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I've just been speaking to Andrew Hill of Biodiesel Industries Australia, who have the biodiesel production up in Rutherford . As stated before, they will seel biodiesel to the general public, as long as it is in min 200L quantities. They will sell it for much cheaper than we got it for from Waterway Fuels last time.
They are quite happy to give us a better price for a bulk order (like 1800L as we bought in our last run). They are also happy to work out a tax invoice for each purchaser, as long as we can organise the payment and collection in a single batch. They have all the certificates to show that it meets Australian Standards and is excise paid etc. Does this all sound too good to be true?
Well, it almost is. The only catch is that they are in Maitland, about 2 hours North of Sydney, so getting there and back is the only problem.
We've so far got 2 possibilities:
1. Gunner has suggested that he could do the run, as long as we could add a bit in from everyone to cover his costs and his time.
2. Cameron knows someone who brings a truck down fromNewcastle
Things to consider:
1. We'll still need some sort of decanting site. Regardless of who does the run, each of us will need to collect their drums and take them home.
2. Insurance/payment issues. Hypothetically, what would happen if we pre-paid for each of our quantities, the pickup happened, but there was some sort of accident on the way back to Sydney that damaged some or all of our cargo? I don't like to dwell on these sorts of ideas, but they will bear some consideration.
Anyway, as Cameron said, I'm also a little luke-warm about the cost that we paid last time from Rozelle, so if we can get it cheaper this way, I'd lean towards this for our December run.
They are quite happy to give us a better price for a bulk order (like 1800L as we bought in our last run). They are also happy to work out a tax invoice for each purchaser, as long as we can organise the payment and collection in a single batch. They have all the certificates to show that it meets Australian Standards and is excise paid etc. Does this all sound too good to be true?
Well, it almost is. The only catch is that they are in Maitland, about 2 hours North of Sydney, so getting there and back is the only problem.
We've so far got 2 possibilities:
1. Gunner has suggested that he could do the run, as long as we could add a bit in from everyone to cover his costs and his time.
2. Cameron knows someone who brings a truck down from
Things to consider:
1. We'll still need some sort of decanting site. Regardless of who does the run, each of us will need to collect their drums and take them home.
2. Insurance/payment issues. Hypothetically, what would happen if we pre-paid for each of our quantities, the pickup happened, but there was some sort of accident on the way back to Sydney that damaged some or all of our cargo? I don't like to dwell on these sorts of ideas, but they will bear some consideration.
Anyway, as Cameron said, I'm also a little luke-warm about the cost that we paid last time from Rozelle, so if we can get it cheaper this way, I'd lean towards this for our December run.
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