Someone sent me a link to this thread in my email. Figured I clear a few things up.
Yes, there is some profit on a $400 sale, though it is very small. Very small.
Whether there is 1 unit sold at full price, or 9 units sold at $400, money is made. Selling 9 units at $400 doesn't take away from the single sales one bit, it is silly to think otherwise.
As far as emails not getting answered... Besides the normal reasons which I'll get to in a moment, the main recent issue has nothing to do with "not wanting to sell lights at a discount".
A51 gets tons of Chinese spam. Chinese LED factories, Chinese trade companies selling LED grow lights, etc.... They bombard the hell out of my email. So much that they are maxing out my server's RAM. As a result, some emails did not make it in, some did not make it out. It only lasted maybe 9 days during its worst, but it was a shitty 9 days.
Just to give you an idea of what I'm getting, here's a screenshot of just a 2 minute window of what I dealt with:
When A51 first moved to those servers about a year ago, only 25% of the total capacity was ever used. Since then, because of increased traffic, and increased spam, changes had to be made, including trying new anti-spam software, which at first was a little sensitive, a lot of non-spam got trashed. The servers are being maxed out on a daily basis.
I've come up with a way to redirect China based emails to an outside email account with auto-delete, it's working well so far for the past 4 days.
Anyways, we're moving to a private server with more RAM, everything will be fine.
As far as other reasons you'll not get responded to, here are some main reasons: 1) Do not openly talk to A51 about weed in emails, it is still illegal in most places, especially A51's location. Your email will get auto-deleted. 2) Don't be sketchy. Emailing A51 and asking for free stuff, or "90 day loaners" to do some sawed off side by side and with no cred will get you ignored. 3)
DO NOT CC A51 in your nonsense email blasts, you will get auto-deleted.
Lastly, check your spam folders for A51's responses, they end up there from time to time. CocaCola, I specifically remember answering your email, within 2 hours of getting it, this was before our ordeal with Chinese spam, at levels that messed with our day to day operations.
Karma, who do you got on the Rumble? If Bryan or Reigns wins, I'm gonna be ecstatic. My prediction is Batista though. So sad....
If Bryan or Reigns wins, I'll give away 2 free lights. We got 1 week to decide who gets them, IF Bryan or Reigns wins.
If Cena wins again, someone owes me 2 lights.