04-03-2018 07:17 PM
OK so I've had it with these sellers advertising specs of LED headlight bulbs of 400-500 watts and 70,000-100,000 lumen per bulb!
This is impossible people, and I cannot figure out why ebay is letting this false advertising happen on such a huge scale. I am a lighting engineer, and the most these LED bulbs can produce is 3000-5000 lumen per bulb. Even at that rate they still do not project the amount of light on to the road as a 2800 lumen HID bulb due to the way the light is emitted. When you see those oncoming headlights that almost blind you because they're so bright, those are HID's installed in the wrong type of headlight housing. Ebay, PLEASE STOP THIS FALSE ADVERTIDING!
04-04-2018 09:41 AM
eBay is aware of all of this. There is no practical way for them to make sure each of the active 1,000,000,000, on all of eBay, listings is accurate. It is buyer beware.
I have had this conversation with senior Motors management. There is no way to verify all the listings, the constant turnover of listings.
04-04-2018 12:30 PM
Mr. E is right, but the good part is that they did remove that listing.
04-04-2018 05:32 PM
I understand that they can't police every listing to insure accuracy, but if something is brought to their attention they can investigate it. It's almost every listing for LED headlights... not hard to find. It's **bleep** that they're not doing ssomething about it.
04-05-2018 05:43 AM
Yep. There's been a headlight problem here for years. I'm not convinced that led's are the way to go. I see too many new cars going down the road with them out for what ever reason. HID lights are not always compatible with the wiring harness in some headlight systems. The headlight can draw more amps than the wiring can handle thus fried wires and or a burned up car.
I agree op it is a dangerous situation that has been going on unaddressed for years.
04-05-2018 09:17 AM
"their attention"?
There is no they. You are talking to computers.
04-05-2018 07:04 PM
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04-05-2018 08:13 PM
GM seems to have a problem with lighting. Start paying attention when you're on the road to Cadillacs, GMCs, Chevys, Buicks, etc and note how many are running around with a headlight, DRL, turn signal, or park light inoperative.
04-06-2018 06:03 AM
I'm looking at the ones with all the burned out led lights. Not necessarily head lights but trim lights for sure.
04-07-2018 11:19 AM
I sell dome lights. Two reasons. One is they do not know how to change the bulb and break the assembly.
The other reason is that some kid "upgraded" the bulbs and burnt everything out.