Calor gas bottles - £30 just for the bottle!!!

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£30 for the bottle then £20 to fill with gas. Just realised I could have just bought an empty bottle off ebay for £5 and then exchanged it. Gutted.

I see the £30 agreement thing is sorta like a hire agreement (and, yeh, you're not supposed to sell the bottles). If you take bottle back empty to calor gas and want to cancel then you get 70% back.

I'm guessing I could buy an identical bottle off ebay, take my agreement, then take it back to calor gas and get £21 back?

getmore4less

yes.

Your local recycling place will have them as well some charge.

I got a 1/2 full one for £10.

[Deleted User]

getmore4less wrote: »

yes.

Your local recycling place will have them as well some charge.

I got a 1/2 full one for £10.

Gutted I paid £30

abankerbutnotafatcat

We also got one from our local council tip/'community recycling centre'. It was £5, not sure how much was in it.

STOCKWIRE

[quote=[Deleted User];discussion/3430525]£30 for the bottle then £20 to fill with gas. Just realised I could have just bought an empty bottle off ebay for £5 and then exchanged it. Gutted.

I see the £30 agreement thing is sorta like a hire agreement (and, yeh, you're not supposed to sell the bottles). If you take bottle back empty to calor gas and want to cancel then you get 70% back.

I'm guessing I could buy an identical bottle off ebay, take my agreement, then take it back to calor gas and get £21 back?[/QUOTE]

And you might find that percentage reduces every year and after five years you get nothing back !!. B & Q charge £40.00 rental, the local independent dealer charges nothing !.

Gloomendoom

[quote=[Deleted User];discussion/3430525]I'm guessing I could buy an identical bottle off ebay, take my agreement, then take it back to calor gas and get £21 back?[/QUOTE]

It doesn't have to be identical, any size or colour will do.

gas4you

Bottled gas type is determined by colour of the bottle.

Gloomendoom

gas4you wrote: »

Bottled gas type is determined by colour of the bottle.

True but Calor will let you chop and change gas type and quantity at will. You don't need to do a like-for-like swap when you get a refill.

ianders

getmore4less wrote: »

yes.

Your local recycling place will have them as well some charge.

I got a 1/2 full one for £10.

abankerbutnotafatcat wrote: »

We also got one from our local council tip/'community recycling centre'. It was £5, not sure how much was in it.

I tried my local tip, even though they had a big pile of them in the corner they said they weren't allowed to sell us one

Ended up going with "MacGas" as the shop owner said he'd waive the deposit. Turns out the refills are cheaper than calor anyway

Gloomendoom

andrew-b wrote: »

I wouldnt get a 2nd hand one myself. I saw a burger van containing calor gas cylinders blow up once (biggin hill air show a while back ... everyone thought was a plane crash!)...quite spectacular! I've always been a bit wary since!

:huh: Every time they are exchanged for a refill, Calor does a safety check on the bottles. Chances are that you won't get a new one... ever!

[Deleted User]

Gloomendoom wrote: »

:huh: Every time they are exchanged for a refill, Calor does a safety check on the bottles. Chances are that you won't get a new one... ever!

Exactly. so get a manky old one and swap for tidy filled one.