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<blockquote data-quote="ToledoDan" data-source="post: 751464" data-attributes="member: 13704"><p>Not sure any of this will actually help you, but here's been my experience in SE Houston...</p><p>I've used Praxair for my personal bottles because it's two minutes from where I work and they are within a couple dollars of everyone else. I only have 125cf bottles for welding gases. The location I use only exchanges bottles and does not fill.</p><p>I have had friends who have no idea what to do with outdated bottles, I gladly take them off their hands (most don't want to deal with them since they have no use for them). Praxair then charges me a $15 re-cert fee regardless how out of date they are (some have been more than 30years out of date). They are always happy to trade down to 125cf and I am too since I really don't care to load a 300cf botttle in my truck by myself. Once I gave two bottles - 80cf and a carbon dioxide bottle for a 125cf. Not sure if I got ripped off and did not care since I did not give a dime for either of the bottles.</p><p></p><p>As long as it does not have a company ring at the top, it is considered a personal bottle.</p><p>If it has a ring with a raised letter logo for a company widely known to have gone out of business, they are supposed to charge an additional $25. They have never actually charged me this though. They just remind me they are supposed to and never actually add it to the invoice<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies2/dblthumb2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dblthumb:" title="Dblthumb2 :dblthumb:" data-shortname=":dblthumb:" /></p><p>If it has a ring for a company that is known to still be in business, you may have trouble exchanging with any of the major companies since they all have agreements they are supposed to honor. I have heard of people removing the ring? perhaps then you could exchange and just pay a recert fee?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToledoDan, post: 751464, member: 13704"] Not sure any of this will actually help you, but here's been my experience in SE Houston... I've used Praxair for my personal bottles because it's two minutes from where I work and they are within a couple dollars of everyone else. I only have 125cf bottles for welding gases. The location I use only exchanges bottles and does not fill. I have had friends who have no idea what to do with outdated bottles, I gladly take them off their hands (most don't want to deal with them since they have no use for them). Praxair then charges me a $15 re-cert fee regardless how out of date they are (some have been more than 30years out of date). They are always happy to trade down to 125cf and I am too since I really don't care to load a 300cf botttle in my truck by myself. Once I gave two bottles - 80cf and a carbon dioxide bottle for a 125cf. Not sure if I got ripped off and did not care since I did not give a dime for either of the bottles. As long as it does not have a company ring at the top, it is considered a personal bottle. If it has a ring with a raised letter logo for a company widely known to have gone out of business, they are supposed to charge an additional $25. They have never actually charged me this though. They just remind me they are supposed to and never actually add it to the invoice:dblthumb: If it has a ring for a company that is known to still be in business, you may have trouble exchanging with any of the major companies since they all have agreements they are supposed to honor. I have heard of people removing the ring? perhaps then you could exchange and just pay a recert fee? [/QUOTE]
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