Does anyone else hate L.E.D. Christmas Lights as much as me? RANT ALERT!

[atc007]

I'm as close to Santa as you're gonna get.. I LIVE for Christmas,and all that it is. YES,,Bryan,,you CANNOT buy lights that work anymore.. I hate Walmart and all the crap that comes in here Everyday from China. Having said that ,and understanding Exactly where you're coming from Mosh! LED"S are ALL that works for us?? These Mother Frigging icicle lights?? 4 new boxes!! ONE works. The rest,,half work. Not the fuses,,and granted ,, ALL of these are now stapled along the edge of our eaves!! Anyhow,,I could go on all day. I Love Christmas,and this time of the year. We donate tons of stuff to kids who aren't gonna have much,,or nothing at all..We volunteer at the school,,Santas workshop. I buy ALL of our decorations,and Anything else related,,on closeout in January and february,,ONE,,because I'm a tight . TWO,,because,,I KNOW they { Walmart} Are losing money at 90% off : ) !! Anyhow,,we buy up gifts and goodies,And our ENTIRE elementary school comes in and shops,,EVERY gift is $1.25.. Some are $40 gifts,,some maybe only $5- $6 . But ALL the kids get their families NICE gifts,,and we wrap them in whatever paper ,ribbon and tags they want. All for $1.25 each. We go to the City and drive around gawking at the Christmas lights,,it's a Big deal for us! So,to those of you that DO decorate,,Xpress,and ridered ,lol,,Thank you! It's worth it.

[Mr_RPM]

i want to go shopping at your gift shop! haha
sounds like you really do alot for kids, thats awesome.

[atc007]

Kids are ALL we have. ANY and ALL of us. Even if you have none. There is NO future without teaching these kiddos there is a whole nother world besides,abuse,neglect,,and Video games,,and texting,,and ,,,,,yeah... Anyhow,,that would be another rant and thread! Yes,we Love kids,we are a foster home also. We try our very best..and love our LED's ,,lol !

[Orangecnty250r]

ATC 007....I was going to hit the china angle....you covered it for me!! They must be laughing at all of us over there for buying the same thing, over, over, and over again!!

[atc007]

Yeah,,,my strong morals are quite easy for me to follow.... HAving said that,,,I have NO qualms whatsoever,,returning their crap back to them,over,and over,and over! There's an email going around,,instead of buying lights and TV's this year. Support ONE american,,go get your car detailed,or an oil change. Something that will STAY where you live! ..What a world.. Why don't I deal with those parts stranded in MI for ya Orangecty! lol..

[Mr_RPM]

my dad went to meijer the yesterday day and bought non-led christmas lights.
100 light strands for $3.70
bought 4 of them. they all work fine....

[WisconsinJohn]

Yeah, but they suck up so much more energy...try to be green! The LED bulbs will outlast 10 times any of the old lighting...And now I have led under cabinet lights with burned out bulbs less than 6 months later! Now I have to empty my cupboards and pull all the staples to remove them. WORST

[bkm]

The saga continues. This morning I get home from work and they were working. My wife and kid leave for school and work at about 7am and its still kinda dark so they are still on. I look up at them not an hour after I have gotten home and the same 20 or so bulbs are out again, except this time they aren't dim so I don't know which one is causing it this time.

I just throw my hands up in the air and turn them off, go inside and go to bed.

I wake up this afternoon and get ready to leave for work and what do you know. They all work again.

I give up. If we get a decent day on my off day's I'm just gonna take that strand down and return it.

[atc007]

My MO lately is,,We've returned FOUR friggin strings like that,,non led.. To Walmart,,they ALL do the same dam thing!! Work,not work,,,What I would pay for some AMERICAN made lights by people who had some WORK ETHIC....

[Just-Tri-It]

Somebody's had their head at the exhaust port for too long....


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Remember kids. Don't smoke Crack!

[dcreel]

[bkm]

Now that is bad ass! Now if I could only get my lights tuned to some Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire.

[Mosh]

If you are gonna do it, that is the cats ass right there.
Thanks.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

That was awesome! ......now where the he** is that little headbangin emoticon........

[RamsesRibb]

I've been using some GE incandescent icicle lights for 5 years now. Never had a problem. I don't care about being green because all this global warming stuff is malarky. Anyway why do you want to leave all the fossil fuels for China to use.