So a few weeks ago when I went to Home Depot they had marked the Philips HID and PL lamps down, since they switched brands. The 175W mercury lamps were marked $4.99 I think. Both the clear and coated were mixed together and marked $4.99 on the shelf. I decided to get a coated lamp vs clear.
When I went to the self checkout and scanned the lamp, it came up as $14.99. So I called the attendant over and told her it was supposed to be on clearance. So she wanted me to go show her what it said on the shelf. And she confirmed it and wrote down the SKU. She said, "I bet they put it in wrong. Whatever it says on the shelf is what you'll get it for." When she got back to the checkout she input the number and said "yep, see, they put it in wrong!" So I got it for $4.99, thinking they just messed up in the computer.
Well the next week I went back, and I noticed the clear and coated mercury lamps this time were separated, and the clear ones WERE marked $4.99, but the coated ones were marked $14.99, like the one I got rang up as. I decided to get a clear one since just to have a spare lamp on hand, and it rang up correctly.
Now the clear lamps are all gone but the coated ones are still there for $14.99
So I think what happened, is I ended up getting something that was supposed to be $14.99 for $4.99 because it was in the wrong spot, or actually there wasn't a spot for it at all. But I didn't realize it until now. Plus the attendant was limping and she said she was going be having surgery on her hip. So I feel bad I made her walk across the store to check the price too.
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Collect vintage incandescent and fluorescent fixtures. Also like HID lighting and streetlights.