DIY LEDs versus chinease boards, Alibaba and other questions, COBs prices,

So I was about to pull the trigger on 4 288s on Alibaba. You can get them for 100 bucks and I was about to pay $516 including shipping. Well sucks for me because all the sudden now because of the COVID-19 the shipping has doubled and is now costing me about 616 or 20You can get them for 100 bucks and I was about to pay $516 including shipping. Well sucks for me because all the sudden now because of the COVID-19 the shipping has doubled and is now costing me about 616$ instead. I haven’t heard back from the people yet but I’m going to see if they can cut a price to help me achieve the price I was going for but if not then I’m just going to go another route because there’s no way I’m paying double shipping all the sudden.

so basically I’m at a place now where I am either going to have to buy cheap shitty LEDs off Amazon which I don’t want or build my own. Basically my question is this...

I was about to have just under 1000 W of 3000 K light for about 520 bucks. If I build my own DIY boards with gooI was about to have just under 1000 W of 3000 K light for about 520 bucks. If I build my own DIY boards with good COBs like cree, can I get somewhere around 800 to 1000 W for around the same price as 520 bucks?

i’m kind of pissed because I didn’t pull the trigger a week ago and now I’m fucking dealing with the extra hundred dollars which I really just can’t spend

I don’t need 1000 W but I definitely would like to have as many as I can get for the money so 700 to 1000 would be great but I’m definitely not going to be able to spend more than 520 bucks.

Thank you for your help
 
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