pkirby100
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I just paid £18 at my marina for a Camping Gaz 907 refill. Seems a bit steep to me. Is this the going rate now? What kind of prices are people paying in the Solent area and where from?
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Major Catastrophe
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£16.50 in Port Dinorwic, if you need a comparison.
webcraft
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It's outrageous . . .
But we paid £16 in Oban before we left last year on an extended cruise.
Just to make your blood boil a bit more, prices in Spain, Portugal and the Canaries have varied between 6.50 euros and 12 euros for the same cylinder.
A friend of ours on an Irish boat heading home said when we last saw him in the Azores:
'I hate people who moan about the cost of things, but when I get home I am going to be one'
Spending a year abroad makes you realise that we are being ripped off in the UK for nearly everything - what can we do about it?
But we paid £16 in Oban before we left last year on an extended cruise.
Just to make your blood boil a bit more, prices in Spain, Portugal and the Canaries have varied between 6.50 euros and 12 euros for the same cylinder.
A friend of ours on an Irish boat heading home said when we last saw him in the Azores:
'I hate people who moan about the cost of things, but when I get home I am going to be one'
Spending a year abroad makes you realise that we are being ripped off in the UK for nearly everything - what can we do about it?
alec
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This seems to be one area where there is no competition to drive prices down.
To save all the lugging about by distributors and retail staff it's a pity that we can't just take them somewhere to be refilled. Probably a good reason for this.
To save all the lugging about by distributors and retail staff it's a pity that we can't just take them somewhere to be refilled. Probably a good reason for this.
djhackney
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Iberian prices look cheap - just paid DKK 185 (approx GBP17,50) in Svendborg, Denmark. GBP16 in Oban looks good to me - I paid that in Falmouth 3 years ago.
Rooster
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£14 at my local camping shop.
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EUXINE_Rival
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£13 AT A LOCAL GARAGE!
StanFolds
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Sorry to say this, I bought a 3/4 full one at auction last week for £1.00
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pkirby100
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£13 thats great. I have tried local garages but they all seem to only stock calor gas around here. Its a pity Calor gas dont make a similar sized bottle to the 907. Calor gas is much cheaper but I can't fit them in my gas locker.
cliff
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To save all the lugging about by distributors and retail staff it's a pity that we can't just take them somewhere to be refilled.
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To save all the lugging about by distributors and retail staff it's a pity that we can't just take them somewhere to be refilled.
[/ QUOTE ]Why not refill them yourself? It really is quite easy to do! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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ccscott49
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In UK bottled gas is a luxury, in Spain it's a neccessity! That's why the prices are much lower.
15kg bottle 15 euros.
15kg bottle 15 euros.
Perry
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In UK bottled gas is a luxury, in Spain it's a neccessity! That's why the prices are much lower.
15kg bottle 15 euros.
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I paid €11.06 for a 15KG bottle from a petrol station in Torrevieja last week.
In UK bottled gas is a luxury, in Spain it's a neccessity! That's why the prices are much lower.
15kg bottle 15 euros.
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I paid €11.06 for a 15KG bottle from a petrol station in Torrevieja last week.
brians
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In Devon I paid £14 for 11.5KG cylinder of domestic gas against £16.25 for a 907 for the boat. Its the same gas so someone is creaming it from us boaties.
charles_reed
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Camping Gaz
is the most expensive way of buying gas in whatever country you are in - it's generally x3 the price of the comparable local supplier.
The last time I bought an exchange 907 bottle was in Otranto, where it cost €18, refills through Croatia were a mean of £4.
is the most expensive way of buying gas in whatever country you are in - it's generally x3 the price of the comparable local supplier.
The last time I bought an exchange 907 bottle was in Otranto, where it cost €18, refills through Croatia were a mean of £4.
AIDY
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12 squid at my local garden centre
orizaba
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sorry about this and although i am nowhere near the solent,i went and filled a 13kg bottle for 6 tunisian dinar and a camping gas bottle for 3 dinar.there are approx 2.5 dinar to the pound,
diesel is about 0.8 of a dinar a litre at least thats what the guy on the quay told me but i havn't filled up yet and mayhave misinterpreted his french.
mind you a bottle of whisky is about 70 dinar
diesel is about 0.8 of a dinar a litre at least thats what the guy on the quay told me but i havn't filled up yet and mayhave misinterpreted his french.
mind you a bottle of whisky is about 70 dinar
MikeBz
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Paid £21 in Brightlingsea for a 907 refill last week! Do I win a prize?
Mike
Mike
bobgoode
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Wait till you decide to but a new bottle rather than exchange an empty one...the bottle wil set you back £46 then the cost of the gas...
pkirby100
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To save all the lugging about by distributors and retail staff it's a pity that we can't just take them somewhere to be refilled.
[/ QUOTE ]Why not refill them yourself? It really is quite easy to do! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Cliff how do I go about doing this?
"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"
sailroom <span style="color:red">The place to auction your previously loved boatie bits</span>
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To save all the lugging about by distributors and retail staff it's a pity that we can't just take them somewhere to be refilled.
[/ QUOTE ]Why not refill them yourself? It really is quite easy to do! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Cliff how do I go about doing this?
sailroom <span style="color:red">The place to auction your previously loved boatie bits</span>
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