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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on April 26, 2018, 09:56 AM:

For a long time now I have found donsbulbs to be a superb reference site for lamps, even if his purchase prices were way over the top.
Today, I went there for a lamp alternative check to find the following statement :- "Don has retired and donsbulbs is permanently closed".
It would have nice if the site could have remained just for reference, but I assume that would have cost money to do.

Posted by Barry Fritz (Member # 1865) on April 26, 2018, 11:39 AM:

I always thought it was a great site also. It has been down for at least a month. Replacementlightbulbs.com has a pretty good bulb/equipment cross reference.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on April 26, 2018, 12:27 PM:

Archive.org may have a capture of that website, but I don't have the ability to connect to it at the moment to confirm.

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on April 26, 2018, 03:25 PM:

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Archive.org may have a capture of that website

Yes Bill, here we go:

https://web.archive.org/web/20170728192521/http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/t.pl

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on April 27, 2018, 03:53 AM:

Thanks to Winbert, but it doesn't work for me, has anyone else tried this link?

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on April 27, 2018, 06:30 AM:

I get to the archived site, but it seems search scripts are not held so cannot look up prices.

Posted by William Olson (Member # 2083) on April 28, 2018, 03:52 PM:

This is sad news for me. DonsBulbs was my go-to for all things bulb and bulb-related.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on May 01, 2018, 03:15 PM:

No, but direct links do work - such as the equipment lookup lists. Inconvenient, but all is not lost.

Posted by Reese Williams (Member # 6432) on May 03, 2018, 08:10 AM:

Thanks for the useful information

Posted by Steve Alexander (Member # 6478) on June 01, 2018, 03:55 PM:

Dons used to get his bulbs from Interlight. www.interlight.biz
They are much cheaper and I now get mine from them.

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on June 01, 2018, 04:23 PM:

Very cheap if you purchase 1000+, not so sure about singles.

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