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darthrumph
02-04-2006, 05:28 PM
I saw that they make a coupler for the force fx lights sabers so you can put two of them together like darth mauls has anyone else seen this or own this would probobly like to try one for fun

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Madcow
02-04-2006, 10:40 PM
Hey Darthrump,
I see they got a bunch on e-bay right now. I just searched "lightsaber coupler".

MC




You want to go home and re-think your life

The Plague
02-04-2006, 11:15 PM
Who here is willing to pay the $40 for a coupler off ebay though?


Those who live by the sword, will die by the sword

LAN-ED-TUL
02-05-2006, 04:01 AM
shoot tim could make one if he chose too and cheaper too.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

The Plague
02-05-2006, 08:51 AM
LAN's right Tim could make a coupler.

Those who live by the sword, will die by the sword

suit_man
02-05-2006, 10:38 AM
i think he could make it, but if he did, it would probly take a while to be able to gets the threads right on so the switches would line up. i don't know about much less money though. not putting tim down in any way by this, but weren't the vader conversion things $40, i think it would be comparable in complexity to the coupler, but i could be wrong.

i am a nerd, if you don't like it, i will cut you with my lightsaber

LAN-ED-TUL
02-05-2006, 03:55 PM
the guy selling them on ebay has, and i read it on there before, a coupler for every MR saber. just have to catch one when he lists it or email him about it. and yep, all were 40 to 45 bucks a piece.

if you were to convert 2 MR's over to lux, and use a coupler that would definately make one sweet dueling maul style saber.

i still think tim could do it. i'll see if i cant get a pic of what that coupler looks like.

ok. hers some pics:
maces coupler:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/macecoupler.jpg
esb vaders:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/esbvadercoupler.jpg
and anakins:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/anakincoupler.jpg

now he also has a upgrade to each. it has leds lights inside the coupler to give the effect of a glowing power crystal type thing .

heres the links to each:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/anakincoupler.jpg


http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/esbvadercoupler.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/macecoupler.jpg

cool idea. on the leds. i think. but i still think tim could machine a basic coupler like the pics. the links are the basic coupler with an addition of the leds. from the looks of it, the sound from botrh sabers comes out those slots in the coupler. only thing i see is maybe the sounds from both wont coincide exactly together. maybe a echo effect or something you might get.


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

suit_man
02-05-2006, 04:14 PM
i never said he couldn't do it. i just meant that it may not be worth all the trouble, but maybe he could make a more basic one that would be cheaper, that would be kind cool.

i am a nerd, if you don't like it, i will cut you with my lightsaber

LAN-ED-TUL
02-05-2006, 04:16 PM
well maybe tim can look at the pics i just posted above and tell whether or not he could make some.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

xwingband
02-05-2006, 04:24 PM
Those couplers are from the guys at fx-sabers.com forum. Sometimes I don't care for their attitude but the coupler works well if you look at their videos.

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Strydur
02-05-2006, 04:55 PM
Why do you think they are from fx-sabers.com? They dont sell them there. I am sure I could have some of these made up and sell them for less but if you look at the material mr hilts are made out of and how few threads there are, how strong do you think this connection would really be. I bet if you went dueling at all you would bust the crap out of the threads.

Tim
The Custom Saber Shop

xwingband
02-05-2006, 05:18 PM
Oops, my mistake. I knew they didn't sell them and I thought one of the moderators did it on the side. I since looked and found out I was wrong. The guys over there certainly invest a lot in them.[:p]

Since MR sabers aren't really for made for dueling I don't think the threads are that much of an issue. From the videos I've seen I know they at least won't fly apart.[:D] Honestly if I wanted a double blade hilt I'd just bolt two modular hilts together.

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Wolverine
02-06-2006, 02:11 AM
>Me Raising my hand<

yes, I'm the idiot who'd be willing to pay that for a saber coupler [:0]
With the freakin' upgrade package too [:0]

It never dawned on me that Tim might offer one in the future http://members.aol.com/JEDISITHLORD/images/awcrap.gif

I got sucked in because this guy said he's only making about 100 for each FX Saber, they're selling like hotcakes!! [:0]

It should be here sometime this week. I still have to get my other Vader saber converted, I hope Tim gets the conversion kits back sometime soon.

nich
02-06-2006, 08:37 AM
hey guys I've seen couplers like this at lowes, the ones that I saw where about 1-6 inches. Correct me if I"m wrong but that should be enough room to drill/tap/ and screw together.

987654321a
02-26-2006, 07:22 PM
my friend has a coupler for his FX and its not that special. just buy the new darth maul Force FX lightsaber...yeah darth maul fx saber www.masterreplicas.com its so sick!!!

The Dark Side will kill you
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LAN-ED-TUL
02-27-2006, 04:27 AM
actually, now that i think of it, i know tim could design a coupler to work on his mod hilts. then there would definately be plenty of threading. simply take a short piece and thread it to thread into ends of main bodies. of course it would be hollow through it, and you could have it slotted or use leds in it. a switch, who knows, possibilities are endless there. i dont think it would be too long overall blades and all, if you just used the main and screw on holder with the double connector. should be close in length to mauls i think.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Wolverine
03-24-2006, 12:08 PM
Sorry to take so long to answer, [:I]
It is cool, it's like 7 feet long when they are joined. WAYYY BIG!![:0]
Very Cool with two LUX sabers though [8D]

The only thing that bothers me about it, as this guy states in every auction for one, that the power switches "line up every time" I haven't been able to make that happen once, even by accident [:(!]

It becomes not a big deal after playing around with it awhile Here's a picture I posted in Misc Topics\Costume Pictures Section.

http://members.aol.com/JEDISITHLORD/images/Raizarr

Wolverine
03-24-2006, 09:27 PM
Ok,
I'll post one tomorrow night, I should have my digital camera back by then. [8D][:D]

Dalesabers
03-24-2006, 11:05 PM
You guys do realize that the owner of Star Wars customs has stolen images on his site right? The images belong to JC. The owner of thelightsaber.com AKA Luukesabers

Do-Clo
03-25-2006, 08:54 AM
The couplers look good but I wouldn't use one on a MR the threads on the bottom just don't seem heavy enough to hold up to the stress that would be placed on the threads that the coupler would cause.(imho) I would rather build one from scratch and know it will hold up to dueling.

Do-Clo
Don't make me destroy you...

Wolverine
03-25-2006, 07:35 PM
Ok Here are those pictures

Dual Hilt With center "Focusing Crystal" (notice the switch alignment, this is as good as it gets).
http://members.aol.com/JEDISITHLORD/Sabers/Dual_Hilt

Here is the Dual hilt accross 13 inch square tiles.

http://members.aol.com/JEDISITHLORD/Sabers/Dual_Hilt2

And here it is to display it's size compared to a couch that seats 4

http://members.aol.com/JEDISITHLORD/Sabers/Dual_Couch

Good enough?[:D][8D]

LAN-ED-TUL
04-08-2006, 06:14 PM
i seen those couplers on ebay for some time, and after i done some diggin into them info wise, i decided the guy was a complete idiotic jerk, and that i would never think of buyin his crap.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

LAN-ED-TUL
04-09-2006, 10:11 PM
now that sounds like a plan devil. go for it.




You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

GeluKhanGharr
04-09-2006, 10:46 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Devilstar2k2

What would happen if he bid like $1,000,000.00 and then didn't pay? Would I be responsible to pay eBay 3% of a million?
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No, they would only make you pay for something you have been paid

Born of Sith, seduced by the light.
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LAN-ED-TUL
04-10-2006, 12:07 AM
gettem devil.. this is gonna be goooooood







You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Do-Clo
04-10-2006, 09:48 AM
If he has bidders on the couplers you can watch his auctions then email the bidders before the auction ends with a warnig of what a jerk he is and that it is a crappy product.

If you would like some other ideas for retribution PM me I can give you ideas.

Do-Clo

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Don't make me destroy you...

Do-Clo
04-10-2006, 01:23 PM
Sounds like you will at least feel a little better even though you won't recover your money. If the Star Wars boys hit him it will be pretty rough.[;)]

Do-Clo

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Don't make me destroy you...

Do-Clo
04-10-2006, 01:48 PM
I have no reason to doubt you, I have been where you are stuck with a bad item that you paid good money for and the jerk refuses to correct the problem, then they want to blame you for the problem. I bid on an item once and the guy actually canceled my bid because I asked a question then went on to cuss me in his reply email. Geez
My only hope is that this fellow gets all that is due him.

Do-Clo

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Don't make me destroy you...

UltraSWG
04-10-2006, 05:02 PM
I'm the regular that read those emails, and this JediArmsDealer guy was being a complete jerk. Man, don't delete this thread, you know the only reason he is offering the return is because of all the bad press he's getting now. Had you not spread the word, he'd be offering you two things, Jack and ****.

The biggest part of being a good merchant is customer service after the sale. Having a 100% flawless product is impossible, and not everyone will be satified with your product. How you handle these situations is what seperates the good merchants from the bad.

http://www.ultrasabers.com
Corbin|Strydur|Ultra
The Holy Luxeon Trinity

Do-Clo
04-10-2006, 05:55 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Devilstar2k2

Well, you know what? He flip flopped again... So nothing is getting deleted. Its probably because I told him that nothing was getting retracted this time until my cash was refunded.

He is now NOT going to refund my cash because he knows that I contacted eBay, Paypal, and Lucas Film. Its not my fault that he had to be a complete tool and cause that to happen. Everything that happened to him is his fault, not mine. But whatever, you know, its almost worth it now. The guy is a total loon...

I told him that I would do whatever I could to retract any bad press that resulted from my contacts and posting (which is what I was starting to do above), and he went off like a shotgun anyway. He (earlier) kept referring to himself as 'we', well maybe 'we' had better hire a better customer service department so this doesn't happen the next time that 'we' sell a faulty product. You think?

If Paypal doesn't refund the cash, then I'm out... But I'm definitely not deleting a thing from the thread, and I may just go ahead with the auction afterall.
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I took a look at the guy and it looks like he has done this before and the description on his products go in circles, then if you complain that it wasn't what you thought then he blasts you and says it was in the listing, what a scam artist, as I stated earlier may he receive all that is coming to him and more.

Do-Clo

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Do-Clo/DarthVader.gif
Don't make me destroy you...

Derthh_Mawlz
04-10-2006, 06:21 PM
This is why I deal with people like Tim and Ultra, their customer service is without par.

LAN-ED-TUL
04-11-2006, 02:03 PM
i once had bid and paid for an item on ebay. and never could get ahold of the seller. i reported it to paypal. after they tried for 7 days, they automatically withdrew my money from him, and placed it back in my paypal account. i think with ebay working with paypal so closely now, that between the 2 of them you should get your money back and they might even blacklist his butt from ebay as well.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

LAN-ED-TUL
04-11-2006, 02:13 PM
we'll see devil, i'll keep my fingers crossed. and also i will be on the lookout for this dude on ebay as well. i have seen them couplers and almost got one a ways back. now im glad i didnt.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg

edit: well i looked and hes got a whole bunch of them up on ebay. also looked at his feedback and seen devil's feedback got it mutual withdraw. so hes still 100% positive in his feedbacks. something aint right about that, hmmm seems strange with all this his feedback would be 100 still. somethings just not right there.

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Do-Clo
04-12-2006, 09:03 PM
Well guys here is another scammer on ebay to avoid:

retailsurplusandreturns

He supplies bad pictures and poor descriptions avoid this guy

Do-Clo

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Do-Clo/DarthVader.gif
Don't make me destroy you...

987654321a
04-12-2006, 09:13 PM
thats it? bad pics???? wtf or do you mean he is a scammer?

The Dark Side will kill you
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Do-Clo
04-12-2006, 09:27 PM
The saber you get will be in really beat up condition and the pictures are so small you can't make out details about the condition.
The emitter is broke on the one I got and it had some screws missing.
Forget any recourse because all items are as is, at least the sound works on the one I got. This is just a warning to avoid this guy unless you like to be disappointed. Thats all I am going to say just avoid buying from him

Do-Clo

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Do-Clo/DarthVader.gif
Don't make me destroy you...

LAN-ED-TUL
04-12-2006, 09:45 PM
thanks do-clo. i will use a force block on his butt. also check my siut thread, i sent you some dark lord sith powers to your computer to soak up and do a whammy on his butt, lol

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

LAN-ED-TUL
04-13-2006, 12:21 AM
lightning zap up rear end. eezzzzzzzzzzzzzipppppp zap!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Do-Clo
04-13-2006, 05:03 AM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Devilstar2k2

That sucks Do-Clo... Is it a Vader saber? Maybe the emitter that Tim sells will fit it.
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Yep it is actually two vader sabers and they both are messed up the sound works though and with some work I can make one good vader saber. The other one will require work and will end up being a custom vader saber. The emitter Tim sell will not fit without some work as the MR hilt is larger in daimeter. So I know I you feel deaing with a jerk seller. That is why I posted a warning to avoid the clown as I did on another forum. He will not mess over any fellow saber builders and he thinks he is up on me but, he knoweth not what he doeth.

Do-Clo

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Don't make me destroy you...

Wolverine
04-13-2006, 10:25 AM
This all sucks, and I am sorry for you Devilstar2k2, that you went through all this crap. When I bought my coupler I was dissapointed that the switches didn't line up as described, but I just took it that sometimes things just aren't as people describe things on Ebay. [}:)]
I had a run in with a merchant who claimed he sent me the auction item I won, and made a big stink when I pointed out to him that it was over a month, and no item recieved. He then sent me a "replacement", and called me a liar publicly in his feedback to me, when I left him negative feedback, because it took him over a month to send a $2 item, and his attitude. So I got my one and only negative feedback, from this jag. I complained to paypal, and nothing happened. It really sucks that honest buyers get victimized by jag merchants like that, but it happens all the time.
This guy should have at least taken it back to examine it, and stand behind his product, after all he sells enough of these things.

Could it be possible you got one of his couplers for joining two different sabers together??? [?]

Do-Clo
04-13-2006, 11:09 AM
What these guys don’t realize is that they have gotten the quick buck and messed someone over but the type of stuff that we buy is a narrow market. When one of us gets messed over then the rest of us will not buy from him, so he has lost more than one customer, he has lost many and before long there is no one to buy his junk. Free enterprise in action, I love it.

Do-Clo

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Don't make me destroy you...

LAN-ED-TUL
04-14-2006, 10:40 AM
yeah, i got ucky the other day. i had bid on something and found it cheaper and asked told seller about it. they were super nice and let me out of it with no bad feedback or strikes on me. then i got the cheaper one. i also just got a mini dv camcorder off ebay. gonna put it to good use too. at work i just found out i won the yearly success award. i get a 2 days off paid, 3 night vacation paid and 500 bucks spending cash to someplace. the wife and i decided on cancun. lucky me huh?

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Do-Clo
04-14-2006, 10:57 AM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by LAN-ED-TUL

yeah, i got ucky the other day. i had bid on something and found it cheaper and asked told seller about it. they were super nice and let me out of it with no bad feedback or strikes on me. then i got the cheaper one. i also just got a mini dv camcorder off ebay. gonna put it to good use too. at work i just found out i won the yearly success award. i get a 2 days off paid, 3 night vacation paid and 500 bucks spending cash to someplace. the wife and i decided on cancun. lucky me huh?

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...
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I don't vader will fit in well on the beach at cancun[:D]

Do-Clo

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Don't make me destroy you...

LAN-ED-TUL
04-14-2006, 04:26 PM
well, i will shed the suit fer awhile do-clo. this is a once in a lifetime opp. for me. i dont think ill ever go again, affording it anyways. the trips a paid for deal. just a decision on which place to go from the list provided. all the other spots werent that interesting to me. maybe i'll make vader angels on the beach, lol

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/LAN-ED-TUL/me.jpg


You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Wolverine
04-14-2006, 05:14 PM
...ANYWAY, this is getting WAY http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_offtopic.gif here!
Devilstar2k2, I thought the pictures with the switches not lining up, would be a deterant from buying. [:(] Did you ask him for an exchange, and then he could examine it for himself [?]

Do-Clo
04-15-2006, 08:08 AM
Devilstar the best thing at this point if paypal drops it would be to sell it on ebay as a defective coupler but be careful of the wording you use and always add in my opinion to every statement that way the guy can't sue because it is your opinion. Or find another use for it maybe incorporate it into the build of a custom saber. I got scammed on a copule of Vader MR sabers so after the guy basically told me to get stuffed I listed a warnig on a few forums about what he did and to avoid buying from him. I can make a good Vader saber out of the two sabers and I use the electronics out of the second saber to build a Heiland Vader saber. That doesn't excuse what the guy did but I refuse to let it get me. Besides in life when you do bad things it has a habit of coming back to you.[;)]

Do-Clo
Don't make me destroy you...

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Do-Clo
04-15-2006, 09:24 AM
Is this the coupler that lights up in he middle? If it is then toss it in a drawer for a while then later on use it on a custom saber to create a force crystal chamber look.

Or if you want you could send it back to the guy with a tube of vasoline and I think he will get the hint.[:D]

Do-Clo
Don't make me destroy you...

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The Brotherhood of the Sith

tazrob
04-15-2006, 02:11 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Do-Clo

Is this the coupler that lights up in he middle? If it is then toss it in a drawer for a while then later on use it on a custom saber to create a force crystal chamber look.

Or if you want you could send it back to the guy with a tube of vasoline and I think he will get the hint.[:D]

Do-Clo
Don't make me destroy you...

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/Do-Clo/DarthVader.gif

The Brotherhood of the Sith

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This is the best Idea I have seen devil [}:)]

Wolverine
04-15-2006, 02:46 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Do-Clo

Is this the coupler that lights up in he middle? If it is then toss it in a drawer for a while then later on use it on a custom saber to create a force crystal chamber look.

Do-Clo

The Brotherhood of the Sith

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There is no difference between the lighted, and unlighted couplers. For the lighted "upgrade package" coupler, he throws in three red LEDs that are housed in transparent red plastic watch battery holders
http://members.aol.com/JEDISITHLORD/Sabers/LEDs
These are the lights. With a small eye-glass screw driver, you can at least change the battery. [;)]

LAN-ED-TUL
04-15-2006, 11:02 PM
i agree with do-clo. just toss it in the drawer for a later build. you could use it with. no sense in tossing it away.

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The Brotherhood Of The Sith

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

Devilstar2k2
04-20-2006, 05:42 AM
Well, I'm finally getting my cash back (through Paypal), so I've deleted all of my posts in this thread.

Just use caution when/if you deal with this guy. The switches don't line up like his pics show, and it may not push your speaker in far enough to activate.

And thats that, I'm done with the FX coupler thread... [xx(]

Do-Clo
04-20-2006, 07:30 AM
At least you are getting your money back, but it is shame that you had to go to that much trouble.

Do-Clo
Brotherhood of the Sith

Don't make me destroy you...

tazrob
04-20-2006, 12:57 PM
Devil when you send it back are you going to include the vasoline?

LAN-ED-TUL
04-20-2006, 05:29 PM
well after all the flip floppin this guy done he shouild triple your money back. lol




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The Brotherhood Of The Sith

You dont know the POWER, of the dark side...

UltraSWG
04-20-2006, 11:35 PM
So is he giving the money back or did paypal side with you on the dispute?

http://www.ultrasabers.com
Corbin|Strydur|Ultra
The Holy Luxeon Trinity
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GFORCE13
04-20-2006, 11:43 PM
Yes inquiring minds want to know?[:D][:p]

" I am a Jedi like my father before me"
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Wolverine
04-21-2006, 12:15 AM
Ultra, no offense, but your avatar resembles a pot plant [:o)][:D][8D]

-Brotherhood of the Sith-

tazrob
04-21-2006, 06:38 AM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by UltraSWG

So is he giving the money back or did paypal side with you on the dispute?

http://www.ultrasabers.com
Corbin|Strydur|Ultra
The Holy Luxeon Trinity
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From what devil told me Paypal sided with him and is seizing the money from this guy as soon as they get shipping numbers