bad luck..

[p00num3lli]

as many of you know ive been having trouble with my lights. my ballast blew like 3 weeks ago right after i put in 4 brand new bulbs and blew everyone of them out. so i bought 4 new bulbs and bought a new ballast. put in the new ballast then put the new bulbs in, turned it, on, all is ok. next morning come n and 2 of the new bulbs are out.bought 2 new more bulbs and replaced the caps of the blown lights. put in the new 2 blbs turned on fine, next morning 3 are out now. so by that i time i was so mad i was about to blow. seems like everything has to go wrong with me and lights. ok, 4 days ago i called the people and DEMANDED a new lightsystem NOW!!!! so after awhile she said ok ill send you new lights. so i just got home from school a min ago and saw them on the porch. opened it up... and GUES WHAT! all of the bulbs were broken! the lighting system looked ok though, so yea the company is about to hear it from me again...

[Texreefer]

sounds like me and my chiller problem.. sorry to hear.. hope it works out

[ErikH]

MAN THAT JUST SUCKS!

Don't get too loud with them!! :)

[sly fox]

groan thats a nightmare!

[CoryDude]

That's the exact reason why I quit ordering bulbs directly.

I know you're far from a lfs, but next time try and order bulbs and/or equipment from them. Let the store deal w/shipping hassles. I used to live in the country, so I know it's a pain to go into town, but it may be worth it in the future. Especially on delicate shipping items like glass.

[p00num3lli]

well guys it jsut got worse, i FINALLY! got in another light system (they sent another one) and when i opened it all the lights were broken again! and the while lighting fixture looked beat up. i was so mad. this time im getting my mom to call them and deal with it.

[subsailor]

For future refrence what company was it from?

[ismvel]

Good Lord man!!!!!!!!

Get your money back and go elsewhere...(if you can even do that with all the drama you have dealt with them back and forth)

[p00num3lli]

its corralife. my mom called them and dealt with it. they are sending it over night instead of a week with extrafoam peanut thiings

[ismvel]

Oh good.....hopefully you enjoy your light and it is worth the hassle.

[subsailor]

Thats true hopefully it works out for you this time.

[p00num3lli]

well gues what, i just got in my third lighting set and gues freaking what!!!! its broken again, i have no flippuing clue hpw they even ship it to other people??!!?!?!?!?!

[crabman]

request a manager, tell them you're not amused, what you've been through, and not only do you want it replaced fast, but that you want his guarantee that it won't happen again, as well as some sort of compensation (discount or extra bulbs, etc...). good luck man, hope you get that squared away.

[p00num3lli]

yea, ill tell my mother too, they were suppost to sent it over night to us, but it took two days... so these people are screwed up

[10gallonpro]

For future refrence Corallife tends to ship things in a bad way I worked for a LFS for a while and everytime we received their product it was messed up.

[p00num3lli]

yea, i have those three broken fixtures next to my tank, i have to wait till monday to call again, because there closed... my moms gona see if they can send the whole lighting fixture seperate without the lights, then the lights seperate...

[p00num3lli]

ok guys, they sent another set up with lights... this time they sent it in a box big enough to fit a lawn mower in:lmao2:. but yea i got them in saftly finally.... and also got my new refracto meter in also:bigsmile:. ive heard people say that those plasctic pin wheel ones are trash.. but ive alwase used it and i tested before i used my refractometer and both came with results 1.025

[ErikH]

That's some good news.!.!