did you buy the tig welder from them? Most of those places are in the
consumable business. I got a quote from my local weld suply house and paid
about 1k less over the net for the tig machine and he was not going to give
me much of a break on anything else with the purchase. I figure the
difference in bottle rent and consumables paid for a long time before I hit
the break even point. Maybe in a month I will get to try it out as they will
start sheetrocking the new shop next week. Look at 15 per month as less than
internet access, it is less than 3.50 a week for it to be their problem. If
it is their bottle do they send a truck by to exhange the bottle also. That
is worth something also. If the deposit is refundable when you send the
bottle back why not just get on with it for now while you decide how much
gas you will go through in a month and then make a smart decision based on
usage and convienience.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ron Gibson
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 12:47 AM
> To: RACE427@aol.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Gas Bottle fees
>
>
> Tony
> You should check to make sure what kind on bottles your
> supplier has. Most
> suppliers don't want to fill or exchange another companys bottles,
> Linde,Airco, Praxair, etc. Hate to see you with a bottle you can't get
> filled without a lot of trouble.
> Ron
>
>
>
> > Guess I should have explained that the Welding supply house here on Long
> > Island wants a $200 deposit and then collects $15.00 month
> rental fee for
> the
> > bottle. Just think that $15.00 a month to hold on to the bottle is a
> little
> > pricey. Must consider that I might not be using the bottle of gas every
> month.
> > What do you think about these prices?
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