Free energy saving light bulbs

sandcrawler

Home improvement retailer B&Q has announced the first ever nationwide light bulb amnesty in partnership with British Gas.

From Friday, October 31, to Sunday, November 2, anyone who takes a traditional light bulb to a B&Q store in England, Scotland or Wales will receive two energy saving bulbs to replace it, helping customers to reduce both their carbon footprint and electricity bills. :beer:

InDebted2U_2

I had just made my mind up to throw out all my traditional lightbulbs, but taking them to B&Q to be replaced by energy-saving bulbs is even better.:beer:

cazzybabe

Do they have to be working light bulbs that are taken in to swap for the energy saving ones or will blown ones do?......

sportage1kia

Hi there
Tesco have also got deals on for energy saving bulbs like bogof and 5 for 40p but depending on the type, but well worth a visit.
Regards

bignred05

sportage1kia wrote: »

Hi there
Tesco have also got deals on for energy saving bulbs like bogof and 5 for 40p but depending on the type, but well worth a visit.
Regards

Bought 10 today for 80p "Bargain"
changed the 3 light bulbs in the living room tonight, its like Blackpool lights now with these energy saving light bulbs

now I intend taking the "old" style light bulbs to B&Q to exchange them for more energy light saving bulbs

sandcrawler

Just a reminder that this starts tomorrow at B&Q. Offer limited to 2 per household so probably not worth a special trip but OK if you are passing anyway.

Crabman

Depending on the type of bulb and your intended use, this recent article may be of interest:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7661462.stm

Johnnypanic_2

sandcrawler wrote: »

Home improvement retailer B&Q has announced the first ever nationwide light bulb amnesty in partnership with British Gas.

From Friday, October 31, to Sunday, November 2, anyone who takes a traditional light bulb to a B&Q store in England, Scotland or Wales will receive two energy saving bulbs to replace it, helping customers to reduce both their carbon footprint and electricity bills. :beer:

Once again bad customer service for B&Q Northern Ireland customers.

Can't even order of their website, even though they plaster their NI stores with adverts for the website :mad:

super_dad

has anyone seen any of the small screw-in energy saving light bulbs anywhere, that are reasonably priced. I need about 30 of them for my house (lots of lamps!) and they are about £2 each in morrisons

sportage1kia

super_dad wrote: »

has anyone seen any of the small screw-in energy saving light bulbs anywhere, that are reasonably priced. I need about 30 of them for my house (lots of lamps!) and they are about £2 each in morrisons

Hi there
See if you have a Tesco in your area,as stated in my previous post, they have small screw-in in our local one but depends on the wattage.
Regards

Roger_Rampant

Yes, I too ended up buying the small screw-in ones at Tesco - one of the rare occasions that Tesco were actually cheaper than both Ikea and Wilkinson...