aged lube stocked on shelf at Walmart

[Rand]

are the walmart workers supposed to car?
I suppose the section manager should.

 

[SC Maintenance]

are the walmart workers supposed to car?
I suppose the section manager should.

Of course not, they just magically arrive to serve you. Same as the restaurant, and bank. Teacher starting salary is pretty low also, so them too.

 

[Hall]

The class action crowd. https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit...auto-motor-oil-28-5m-class-action-settlement/

Too many class-action lawsuits are cases of throwing out claims and see what sticks....

Someone will buy it and not give it a second thought.

API SN isn't that old, so I'd venture to say that 75% of vehicles on the road can use that oil just fine (presuming it's NEW oil).

Don’t all of us here like to fondle our oil bottles?

There are some here who definitely have a "thing" for engine oil

I am sort of surprised the SKU was still in their POS system?

Odds are Pennzoil uses the same UPC and that's what is scanned (and linked) for WM's systems. They aren't creating new UPCs (or SKUs) when the API spec changes.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Odds are Pennzoil uses the same UPC and that's what is scanned (and linked) for WM's systems. They aren't creating new UPCs (or SKUs) when the API spec changes.

By UPC definition - if the certification mark is lost or changes, you require a new UPC. Any material change to the product. For example, a packaging change does not require a UPC change. But if the goods inside change it must. An API change would dictate a new UPC.

 

[Jetronic]

By UPC definition - if the certification mark is lost or changes, you require a new UPC. Any material change to the product. For example, a packaging change does not require a UPC change. But if the goods inside change it must. An API change would dictate a new UPC.

But SN is still a current spec, just not the latest.

 

[Hall]

But if the goods inside change it must. An API change would dictate a new UPC.

IMO, you're applying too strict of a definition of "change". In this case, with Pennzoil, it's just "Pennzoil Platinum, full synthetic, 5W-20", etc. We see this with other oil manufacturers too, that they don't change anything other than the API donut, i.e. "labeling". This is why Walmart will have SN and SP bottles both on the shelf, mixed together, but it's all the same product to them (and Pennzoil or Castrol or Mobil or whoever). There's another thread about this very recently.

Here's a 5-quart version of the same oil at Amazon: https://a.co/d/2TOnFL5. There are reviews back to Oct '24 (that's as far as I tried to go). In '24, the "mark" would have been API SP, but it still has the same UPC (071611366566). On Walmart's site, there are reviews from 2016 for the same oil.

 

[I<3oil]

Ew brutha ew

 

[SC Maintenance]

IMO, you're applying too strict of a definition of "change". In this case, with Pennzoil, it's just "Pennzoil Platinum, full synthetic, 5W-20", etc. We see this with other oil manufacturers too, that they don't change anything other than the API donut, i.e. "labeling". This is why Walmart will have SN and SP bottles both on the shelf, mixed together, but it's all the same product to them (and Pennzoil or Castrol or Mobil or whoever). There's another thread about this very recently.

Here's a 5-quart version of the same oil at Amazon: https://a.co/d/2TOnFL5. There are reviews back to Oct '24 (that's as far as I tried to go). In '24, the "mark" would have been API SP, but it still has the same UPC (071611366566). On Walmart's site, there are reviews from 2016 for the same oil.

The definition is quite clear - I am only applying what it is, unless your saying the SN and SQ are the same as far as API is concerned.

This is why people like walmart clear out the old stuff for cheap when it changes, they don't want 2 sku's for similar stuff.

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GS1 Definition " A change to packaging is made to add a new, or remove an existing, certification mark (e.g., kosher, UL or CE) that has significance to regulatory bodies, trading partners or to the end consumer, requires assignment of a new GTIN.

 

[PAcrude]

Wanted to give an update i went to another walmart thats on the other side of town (15 miles apart) and saw another bottle of platinum from 2016. Forgot to take a photo but idk where these old bottles are coming from lol

 

[scrllock]

But if the goods inside change it must. An API change would dictate a new UPC.

Walmart rings up PUP 5w30 as regular ole' PP 5w30. You're way overestimating how much they care past brand and viscosity.

 

[Hall]

Wanted to give an update i went to another walmart thats on the other side of town (15 miles apart) and saw another bottle of platinum from 2016. Forgot to take a photo but idk where these old bottles are coming from lol

Makes you wonder if someone is returning a bunch but don't want to take too many to any individual store. It can't be worth driving the distances they are going either though.... All they will get is gift cards for the value $2-6 (whatever the lowest price it's been in their system).

 

[PAcrude]

Makes you wonder if someone is returning a bunch but don't want to take too many to any individual store. It can't be worth driving the distances they are going either though.... All they will get is gift cards for the value $2-6 (whatever the lowest price it's been in their system).

I have a feeling its either that or a few cases were found at the local distribution center after being lost all that time and just bundled in and shipped in with the new stuff. Back when i used to work at target this would happen quite often we would get products that were supposed to be delivered 1-2 years ago but granted we never got anything as old as those pennzoil bottles.

Any way im sure someone will buy it and end up using it with no problem lol