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After reading about Wal-Mart's intention to push swirls to their customers, I broke out my own 4-pack of swirls that had been hiding in the closet for some time to start an experiment of sorts. Yes, those of you with a sense of humor can say that I came out of the closet. Are you ready for me to continue?
You see, apparently someone at Wal-Mart realized that they typically have 10 models of ceiling fans on display, each with four bulbs, at something over three thousand stores. Then someone else did the math and figured they could save around $6 million per year by switching to swirls in those fixtures. That's a lot of cabbage. Annually. Even for Wal-Mart, those pennies add up.
Now I don't have a hundred and twenty thousand light bulbs (though it sure feels like it sometimes), and even so, I can't really track these four bulbs against all the others in the house, but I decided it was at least worth checking out, so on Saturday I started my experiment just after writing my post.
