Barbarin
Flashlight Enthusiast
Hello loyal Barbolight users.
This company in just three years has growed from a few dozens of lights made in my kitchen, to many models made in thousands, and many cooperations with other research projects and that takes too much time. Unfortunately the factory was really small and there was no room to hire more people, so the overload was impressive. 12-14 hours 6-7 days a week can be done for a few months, maybe a couple of years, but after that you get ill. Now we have relocated to a new factory, but again hiring more people takes time, and there are not over there too much engineers into LED lighting or flashlights, so even if you find the right person it takes many months to teach them about all the technology that many flashaholics know as ABC.
I do GB's from time to time not to earn any money, but to sell the lights to people I like, to know your opinions, and because many of you ask me to do so... but sincerely I can not be over it as much as I would like when I have to go to Madrid, to Paris to a show or I'm triying to develope a lighting system for an H&K G36 that would be made in thousands to ensure the future of the company. I'm not 100% owner of the company, and my partners will hung me if they know I'm not dedicating time and effort to get bigger projects because I'm involved on a GB. And of course as company CEO I can't do it because my main responsibility is to make the company strong and viable.
One of the worse things is that I take care personally of the payments, shipping, QC and CS on this GB's. Some preffer bank transfer, some other Paypal, a lot of people have questions.... The reason I like to take care of everything of CPF GB's because they are so special for me that I like to do it that way.
Most of the distributors who buy from us have their goods in 24-72 hours, because here at the factory there is a system, a procedure, and people to do it that way.
Sincerely sorry for the delay and the no communication, but I need to reconsider to keep on with the GB's, at least the way they are being done right now, as I do it because I like CPF community, and CPF community will end up detesting me because of the GB's. That doesn't help my health, the image of the company, or even the economic results.
I have been thinking about new ways to keep with the objective of the GB's, which is in fact to get the first batch of any light and a very reduced price to people on CPF.
I have thought that each time I have a new light to send 10-20 of them to a guy in USA with no charge and he can sell them and when it is finished to send me the money (same case to a an amaterur-distributor in Europe).
of course I'm open to your suggestions, and would like to have them.
I think they are not manufacturers which are focused to get and sell big productions who take the time and effort of doing GB's, and I suppose it is because the production system and the structure of the company are not propperly designed to do it. I don't want to mean that it is a excuse but please consider it as extenuating circunstances.
Javier
This company in just three years has growed from a few dozens of lights made in my kitchen, to many models made in thousands, and many cooperations with other research projects and that takes too much time. Unfortunately the factory was really small and there was no room to hire more people, so the overload was impressive. 12-14 hours 6-7 days a week can be done for a few months, maybe a couple of years, but after that you get ill. Now we have relocated to a new factory, but again hiring more people takes time, and there are not over there too much engineers into LED lighting or flashlights, so even if you find the right person it takes many months to teach them about all the technology that many flashaholics know as ABC.
I do GB's from time to time not to earn any money, but to sell the lights to people I like, to know your opinions, and because many of you ask me to do so... but sincerely I can not be over it as much as I would like when I have to go to Madrid, to Paris to a show or I'm triying to develope a lighting system for an H&K G36 that would be made in thousands to ensure the future of the company. I'm not 100% owner of the company, and my partners will hung me if they know I'm not dedicating time and effort to get bigger projects because I'm involved on a GB. And of course as company CEO I can't do it because my main responsibility is to make the company strong and viable.
One of the worse things is that I take care personally of the payments, shipping, QC and CS on this GB's. Some preffer bank transfer, some other Paypal, a lot of people have questions.... The reason I like to take care of everything of CPF GB's because they are so special for me that I like to do it that way.
Most of the distributors who buy from us have their goods in 24-72 hours, because here at the factory there is a system, a procedure, and people to do it that way.
Sincerely sorry for the delay and the no communication, but I need to reconsider to keep on with the GB's, at least the way they are being done right now, as I do it because I like CPF community, and CPF community will end up detesting me because of the GB's. That doesn't help my health, the image of the company, or even the economic results.
I have been thinking about new ways to keep with the objective of the GB's, which is in fact to get the first batch of any light and a very reduced price to people on CPF.
I have thought that each time I have a new light to send 10-20 of them to a guy in USA with no charge and he can sell them and when it is finished to send me the money (same case to a an amaterur-distributor in Europe).
of course I'm open to your suggestions, and would like to have them.
I think they are not manufacturers which are focused to get and sell big productions who take the time and effort of doing GB's, and I suppose it is because the production system and the structure of the company are not propperly designed to do it. I don't want to mean that it is a excuse but please consider it as extenuating circunstances.
Javier
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