subliminalurge
Well-Known Member
Before I ordered my initial kegging setup I called all over the place trying to find the best price on CO2, and also finding out if I could save money getting the tank locally instead of ordering a shiny new one. Nope, the shiny new one was cheaper, so I ordered it. After placing the order I ran across a local homebrewer who told me about the place he gets his tanks filled. $15 to fill my 10# tank. Not too bad.
Fast forward to today. UPS had my order scheduled for today, so I put off my lunch break until the latest possible minute I could get away with, hauled ass home, and sat and waited until the last possible minute hoping that it would be delivered in time for me to stop on the way and get the CO2 filled. No such luck, they dropped it at my door 15 minutes after I left (of course).
A little later on in the afternoon when it looked like my day was going to slow down and I might be able to sneak away for a few minutes, I got on the phone with the fire extuingisher place and asked how much it would cost me to just buy a full 5# tank from them. The guy told me it would be 10 dollars!
10 bucks?!?!
I could have gotten 7 five pound tanks, all filled, for a total of 35 pounds of CO2 for the price I payed for this shiny aluminum 10 pounder? With a few bucks left over? I asked twice, he said that was to buy the tank. Not lease, not borrow, that was to *buy* the tank. Full.
Can that possibly be right?
And if so, what is the best venue to sell off this new tank?
(Holy crap I wish I'd known about that place before I placed my order, and not two days after....)
Fast forward to today. UPS had my order scheduled for today, so I put off my lunch break until the latest possible minute I could get away with, hauled ass home, and sat and waited until the last possible minute hoping that it would be delivered in time for me to stop on the way and get the CO2 filled. No such luck, they dropped it at my door 15 minutes after I left (of course).
A little later on in the afternoon when it looked like my day was going to slow down and I might be able to sneak away for a few minutes, I got on the phone with the fire extuingisher place and asked how much it would cost me to just buy a full 5# tank from them. The guy told me it would be 10 dollars!
10 bucks?!?!
I could have gotten 7 five pound tanks, all filled, for a total of 35 pounds of CO2 for the price I payed for this shiny aluminum 10 pounder? With a few bucks left over? I asked twice, he said that was to buy the tank. Not lease, not borrow, that was to *buy* the tank. Full.
Can that possibly be right?
And if so, what is the best venue to sell off this new tank?
(Holy crap I wish I'd known about that place before I placed my order, and not two days after....)