Who said anything about LEDs? I merely questioned where the OP got their halogen bulbs cost 3x-4x more than incandescent bulbs number from, as I got a 4-pack of 40 watt (really 29 watt) GE halogen bulbs for 6.88.
Then someone replied with something about GE being rebranded Chinese trash with low CRI, and I was a bit confused, as the GE bulbs have a CRI of 100.
(FTR, I’m a LED bulb fan, and got the halogens to replace burned-out CFL bulbs in a bathroom that we’re getting renovated in the near future and that will likely have recessed lighting, so regular A19 bulbs won’t be too useful in there. I figured why spend any more money than I have to on something that only has to last 6 months at most?)