I just picked up a handful of OA welding rod at the local welding eq.
supplier.  Paid $18 for nothing but a bundle of clean shiny  1/16" steel
wires, but then I read the fine-print on the invoice and saw I was
charged a $3.50 HazMat fee ?????

That little bundle of wires is no more hazardous than a box of nails or
a chocolate donut!  Did I just get ripped off, or is everybody getting
ripped off?

R Berglund


RB,

Same here in Wisconsin depending on where you go...

Local Airgas store was expensive for the rods and then

added the $3.50.

Independent weld supply that I had more conversation

with was way less for buying an argon tank and for wire,

with no haz/mat fee.

Dan F