As I said in one of the million threads related to this box, out of my 48, only 10 were truly dead, and that's also counting those that lit, but did so dimly/stutteringly so. Many came back to life after pumping them--rapidly press and depress the button for a couple seconds (by came back to life I mean, they weren't working but after doing this they lit brightly and without studders).

Truth be told, I think many were so disappointed that they didn't bother to spend much time with the lights before counting them as another "dead:" unit. Perhaps? Or Maybe we just got lucky with good boxes, I will have to check to see if I got the OKs later.

Also from my other post : If anyone is serious about finding replacement batteries for these lights on the cheap, dealextreme has them (cr1220_ in 5 packs for $1.96 shipped: here But if you buy 10 or more then the price drops to $1.28 shipped. Meaning that even if you needed to replace ALL batteries, you could pick up 10 5 packs for $12.80 if you were actually serious about replacing all the batteries.

Yes a little, but I plan to hand these things out like candy--figured I'd weed out the truly dead from the get go. The problem with this box? The problem" stuff not many actually need, and even if you need it, it's never too exciting to get new lights and surge protectors. My opinion I was disappointed in that way, yes, but I don't particularly feel jipped either. Of course knowing thingfling with the volume of complaints on this box, I imagine they'll be acting to rectify it all somehow shortly.

yes that was another issue...we were told there was 3 diff boxes? so everyone bought in orders of 3 or 6.

what a PERFECT IDEA! You just gave me an idea for HALLOWEEN!!! The kiddies will think I gave out the GOOD STUFF when I drop these lights in their bags and I won't have to go and buy candy! Actually..all the stuff from previous MB's that I have no idea what it is or use for I'm going to give them out for Halloween..I just save a ton of money from not having to buy Candy this year!

Thanks for the idea Scared!!!

Yeah..and they won't know they don't work until they get home!

Hopefully they just don't remember where they got them!

eh..just think of those plastic pumpkins as Mystery Heads and dump them in! Hopefully they have a nice weight to them so they make a "fwump" when tossed in the pumpkin heads or pillow cases to add to their excitement!

Why Thank you Ava! I am, after all, a genius!

I can see it now: "Mom!!! That crazy cat lady down the street gave me a set of Monster S-video cables in my bag! It has a gold plated S-video head with two gold-plated RCA heads, for unsurpassed and superior luminance, color reproduction, as well as fidelity! It's nitro-injected cable shielding will keep my picture crisp and sharp without any outside interference!" mom: "oh, that's nice. Does it taste good?"

If anybody feels like "recycling" their cell phone lights, working or not, I would be willing to take them. I plan on using my 48 as little prizes at the summer camp I work at. If tightening the screw doesn't make them work, I bet I could get a good deal on the batteries if I bought 100 or so at once. If you want to get rid of yours PM me.

I am not wanting to buy these or pay shipping costs, I am simply willing to take them off your hands if you want to recycle yours. I wouldn't be surprised if nobody PM's me, but I thought I would throw this out there just in case.

Been thinking about how to sell these too... even if it means tossing them in with other products that I'm selling. The only problem is explaining to someone that they need to hold the light just-so in order to get them to work, and/or telling them they need to pump the button for a few seconds to get it to work.

This is probably why they failed in a store... customer picks it up, presses the button, nothing happens. No sale.