Robert Neville wrote in
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"SteveB" wrote:

Why would anyone want to take them in and exchange them in the first
place? Take them to a refiller yourself and pocket the money.

Well yes, but why do people buy things at convenience stores instead
of the local grocery store? There definitely is a price for
convenience...

Around here, retail propane goes for about $2.50/gallon, so filling a
bbq tank is less than $10. But in this metro area of 750K people,
there are only a couple of dozen places to get retail refills.

The exchange places are all over (that convenience thing), but the
price for an exchange is about $25. OTOH, when you just fired up the
grill, it dies, the steaks are ready to go on and your firends are
laughing, where are you going?

Just as easy to go to the Ace Hardware for a refill as to a store for an
exchange.

Easily solved by having a spare tank and rotating them, but how many
people do that?

having a spare tank is useful after a natural disaster like a flood or
hurricane. you may not be able to get refills for some time after one.

some folks have dual hookups on their grills,one runs out and they just
turn on the 2nd tank.

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Jim Yanik
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