hazmat fee

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i bought a 10 pound can of mckay 7018 , paid $40.  looked at the receipt..the rod was $33 and then a $3 charge for hazmat...wtf is that?
Reply:It's another government "I got ya" fee.  Fee is charged for transporting what is considered to be hazardous materials. Google it, and you'll be amazed at what some of the fees are.  Every time I swap out a gas cylinder at my LWS, I'm charged that fee.  Buy a box of rods,  fee.I own all my cylinders, except one.  I had a big aluminum MIG weld job come in last year.  Customer I do this welding for drops his dump trailer off on Friday night and picks it up on Monday a.m.  I checked my Argon cylinder.  Not enough gas left to weld all day.  But, I wasn't going to take a 1/4 full cylinder in for exchange either.  Argon costs too much.  So, I leased a cylinder.  Cost $70 for a year, plus contents charge.  Anyway, I wound up not using all of the large Argon cylinder's contents.  Came time for lease renewal.  I was charged the yearly fee, PLUS a $9.00  cylinder maintenance fee.  WTF.  I called Airgas, fee was removed.Pays to check your invoices.
Reply:its  a rip offairgas charges thatthe other 2 LWS i deal with  doesn't charge thatso it pays to shop around  4043  1/16 filler 8.00 lb at airgas4043  1/16 filler 6.50 lb at american sup.haven't dealt with  AG in 4 yrs