[DMCForum] Re: Speaking of R-134a....

["Stephen Card" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> There is a website where it only costs $15 to get certified.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> On May 30, 2005, at 12:15 PM, therealdmcvegas wrote:
> 
> > Here's a link to CSK's online parts vendor, Parts America. The 
only
> > thing that cheap there is actual booster, not refridgerant. Take 
a
> > look at the prices. And this isn't for Vegas specificly, I 
accessed
> > the site with no cookies for my zip code. So I know that this 
can't
> > be something specific to only Vegas.
> >
> > http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.aspx?
> > CategoryCode=3571&SearchFor=Refrigerants
> >
> > Prices are almost the same over @ AutoZone's web site. When they 
did
> > this story on the news, some local mechanic was on there, and 
said
> > that many chemical companies are throttling back production of R-
> > 134a, and demand for it has increased, because of increasing car
> > sales in China and Europe that are demanding MVAC more and more.
> > Sounds like bunk to me. But hey, I can get the $20 609 
certification,
> > and buy R12 cheaper at this point, than I can R134a. I just need 
the
> > tools to work on my own vehicles...
> >
> > -Robert
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe OBrien" 
<joeyoseppijoe@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> >> It's like $2.97 a can here in Ohio. What's up with Vegas?
> >>
> >>
> >> -Joe
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" 
<dmcvegas@xxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Has anyone noticed the price of it has seriously started 
getting
> >> high?
> >>> They did a local story about this on one of the night news 
shows
> > here
> >>> in Vegas, and said that R-134a has tripled in price. And
> > Thursday, I
> >>> saw the guy in front of me @ AutoZone paid almost $14 for a
> > single
> >> can!
> >>>
> >>> Looks like I've got no reason to deviate from R-12 now, if the
> > price
> >>> between the two is going to get so competetive.
> >>>
> >>> -Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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