My 38 year old post lamp died recently. I gave it a decent burial for it’s decades of service and tried to find another locally. I had hoped to get poly carbonate since I never had to paint or do any maintenance whatsoever on the old light. Alas the only lights I could find in poly carbonate were about half the size of my original light. I also discovered that the people who make post lamps or perhaps just those who sell them locally have the erroneous notion that if you have a post lamp you must be stupid and wealthy. Not one local business had a nice or any black post lamp using an ordinary light bulb for under $100.00. I prefer to think of my self as financially prudent rather than cheap but I could see no reason to spend $200.00 and more for a post lamp. After exhausting the local stores and probably annoying them with my don’t you have anything under $100.00 comments I turned to the web. I found the Kichler - 9956BK - Madison Outdoor Post Lantern in Painted Black f...