I know there’s been the occasional question in the past about Trinh’s trustworthiness and/or reliability, or at the very least a question of whether he lacks a certain propensity for promptness (which seems to occasionally cause anxiety in buyers, who might subsequently question the dealing altogether).
I know this because, per common sense and the recommendation of a BS&T sticky, I scoured the forums for posts or threads by or about Trinh before buying a laser from him, to see if he was in fact a trustworthy source.
After seeing his builds (wow!) and seeing that, from what I could tell, there hasn’t been any real issues whatsoever besides maybe the occasional less than ideal pace and the occasional lack of communication, and that one recent mix-up with the expensive flashlight (what was the final resolution to that situation, btw? That was an entertaining thread there at the end, lol), I decided to pull the trigger and buy a laser from Trinh.
I just wanted to say that, so far, it has been a very pleasant exchange. Trinh has been affable and the quality and quantity of the communication up to this point has certainly been satisfactory. He has been up front with me (to the best of my knowledge, of course) and let me know that he was out of x-wossee drivers and would be using a different driver (before we made a deal and I paid), he gave me a clearly defined timeline of when I should expect to receive my laser in the mail, and he helped me choose a good battery to power the laser, among other various communications. There was no “radio silence” after I paid him or anything like that. And I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a little chatty and wordy, and he’s responded to my messages at a very reasonable frequency.
Not only that, but he gave me the tracking number today, which is
ahead of schedule. I was/am pleasantly surprised. Can’t wait to receive the laser in the mail! I need to hurry up and order those button-top 18650’s. I thought I could procrastinate a little on ordering them because I figured it’d be a month before I got the laser.
All that to say, I am satisfied with my dealing with Trinh up to this point, and I suspect I will remain so throughout the entirety of our arrangement. Fingers crossed he slips up and I get one of those limited edition $300 flashlights too
I took the time to write this because I feel like it is reasonably objective and it would be the sort of thing that I would find very useful when trying to decide whether I should deal with a particular builder/seller or not. Hopefully it will help someone else make an informed decision, one way or the other. I’ll be sure to update this once I receive the laser (or dope-ass, LE torch) in the mail.
And thanks, Trinh! Can’t wait to ‘wield’ that thing.
Grace and peace, everyone,
-Ryan
