Fell for the Old Used Oil in the New Jug....

[wings&wheels]

Purchased a lot of M1 and two gallon jugs of Rotella T6 a few weeks ago. Get the old truck on the ramps, new filter on, plug torqued, then grab these off the shelf and...crap.

I'm making light of it now, but this is really low. Theft of any type is a pet peeve; I really find it disgusting. Trying to think of the mindset, 'sticking it to the store' but you are also really inconveniencing another customer, but I suspect that these types of folks don't think that far or just don't care.

Irritating...

 

[raaizin]

People will get over whenever they can. I guess we need to see if the seal is broken in the future.

 

[StarCaller]

People do things which never even cross my mind /

 

[Hall]

How did you "fall" for it ? No one should ever NEED to check new oil jugs on a store shelf to see if it's been returned. You can check, but you shouldn't have to. I thought you bought oil from someone off FB Marketplace or something, not new oil from a store.

 

[JeffKeryk]

A low blow if there ever was one...

 

[Bottom_Feeder]

Purchased from where?

 

[wings&wheels]

How did you "fall" for it ? No one should ever NEED to check new oil jugs on a store shelf to see if it's been returned. You can check, but you shouldn't have to. I thought you bought oil from someone off FB Marketplace or something, not new oil from a store.

I was being funny (remember Maxwell Smart's old line), and I am in violent agreement with you. No FB or whatever, good old local O'Reillys and they were as surprised as I was. The jugs were impeccably cleaned though...someone put a bit of effort into this.

 

[Donald]

I was being funny (remember Maxwell Smart's old line), and I am in violent agreement with you. No FB or whatever, good old local O'Reillys and they were as surprised as I was. The jugs were impeccably cleaned though...someone put a bit of effort into this.

How does O'Reillys determine you are not pulling a scam saying you were sold used oil when it was you that poured your new oil in your car, filled the just with used oil and went back to O'Reillys to complain.

Not suggesting you did. But O'Reillys might think so.

 

[Wylie6G72]

Can't believe they didn't check under the cap before issuing the refund when that was first brought back to the store. But I'd bet money I could walk into my local Lowe's or Home Depot right now and find used spark plugs in packages hanging on the pegs. People are so low.

 

[GSCJR]

Happened to my once too, a jug of M1 TDT from Walmart; it was an awful feeling. I didn't try to return it even though I probably could have; I just shook my head.

 

[wings&wheels]

How does O'Reillys determine you are not pulling a scam saying you were sold used oil when it was you that poured your new oil in your car, filled the just with used oil and went back to O'Reillys to complain.

Not suggesting you did. But O'Reillys might think so.

They did ask for my loyalty (phone) number and it shows a long history of rather large oil purchases.....

 

[spasm3]

They need to stop accepting returns on oil.

I would let store management know about it. Every time it happens, let a store manager know.

 

[Propflux01]

How did you "fall" for it ? No one should ever NEED to check new oil jugs on a store shelf to see if it's been returned. You can check, but you shouldn't have to. I thought you bought oil from someone off FB Marketplace or something, not new oil from a store.

Yes, they do. Many people return the oil for recycling to the store (like, say, Walmart, etc.) and return it to the returns and refunds center instead of to the automotive bay. So the returns clerk thinks it's just like anything else returned, because the bottle looks "new', and has it sent to the automotive section, and it gets put back on the shelf by some minimally educated drone. It happens more often than you would think.

 

[MParr]

Stores should NEVER issue a refund on oil.

 

[4WD]

Place two side by side:

 

[sparky123]

There's a Peter, Paul and Mary song ("Greenwood") in which the lyric goes..."if we do these things in the greenwood, what will happen in the dry?" I worked retail for 20 yrs+ (Home Depot/Lowes. etc.), it's getting worse and worse. (But retail is partial to blame w/the "the customer is always right." BS. If something gets returned used, no refund unless of coarse it's defective. The stories I could tell.

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

Can't believe they didn't check under the cap before issuing the refund when that was first brought back to the store. But I'd bet money I could walk into my local Lowe's or Home Depot right now and find used spark plugs in packages hanging on the pegs. People are so low.

Pure laziness on worker's part causes the future innocent customer to deal with that and similar types of real PITA! I have gotten to the point that I try check just about every product I pick up to make sure it has not been tampered with or worse, what the OP just went thru.

The thing most of us probably automatically thought about..... How come the employees are not catching and correcting these issues is that employers have very little they can do about the slacker employees attitudes. The ones who let that and just about every other thing slip too. In the work place we find ourselves dealing with these days , it is not like an employer can even threaten the workers for slacking off while putting as little effort as possible into doing their jobs. The employees would probably laugh as they look at the windows and the doors mostly all covered with what they have been since covid.....
HELP WANTED___ HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___HELP WANTED___

So, how much fear can possibly even exist of being replaced if I want to give just as little effort at all on my job these days!?

 

[Donald]

In DE at the state/county transfer station and before the area you need to pay is an area for recycling paper, and plastic/metal cans/glass and a container to dump used motor oir into. And another to take used oil filters.

 

[odotb]

Bought two 5 quart jugs of Mobil 1from Amazon. One of them had leaked into the plastic and the seal was broken. Oil looked OK but didn't want to take a chance. Sent it back.

 

[mbacfp]

I returned some new jugs to Walmart before moving out of state. They checked the seals, etc. before accepting.

That is terrible. Really embarrassing that folks do that.