yesidonoitall said:Need to add the the heading:

Plus a bazillion dollars to be able to buy at Costco.

or not?

Visuvius said:Bought 2 4-packs R30 CFLs from Costco also made by FEIT less than 6 months ago. 5 out of the 8 do not light up anymore. They have a 2-year warranty for residential use but try calling their Customer Service Number and all you get is a never-ending wait message.It's Costco - HELLO - just bring 'em back to the store with or without receipt for a FULL refund on your next visit.

Visuvius said:Bought 2 4-packs R30 CFLs from Costco also made by FEIT less than 6 months ago. 5 out of the 8 do not light up anymore. They have a 2-year warranty for residential use but try calling their Customer Service Number and all you get is a never-ending wait message.
Not my experience about their customer service. FEIT's CFLs could definitely be more reliable (it's CFL for chrissake), but I never had a problem calling and getting replacement from FEIT (although I do realize I could get replacement from Costco, it was just easier to call and receive replacement in the mail). Some of my warranty claims honored were for purchase more than 2 years old.
Tried a different brand from Lowes, and it was humiliating and impossible to get the warranty honored.

I guess its not just me either. I bought a box of FEIT CFL from Costco, and one of the bulbs didn't work. BTW the CFL made by FEIT has a warm up period. I'd say about 30-50 seconds to light up completely. So between those warm up time, you get a very feint lighting. It gets a little bit annoying from time to time. But since these are cheap w/ the instant rebate and anything to save the earth. GE's CFL lights up very quickly.

Not in Plano. That portion of the ERCOT market is deregulated and there is no utility to subsidize the purchase.

For those in Northern California, Grocery Outlet sells compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) for .25 each (after PG&E instant rebate).

txcoupe said:Made by FEIT. This was at East Plano, TX store. Sign shows $13.99. At checkout, there's an instant savings of $10 !! These are the 13W = 60Watt output light bulbs. Couldn't find online. That is regional, depending on the electricity supplier in your region, you might have a different discount amount or not have one at all.

Visuvius said:Bought 2 4-packs R30 CFLs from Costco also made by FEIT less than 6 months ago. 5 out of the 8 do not light up anymore. They have a 2-year warranty for residential use but try calling their Customer Service Number and all you get is a never-ending wait message.

Standard CFLs just don't last in my house. I've bought several packages of the 100w replacement (23w?) "indoor/outdoor" CFL flood lights. I've had 1 die on me so far. I replaced the "globe" style bulbs in my 2nd bath with the sealed "globe" CFLs that were on sale at costco over a year ago. Not 1 of them has failed yet. Because I've had such good luck with these and such bad luck with the normal CFL bulbs I've started replacing failing standard CFLs with 14w (60w replacement) CFLs built in a sealed container (looks like a soft white bulb). I've started getting mini-flood light type CFLs at assorted 99 cent city stores. They run 2 for $.99.
just throwing in my $.02

Costco in Mass had variety of these dirt cheap last year (Danvers).

As alchemize observes, not so this season. Oh well.