01/24/2023
Back in 2018 when I started Holiday Lighting, LLC it was because there was a lack of vendors that sold Mean Well power supplies. It started out as group buys from Christmas Lighting forums; those were so big that I needed a better way to keep track of them. Also back then so many were being pre-ordered that it was straightforward to get excellent pricing.
4+ Years later we have gone through price hikes, tariffs, COVID-19, a slow economy, shipping increases, and supply shortages, and there are now dozens of vendors that sell Mean Well power supplies.
It was never to be my main source of income and in fact, as long as I covered my expenses I was ok with that. Most often I didn't make more than $1 on each one sold not great for a business but this was me just helping out the lighting community never to make a living.
That said a couple of people have reached out and asked if I was still in business or if I would be doing a pre-sale. Over the past couple of years, I've ordered less and less EXTRA stock just because I was using my personal money for this and I could go 6 months with not one sale over the years I would order less and fewer extras so when they were gone they were gone and I wouldn't place another order till the following pre-sale.
All that said I'm stuck on deciding if I should do this anymore. It's a lot of work boxing up everything and shipping it out.
Here is kind of what this year's pricing would look like if it did happen. This would be PLUS whatever the shipping costs.
LRS-350-5 $28
LRS-350-12 $28
LRS-600-5 $56.50
LRS-600-12 $56.50
US Power Cord $2.00
If there is not enough interest it's not worth my time or trouble to save you guys a couple of dollars over what the other vendors are selling.