Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

So, I mentioned in a post a while ago that I own 2 8oz laps that flow quite well. One of the bulbs recently blew and I thought I might as well replace them both, Went to my local bulb supplier and ordered 2 pygmy 15 watt bulbs, all was well, got back home only to find that one of my lamps has a completely different socket and takes an even smaller bulb that I simply cannot find!

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1, The 2 old bulbs from the same type of lamp.
2, Lamp won't sit on new bulb.
3, Other lamp heating fine.

I know this sounds silly, but this has seriously been the straw that broke the camel's back for me. They don't have quality control, They dont have the decency to keep the crap quality accross the board. I am sorry Lava World, but I have tried to give you the benefit of the doubt time and time again, and every time you dissapoint me in some way.

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I know right? It seems like every other thread has something bad to say about them. I just hope that people searching online for Lava lamps will come across our threads.

I will stop ranting now..lol
Nope... we LOVE to whine here! So join in or get the Goo out! LOL. If only we could raise the BIG money to buy this company & ensure product quality control issues, pricing, and unique designs. But since this subject has been discussed, repeatedly (WHINE!) and to no avail, we must do what we can to let LW know of our disdain. I know a letter writing campaign was suggested, since emails are never acknowledged & phone calls are rarely returned... this may be something we'll have to dedicate ourselves to.
As for poor Quija, I'm sorry that they can't send the correct bulbs. Freakin' morons!
LOL, you totally rule, man! And you're right, the people (Wait, if they don't have souls, are they still people?!) who bought up our beloved Lava are a leaching corporation, who have NO respect for the Name they bought. If we try to wake them up, they'll dismiss us like gnats. Could we organize a MARCH... picket signs & chants? At least then we could get everyone together for a meet & greet! Problem is, I don't think enough folks are truly pissed off enough to bother.
We purchased our colossus lava lamp when they first came out and the bulbs were blowing left and right. We probably purchased about 12 of them at $10 bucks a piece which is not exactly cheap for a bulb problem. They ended up redesigning base and come to find out they went through another manufacturer for the bulbs. We ended up paying $75 for the new base. Purchaseing the new light bulbs with the old bases will not work unfortunantly. You won't even be able to put it in. When we received the new base we ended up breaking one of the bulbs because the socket sits up higher and we were unable to screw it in without dropping it into the. It shatterd completely and had to dump out the broken glass. We ended up having to put tape on the bulb just to screw it in. It was a rather pathetic site.
Unfortunately, our passion on this issue is not shared by enough people to make any protest feasible.

The only consolation is, I guess, that as this crap continues the original made in the USA models may get even more valuable.

Which may not be a consolation if you are just new to collecting.
I suck at motivating folks...

And my OCD is only used for the DUMBEST things... alphabetizing my DVD's, scrubbing a pair of sneakers, hair plucking, hand washing all my globes & putting them back in storage.... LOL
But a picket line would be fun!

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