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You can't buy these, we don't sell them.
Nov. 20th, 2013 03:49 pmI have a standard lamp in my living room with a reading lamp attached. When I switched the reading lamp on the other night, the bulb blew. No problem; I always keep a few spare bulbs.
However, it was the last bulb in the box, so I put replacement bulbs on my shopping list. The box was Tesco brand, and as I was going to Tesco this morning, I noted the type - GU10, 50W. When I got to the bulb section, I couldn't see the boxes of four I got last time so I looked for other packs of this type. At the very top were bulbs in bubble packs hanging from rods and although there were no GU10s on the rods, there were a number of packs lying on the shelf partly hidden by boxes of bulbs. (You had to be my height or taller to spot these.) And there were bubble packs of two GU10 bulbs, right wattage.
So I got to the check-out and the woman scanned the pack, and it didn't register. She put her light on to summon assistance and it took a long time for someone to come and even longer for her to go searching, much to the annoyance of those queuing behind me. And when she did come back she said there was no record of them selling these, and they had no price for them anywhere on the system. So they couldn't sell them to me.
Next stop, Robert Dyas.
However, it was the last bulb in the box, so I put replacement bulbs on my shopping list. The box was Tesco brand, and as I was going to Tesco this morning, I noted the type - GU10, 50W. When I got to the bulb section, I couldn't see the boxes of four I got last time so I looked for other packs of this type. At the very top were bulbs in bubble packs hanging from rods and although there were no GU10s on the rods, there were a number of packs lying on the shelf partly hidden by boxes of bulbs. (You had to be my height or taller to spot these.) And there were bubble packs of two GU10 bulbs, right wattage.
So I got to the check-out and the woman scanned the pack, and it didn't register. She put her light on to summon assistance and it took a long time for someone to come and even longer for her to go searching, much to the annoyance of those queuing behind me. And when she did come back she said there was no record of them selling these, and they had no price for them anywhere on the system. So they couldn't sell them to me.
Next stop, Robert Dyas.
