No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

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No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby spanish_lad » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:46 am

Well that was a sudden change.. I went to both petrol stations last night and they have stopped selling 'normal' orange gas bottles.. you have to exchange it for a slightly smaller bottle with an blue plastic top.

Of course they cost 2 euro more .. €23.65 each :(
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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby casita-bonita » Fri Feb 03, 2023 6:16 pm

Less gas in them aswell.... Thought that at the moment the max price for the old orange type was 18.65, or thereabouts. That's what I paid last week in an independent garage near us,
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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby peteroldracer » Fri Feb 03, 2023 8:04 pm

Repsol list 3 sizes on their website - the usual 12.5kg, a "lightweight" 12kg one identified by a blue cap, and a small one for barbeques etc.
Our local garage still only has the 12.5s and propane.
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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby dxf » Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:07 pm

Hola

The Repsol orange bottle official price is 17-66€ for the 12.5 Kg bottle
https://www.repsol.es/particulares/hoga ... no/precio/

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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby costakid » Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:49 am

The price of the 12.5kg orange went down last week. I am sure the price is set and no retailer can charge more. We have the gas man twice a week delivering in our area. I always give him a euro tip to carry the bottle in for me.

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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby Wicksey » Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:12 am

We have a Cepsa bottle and we always pay more than the maximum price when we buy them from the local BP station.

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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby dxf » Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:52 pm

costakid wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:49 am The price of the 12.5kg orange went down last week. I am sure the price is set and no retailer can charge more. We have the gas man twice a week delivering in our area. I always give him a euro tip to carry the bottle in for me.
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The price is the official (heavy) orange 12.5 Kg bottles when bought at a Repsol garage. Anyone else can charge what "the market can afford" so a delivery man may put a euro on every bottle to cover his costs for example

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Re: No orange gas bottles in alhaurin anymore !

Postby spanish_lad » Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:19 pm

Yep. Every garage that's not repsol charges more than the 'set price' to cover costs. Not sure what those are, as repsol provides the cages etc but hey...

This was not about that, just that they are only stocking blue top bottles that are now more expensive.
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