Hi fellow OzBargainers!
I've spent two years creating a powerful tool for you all.
These are the reasons I created gasbottlerefills:
I am nearly 80 years old. My wife, Barbara, and I are 'grey nomads'. We travel Australia in our motorhome for 8 of the colder months each year.
Our first major trip was from the East Coast to the West and back via the Nullarbor. We had no idea in advance how much gas we would use, no idea where to refill (we did not want to swap our new bottles), nor how much we would have to pay.
As it turned out, we refilled our 9 kg bottles FIVE times at an average cost of $36.00.
I decided there had to be a better way. So I started a Facebook Group called 'BBQ Gas Bottle Refills' and invited grey nomads and others to join, on the understanding that within 6 months they would report on at least one location where they refilled or swapped and how much they paid.
The idea went gang-busters! Within 18 months there were 3,000 members and 1,200 locations.
Our second big trip was up 'The Centre' and down the East Coast, thru some of the priciest gas country in Oz.
This time, because we knew how much gas we were using and where we could get it cheap, we were able to refill SEVEN 9 kg bottles.
This time the average cost was $19.02 … a saving of almost $17.00 per refill.
On that trip we told fellow travellers about our Facebook site. Sadly, the majority said they didn't like Facebook for a variety of reasons I won't bore you with here.
So Barbara and I 'bit the bullet' and spent a considerable amount of our retirement savings having one of Aust leading web design companies build us a classy website.
Eventually, if we build a big enough audience, we may be able to re-coup some of our money through advertising.
If not … well, at least we are doing something to help others … and that's really all you can do in this life.
I'd like you to check the website out … www.gasbottlerefills.com … but please … be sure you also look at the menu item "Great Travel Tips" http://gasbottlerefills.com/great-travel-tips/
That way you will get a whole lot of information not readily found in the "Find Cheap Gas" section
If you find any issues with the website, or know any locations and prices we don't have, there is provision on the site for you to tell us about them. I'd love to hear from you!
Best wishes
from an old bloke, known to his mates as
Ranndy Stone.
Approach them as a site sponsor when you have sorted out the issues and have a bit more traction.