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

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.
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> http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductList.aspx?
> CategoryCode=3571&SearchFor=Refrigerants
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> 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...
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> -Robert
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> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxx>
> wrote:
>> It's like $2.97 a can here in Ohio. What's up with Vegas?
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>> -Joe
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>> --- 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!
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>>> 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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