there is no 'law' that forces anyone to sell to another unless there was some kind of contract.
I had nothing but good experiences with Sputnik.
About the broken part- again you seem to somehow magically know the it was shipped broken and that the shipper knew this. I have been involved with both first and second hand info on 7 Reke 500 RGBs and ALMOST every one arrived with SOMETHING wrong that very likely happened in TRANSIT`- while better packing may have avoid this its still a delicate item packed in cardboard boxes- NOT in an expensive travel case deigned for less likelyhood of damage and STILL most Pros will tell you that the alignment is often off slightly or more after being shipped.
If I had known that Sputnik needed to sell his REKE at that price I would have bought it. And if it had arrived damaged, while I would not be happy about that, i still would not be assuming that Sputnik knew it would arrive with issues.
And I would not be calling him any names- so both of us perhaps should be glad we did not buy this. :shhh:
I really hope that you someday get the projector that you want and that it arrives perfect- but odds say that will not happen. If you are lucky -- the problem can be fixed- I got one with a mirror rolling around loose inside- it had come un-glued. In another one, two wires had come loose from their plugs and by gently pressing on all the plugs I was able to find the loose ones and simply push them back into place.
There is good reason why when pros buy a new PJ( & they can run 50X higher in price than a REKE500) they buy the travel case with the PJ from the maker of the PJ.
. And when not in actual use they stay in that case. And they STILL can sometimes need a tweeking of the dichros mounts before they can be used for a show..etc. This comes with the territory.
BTW.. none of the companies we got these from (DDirect,Lasersman and Yourlasers) will pay for the shipping if one wants to get warranty work done- so to get a 285$ PJ fixed 'free' you will pay around 100$ in shipping aaaaaaaAND there is a chance of new damage when its shipped back to you after being repaired. Thats why all of us at RekeOwnersGroup fix our own with lots of help from the group.
Quicker and WAY cheaper.
Cherrylee at LM sent me a promo code worth 35$ so I could pick up a better green module and send it to Sputnik-
The problem with this one MAY be in the pattern size pot. I have a reke 300mW 532nm ILDA PJ and sometimes it goes 'flatline' on me- but if I adjust the pattern size I can find spots where it works fine.
'Words are like birds, when they get away from you there are hard to get bacl'
Calling someone a liar, thief and a POS - if you are wrong, are not easy words to take back.:tsk:
V/R hak
