I have wondered if this would work and how much it would cost when eBay sellers were outside the USA. Seemed crazy to ship from Hong Kong to FL and then to DR. But I wasn't sure if it would ever get to me if I didn't use the DR shipper to get it through customs. Have you done this before? Would you please post again when it's done about how it works?
I use the "soft light" CFLs and they are not objectionable like the earlier stark white CFL bulbs. At least not to me or my guests.
I don't care if it is LED or CFL that you want to purchase. I would import them. The two better importers for small items in my area are Transexpress Vimenca (you pick up at Western Union office in Sosua) or EncargoPaq (they deliver to my house). The price is about 150 pesos a pound.
I currently use EncargoPaq almost exclusively for such items after buying them on Ebay. Almost anything comes out to be less expensive to import and I don't have to waste my time looking in several places and they deliver to my door.
I will be looking into LED bulbs in the future, but at 60 pesos each for a 13 watt CFL bulb versus the price of an equivalent LED bulb I need to know the trade offs a bit better. Someone I know just "lost" all their expensive LED bulbs in a power surge.