... or best offer

I never do that. Never. EBay. I just pay them.

I broke another 30W CFL. They're great for photography but they stick out from regular lamp sockets and tend to break. Tend to break when they're slammed around hard as I do. Last time I bought four 30W CFL curly bulbs for $9.00 each and that was the highest wattage and the lowest price I could find. With shipping, $40.00.

Since breaking three of them I've been using 100W incandescents from the 100W incandescent light bulb mountain, purchased in advance of our -- broadening of choice.

And then I saw 42W CFL mentioned and that rekindled my interest because it is even better than 30W CFL. I need two, but two extra would be good for backup. I'm willing to pay $10.00 each.

[A friend dropped by with a co-worker one day as I was assembling a wooden frame in my apartment. They asked what it was for and I told them a frame for tomato plants I was starting in an Earth Box in the back bathroom. The frame was five feet tall and the two people laughed their butts off at the ridiculous optimism of tomato plants growing that tall from seeds. Turned out the plants outgrew the frame that was extended with bamboo pieces and the plants could not fit through the door. They grew seven feet tall powered by two 30W CFL bulbs before taken out to the balcony in Spring.]

I notice on eBay the cost for 42W CFL is all over the place. Generally about $8.50 thereabouts for one or for two bulbs, and I am pleased with that price. The price goes down with quantity and the best price I see is $60.00 for 25 bulbs but that is way too many 42W CFL curly lightbulbs.

But I was willing to pay $40.00 for four.

And that cost discrepancy puts me on the teeter-totter of indecision.

And I thought,
"One: then I would have two outrageous overkill light bulb mountains.
Two: that is a lifetime supply, far more than I need.
Three: I live in Colorado, this activity is immediately suspect.
Four: I wouldn't blink at $50.00.
Five: I dare myself to risibly lowball an offer and invite abrupt rejection.
Six: that would be $2.00 each."

Just give me your lightbulbs!  Offer $50.00.

Offer accepted.

Conclusion: I should dare myself more often, and try even lower.