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baldwin@netcom.com (J.D. Baldwin) wrote:

>Yeah, and fairly brutal one.  I'm not sure why *anyone* does this.
>The prices are absolutely ridiculous.  I've seen propane tank
>exchanges that cost around half that, for those who like the
>convenience enough to pay that small premium.  Me, I prefer to know
>where exactly my propane tanks have been and how exactly they've been
>treated through their lives.  I don't much care for the idea of
>keeping that quantity of volatile LP on hand in a tank that has been
>thrown into the back of Bubba's pickup with carefree abandon.


There is one good use for these services. I had an older (still
servicable, but slightly rusty) tank. The local exchange service was
just gearing up and had a rack full of brand new tanks....

I figure a new tank was worth the $10 over market propane rate.