Post by JR on Mar 16, 2014 12:08:05 GMT -6
Will tell you this story and you'll laugh your butt off but I saved a ton of money doing this. All the new energy saving light bulbs you buy now with the they last 7 years BS warranty on the package? Never happen but if you call the toll free number on the package and tell them the bulb went out and it's only 6 years, 364 days 11 hours 59 minutes, and 59 seconds old they will send you free replacement coupons! Yep! During the bad ice weather and the electricity going on and off it makes these bulbs go bad.
Screw them out. If you keep one package you'll have barcode, if you don't bulb has code number on it. I buy all GE bulbs now, Sylvania will do the same but they are cheap jerks and send you coupons for one single bulb, but not GE!
So over the last few months when a bulb goes out, I pile them up and make one call to GE (can get 800 number off the net). I got 5 bulbs out including 2 of the high dollar ceiling fan light bulbs. Call them up, nice people in 5 days I get six $8 coupons for a free package of bulbs up to $8 and two $10 coupons for the same.
Now the coupons are good for only one package, it doesn't matter if the package is one bulb or 50, one package. If the package is say $9 you pay the difference plus tax. You pay the tax any way. I use 60W bulbs and a 75W and 100W in a place or two. These bulbs are expensive and old regular bulbs are being phased out. I have a ceiling fan with 2 to 3 light bulbs in every room and they have a different smaller screw in base and the things are around $5 a piece.
So before my granddaughter's softball game yesterday we went early to wally world, they sell GE but not much Sylvania. Got 4 packages of ceiling fan bulbs 2 to a pack, each $6.96 each, and get this for whatever reason WalMart had 10 packs, yes 10 packs of regular 60W light bulbs regularly $18 a pack marked down to $8 a pack! I get 4 of them with the rest of my coupons. I come home with 48 light bulbs that I paid less than $5 tax on! The lady at the counter couldn't help it she finally asked me how I got all these coupons for free packages of bulbs? I picked up one of the packs and let her look at the 7 year warranty and the toll free number and told her that's how. A guy next to me said "they actually honor that warranty and it's not a bunch of BS?" I told him to ask the lady how many coupons I just cashed in and she looked at him and said $68 worth!
I also have 2 sylvainia $5 coupons left and 3 more burnt out sylvaina bulbs on my desk! Going to call those cheap jerks back tomorrow. I know Home Depot sells Sylvania. I'm never going to buy a light bulb again!
BTW on the average these bulbs with normal use will last about 2 years, they'll wake up and see this and the 7 year fun will be gone so ya better hurry if a bulb goes out and get your coupons and start stock piling like I do! 
JR