keith bowers wrote:
David A. Webb wrote:


On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 21:09:51 GMT, "John T. McCracken"
wrote:


I have a small variety of owner bottles, and being as I work all over the
country, I swap bottles in a lot of states and have commercial accounts at
some places and not at others.
I have never had one lick of problem swapping an owner bottle, no one has
ever looked at the stamp, no one has ever said I would have to wait while
they had my cyl. refilled, and I have never paid for a retest ( I know,
the price is integrated into the price of gas). I simply give them the
empties, they give me full ones, and ask what else I'll be needing.
Granted, I haven't worked much east of the Missippi for a long time but
many of my friends have and do, with the same results as mine. A lease is
a money loser for my little company. And in my opinion, it's a good way to
tie you down to 99 years of refills at their store, no wonder they tell
hobby types that they can't buy that bottle.
Unscrupulous welding supplies blow a lot of smoke up the hobby welders
skirt.

JTMcC.



Ain't that the truth.

Every month my boss comes to me with an itemized invoice from our gas
supplier. It is about $20 per month per tank in rent.

And every month I tell my boss the business would come out ahead if it
bought the tanks, because the savings over the monthly lease price
would pay for a about a tank a month. (we have 15 tanks or so)

Dave

It may be a tax thing. Lease can be expensed in the current year. Purchase
may be capitalized andhave to be amortized over the life of the equipment.
Depends on where the breakboint is for your company. Over the years I've
seen the crossover between $100 and $2000.

And it could just be laziness. I was on the board of directors
of a public agency (no tax issues at all) and I got mad at
approving the $20 check each month too.