06-06-2011, 08:42
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Scapegoat Mentor
AKA: Alex Stout
 FRC #2614 (MARS) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Morgantown, WV
Posts: 393
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Re: e-watt LED light bulbs - what has been your experience
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Originally Posted by stevend1994
Recently, Home Depot or Lowes (I forget which, my dad just casually told it to me) had similar bulbs on sale for $10. There was one on Home Depot's website a few weeks ago that was similar, costing $40, I believe, but that seems to no longer be there. As of now, the FIRST LED bulbs do seem to be the cheapest/best ones available, but it seems like more and more similar bulbs are becoming available.
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I had thought about convincing my team to buy both local Lowe's stores' stock of these bulbs to sell for profit. Because the biggest complaint from potential buyers is that they are not dimmable.
A lot of people also cannot purchase them because of the price tag. While they are 1/2 of retail cost... $20 per bulb is still pretty darn expensive for most people. I'm not saying there's really anything that can be done about it, it's just what I've been observing.
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