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More adventures in propane buying.
I took a tank in to have it refilled. It was originally from one of those exchange places, US Gas.
Anyhow, the gas filler guy couldn't fill it because it was out of date and too old to recertify. The manufacturing date on it was 1988. They can only be recertified 3 times, meaning the last certification ran out in 2015 (first is 12 years, then recert every 5 years 3x). But he gave me a tip - sort through the tanks to find one with a late certification date so in the future it can be refilled by any propane store. So I took it across the street to exchange it. Every one of the full tanks was on its last certification. So not only do you pay more for the gas, you end up getting stuck buying from them over and over again because their tanks can't be reused - at least with US Gas. I guess I could have taken it to Blue Rhino or one of the others and maybe they would have a newer tank, but I needed to get dinner on. Live and learn.
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