$2.32/oz in fact.

I just spoke to the AC shop says they charge a fixed 30% markup, and
had bought a bunch of R134 months ago when prices were very high, and
are passing that cost onto the customer.   Since the vangon takes a
ton of it of course the $ difference is noticeable.

I'm not sure I agree with this philosophy (it sounds essentially like
the AC shop was speculating on R134 futures and got burned when the
price dropped) but at least the owner offered to give me a better
deal next time considering the situation.

Of course, next time I may just go to flaps and buy a DIY kit at
those prices... :-)

On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Wesley Pegden wrote:

> Bentley says capacity is 50 oz I think.  So I guess this means 48oz
> might be right???
> $2/oz sounds like way too much though.
>
> -Wes
>
> Michael Diehr wrote:
>> On Aug 14, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote:
>>
>>>> Has R134 gone up in price?
>>>
>>> About $8.50 for the 13oz. can at NAPA in Richmond VA
>>> on Saturday.
>>
>> Hmm... so would paying $2+/oz from a mechanic be a reasonable markup,
>> or did I get ripped off?  And would a full recharge of the vanagon
>> system take 48 oz?
>>