Quote Originally Posted by rabbitslayer View Post
That's my point entirely. For example, if a car fails it's MOT, you can take it where you like to get the necessary work done and then return to the original MOT station to have it checked / confirmed safe / certificated . Don't get me wrong, I know that the £61.00 extra I've been asked to pay is nothing compared to what could happen with an unsafe 300 bar bottle but still, I think this policy is just so open to being abused by scrupulous operators and let's face it they are everywhere unfortunately.



Yep, threads on the outlet (DIN connection) is what failed the go, no go test and like I said initially, very rarely used and when I did, I only ever used used hand pressure to attach the whip. I can't for the life of me understand how these threads could be damaged so easily given the light use. That's where my suspicions started to creep in.. My 12Lt Faber is older and was purchased secondhand, so I expect that will be a definite fail but I'll see when the time comes which isn't too long away.
So it's the air outlet that's failed... So what about they remove the failed item and give you back your bottle? You buy the valve assembly you want from best fittings and your done??! I can't see how they can refuse to return the non damaged bit!! It should be policy that they refund some of the test money to the value of the scrap if not... They must make a pretty penny on all that brass & stainless!!! Irritates me because that is a wee take!