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Old 11-28-2005, 07:12 PM
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Just wondering what it costs you guys to fill up a bottle...
Old 11-28-2005, 07:44 PM
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I pay $3.00 a LBS. so $30.00 for my 10lbs. Bottle.

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Old 11-28-2005, 11:15 PM
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Old 11-28-2005, 11:59 PM
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ouch $70 for a 10lb bottle, it doesnt even sound worth it lol
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$4.00 / lb here! there is 1 place around doing it for 3.50 but from what i hear ya got a 50/50 chance of actually having a full bottle
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8.00 cdn so around 6.80 us per pound
Old 11-29-2005, 03:39 PM
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I paid $3.60/lbs last time I filled up.
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$4.50 in Kentucky. When I go to Memphis it's $3.00.
Old 11-29-2005, 10:42 PM
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yea, the guy actually fills mine and all my buddies to about 11lbs for 30 bux....he freezes the bottle first for about couple of hours then i go and he fills it infront of us and charges 3 per lbs.
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$2.00 here sometimes he will fill cheaper depends on how much i get
Old 11-30-2005, 07:32 AM
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Old 11-30-2005, 05:47 PM
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vortecracing 2.00 a lbs that about what it cost to buy wholesale I pay 77.00 a bottle it has 50lbs so they say its more like 40-45lbs And that is the lowest price in my area for the refill bottles.
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ya my 55lb bottles cost $120.00 plus the bottle rent and other "fee's" comes up to $ 138.xx cost . how many bottles do u buy at a time to get that kinda price?
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cheapest I've seen around my way is $4.50/lb but mostly everyone charges $5 though... Kinda makes me wanna save the $50 it cost each time I fill the bottle and just build a blower motor or something
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any where from 1 bottle a month to about 3 or 4 a week.
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We charge 3.50 a lb.
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Never knew I was getting a bargain

Everywhere that I've been in Southern IN charges between 3.25 and 3.75 a pound, gotta watch out for the guy that puts 7 pounds in your bottle and says it's 10 though, weigh them first before you take them in. The labels should say what the bottle weighs empty, if you take it in there with 3 pounds in it there's no way they can put 10 in it so always double check or ask to see the scale.
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