On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:37:57 -0500, mm
wrote:

On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:21:55 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

On Feb 4, 8:41*pm, mm wrote:
So I needed to recharge the fire-extinguisher I used two nights ago,
and I googled and called the place nearest me, and I described my
fire-extinguisher and asked how much to recharge. *

And he said "36 dollars or less". *Every other merchant says "$N or
more", "Prices start at X dollars." *What's going on here? *He had an
eastern European accent, I think.

It turns out they sell these things, a Kidde 340, for 21 dollars plus
14 dollars shipping, never used but recharged, on ebay, for a total of
35, one dollar less than his 36 max. (New they are between 70 and 80)
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Well, I was in Home Depot and the same fire ext. was 50 dollars plus
tax, 53 dollars, that these places wanted 70 to 80 dollars for.

Strange for 2 reasons: A) Usually the web is cheaper. Here it is 20
dollars more. That's a lot.
B) Home Depot again loses the web competition,
since they didn't come up when I did google shopping for the fire
extningisher. Doesn't include metal bracket which is 6 dollars but I
still have the old one.

Same price and probems with lowes.

It turns out Model 340 means 3-A, 40-BC, which is really strange
since the model 210, 2-A, 10-BC, is the same price.

Plus they have a third one with the same ratings** but a nylon instead
of metal handle for 10 dollars less but not rechargeable and not in
stock at the HD I was at. (where I was. ?)

**But no rating in the name:
Kidde Full Home Fire Extinguisher
Model # FX340GW


None are sold online, although that other refurbishing company sold
on-line.

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