Actually I just tried fluorescent bulbs in my bedroom fixture, which is subject to power surges. I purposely bought the cheapest, knowing that I’d never bother returning a bulb that I paid so little for, but also knowing that my time is also worth more than being tempted to return the more expensive ones (3x/price). I was right; the one I installed blew after 3 hrs and tripped my circuit breaker. I chucked it and the other one that I did not even bother installing, and ate the loss. I then read that power surges kill even the brand name fluorescents, so that is the end of that.
The store I bought it from is a reliable Jewish owned supermarket and they would have refunded my money, but it was not worth my time to get back the amount I spent. Probably it was not halachically right for me to return the bad bulb anyway, only the unused one, because I had more than a reasonable suspicion that it would blow.