On 05/31/2010 03:32 PM, Joe from Kokomo wrote:

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.
I'm still not going to take the damn things apart and have the wife in a
fit.

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). :-)

Tell that to the employees at Kodak who lost their jobs when the film
got too expensive and they moved to Mexico. Now the film division is
going down anyway. That corporate manager might not get his Porsche.

Do I feel sorry for the executive??
Hardly.