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Down with lamp bans!
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I like my lamps thick, my ballasts heavy, and my fixtures tough.
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I tried ordering some F90T17's from SearchBulbs's site. I then tried to pay for my order by Paypal but Paypal came back with an Error "We are unable to process this transaction for this merchant" or some such message. I then emailed SearchBulbs using the email address given on the page asking to get back to me about this problem but never heard a peep from them. After two weeks of not hearing anything, I went back to the site and changed my profile to garbage info. I say stay away from them, I bet they are a front for collecting credit card numbers and/or personal information. Thank god I tried to pay by Paypal, there's no way I'll enter my credit card number online at a business I am not familiar with. I know it's not a problem with my PayPal account; I've paid for transactions on ebay before and after this happened with no problems. If anyone is more brave and/or desperate to get their hands on F90T17's than I am, please let us know if you decide to go ahead with a transaction there. Though I'd suggest to at the very least email or call them first before placing an order there.
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Interested mainly in discharge lighting (mercury, sodium, neon) and also old and unusual incandescents.
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Do not order anything from SearchBulbs.com. I had the misfortune and headache of ordering from them about a year ago. I was looking for the extremely hard to get (at least here in the US) GE Arcstream 250w daylight metal halide rated for base-up burn position. Only the horizontal burn version is readily available here in the US. And conveniently SearchBulbs had this lamp in stock. I ordered 2 of them and got the email confirmations and whatnot right after. My credit card was charged next day, two weeks go by...no lamps. I attempted every method of contacting these guys, phone, email and no replies or call backs on either. I was just about to reverse my credit card charges at the bank when a box from them finally arrived almost 3 weeks later. Though what I received were not GE lamps, but rather a chinese knockoff that came in a plain white sleeve labeled MHQ-250 Mogul with "6500K" checked off on the box. Needless to say I still reversed by CC charges and didnt hear a thing from SearchBulbs. If they really have T17's ide be willing to bet they are not GE brand either.
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I don't think anyone other than the large lighting companies made T17 lamps, but even if said lamps were knockoffs, some members here would kill for any working T17 lamps.
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You'd be surprised at whats still being produced in china that has been long since obsolete and discontinued by the big name brands. About a year ago I ordered some cheap F96HO T12 110w lamps from a chinese brand and they came as powergrooves, a slightly different pattern than the older name brand style albeit, but none the less surprised me.
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Looks like SearchBulbs is no more!
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Please check out my newly-updated website! McCann Lighting Company is where my street light collection is displayed in detail.
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Naturally, OP was posted 3½ years ago.
Someone asked me to put bookmark references in the book I'm writting. I asked what for? He replied "So that people will take you seriously." I asked back: What is worse? To be taken seriously or risk looking like a fool?
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So? 3.5 years ago doesn't mean anything. Many websites have been around a lot longer than that! No idea what your second line has to do with anything though...
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Please check out my newly-updated website! McCann Lighting Company is where my street light collection is displayed in detail.
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