The best I've found locally is $2.50/bulb, and that's in multi-packs.
We have alot of recessed lights, and I wish I could find a cheaper
source for these.

You'll have to check the net... and buy in bulk (cases at a time.)

But consider other cost factors that can easily be bigger than the
bulb:
1. Electricity is about 90% of the cost of lighting. Dimmers, timers
and energy efficient bulbs will save big bucks.
2. Do not use long life bulbs. They are LESS efficient so you don't
save money unless you are paying someone to change the bulbs.
3. Consider fluorescent bulbs!! Just try some for a while and find a
brand/size you like. They are NOT all the same.

Richard Reid, LC
Luminous Views

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The best I've found locally is $2.50/bulb, and that's in multi-packs.
We have alot of recessed lights, and I wish I could find a cheaper
source for these.

3. Consider fluorescent bulbs!! Just try some for a while and find a
brand/size you like. They are NOT all the same.

I have installed fluorescents in a couple of closets. I like the
near-instant-on as compared to what they used to be.

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wrote:

3. Consider fluorescent bulbs!! Just try some for a while and find a
brand/size you like. They are NOT all the same.

I have installed fluorescents in a couple of closets. I like the
near-instant-on as compared to what they used to be.

I don't consider closets to be a likely place for compact fluorescents
to pay off, due to the short on-time per month and the short on-time per
start (life in operating hours will likely fall short) in most closets.

- Don Klipstein )

I don't consider closets to be a likely place for compact fluorescents
to pay off,

I put them there because those are the lights the kids leave on the
most often.