Gas Prices

Bru · Senior Member

Gas Prices

Dave Jezza · Veteran Member

In WA Bunnings the same $19.85, BCF similar, and Woolies Caltex $24. Some servos and hardware stores $38 and upwards. What beats me is the cylinders all seem to come fom the same place!

dazz49 · Senior Member

Yes it does seem that one is over charging if all retailers are buying wholesale at the same price.
But that is not always the case. Some 18 years ago I owned a small pub in a SA tourist area. I was able to buy my 2 litres of Coke up to $1.50 a bottle cheaper from the supermarket than I could from Coca Cola. The rep from Coke was not over happy that I was not buying from him, on 7 days credit, when I could get it cheaper at the super market on 45 days credit on my bank card. The same went for bottled beer. It became more economical for me to buy from the big name bottle shop who were selling it to the public for less than I was paying the brewery wholesale. And when you are paying equivalent to 10 percent rent to your landlord on turnover, you do what you can to make a quid, or go broke. Cheers Daz

Bruce and Bev · Guru

BBQ's Galore are the cheapest at the moment for 8kg bottle refills for $20. About $3-4 cheaper than BCF.

Swap a bottle is generally cheaper at Bunnings - servos vary widely and we have found them in metro servos for around $40 and then out in the remotes at $25 - just depends on how greedy the retailer or the groups like Caltex and Coles choose to be and seems to have little to do with location or competition.

The funniest I found was the state gas producer in NSW who supplies gas to all residents and businesses as well as doing re-fills of bottled gas. Wherever we went, they were the dearest !

Tony Bev · Guru

Exchanged a 8.5 Kg bottle for a full one in Bunbury WA last week, it was less than $20

kiwijims · Guru

Tony Bev wrote:
Exchanged a 8.5 Kg bottle for a full one in Bunbury WA last week, it was less than $20

Same this way at Bunnings in Cannington, I exchanged two 9.5 kg bottles last week for $ 19.75 ea

I went crook as they were only $ 17.95 ea the week before !!!

K.J.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

There is a facebook page, for just this purpose - you post a price for refills or swaps, in a town (i.e. BCF, Rockhampton) - it's easy to follow, and gets updated constantly.

oldbloke · Guru

There is an android app called "Cheap lpg app" It uses your gps to give you prices near your location. Looks very usefull.

Dick0 · Guru

Yep, same price at Bunnings in Shepparton Vic.

Ubif · Veteran Member

I am Lucky I have a draw down cylinder at home that I use
last time on big trip did fill one at Ingham (QLD) Mitre 10
$14:00 4.5 kg same price as they sell swap and go but I kept my own cylinder
cheers

kiwijims · Guru

jules47 wrote:
There is a facebook page, for just this purpose - you post a price for refills or swaps, in a town (i.e. BCF, Rockhampton) - it's easy to follow, and gets updated constantly.

Hi Jules47, I didn't have much luck on Facebook but, Mr Google found this address, which looks pretty handy.......

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj97-6ozNPQAhUKNo8KHfn8B1kQFggwMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgasbottlerefills.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNGx_7PBft-A8F4CJWtsivR4Gh4Wcg&sig2=RVAwLSU3MkcdVtt4dc2v1g

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Friday 2nd of December 2016 09:58:00 AM

-- Edited by kiwijims on Friday 2nd of December 2016 09:59:04 AM