On 2/21/13 3:36 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...


That $2.54 price at the bottom of the short list in the URL was a
"special price" all new customers get when they switch from their old
propane provider to the company we're now using...25 cents off per
gallon on the first tank full-up. Our new provider is locally owned and
seems a hell of a lot more customer-service oriented than the provider
we had for more than nine years. That company was owned by an out of
state corporation.

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That's the only problem with propane. You really can't shop for
competitive pricing ... at least not in my state .... because only the
supplier who installed the tanks can fill them. If you want to change
suppliers, you have to get new tanks. Not a huge deal but the supplier
also typically requires a contract that you will buy only from them for
some number of years.


If you own your own tank here, you can shop for propane, but the
supplier we are now using gave us a good deal on the plumbing necessary
for our back up generator, plus a discount on the first fill, and its
prices are competitive. If I wanted, I could change suppliers, but I
have no reason to do so.



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