Did i buy a fake ? Shell experts please shime in

[Bjornviken]

Interesting

The last time I bought Shell it was 5w40 HX8 and I am fairly certain that had the foil seals.

Going to have to dig out the bottle and double check now

Maybe they have different pack for different markets

Though I would be inclined to think there is certainly the possibility that it’s a knock off, lots of fake car parts coming out of Turkey in recent years, wouldn’t surprise me if they have moved to doing oil aswell

VOA is likely the only way to be sure

never seen foil seals on a Shell engine oil bottle. Are you sure it's not fake?

 

[ivanb28]

Crystal clear then, shell doesn’t use aluminum foil for the EU market. I’ll rest peacefully now hahah

 

[Nesterenko]

Hall : I think the difference between QC French and metropolitan French is greater than the difference between US vs UK. The spelling is the same and the official language is the same but the accent as well as the old french words mixed with some "frenchized" english words makes it very hard to understand in some cases for an untrained hear. I find it very exotic and love it but for someone from France it is quite hard to emulate. Old people where i live still speak "patois" which is a kind of local and old version of French and there are similarities with QC French.

Actually le français Québécois for lots of French speaking folks worldwide is considered a very crude dialect.

 

[Nesterenko]

I just bought this but am surprised at the spelling mistake on the jug. It should say "synthèse" and not "synthès" and "naturel" instead of "naturele". Is it indicative of a fake ? I bought it at Super U, a major supermarket here. Here's a pic from the Shell website as well.
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Is "shime" instead of chime a play on words.
Sh-ell?

 

[wemay]

that's correct, Shell, and mobil doesn't use aluminum foil, only Castrol do

Mobil1 5qt jugs use a foil seal. Castrol as well. Valvoline used to use a pull-away plastic one and Shell/Pennzoil/Quaker State haven't used a seal of any kind for as long as I can remember.

 

[PWMDMD]

Sadly, spelling and grammar errors are more common than ever, which is surprising considering how much more people communicate through writing with texting and technology, these days. You can see it at its worst in the news media.

As an educator, we teach Habits of the Mind to our students. One of them is "Communicating with precision and accuracy." This is needed now more than ever, and it is important for students to realize that accuracy and precision are not just expected in the content, but in the communication itself, in the form of proper speech, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. It is a worthy effort, I believe.

If I ran a company, I would be sorely embarrassed by something like this and some folks would be helped in a way that made sure it didn't happen again.

People communicate more with written language now but this just reinforces the mistakes because no one ever corrects anyone anymore. I'm not talking about spelling mistakes or missing a comma or colloquialisms or other things that happen when writing quickly and I'm not suggesting every post/text needs to be scrutinized like you're handing in a term paper. I'm talking about basic stuff like most people don't know when to use me vs I (I is overused), he/she vs him/her (him/her is overused), and it seems like vocabulary has been halved in the past few decades. All of my kids were constantly corrected growing up until they got it right but it took longer than it should've for kids who grew up in a house hearing grammatically correct English because we were constantly fighting what they heard from their friends, other parents, teachers, TV, and social media.

A few of my kids' friends have made comments over the years about my wife and me (how many people would use I here - most TV writers don't get this right) being grammar police - yes, because it's important, and I'm sorry but these are the things I notice when hiring someone.

 

[bigjl]

never seen foil seals on a Shell engine oil bottle. Are you sure it's not fake?

What does "fairly certain" mean?

Feel free to use Google.

I haven't had time to check the bottle yet, but when I do I shall be "certain"

 

[Bjornviken]

Mobil1 5qt jugs use a foil seal. Castrol as well. Valvoline used to use a pull-away plastic one and Shell/Pennzoil/Quaker State haven't used a seal of any kind for as long as I can remember.

I wasTalking about oils sold in Europe,

 

[Bjornviken]

What does "fairly certain" mean?

Feel free to use Google.

I haven't had time to check the bottle yet, but when I do I shall be "certain"

Don't need google, my wife knows everything

 

[wemay]

I wasTalking about oils sold in Europe,

Ah, ok got it.

 

[Barkleymut]

Of course, Valvoline has provided these gems for everyone. Not counterfeit. Goofs happen, and unfortunately go unnoticed before sending out.

Pic 1: "Porche"
Pic 2: "GM Mercon" & "Ford Dexron-III"

Mercon and Dexron sound the same to the beancounters that determined the current marketing staff was too old and expensive. Interns to the rescue!

 

[bigjl]

Don't need google, my wife knows everything

Not in this case it would seem.

Which day does she let you have your manhood back?

 

[bigjl]

Now having checked my old bottle Shell don’t have a foil lid in the UK

 

[yagciogullari]

Oil vendors still don't bother printing a scratch-off qr code on the jugs Counterfeit oils run rampart in most parts of the world.

I bought a powerbank (which was cheaper than a 5L motoroil) and it came with a scratch-off qr code. I scanned it and the vendor page showed me that I am the first one to scan this. Bam! done!
I am guessing even if it costs $0,01 oil vendors won't implement. They'd rather see the customers battle with counterfeits.