11-15-2019, 09:50 PM
Yes you really need to do your homework first these days when dealing with these gas supply companies. I had a 20 year lease on the Argon cylinder I got from the dodgy place. That covered any and all hydro-testing when needed. All I had to do was pay for the gas when it came time to swap out the cylinder. I was fine with that. But then they started charging me this maintenance fee on the Ar/CO2 cylinder that I bought from them several years before I leased the Argon cylinder from them for my TIG/Stick machine.
I was only 9 years into that lease but decided to return it to them now because 1) the tank was just about empty again and 2) they ticked me off by extorting more money from me for this new 'maintenance fee' they came up with for 'customer owned' cylinders. Essentially they are charging for hydro testing whether you take them in to be tested or not. But of course the fine print says they can retroactively change the terms any time they want - and they did.
In the end I paid for 11 years of use of the Argon cylinder that I'll never get to see, just to end the contract with them and to be done with the scum bags. Two cylinders down and one to go. I wish I could loan the large 75/25 tank to you so you can use up all the gas for me.
If I haven't used it up before the next bill is due, I'll dump it all into the atmosphere before I give them 1 PSI back in that tank.
Thankfully I have since found a new supplier with none of the headaches and at 1/3 of the price.
I was only 9 years into that lease but decided to return it to them now because 1) the tank was just about empty again and 2) they ticked me off by extorting more money from me for this new 'maintenance fee' they came up with for 'customer owned' cylinders. Essentially they are charging for hydro testing whether you take them in to be tested or not. But of course the fine print says they can retroactively change the terms any time they want - and they did.
In the end I paid for 11 years of use of the Argon cylinder that I'll never get to see, just to end the contract with them and to be done with the scum bags. Two cylinders down and one to go. I wish I could loan the large 75/25 tank to you so you can use up all the gas for me.
If I haven't used it up before the next bill is due, I'll dump it all into the atmosphere before I give them 1 PSI back in that tank.
Thankfully I have since found a new supplier with none of the headaches and at 1/3 of the price.
Willie