On 5/31/2010 2:06 AM, Bill Baka wrote:

For what it is worth. I went into the local Walmart and found generic
Chinese bulbs at $.99 and the identical bulbs labeled as GE or some
other American name brand at twice or even 5 times the price so all you
are getting is the American name and making the CEO a lot of money. I'll
bet they laugh all the way to the bank.

Well, you may be right...or you may be wrong.

You know these bulbs are -identical- how? You've seen the specs for both
brands, you've done a comparative chemical analysis of the gas and the
phosphor coating inside the bulbs, right? Oh, what's that you say? They
both -look- like CFLs so they must be identical?

On 5/31/2010 1:05 PM, Bill Baka wrote:

You want to analyze them be my guest.

ME analyze them? YOU were the one shooting from the hip when you said
they were -identical-. I just wanted YOU to defend YOUR statement. I am
still interested to know why you think they are identical.

As an aside, got a friend that bought both the Chinese junkers and GE.
He claimed the warranty support for GE was great and non-existent for
the Chinese.

On 5/31/2010 1:05 PM, Bill Baka wrote:

Whoa, big surprise there. Be still my trembling heart.

Well, maybe it -was- a big surprise to you, as you blamed it on CEO
greed...overlooking the fact that the price differential could be
related to a good warranty versus a poor or no warranty. (Not that we
don't have an overabundance of corporate greed). :-)