Re: WTB: Bare Aluminum or Chrome
OT-I have spoken to RT aboiut posting this in his thread.
PSM, this is in no way directed at you, my opinion is that you present balanced points of view and great comments re lights......I applaud your posts on CPF. and always read them with interest. But comments like this are now becoming more of a feature for a lot of the BST threads.
He's got deep pockets people
Comments like this have been the subject of several conversations between RT and myself. He like I is not afraid to show that 'he wants', 'he likes' and 'he buys'.
However, it should not be for public discussion whether someone has or has not got deep pockets or in other words the money to pay whatever, made tongue in cheek or not.
I had over 40 emails and messages within a couple of days after I paid $645 for the TnC Lux V. ALL of them were offering me a varied selection of PD's, Chrome, Ti and Black, KI's, Splash Alephs, SF3's, Elephant Lights, a high end Military Light, a DARPA Light and many other prestige lights. I refused every one of them. Why, because every one of them was offering a light at subtantially more than it was worth, everyone sought a heavy premium of $dollars. Some total, around $17,000 of offers.
I am not against people paying for something they want, as is said, everything has a price, I just see more and more, identities being targeted for profit. Because someone pays heavily once, it doesn't mean he needs to be targeted by the masses.
Because what is risked otherwise is that a WTB will read something like this:
WTB XYZ with 456 in xx, am willing to pay more money than anyone else, because I can, name your price !
The price of lights will be driven up and then the bitchin will start. It will be great if your are a seller, not so great when you want to buy.
There are many members here who do not live the Champagne lifestyle, they do not have the ability to pour dollar after dollar into their passion. They have normal jobs and normal incomes. Let everyone enjoy finding a deal on a prized item, be it an SL3 or a Megaray and all stops in between.
I read an old BST post from a seller earlier whose light went in minutes, his response to the 'You should of charged more' was 'hey let someone else enjoy the light'. Bravo.