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On 19 Nov 2011 13:46:19 GMT, pseudonym
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Walmart has them...at least my local one does...but after using led bulbs
for a couple months now, the incandescents are pointless/wasteful

Obviously you must be a wealthy doctor or lawyer to be able to afford
LED bulbs. Either that, or you used your life savings to buy them,
and will have no savings left for retirement.
Most of us cant afford them.

I get the biggest laugh out of the advertising for all these
alternative bulbs. Or should I not laugh and state their outright
lies. They say you will save all kinds of money on your electric
bills. Sure, you will save a few bucks, but you'll be spending 100%
to 50,000% more on lightbulbs. Those CFL bulbs are a minimum of $3
each, often more, compared to 25 cents for an incandescent. And dont
let them fool you, they dont last any longer, in fact most of the ones
I've used lasted less hours than the old standard bulbs.

You're not saving anything in the end.....
More likely spending MORE, often MUCH MORE.....

You tell a sad story, but it doesn't need to be that way. 7 years after
installing CFL bulbs and using them every evening, I've yet to replace even
one. At 15 cents/kWh, I paid for those things more than 2 years ago and
have been reaping the savings every month since. There are junk CFLs out
there and that's where most people lose because buying cheap is risking
higher costs since you don't know if they will last or not. Buy Energy Star
rated bulbs and you get a replacement warranty plus a lower risk of early
bulb failures.

There are savings to be had just like buying a car that gets more mpg. I
just love driving into a gas station, looking at the pump and see $45-55
which someone just paid and then filling up for $25.

Tomsic