Just a question, but if they don't have QC and are interested in pushing a groupbuy, wouldn't it be easier to send one each of these to a senior member who is planning on purchase for review? They could then verify output with LPM, IR filter, and etc. for both sides with their comments.
Fair question- sorta answered above but its a long post.. normally I would have ran this GB as you suggest. I do not have any time to do this and as Isaac sez there is not enough time to do two shippings.
More importantly though, while I do have faith in Kaidy and was very pleased working with CherryLee( we did two 'fundraiser' s) My concerns are with LM/YL....
Kaidy can only do so much- I feel that she would never let us down but its her bosses that have the ultimate say. Kaidy is trying t fix the issues from both the past - and the unfinished last two 'deals' that CL ran. She was transferred before being allowed to finish the job so I hope Kaidy will be allowed to follow thru - see that all who purchased in this promotion are properly cared for and the items will be good enough.
I doubt Kaidy has access to a meter- she may not be allowed to test these even to see any obvious problems- BUT they are priced quite low for this promotion so hopefully they will be close enough to be acceptable- However if you are more picky than what I consider 'average' perhaps you should pass on this-
I hear that in the past few months the laser business in China as slowed and some are worried about the future and thus I expect to see more competitive pricing ( read --price war)
I would hope that providing better QC & customer support would be considered as a better way to do biz than just having a lower price.
ATM all you can do is pay- request some QC and ask for a testing before shipping-& hope for the best.
- It is unrealistic to expect the sellers in China to be more like what we expect and how we prefer things are done.
LM does not make any lasers- they are resellers- and in some cases maybe even just dropshippers. Finding better places to buy from is not hard- you may pay more but in the long run the price is only one part of deal. Not all that long ago very few owned LPMs- some sellers relied upon this to deceive buyers with highpower laser claims that they hoped would never be tested. Now many have meters and things must change.
It takes less than a week for a company to close and re-open under a new name- its just a lot of copypasta-
I hope all get lasers that will make them happy-
and , please do not take it personally or blame Kiady -- should you feel let down.
'Hope for the best, but expect less' :shhh:
Remember that not long ago a 5mW green pointer was $40 and they were rarely all that much overspec- good luck to Kaidy and all of you buying-
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Any chance you will add the paypal option again soon? I had decided to go ahead and get one of these (or both) but I want the security of paypal. Don't take it personally, I just don't feel comfortable giving my credit card info to a company in another country.
Ahh... the security of Paypal- only problem is this- Ebay/PP are not happy about any lasers over 5mW-- many accts have been closed just for that reason. Many ebay listings have been pulled- some get away with re-listing and other have just removed the power in the description or changed it to 5mW.. or >5mW.
And to avoid duty/tax/VAT etc these items are sent as LED light-- value 10 or 20$ -- and it may be odd that someone would ship a low value itsem with $100 worth of insurance- your chances of having a problem drop dramatically while the Holday rush is on. If you insist on a free battery and want to risk having it in the same box , now would be better than later. Yesterday I was specifically asked at the post office if my small flat rate boxes contained any lithium batteries.
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