cool! I guess I'll pitch in lol:
here's a BT28 NOS Sylvania 175W /DX and here's a discounted lot of three from the same seller. and as i type this, my light is coming from my Westie NEMA that arrived today.
Glad it arrived but it got some damage from FedOops.
The head itself was fine but the PC receptacle has a chunk missing (though still usable) and the reflector got a beating in shipping. Jace sent the refractor which was already cracked but it ironically survived. i was able to roughly reshape the reflector so it at least latches onto the head but it's a little loose. The reflector is quite flimsy which surprised me. i guess that's why they adapted the use of the rippled ones? the smooth ones look better IMO though mines not quite smooth anymore lol. I should have taken a pic before i fixed it up but it's too late now.
the weirdest part is that my parents said they dropped off the box on the back deck.
So the guy went through the back gate, around the back yard, and up the deck steps and plopped it on the deck. Why he didn't leave it on the front steps and not walk through out yard is beyond me... Glad to see FedOops is living up to their name and dropping boxes.
that's why i prefer USPS becuase i haven't yet had any problems with them, though i've heard plenty about them. I guess the only way to ship something in one piece these days is to drive it to it's new home yourself.
I'm still happy with my new light though.
i'll probably seek out a whole new bucket combo though...