Gas Bottle Fill ups

jimbo · Guru

Gas Bottle Fill ups

the rocket · Guru

Hi Jimbo, i haven't had to buy gas yet so how much does it usually cost? thanks. rocket and strop

animalcarer · Senior Member

Howard paid $22.50 for 9 kg fill ups at BCF Hyperdome, logan Brisbane.

That was today.

animalcarer · Senior Member

That was real nasty, we will make sure we boycott the place.

Happywanderer · The Master

I paid 15.00 for my 4kg at franky's ice in Echuca, so yes Jimbo I think it is a ripoff.
Mind you, it depends where you go. Bunnings charge 24.00 for a 4kg swap and go.

Nicholstones · Guru

Swap & Go always works out a lot more expensive than a refill, we try hard to avoid them but sometimes they are the only option in town.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

$19.95 here in WA 9kg cash only, credit card and you pay extra

Smokeydk · Guru

last week......refill 4.5kg at local camping store $11.00

Bent Axle Bob · Senior Member

I usually head for a camping store, usually cheaper as they want to get you back in the store again. CP's, servos Bunnings and swap stops are on my list of no no's! I carry 2 x 3kg bottles so I don't have to fill up straight away.

-- Edited by Bent Axle Bob on Tuesday 25th of October 2011 09:02:27 PM

jonathan · Guru

BP at North Richmond in Western Sydney .. 9kg = $14.00

BP at Camden in Western Sydney was about the same months ago ..

sufil · Guru

Well DON"T buy one here in Avoca.Phil went into town this arvo to get a swap and go. He just said they charged him $36.00!!
Won't tell you what I said!!

Happywanderer · The Master

There is a heck of a lot of difference in prices all round. From 14.00 to 36.00 is ridiculous.
I will check out the camping stores here but as they are all down the port with difficult parking it would be heavy carrying of the cylinder.

chris & terry · Senior Member

Don't know where you are in WA wombat, I am in Onslow & a 9kg refill is $45, so when a friend was going into Karratha shopping I thought I would get them to get a refill cheaper while they were there. Well yes it was cheaper, it was $40. This is after paying $17 at BCF Darwin for our last one. Go figure. Every one keeps blaming freight costs, the freight business in WA must be extremely good, or am I just dreaming. Unfortunately when you are traveling you have few options. You use it (gas) so you buy it when you need it.

terry

goinsoon · Guru

$36.00 at Murgon in Qld. (less than 200 km from brisbane) I told them I would rather eat cold baked beans and wash in cold water, $17.00 for 9 kg from BCF when I got back to Brisbane furious

-- Edited by goinsoon on Tuesday 25th of October 2011 10:09:51 PM

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

chris & terry wrote:
Don't know where you are in WA wombat, I am in Onslow & a 9kg refill is $45, so when a friend was going into Karratha shopping I thought I would get them to get a refill cheaper while they were there. Well yes it was cheaper, it was $40. This is after paying $17 at BCF Darwin for our last one. Go figure. Every one keeps blaming freight costs, the freight business in WA must be extremely good, or am I just dreaming. Unfortunately when you are traveling you have few options. You use it (gas) so you buy it when you need it.

terry

about 60 klms south of Perth, there is plenty of competition here so that could reflect on the price, but $45 is a bit much, I also run two bottles so if the price to too expensive in one town I wait until we get to a large town and it is usually cheaper, I always ask the price before I fill up, and would never use those swap n go ones.

jimbo · Guru

Thanks Meg Lee's this is your GST at work big time...No control over prices at all

animalcarer · Senior Member

Yep would rather eat baked beans, and have a top and toe tub, must have had a scottish grannie way back. I can be as tight as a fishes ..... and thats fairly water tight.

Bloody daylight robbery, I am not going to line the wallets of these villans, I would rather have moths breed in my wallet lol

Lynette and Howard.

Joe · Senior Member

jimbo wrote:
Thanks Meg Lee's this is your GST at work big time...No control over prices at all

I'm not sure where the GST and price control ever met or where the prior plethora of taxes managed price control either.

Price control is normally about competition and where no competition exists then people can charge almost what they like.

Personally, I would rather pay the $45 than eat cold beans, do without my morning coffee and shower in cold water, but we do carry two 9kg bottles so that eventuality is unlikely anyway.

DeBe · Guru

Be interesting to know what the price of Auto gas is per liter in areas that charge $40/45 for a 9Kg gas refill.

NeilandRaine · Guru

jimbo wrote:
3 Kilo's gas Bottle at Tocumwal NSW Caltex Service Station $20.00 Can anyone beat that.?..He looked under the counter too find the price......I'd Love to report this prick I told him he was giving the great town of Tocumwal a Bad report

Must be the area I paid 26.50 for a 4kg bottle in Denniliquin earlier this year

Ma · Guru

$39.50 fill up in Chinchilla QLD swap and go $45. Ulladulla fill up $28 swap and go $37

DeBe · Guru

The realistic part of this is what is the price of the gas inthe local area? Eg here localy gas is .72cents/ liter. 9Kg cylinder 18liters of gas $12.96. To my way of thinking this is going to be about the minimum that could be charged here localy, before you pay wages etc for some one to fill it. Since i live in the country you cant realy compare prices to big city prices. Before people say the gas is different, here its the same as the car bulk tank as both tanks are filled from the same tanker. When i questioned the tanker driver he said it was all the same. Just filled the car up & checked Swap & go $35. local gas place $35 to fill 9Kg & they are the only 2 places in town

-- Edited by DeBe on Wednesday 26th of October 2011 06:01:32 PM

littledick · Senior Member

jimbo wrote:
3 Kilo's gas Bottle at Tocumwal NSW Caltex Service Station $20.00 Can anyone beat that.?..He looked under the counter too find the price......I'd Love to report this prick I told him he was giving the great town of Tocumwal a Bad report

The service station in Blacktown,last year to fill 4k bottle $26.00
I let them know what I thought of them and what they could do with their gas in future .( Get the price first ) I am not usually so gullible.
This garage has been on tv selling cheap petrol. Would not go near them!
Dick.

-- Edited by littledick on Wednesday 26th of October 2011 04:55:13 PM

jimbo · Guru

Wish we could make these crooks sit up and take notice...Tomorrow I'm heading off to Greens lake and Intent to get this bloke too have a look at this site and see the reaction.....We need to put fear and lack of spending their way...That is the only way to make them sit up and take notice....... Tocumwal loves campers I might add...But this bloke is a dill

Boroma577 · Guru

9kg refil at BCF in Mackay was $26.95 3 days ago and I thought that was expensive.

delapan · Senior Member

hi Jimbo $40 for 9kg (actually 8.5) at burren junction, $19.95 BCF moree for the same bottle !! regards, gary

cannylass · Senior Member

We paid $45 at Hughindon Qld never again so now we carry a spare and some place will weigh your bottles if not quite empty

Ma · Guru

Found a 9kg refill in Ulladulla today for $27. Cheapest in town at the moment

goinsoon · Guru

Went back to BCF today for a refill $19.00 last time $22.50 now bugger disbelief

RALPHRALPH · Senior Member

they want us to be green ,not much of an insentive if you as me just greed