Re: Luxfer Trade in Offer

Luxfer's trade in offer states they will send a voucher for $50.00 off a new
Luxfer tank.
One lds in the Dallas area is taking the luxfer tanks in trade for $30.00
credit, replacing them with Catalina tanks w/Genesis valves for $95.00
difference. Is this a comparable product? Assuming it would cost $15.00
freight to ship the tanks to Luxfer for $5.00
more you can walk in and walk out with a new tank and not have to hassle
with shipping and waiting for a voucher. Seems like a good deal assuming the
Catalina tanks won't explode like a Luxfer!!
"Michael Hill" <video@airmail.net> wrote in message
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> What is the story on Luxfer's tank trade in offer? The info posted on
> Luxfer's site does not mention any problem with the tanks covered by this
> offer, and according to posted info at a lds " This is not a recall", but
> according to all lds in my area, no one will refill these
> tanks, and they cannot be Hydrostatic tested, but when I ask what the
> problem is they become very evasive. One lds told me I had two choices,
take
> Luxfer up on the trade in offer or keep the tanks and use them as door
> stops! I have two of these tanks and my basic question is if the tanks are
> defective and dangerous it seems to me the government would force a
recall,
> or is this trade in offer an attempt to recover as many tanks as possible
> before a recall? As I understand, this includes all 3AL tanks manufactured
> by Luxfer from 1972 thru 1988, that has to be one hell of a lot of tanks!
>
>

Michael Hill wrote:
> Luxfer's trade in offer states they will send a voucher for $50.00 off a new
> Luxfer tank.
> One lds in the Dallas area is taking the luxfer tanks in trade for $30.00
> credit, replacing them with Catalina tanks w/Genesis valves for $95.00
> difference. Is this a comparable product? Assuming it would cost $15.00
> freight to ship the tanks to Luxfer for $5.00
> more you can walk in and walk out with a new tank and not have to hassle
> with shipping and waiting for a voucher. Seems like a good deal assuming the
> Catalina tanks won't explode like a Luxfer!!


Who is the LDS in Dallas? I have dos amigos in that area and last I
heard, they collectively had six old Luxfer tanks needing to do
something other than collect dust.


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Scubatoys.com 11411 N. Stemmons Freeway at Royal Lane phone #972-406-2996
I just traded two in, as I stated $95.00 each + tax including new valve and
air fill.
"jer" <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote in message
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> Michael Hill wrote:
> > Luxfer's trade in offer states they will send a voucher for $50.00 off a
new
> > Luxfer tank.
> > One lds in the Dallas area is taking the luxfer tanks in trade for
$30.00
> > credit, replacing them with Catalina tanks w/Genesis valves for $95.00
> > difference. Is this a comparable product? Assuming it would cost $15.00
> > freight to ship the tanks to Luxfer for $5.00
> > more you can walk in and walk out with a new tank and not have to hassle
> > with shipping and waiting for a voucher. Seems like a good deal assuming
the
> > Catalina tanks won't explode like a Luxfer!!
>
>
> Who is the LDS in Dallas? I have dos amigos in that area and last I
> heard, they collectively had six old Luxfer tanks needing to do
> something other than collect dust.
>
>
> --
> jer email reply - I am not a 'ten' ICQ = 35253273
> "All that we do is touched with ocean, yet we remain on the shore of
> what we know." -- Richard Wilbur
>

In article <bd7ttt$78d@library2.airnews.net>,
"Michael Hill" <video@airmail.net> writes:

..
>One lds in the Dallas area is taking the luxfer tanks in trade for $30.00
>credit, replacing them with Catalina tanks w/Genesis valves for $95.00
>difference. Is this a comparable product? ...
> ... Seems like a good deal assuming the
>Catalina tanks won't explode like a Luxfer!!

Current Luxfer and Catalina production uses 6061.
Unless you know of a significant difference in production methods
(which I doubt), all current tanks are equally unlikely to explode.
No reason to favor either Luxfer or Catalina on this basis.

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Michael Hill wrote:
> Scubatoys.com 11411 N. Stemmons Freeway at Royal Lane phone #972-406-2996
> I just traded two in, as I stated $95.00 each + tax including new valve and
> air fill.


Thanks Michael, I'll try to steer a few folks to their door.


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