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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default OT - Blue Rhino proprietary valve

On Thu, 24 May 2012 19:14:52 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:

All in all blue rhinos costs to collect tanks, refurbish tanks,
pressure test tanks, upgrade tanks valves distrubuite tanks then
share the revenue with the local dealer...........

Their costs MUST be a lot higher than the local gas station that fills
tanks as a secondary income.....

So underfilling is likely a attempt to compete with the lower costs of
the low cost operators.......

Not saying underfilling is right but it might just be the only viable
solution..


If you have to use sleazy tactics to stay in business, you should not
be in business. For years, they did charge a higher price, but it was
convenient. To suddenly put less gas in the same sized tank to keep
the price down is just plain sleazy and wrong.

It also means you have to change tanks for often and spend money to go
tot he store to get them more often.