Author: Tars Tarkas
Subject: The Blue Rhino Scam
Posted: 29 Jan 2017 at 7:58am
Thanks for the math. I think tank exchanges are $17.95 now at our local Walmart, but this can vary. Your point is very well taken, but I take advantage of the convenience (not sure "scam" is the right word) of Blue Rhino when I'm on the road if I can't find a place that refills cylinders. (Prices vary at those places too.) It might not be too hard to spend an hour of my vacation time and $5 or $10 worth of gasoline looking for a refill place (that might not be open on Sunday). Plus, the exchange places will usually let you pick the tank you want, so I always get one that looks like new.
Tanks expire too. Check the date on your cylinder. If it's getting close, an exchange is a really easy way to get a new one.
When I'm around home or when I know where to go when I'm on the road, I do the refill thing, but there can be advantages to doing an exchange too.
Just saying.
TT
Subject: The Blue Rhino Scam
Posted: 29 Jan 2017 at 7:58am
Thanks for the math. I think tank exchanges are $17.95 now at our local Walmart, but this can vary. Your point is very well taken, but I take advantage of the convenience (not sure "scam" is the right word) of Blue Rhino when I'm on the road if I can't find a place that refills cylinders. (Prices vary at those places too.) It might not be too hard to spend an hour of my vacation time and $5 or $10 worth of gasoline looking for a refill place (that might not be open on Sunday). Plus, the exchange places will usually let you pick the tank you want, so I always get one that looks like new.
Tanks expire too. Check the date on your cylinder. If it's getting close, an exchange is a really easy way to get a new one.
When I'm around home or when I know where to go when I'm on the road, I do the refill thing, but there can be advantages to doing an exchange too.
Just saying.
TT