Hey everyone...
Just thought I woudl start a thread to see if anyone else had noticed the slim pickings of lights 2 weeks out from Christmas..
I've been keeping my eyes open for bargains so looking at what is around daily and found something interesting....
as of an hour ago:
K-Mart (fountain gate) has NO A/C(wallwart) lights left on the shelves (plenty of incand. and solar based). I noticed this Friday... but thought they were just cleaning the shelves... but today they had filled the empty shelves with junky-trinkets!!! The stock-fillers I spoke to said they were not aware of any extras in "out the back" :shock:
Big-W has plenty of incan. "formed" lights (stars, etc) - a LOT of blue extensions - and very little else in quantity...
Bunnings (Ferntree Gully) had NO lights as of Monday arvo..
I am wondering if anyone else is seeing this - or is there a DIYC'r running around buying all the lights at hugly expensive/inflated prices...?!?!?!
The "crazy-mums-with-prams-yelling-get-out-of-my-way" were going nuts buying everything that had "LED" written on it... so I am wondering if this is a clever marketing ploy (and a very effective one at that) or is there REALLY a shortage of lights in the stores I'm looking at...
What are you seeing?
Mike
melbourne.
Just thought I woudl start a thread to see if anyone else had noticed the slim pickings of lights 2 weeks out from Christmas..
I've been keeping my eyes open for bargains so looking at what is around daily and found something interesting....
as of an hour ago:
K-Mart (fountain gate) has NO A/C(wallwart) lights left on the shelves (plenty of incand. and solar based). I noticed this Friday... but thought they were just cleaning the shelves... but today they had filled the empty shelves with junky-trinkets!!! The stock-fillers I spoke to said they were not aware of any extras in "out the back" :shock:
Big-W has plenty of incan. "formed" lights (stars, etc) - a LOT of blue extensions - and very little else in quantity...
Bunnings (Ferntree Gully) had NO lights as of Monday arvo..
I am wondering if anyone else is seeing this - or is there a DIYC'r running around buying all the lights at hugly expensive/inflated prices...?!?!?!
The "crazy-mums-with-prams-yelling-get-out-of-my-way" were going nuts buying everything that had "LED" written on it... so I am wondering if this is a clever marketing ploy (and a very effective one at that) or is there REALLY a shortage of lights in the stores I'm looking at...
What are you seeing?
Mike
melbourne.