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Leaving our rented flat - lightbulbs?!

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  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    When did you have your lightbulb moment?
    Happy chappy
  • nick22abdn
    nick22abdn Posts: 40 Forumite
    Is it really worth the aggro - we are talking about lightbulbs here?! If you can be bothered, buy some cheap ones and replace them - that way you can take some second hand bulbs to your next place!
  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    I would rather take my expensive second hand lightbulbs that have a guaranteed life of 6 years - and only been used for a few months- than take new and cheaper. And that is what I intend to do.
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • Guy_Montag
    Guy_Montag Posts: 2,291 Forumite
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    nick22abdn wrote: »
    Is it really worth the aggro - we are talking about lightbulbs here?! If you can be bothered, buy some cheap ones and replace them - that way you can take some second hand bulbs to your next place!

    Check the name of the forum :money:
    "Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
    Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
    "I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.
  • owner
    owner Posts: 95 Forumite
    Surely you kept the old ones when you swapped them and put them somewhere safe ? Hope you didn't throw them away, think of your carbon footprint :naughty:
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    I used to do this when the energy saving bulbs were loads of quids and I was broke.

    I used to go to Leather Lane market and pick up packs of bulbs for approximately nothing.
  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
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    I would go to poundland and get a packet of them, and then change the newest eco bulbs :)
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