Quote Originally Posted by Cal Weldon View Post
I just hate having to take them to a special place to dispose of them. In my neck of the woods that's not your local hardware store, it a 20 minute drive in a place I don't find myself very often so I have to store them to make the trip worthwhile. Storing dead bulbs for 6 months seems a little silly to me.

It has to be economically driven...put a buck deposit on them, let the state keep 10 cents and the redemption center 20 cents...whoever turns them in gets 70 cents.

Put them out in the alley, gone in 5 minutes.

That drives up the price of crap bulbs, which is a good thing. Buying a good bulb is worth it, return is several times investment.

On Dollar Store bulbs...it's an ill whore that blows nobody any good... am sure there are some good cheap bulbs....just as sure many bad cheap bulbs.

The Energy Star rating is taken off and the company not allowed to sell any stock with that label if random tests find them failing under rated hours.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/building...s/faqfinal.pdf

Problem with dollar store stuff is consistency.

Google is your friend...a nice looking bulb on sale cheap, if you find it's rating has been pulled, may not be a bargain.