What’s being pumped into those LP tanks?

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 4:59pm
By: Letters to the ...

As you well know, all of us are going through hard times; money is short. I want to know through your newspaper if anyone other than me is having problems with LP gas.

I know the weather is colder, but we are using our furnace the same amount of time, but the gas only lasts for days instead of a month like it used to, and the price per gallon is 2.89.

That means 100 gallons of LP gas cost almost $300, and for the elderly retired people who live on $600 a month, that leaves little for food and meds.

I think the LP gas people are delivering gas that is mostly air. It may look like you get 100 gallons of gas, but it’s not happening. Who regulates these people?

One of my neighbors went through $500 of gas in about 15 days and had to order again to keep the water pipes from freezing. I would love to know if others are in the same boat.

Maybe we can get a group to go to the Governor’s office and get something done before we all go broke and hungry.

LeGay Saul

Fayetteville, Ga.

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Submitted by Spyglass on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 9:51am.

My natural gas bill doubled during the VERY cold streak we had...but I didn't freeze.

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Submitted by bad_ptc on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 1:14am.

Old News

After claims of only filling tanks to 15 lbs. and charging for 20 lbs. most retailers went back to filling tanks to 18+ lbs. and charging accordingly. If I remember correctly, Lowe's got pinged on this.

It's like Kellogg's repackaging a 20 oz. box of cereal into a 16 oz. box and charging the same price.

Look at ice-cream and you'll see the same thing happening. What used to be a 16 oz. container is now a 12 oz. container for the same price.

Consumers are 'stupid' for the most part. If the packaging looks the same they, the consumer's, don't realize they're being had.

The 'industry' would rather charge you the same price for less product than raise the price for the same amount. It's a statistical fact that consumer's wont recognize that the packaging has shrunk.

It's called marketing.


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