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I just went through this after my 15 year lease with a local company ran out. Airgas bought the local company and was required to honor the original lease. My original 15 year lease for a large acetylene and 125 oxygen cylinder was $280. Airgas sent me a bill for $390 to lease the tanks for just 5 years.
I returned the cylinders (oxygen still had 1500 pounds in it) and the desk dude told me he'd sell me the $125 oxy tank for $284 plus fill and tax. He said he couldn't sell me the Acetylene cylinder because it was too large, but could sell me a smaller tank, the two together came to $500. I left him with both tanks so I could figure out the direction I wanted to take. Any of the cylinders he'd sell me would be traded in for a full tank for the cost of the fill. He also said that they do not do exchanges on some privately owned tanks, something to do with a code on the tank.
I could buy Oxy cylinders on Craigslist for $250 but had no way of knowing if Airgas would fill.exchange them.
I decided to change my torch rig to oxygen/propane and bought the 125 oxy from Airgas. I had to buy a couple new tips for my smith torch and an adapter to fit my regulator to the propane tank.