Indeed, but we are smarter than they are 

Have you been trying other variants of EU versions of eBay?

It all comes down to politics and governments.  In the vast majority of countries of the world, governments have only two purposes:

And I'm generally seen that the shipping prices on eBay, at least for lamps, are monstrous.

It all comes down to politics and governments.  In the vast majority of countries of the world, governments have only two purposes:

what are those purposes? I suppose one is screw the small man over, but I am not sure what the other one is

BTW: Wait, there are countries where goverments are not like that and actualy work for the people (which countries are theese?)
Also that also means there are still places the enjoy all the light sources and no matter what light source u desire, you can still buy it (nothing is banned, if you want LED you buy LED, if you want T12 Flurescent u buy that or if u want incondecent u buy that)

I do wonder, are there countries where they happily use incondecent lightbulbs and have no plans to change (like Bhutan, where they still have human traffic signals )

My hope is that the shifting political winds means this ban is short lived. There are a few encouraging developments, one of which is the Supreme Court striking down the Chevron doctrine, which effectively strips government agencies of their power to ban things: https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-chevron-curtailing-power-of-federal-agencies/

Another recent development is the introduction of legislation to repeal the incandescent ban: https://www.energy.senate.gov/2025/5/chairman-lee-introduces-bill-to-end-biden-era-lightbulb-ban

I'm cautiously optimistic about the situation, and if I'm reading the tea leaves right, in about a year incandescents should be back on the scene.