Defective QB Quantum Board LED by Rita/ Shenzhen Meijiu & Warranty Refused

[oldbeancounter]

Throwing only $6.00 at a guy when the $80 board is still under warranty is complete bullshit plain and simple. Warranties don't depreciate. Imo the buyers absolutely did NOT get what they paid for, and the whole point.

Rita is shiesty. I'd direct anyone looking for Chinese boards far away from meiju or Rita. The Chinese boards will grow some dank, but if we continue to buy from POS sellers then we're only doing it to ourselves. I've heard the others (R2T ect) have normal sales reps that actually honor their word, but my recommendation would be to avoid Rita and/or Meiju.

I spoke with R2T few times.
Seems like ok person but again if your life depends on your ability to feed your family and if money is to be made but you must tell a little fib unfortunately some will if they know person lives in different country and cant really do a whole lot to you.
I am referring to the diodes they use, is it really worth it to save when you have this nagging feeling you might have got ripped off?
Anyhow we all have all price points.
I get some must consider knockoffs but @ChiefRunningPhist is right if everyone goes elsewhere it will force market to use valid parts and stop the BS lies and this 400 watt light is really 200 watt BS too.

 

[oldbeancounter]

Throwing only $6.00 at a guy when the $80 board is still under warranty is complete bullshit plain and simple. Warranties don't depreciate. Imo the buyers absolutely did NOT get what they paid for, and the whole point.

Rita is shiesty. I'd direct anyone looking for Chinese boards far away from meiju or Rita. The Chinese boards will grow some dank, but if we continue to buy from POS sellers then we're only doing it to ourselves. I've heard the others (R2T ect) have normal sales reps that actually honor their word, but my recommendation would be to avoid Rita and/or Meiju.

got that right.

 

[sethimus]

“There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price alone are that person’s lawful prey. It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money – that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot – it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.”

 

[pop22]

This is what people get for buying crap from alibaba. Shit chips, shit warranty, shit customer service. But hey, you can get them cheaper!

HLG, you pay a little more but you get a 3 year warranty, top bin chips, and no bullshit if you have a problem,in fact, the best customer service I've ever had from any company, and a quality product. Even when they had the made in China, it was to THEIR specs and quality requirements. And their prices are not much more than you'd pay for the cheapo boards when you add shipping and tariffs.
And from personal experience, EVERY Chinese reseller I've ever dealt with has given a runaround on warrany, even trying to get me to solder new chips on their boards! NEVER AGAIN! I learned my lesson, hope others see the light here!

 

[pop22]

Also, my HLG QB304 first run boards are still up and running, NO dead leds. 2 year on 24/7 and the last 6 months 18/6, and running @ 90 watts per board.

 

[ANC]

You will need to invest in a hot air resolder station if you want to deal with these boards... to do repairs or simple diode bypasses.
I run my F-series at over 100W a strip too...

 

[kotobide]

Glad i picked my boards up from HLG and Atreum who will stand behind their products without the fuzzy math. What i paid for more in price they will make up with piece of mind knowing i can get them replaced under warranty if something happens to them.

 

[cobshopgrow]

You will need to invest in a hot air resolder station if you want to deal with these boards... to do repairs or simple diode bypasses.
I run my F-series at over 100W a strip too...

hotair isnt enough heat for these boards, a (pcb) oven do it.
you need to heat the whole board.

 

[BigSco508]

People who buy these Boards from a Knock off company is like buying a bag of Mid's of a drug dealer instead of some fire and then complaining when you find seeds in a few of the nugg's .