Gas Prices.

Just before Christmas I need to have my 13kg gas bottles refilled.
The delivery truck was not doing its rounds in my area for few more days
so, unless I wanted to pay a $45 fee I would have to wait. So I took my
9kg bottle in and had it refilled. Cost was $25. That is $2.77 per kg.

Finally the truck arrived and swapped cylinders - they don't refill as Origin does all of that somewhere else.

Anything above 9kg cannot lawfully be refilled by a refilling depot such as BCF.

I was horrified when the bill came out at $4.44 per kg. I will be handing the 13kg. back when they are empty
and I will not then have to pay a yearly hire fee on top of the higher cost of gas.

Appears Origin has the market all stitched up!!! The gas resellers can set whatever price they like for refilling
Bottles to 9kg. but Origin sets the price for the cylinders they fill and have delivered.

What is the difference between the gas you put in a car and the gas in the cylinders? Apart from price.

Without consulting appropriate sources I'd say that the propane/butane ration is more tightly controlled in autogas and in some countries there are additives to extend engine life.

Just thinking... The cylinders on forklifts are removable and refillable at a garage....

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Originally Posted by DavidG

Just thinking... The cylinders on forklifts are removable and refillable at a garage....

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The forklifts would be using autogas.

On further investigation it would appear that the LPG used for BBQ's etc is pure propane while autogas is a mixture of propane and butane.

Just got a 8-5 change over cylinder at the big green shed, $19-95 = $2-33 per kilo NF.

Have you contacted them with your "discovery"?

Would love to hear their explanation. Perhaps suggest to them that their reply would be a revelation to your community if there were questions asked in Letters to the Editor.

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Originally Posted by Bob38S

Have you contacted them with your "discovery"?

Would love to hear their explanation. Perhaps suggest to them that their reply would be a revelation to your community if there were questions asked in Letters to the Editor.

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YEP. Talked to the lady at the local supplier. Her answer was that all bottles above 9kg MUST be filled off site by Origin and delivered by a suitably registered truck to the customer.

As far as I could ascertain this was a requirement of the law and of regulations.

Origin then is in complete control of the supply and pricing of cylinders above 9kg.

As I said when my 2x13kg cylinders are empty I will be reverting to having my own 9kg bottles either filled or swapped for a much lower price and I will not be paying bottle rent.

I had gas installed at my property last year and opted for 2 X 45kg bottles. When they run out they cost $135 each to get refilled including delivery. I don't pay any rental; just a $40 deposit on each that willl be returned if I ever decided to give up on gas altogether. $3 per kilo delivered basically. I have a trio of 9kg bottles for the barby and the caravan and although they are marginally cheaper to fill this is negated by the cost of transporting them and the PITA of waiting for them to get refilled at the depot.

Is there no other competition in your area? My gas supplier is a private business who uses Origin bottles and gas.