Group Buy for GE Color Effects at $33 each or less?

**Zeph** · 03-08-2012, 11:53 PM

I really would like to know how much a set weighs, from somebody who has a 50 count GECE...

**jrock64** · 03-09-2012, 12:05 AM

Till some one comes up with a better scale,

My scale says 4.75 call it 5 pounds

JOel

**Festus** · 03-09-2012, 12:22 AM

Maybe a dumb question..... how did she come across so many of these? Did she Hi-jack a LOWES truck?

**Zeph** · 03-09-2012, 04:11 AM

The ad says:
> Due to torn packaging these units are being sold not in their original packaging.
> Lights have been repacked into USPS Box for shipment.

It also says:
> Each set has been fully tested and in complete working order when shipped.
> Because of the extremely low price these lights are being sold with:
> no warranty from manfacturer and there will be no returns or exchanges.
> All Sales Are Final.

Sounds like salvage of some sort. Maybe it WAS something like a truck wreck. There's always a reason the price is so reduced. But most purchasers were happy with them.

Or maybe she did hijack a truck, and is covering her tracks. :-)

She seems to have hundreds. How many do you think GE made for the year? 10,000? 100,000?

**Festus** · 03-09-2012, 10:58 AM

http://www.deepdarc.com/2010/11/27/h...istmas-lights/
May be old news, but none the less, just in case!

**pmcpa** · 03-09-2012, 11:57 AM

Yes, kinda old news. You can also use a board from J1sys and the E860's from SanDevices (My favorite!)

**Festus** · 03-09-2012, 12:48 PM

Thats what you get from a new blinky guy I suppose... I have a steep learning curve and I feel like I am playing "catch up" all the time.....I have five sets of the GE icicles I eventually want to control, but my budget is busted hard this year....now I am getting "busted" by the wife......

**dougd** · 03-13-2012, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by Zeph

Got a reply from the seller.

She actually will ship. She gave an example of a case of 20 to California = $265 in shipping.

Wow, how heavy is one light set of 50, anyway? '

UPS ground for 150 pounds (7 pounds each plus a heavy box) to a residence is only $160.
Or $141 by Fedex Ground.
(would need to add some for insurance).

Did you just send her a message on EBAY or actually make an offer. I sent a message to her and didnt get a response back. How much were the lights going to cost?

**Zeph** · 03-13-2012, 05:48 PM

I sent a message via eBay, asking if she was willing to ship. She responded with the shipping costs as quoted as an example I imagine (I had not asked about 20 sets), but did not quote a price for a lot of 20. However the main eBay add does say "or make offer".

**Mudsculpter** · 03-14-2012, 09:54 PM

Could be manufacturing defect lots, water/storm damage while in storage until the Christmas season. A warehouse in the midwest might have gotten flooded.