Author Topic: Why has fluorescent lighting jumped in price so much?  (Read 481 times)

zxcvbob

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Why has fluorescent lighting jumped in price so much?
« on: February 20, 2019, 01:56:21 PM »
Chinese tariffs?  I went to Amazon to purchase another F54T5 light fixture (20000 lumens) and the price is now $100.  It was about $70 when I bought the same thing 2 years ago.  I checked at some commercial lighting places, like prolighting.com and their prices have similarly gone up.   I did find one for $67 but it doesn't include the lamps, plus shipping is $17.  Equivalent LEDs are hard to find and even higher.
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Re: Why has fluorescent lighting jumped in price so much?
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2019, 02:34:21 PM »
I work for a lighting supplier. Most of the distributors/manufacturers we buy from have either jacked up prices, or given notice they're about to. Trade war, baby. Situation's always fluid.
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