Energy Saver Bulbs at Lidl
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:42 pm
My local Lidl has a pallet of Philips Genie ww 827 Bulbs. Marked as 11 Watt, 600 lumen, and equivalent to a 60 watt tungsten. The individual boxes have a band printed with In partnership with British Gas
Image from Philips Website
They are advertised as £0.49 each, but are on special promotion at 5 for £0.40.
I was slow to change to these types of lamps - I wouldn't have paid the high purchase price that used to be required. Now they seem to be available as freebees or heavily subsidised - by various electricity supply companies - why would they want to reduce the need for their product?
Ash
Image from Philips Website
They are advertised as £0.49 each, but are on special promotion at 5 for £0.40.
I was slow to change to these types of lamps - I wouldn't have paid the high purchase price that used to be required. Now they seem to be available as freebees or heavily subsidised - by various electricity supply companies - why would they want to reduce the need for their product?
Ash