I think the REAL burn was the outrageous PRICE for each bulb. I think it
was $16 or something.
Seems to me a commodity 9005XS low beam headlamp should be about HALF that.
Well, "China-Mart" has them for about $7.99 and the two packs for about $15.

One of the reasons I went TO that shop, was that they were very local AND I
like to buy at non-big box stores. But what a premium!! especially
considering that the bulb(s) were made offshore. OUCH!.



"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
.umich.edu...
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Bill Putney wrote:
>
>> I guess when that goes on, a part has truly reached the level of a
>> "commodity". So much for brand distinction, eh?
>
> Well, so much for the righteous moral indignation the US Government used
> to display when companies sneezed in each other's direction. In the 1970s
> when auto exhaust emission regulations were tightening up faster than most
> individual car companies could keep up and still keep their heads above
> water, the US automakers wanted to put together an emissions control
> consortium that would pool the various companies' resources and talent to
> speed and streamline research and development of emission control
> technology. The Japanese were doing just that, as were the Europeans.
> "Absolutely NOT!" shrieked the US Feds. "That would be a gross, stinking,
> putrid, sinful violation of antitrust laws!".
>
> *shakes head*
>
>> And Philips (lamps) only has one 'L" - I wondered about that. The
>> screwdriver has two.
>
> The laxative also has two.