I have to agree that the Repti-Glo
uvb bulb is a no no, my local reptile shop sold me one when i was asking for a Repti-Sun 10.0, I half agree about the pet shops spoon feeding you the bull to sell a product, but some pet stores have knowledge on reptiles and bearded dragons, but just because a pet store use a product to house the pets they are selling dosn't make the product good, think they are only using them for a short period of time whilst they have the reptile in their shop to be sold, and after that they dont realy care as long as the reptile dosn't die on them and they can make a profit, then if they sell you a more expensive yet less effective or possibly dangorous product and it harms/kills your bearded dragon where are you going to go buy a new beardie? right back to them!
The advice already mentioned above is very good, shop around on the internet, get a few products, post some links on these forums, get them checked out before you commit to buy. I know it might be a pain waiting to get your beardie because he or she is sooooo cute and cool, and you might think ill just buy what the pet shop says so i can take him home, but surely waiting an extra week to make sure your buying the right stuff for them is worth keeping your new pet happy and healty. Plus its also good when you can walk into the pet shop and when the guy behind the counter says yeah buy this this one is awesome you can say "Stop talking ****, i want this that & this, screw you!" lol well maybe not saying those exact words but you get my drift.
Don't let the people at the pet shop pressure you into buying anything you don't want or need, they just want to make a sale at the end of the day.
When i got my beardie as a baby i bought a "full set-up vivarium." it just seemd like the easyest way to do it. so far i've had to change my heat lamp, uv strip lamp(twice) & substrate.
& the Repti-glo has made my beardie pretty ill, thank god i came here to get advice and help on what the problem was before it was to late.
Having said all the above negatives about pet stores, i hope i didn't offend anyone that owns,runs or works in a respectable astablishment that know about & care for the lives of our little bearded friends, some places are good stores but its just sorting the gold from the mud really
All beardeddragon owners should know about these forums they have helped myself a hell of a lot with my little one, i would be lost without them =)