Welding gases

Who knows what in the wide world of sports has happened to cause the price of welding gases to nearly triple??? Earlier this year, I paid about 27 bucks to exchange a cylinder of Argon/Co2 mix for my MIG. Today, I went back to the same AirGas shop and the tab was over $65. What the #%&* ?? The counter guy said all his customers are squawking...I'm not surprised.

Mitt Romney did it

The bastard!

The key word is "airgas"they've bought out about all the places around here.i made my last trip to them when i found one bottle leaked out.the dumb ass told me i'd had that bottle almost a year WTF? Do these things have a shelf life.F$$k them!

i get my nitrous from them, it went up some over the winter but came back down some also.

I get my CO2 and argon from the other weldong supply, Im fixin to go exchange the CO2 bottle next week so we will see....

maverick wrote:Who knows what in the wide world of sports has happened to cause the price of welding gases to nearly triple??? Earlier this year, I paid about 27 bucks to exchange a cylinder of Argon/Co2 mix for my MIG. Today, I went back to the same AirGas shop and the tab was over $65. What the #%&* ?? The counter guy said all his customers are squawking...I'm not surprised.

I've been paying $60+ for over a year now. Gotta have it though.

Where do you get your stuff, Rick? This change occurred just recently. If this is just an AirGas deal, I'll go a LONG WAY to get my stuff from somebody else.

richter69 wrote:i get my nitrous from them, it went up some over the winter but came back down some also.

I get my CO2 and argon from the other weldong supply, Im fixin to go exchange the CO2 bottle next week so we will see....

Jon, Be sure to let me know if the other guys hose you down this time around. If this is just an AirGas deal, they can kma.

If Lem is telling the truth (He ain't lied to me yet.), I'll hunt down Mitt Romney like a dawg.

more info.... http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=529480

maverick wrote:Where do you get your stuff, Rick? This change occurred just recently. If this is just an AirGas deal, I'll go a LONG WAY to get my stuff from somebody else.

AirGas.But another dealer in town is a couple bucks higher so I just figured it was higher everywhere.

cool40 wrote:more info.... http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=529480

Thanks, cool40. I'm in a very small town, so there's only AirGas. I'll beat up the AirGas guys...if they won't bend, I"ll go a LONG WAY to use somebody else.
I understand that prices may skyrocket with supply problems, but I don't like being screwed "just because they can".

Rick, it sounds like you might shop a little, too. maybe your 2 shops are just following each other's lead.

I use Strate Welding out of Waycross Ga they are about the cheapest around these parts I know they cover the southeast of geargia and down in florida not not sure where easle they cover

Thanks a bunch, guys. I'm gonna research this deal. I understand an occasional price increase, but to go from $27 to $65 in one swap really jerks my bobber.

I go through Welder's Supply locally (cheapest place around) and a 100cuf tank went up $4 about six months ago, if you aren't welding body panels go with straight CO2. Rich turned me onto this about a month ago and the Welder's Supply swapped me tanks straight across refill is $13 compared to $32 and supposed to last 3 times as long on a tank. Supposedly it spatters more but haven't noticed a difference on my setup.

bigblok2000ranger wrote:I go through Welder's Supply locally (cheapest place around) and a 100cuf tank went up $4 about six months ago, if you aren't welding body panels go with straight CO2. Rich turned me onto this about a month ago and the Welder's Supply swapped me tanks straight across refill is $13 compared to $32 and supposed to last 3 times as long on a tank. Supposedly it spatters more but haven't noticed a difference on my setup.

Much obliged.

No Problem.