1 million energy saving bulbs distributed

M Caruana

Nov 21st 2009, 20:31

@ Ron Saliba
Jimmy Vella is totally right. I have purchased energy saving bulbs (Phillips) from Home Base in UK - 5 for £1. Something wrong with bulk buying as far as the customer is happy. Why the goverment have spent 4 Euros for each distributed bulb when with some common sense it can have been bought for less than 50c? Do you know that the government buys all his medicine in bulk??? Is it the same principle?

john falzon

Nov 21st 2009, 20:03

1000000 bulbs eh? If each 40 watts traditional bulb was substituted with even a 20 watt energy saving one (=100watt traditional), then we should have a saving of 20x1 million watts or 20,000 Kilowatts or 20 Megawatts. Not bad. But is this reflected in the consumption as recorded by Enemalta. THAT in my opinion is the million dollar question and the measure of success or failure of this scheme.

Jimmy Vella

Nov 21st 2009, 19:42

@Ron Saliba

You are obvious thinking of Mintoff and the bulk buying he used to to do i.e. corned beef tins.
How do you think prices are so much cheaper in England than in Malta.Because they buy in bulk.
I don`t suppose you hold an economics degree by any chance,do you?

Ron Saliba

Nov 21st 2009, 17:39

@Jimmy Vella

I see you are a fan of bulk buying.

M Galea

Nov 21st 2009, 17:34

All this has been a waste of time. I contacted Keith Galea (Communications Officer) through e-mail and phone several times and explained to him my situation and he told me which steps to take to be in conformity for the vouchers yet i'm still without them and I beleive he has taken me for a ride cause I haven't heard from him since. M'hemmx serjeta!

Jimmy Vella

Nov 21st 2009, 14:52

What is the big deal with these bulbs,in England you can buy 5 for Just £1.The government would have been better buying the bulbs in bulk and then distribute them itself,and then add another 10 Euro`s to the electricity bill,and everybody would have been a winner.The only winners in his exercise is the ironmongers.

Dennis Zammit

Nov 21st 2009, 14:41

Lucky all you folk!!

My family of three persons NEVER received any of these vouchers for free bulbs even though I personally contacted the relative customer care people, the Ministry involved and sent an email to Minister Pullicino personally on his gov address without any reply.

To add insult to injury, I recently spoke to Minister Pullicno on air on a radio program on Radio 101 about this problem that certain families have not yet received the vouchers and the scheme will soon close and on air, he premised me to contact me on the phone details left with the program engineer. Regretfully, it seems that his battery is flat as I never received any calls!!

To say if in Maltese, fakani bit-telefonati u waqqali il-batterija bit-telefonati.

DISGRACE !!

G.Portelli

Nov 21st 2009, 12:03

The only government not to burden everyone with unfair taxes and educates people. Well done government. How stupid to lament when there's no reason to. Malta is overflowing with wealth. We have never seen such good times!!!

Stephen Farrugia Sliema

Nov 21st 2009, 11:55

@everyone

Stop complaining, you live in paradise and you don't know it..... :)

(Quote from the Communist party behide the Berlin wall.)

edward bartolo

Nov 21st 2009, 11:53

I am yet another second class citizen! I received no vouchers notwithstanding I have been living on my own for over six whole years. Although I changed my ID card address to correspond with my new address, I was considered to be still living with my mother!!!

How incompetent!!!

joe briffa

Nov 21st 2009, 10:30

IS THIS SOMETHING TOO BE PROUD OF??? THEY NEVER REACHED OUR HOME IN WE R STILL WAITINGG FOR THE VOUCHER

R.Sciberras

Nov 21st 2009, 10:15

Can someone tell me whether these vouchers have reached Tarxien please? I sent an e-mail using the address posted on the ministry's website energyswitch@gov.mt, however, I'm still without a reply after almost 3 weeks. The phone number provided above is unavailable on a Saturday. Trying to phone during the week proved futile...no one answers the phone

Stephen Spiteri

Nov 21st 2009, 10:12

I have phoned the Department at least 5 times for the bulbs in the last 6 months and I am still without them