elysianfield
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Feb 28, 2007
- Location
- Myrtle Point, Oregon USA
Has anyone in the readership dealt with Airgas recently? Our local Airgas dealer just charged me $78 and change to fill an 80 tank with NOS. I later contacted other vendors and they are in the low $40's for the same fill. I complained at the time and was told that prices went way up recently. I filed a complaint with the company and was contacted by a regional manager who told me that pricing was now determined by their computer, and one of the metrics it uses is if you have an account, and how much you have spent with them lately.
Sooo, this means that no two people can walk into their store and pay the same price for a commodity that is easily available elsewhere?
Apparently the company was purchased about 18 months ago, and things are now..."new and improved"?
Over the years, I've spent thousands at our local Airgas, and always was treated decently, and I did so on a cash account...my mistake was stumbling into the "new and improved Airgas and expecting to be treated equitably. Who knows what their pricing metric involves...your credit score? Make and model of the car you drive? Level of education? I'm done with them.
Sooo, this means that no two people can walk into their store and pay the same price for a commodity that is easily available elsewhere?
Apparently the company was purchased about 18 months ago, and things are now..."new and improved"?
Over the years, I've spent thousands at our local Airgas, and always was treated decently, and I did so on a cash account...my mistake was stumbling into the "new and improved Airgas and expecting to be treated equitably. Who knows what their pricing metric involves...your credit score? Make and model of the car you drive? Level of education? I'm done with them.