Sorry, Phil... How are you going to get out of this one?

http://www.homedepot.com/EcoSmart/h_...atalogId=10053

One buck apiece.

The posted reviews are mostly highly negative. I've had no trouble with any
of the Home Depot CFLs I've bought -- including these.

I put a free one they handed out at Christmas, 2009, in the "porch light" at
my door. It's been going for well over a year -- upside-down.

Home Depot apparently has major quality-control problems. No surprise for a
Chinese product.