Amerigas Tank Rental Fee?????????

Irish mist · 11-10-2010, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Yet another FLL post with bad info.I buy from Webb all the time and am neither a plumber or HVAC installer and they don't didn't know me at one time.Just a building owner.Anybody can buy from Webb.

More like bad intent. His posting history shows this kind of thing over & over again.

Charlie T · 11-10-2010, 11:11 PM

A lot of Plumbing supply houses won't sell non licensed consumer "do it yourselfers" Oil burner or Gas Burner parts. It has to do with liability of selling parts and perhaps offering advice to repair products that could Blow Up and cause personal injury if done incorrectly. There is a reason Heating Tech's need a license.

Irish mist · 11-11-2010, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlie T

A lot of Plumbing supply houses won't sell non licensed consumer "do it yourselfers" Oil burner or Gas Burner parts. It has to do with liability of selling parts and perhaps offering advice to repair products that could Blow Up and cause personal injury if done incorrectly. There is a reason Heating Tech's need a license.

Yes......bad intent. FFL said "Webb" does not sell products to the general public, not some random plumbing supply company.....he picked out Webb like SIKSUKR pointed out. If you have read FLL's posts over the years you will see this kind of thing over & over again. It is what it is. He gets no benefit of the doubt from me. I just find this type of thing so unfair......a business like Webb could lose customers in this bad economy cause FFL is making stuff up.

fatlazyless · 11-11-2010, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish mist

More like bad intent. His posting history shows this kind of thing over & over again.

Sorry....no....no bad intent here....just my ignorance about what's the latest over at F W Webb's big supply house on Hounsell Ave on the Laconia-Gilford border. Last time I went to the Laconia - Webb's was at the old location on the Winnipesaukee River, and they pretty much refused to sell to me about ten years ago, so I went to the nearby Goulet's Plumbing Supply.

The Gilford-Lowe's is an excellent plumbing supply, and it's obviously pretty much all self-service as opposed to working with a counter person at a supply house. ...gotta luv that Lowe's.....plus the freebie coffee....and yellow tag specials. Lowe's even has lawn irrigation system parts by Ortho and Rainbird, plus a threader machine for cutting & threading black & galvy iron pipe.

How can you tell if a plumber is any good at what he does?

He never takes a leak!

songkrai · 11-11-2010, 11:39 AM

In the old days, wholesalers only sold to contractors or those with a contractor account.

Time are tough. And all sell to anyone. But you may pay a price. Some do provide same price to all while most do not.

For little low cost parts it is no big deal.

Years ago, I priced a propane furnace at one of the larger wholesalers. My price was $1,200. A licensed plumber friend got a a price for the exact same furnance from the same wholesaler for $410.

And all have to understand the concept. The wholesalers do have to keep the contractors coming back. And the contractors have to make a living.

11-10-2010, 11:11 PM	#2
Charlie T Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 323 Thanks: 268 Thanked 186 Times in 90 Posts	Maybe not bad intent A lot of Plumbing supply houses won't sell non licensed consumer "do it yourselfers" Oil burner or Gas Burner parts. It has to do with liability of selling parts and perhaps offering advice to repair products that could Blow Up and cause personal injury if done incorrectly. There is a reason Heating Tech's need a license.

11-11-2010, 11:39 AM	#5
songkrai Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 734 Thanks: 35 Thanked 147 Times in 99 Posts	In the old days, wholesalers only sold to contractors or those with a contractor account. Time are tough. And all sell to anyone. But you may pay a price. Some do provide same price to all while most do not. For little low cost parts it is no big deal. Years ago, I priced a propane furnace at one of the larger wholesalers. My price was $1,200. A licensed plumber friend got a a price for the exact same furnance from the same wholesaler for $410. And all have to understand the concept. The wholesalers do have to keep the contractors coming back. And the contractors have to make a living.