The wisdom of buying new aside, Amazon shows 20 pound steel tanks for just under $130 delivered in the US. So I'd say they aren't doing you any favors...
Cheers!
But what's the point in buying new, when the easiest method is to exchange?
Hence my preface - or did you miss that?
Point is, you could buy a brand new steel tank for appreciably less than the best offer you've received for used. OK?
Sheesh...
So I'm getting quotes of between $140-190 to buy a used 20 lb CO2 tank at local gas supply stores PLUS $28-30 for the gas.
Am I getting ripped off?
But what's the point in buying new, when the easiest method is to exchange?
What's the fascination with exchanging? Buy yourself a nice tank and get it refilled.
Well, what's the problem with buying the new one off of Amazon (or whatever), since it's cheaper than what they're offering to sell the used one for, and then proceeding to exchange THAT one? That way, you still can exchange the tank, AND you can save a few bucks in your up front investment. Wouldn't that work?
Yeah, you'd think he'd have come up with that right around post #3, but he totally missed it...
Cheers!
Thanks for pointing this out, man. You're swell. :fro: What you may have missed is that the one on Amazon is $107.95 + $27.95 shipping. Using the complicated mathematics of addition, that's just a hair under the price I'd pay here at a shop.
As stated previously, there is zero benefit in the fact that this one is new, since I want to exchange it.
This is me walking into the shop with lube in hand:
This is me walking out of the shop with my Co2 ready to make some god damn beer: :cross:
grimstuff said:Here's the deal: I live in a rural area. Two gas supply stores in town. We don't have fire extinguisher stores or beverage supply stores. I live in a town of 15,000. Both the guys I spoke to from these gas supply stores seemed reluctant to turn on the machine or whatever the hell fills the cylinders for "just one" cylinder. I don't want to be "that guy" bringing in his precious shiny cylinder for one fill up, waiting around, and right in the middle of the work day. I am extremely busy during business hours. So exchanging, to me, sounds way more convenient.
I can see why some prefer to buy though, ideally I would too, but the logistics and cost just don't pan out. Every place online only sells new. And for a 20 lb new tank, it comes out to be about $100 plus $30-40 for shipping. There is ZERO chance of me finding used on Craigslist, because as I mentioned before, this is a very small town and the only CO2-related equipment I've seen are some weird things used for indoor marijuana grows (...in fact, maybe that's why theyre so expensive around here...).
So I'm about to bring my lube down to one of these stores and just bite the bullet. I just wasn't prepared for the fact that getting the damn Co2 for my new keg setup will cost me almost $200.
How about this one, before you go freaking out on more folks trying to help you:
For crying out loud, dude. In post #2, a guy pointed out that there was a CO2 tank on Amazon that could be delivered for $120. Here it is. Took me all of 90 seconds of scrolling on Amazon to find it. Keep the lube.
I am always grateful for help. I just don't take kindly to "some" people insinuating right from the get go that I am some sort of idiot and jumping all over me when Im merely asking a question., as shown in post #4.
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