Commercial Lamp Supplies News

We have some delivery dates for the 100watt light bulbs now - straight from the manufacturer so we hope they arent lying!

We should be getting some stock mid February with the remaining stock arriving by the end of Feb/beginning of March. We will fulfill outstanding orders in date order and get them out as fast as possible!

So if you want to ensure your supply of 100w lamps then please do place an order and we will hold it until we are restocked - your credit card is not charged until we dispatch (unless you pay with paypal)

On the plus side we do have stock of 150 watt ordinary light bulbs so if you want them then we can dispatch same day on orders placed before midday!

Well, what a couple of weeks its been!

The story so far… We have been let down by 2 suppliers now. Both who promised us deliveries and only part of one has actually appeared.

The first point I want to make is that the 100watt light bulb is still in production - so dont panic too much. We will be getting new stocks but these are some weeks away as it seems like the UK’s supply has been used up in the space of 2 weeks! The only reason for the delay is the massive demand for bulbs - not that they arent being made anymore.

We may get stock in more quickly if we can find them but we dont like to make promises we cant keep. If you want to order 100watt lamps please do and we will keep your order until we can dispatch. If you pay with a card (ie not paypal) we do not take any money until the day we dispatch.

If anything changes we will update the news blog!

Of course the low energy alternatives are available if appropriate for you - anything 20 watts or over is a good equivalent to an 100w lightbulb.

I myself use the giant helix in daylight and I love it! Of course lighting is very personal

We have held our prices for ordinary light bulbs up until today but we have been notified by the factories that due to unprecedented demand they are putting up their prices, reluctantly we have had to follow suit.
It is a man made situation there is no real shortage it is just that people are stock piling them.
We have 2000 en-route to us, but the shipment has gone missing, perhaps it has been high jacked by desperado’s intent on stealing them.
They would have meant that all of our outstanding orders would have been supplied, until it arrives we cannot do anything, all of our stock is gone.
We are sorry if your order is delayed but it will not be long before we can remedy the situation, please be patient.
Hopefully it will arrive soon.
On the 21st we will have a massive delivery which will last us a year so if we have not been able to send your order before then you will certainly get them then.
We will be glad when things quieten down and we can get back to normal, we have never known such a situation before and hope we do not again.

Just to confirm, there is no need to panic. Although many high street stores have already sold the last of their 100 watt light bulbs and others will be stopping soon, we at Commercial Lamp Supplies can easily get hold of them available and will be able to for the foreseeable future.

We have a wide range of 100 watt light bulbs in our Online store including:

• Box Of 10 100 Watt Light Bulbs - Bayonet
• Box Of 10 100 Watt Light Bulbs - Screw Base
• Box Of 10 ‘Clear Glass’ 100 Watt Light Bulbs - Bayonet
• Box Of 10 ‘Clear Glass’ 100 Watt Light Bulbs - Screw Base
• 100 Watt Daylight Light Bulbs
• Long Life 100 Watt Light Bulbs
• Low Voltage 100 Watt Light Bulbs
• Rough Service 100 Watt Light Bulbs

The ban on selling traditional incandescent 100 watt light bulbs was brought in by Gordon Brown in 2007 as part of the governemnt’s commitment to reduce the UK’s amount carbon dioxide emmisions and help reach climate change targets.

However, the ban is voluntary, so although it may not be long before 100 watt light bulbs disappear completely from the high street, we will still be stocking the for some time yet.

Production of 100 watt light bulbs is not due to cease in the EU until September 2009, so we will be stockpiling as many of them as we can between now and then.

So you can rest assured that until such time as the ban becomes compulsory, you will have no problems getting your 100 watt light bulbs from Commercial Lamp Supplies.

If you have any questions or want to discuss bulk orders of 100 watt light bulbs, please contact us on 01822 860110, or email us at: sales@commercial-lamps.co.uk.

We have replaced City link with UPS for our deliveries, City link were damaging some packages in transit before Christmas and we cannot have our customer’s disappointed with broken light bulbs.

We always replace them so you don’t lose out but it’s hardly satisfactory.

UPS have vans with racks in them so the drivers don’t stand on the parcels, which is what seemed to be happening with City link.
This change should guarantee that you receive your orders promptly and in one piece, it is costing us a little more but we have kept the carriage cost the same at present as we hope the falling oil price will bring things back into line we’ll see what happens over the next few weeks.
So look for a brown van which is very clean with a properly liveried driver.

We have a wide range of high wattage ordinary lightbulbs in stock including 150 watt and 200 watt.
We also have some clever halogen capsule replacements for them which are a sort of half way house between low energy bulbs and the normal fialment ones.
They don’t give anything like the savings but they do light instantly and are the same sort of light as you are used to and you can use them with a dimmer switch.
Call us if you need to know more.