Consumers are too stupid to make good choices

[Taem]

If you're talking incandescent bulbs, what brands are you using? Some of the GE and Sylvania I've been using so far seems to have quality control problems. 1 out of 4 can last months, while the rest seems to go kaputs in weeks.

I concur with your assessment, however have had the same results with compact fluorescents that burn out after a few weeks. I don't know if the odds are approximately 1 in 4, but it seems to me enough compact fluorescents have burnt out in a short amount of time that I didn't see too big of a difference between them and incandescent bulbs.