I waited for this program to launch for a long time. I had been keeping a close eye on it. After it launched, I went ahead and started switching my incandescent bulbs out for the rebated LED's.
Here is my take on it.
I went to my local hardware store first. They're selection wasn't as good as the big box retailers but they were close to my place so I figured I'd give them a try. The rebated bulbs they had on a big display were all 'cool white' which was a colour I was trying to avoid. I ended up finding some Philips LED bulbs for a rebated price of $1.99 each. I took two of them and moved onto a place with better selection.
That brings me to Wal-Mart. I found a fairly good selection there. I ended up with GE bulbs. Two 2 packs, and two 4 packs. The shelving was labelled with the whole Alberta rebate program so I took them to the cashier. What a total disaster that was. She scans the first of the 2 packs and her till says 'redeem coupon'. She then asked me for a coupon and I told her that the bulbs are rebated by the government. All I got from her was a blank stare in response, followed by a display of frustrations and rapid punching of the numbers on her till. She ended up bypassing the coupon prompt and the till displayed the proper rebated amount. After that, she moved onto the 4 packs and there was NO rebate for them. At this point, I didn't want them so I only ended up walking out with two 2 packs that were rebated.
I then moved onto Canadian Tire. My experience here was pleasant. The bulbs were all right there when I walked in. Clearly rebated and labelled correctly. 99 cents each. Went to the cashier and she knew exactly what she was doing. Rang them thru, paid a dirt cheap amount and went home and installed them.
I'm pretty happy overall. I saved almost 60 bucks in total. Still have to get some more to complete my switch to LED tho.
Originally posted by Xtrema
I was told they are not dimmable either. So I cannot use any of these. NDP better start a EV rebate so I can get my chuck of carbon tax back.
The bulbs I got at CT all say dimmable on the packaging.
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