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Jonnyboy

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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 9:38 am Post subject: Energy efficient lights at Tesco
On offer at my local tesco at the moment, GE 9W energy efficient bulbs (40w equivalent ) ï¿½1.97 each but BOGOF which works out at less than a quid each and a 6 year lifespan.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 9:44 am Post subject:
Oh god, what a dilemma - have need for lightbulbs, but can't bear to shop in tescos Would i be morally compromising myself if i got the mother-in-law to get some with her shopping. hmm diffiuclt

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 9:48 am Post subject:
You could argue the bigger benefits, Actually, I'm rather relaxed on non food shopping, I can't see any hugely ethical suppliers out there.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 9:51 am Post subject:

Actually, I'm rather relaxed on non food shopping, I can't see any hugely ethical suppliers out there.[/quote]

No that's true - but it's putting money onto those ever growing tescos coffers that gets ot me. I was thinking a couple of years back about writing a fiction book about tescos taking over the whole world - didn't do it cos not very good at writing

but it's all starting to come true.

I'll think of the greater good, and get the MIL to get them

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 1:46 pm Post subject:

What a choice...

I see you have various options.

Spend more money elsewhere...(at a more ethical supplier)

Spend less money at Tescos and save money

Spend less money at Tescos and spend the rest ethically.

The thing I feel with Tescos et al is as follows.
If it is a super deal that can't be beaten elsewhere, then they are seriously cutting their margins. Buy at Tescos, but make sure you don't get sucked into spending extra on other stuff.

Res

Joined: 07 Apr 2005
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Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 1:59 pm Post subject:

whitelegg1 wrote:

If it is a super deal that can't be beaten elsewhere, then they are seriously cutting their margins.

I have had these energy bulbs all over the flat for about two years now and would never go back to using "normal" ones. Best investment I ever made.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 05 2:08 pm Post subject:
One of my children is afraid of the dark, so has a small lamp in their room which they keep on - i just could not do it if not for these bulbs. It's lasted for years!! Cost a fortune originally though!

High Green Farm

Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Mid-Suffolk

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 05 3:30 pm Post subject:
Incidentally I was looking at these in a small electrical shop today, and they were charging between ï¿½7 and ï¿½9 each! Why the big difference? Just down to purchasing power?

Will

Joined: 30 Jun 2005
Posts: 571
Location: Grenoside, Sheffield

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 05 3:39 pm Post subject:

I think it's because they're the older style ones with loops of flourescent tube rather than the conventional shaped ones, and because Tesco are phasing them out. Tesco's offering ranges from these cheapies to about ï¿½9. Just make sure that you pick the full size ones rather than the mini which comes in a near identical box but costs over ï¿½6. The shelf immediately behind the BOGOF sign last night was full of the mini ones. I didn't notice until they were put through the till and the bill came to ï¿½41

On top of which Tesco now have to drag you over to the customer service desk and phone Visa to get authorisation before letting you sign the slip rather than using a PIN.

So it took me 45 minutes to buy six light bulbs, some razor blades and a jar of crystallised ginger. Since I was on the way back from rugby training and hadn't had a shower, I suspect I may have been less than appealing to the lovely lady who served me.

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Location: Eastoft

Posted: Wed Sep 28, 05 4:16 pm Post subject:
They're always ï¿½19.7 in Asda. Deep supermarket joy, buying power and screwing the suppliers i guess!

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 05 7:56 pm Post subject:
Still, they give off a nice white light and I had 10 running and the genny didn't even notice.

High Green Farm

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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 05 8:13 pm Post subject:
Stowmarket Tesco sold out today when my wife went....I'll have a try at the weekend when I will also be looking to get the ï¿½19.99 18V rechargeable drill with two batteries from Lidl......seems to be an offer far to good to refuse!

sean
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 05 8:26 pm Post subject:

whitelegg1 wrote:

If it is a super deal that can't be beaten elsewhere, then they are seriously cutting their margins. Buy at Tescos, but make sure you don't get sucked into spending extra on other stuff.

Sadly the margin tends to come from the supplier in these cases. But that's their decision with stuff like light-bulbs.

Lozzie

Joined: 25 May 2005
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 05 5:12 pm Post subject:
Aldi's have the 60w equivalents at ï¿½1.99 this week.

Mr Solar

Joined: 23 Oct 2005
Posts: 10

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 05 4:30 pm Post subject:

With low energy light bulbs proven to reduce electricty cost by up to 80%, reducing carbon emmisions at the same time, why hasnt the government in its goal to reduce Co2 cut the 17.5% value added tax on these energy saving bulbs, raising the tax on the throw away, heat burning bulbs?

The consumer may have been sold or given a couple of low energy bulbs of the stick type which everybody hates, but have any of you when in a pub, club or hotel etc noticed how few, if any these businesess use to reduce their E bills? none,WHY? becouse if they reduce their electricty bill through changing hundreds of heat emitting throw away bulbs, they would end up paying higher taxes, through higher profits, when its much easier to increase prices.

In the not to distant future, Ecotricty will be offering a brand new type of small twist light bulb, both in a daylight and a soft colour in a number of watt outputs from 7 to 24 and much cheaper than Tesco as the cost of these type of bulbs being manufactured and used by 90% of the population fall in cost. The only reason why low energy light bulbs are still very expensive is becouse its not in the interests of the BIG 3 bulb suppliers to reduce them as they last to long.

Next year watch out for the latest in cathode lighting and LED where the electricty needed per bulb is 2 watts, and a life of 25,000 hrs, no good for Tesco, need to have people buying regular each week, not once in a life time.

As a last point, has anybody noticed how very few of re-chargable batteries and the charging devices that are not sold or visible at any supermarket? The reason is becouse the batteries last to long having used and sold them for years, never to buy a throw away battery again as part of our life style is to reduce the dumping of chemicals into the ground which ends up in the water table.

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