Is WalMart/discount chain oil the same?

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Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
I have said this once before. the oils you buy at wal mart are different then say pep boys adv auto etc. for instance when you buy a t.v. at sam's club that t.v has a different number on the same set that is sold at say best buy etc.


What proof do you have of this regarding the oil?
 
does it really make a difference on here? I think not!! that includes additives Walmart can sell it at a cheaper price. I would not put any oil from wal mart in my expensive vehicles!!
 
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I have heard that Wal-mart has special contracts with Remington,Winchester ,Federal... for ammunition, all made for Wal-mart .
 
yes, same for oils I learned this a couple of years ago on radio guest talking about oils at wal mart etc. allowing to lower prices drastically and how they do that simply makes oils to meet wal mart's standards. another words use cheaper and lower additives.
 
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Same oil. There's gotta be at least 20 threads about this on here. The latest quotation I remember is in the Pennzoil Q&A section where it's mentioned by the SOPUS rep that it's the same product at WalMart as it is at all other retail outlets. Can't imagine SOPUS, XOM or any other oil company having it that way without a different labeling differentiating from the regular product.

WM may have specific contracts involving modified or specific units for products they sell like electronics, etc. but I don't believe name brand motor oil falls into that category. Nor would WM or the oil companies want it to...
 
If Walmart can force Exxon/Mobil to make lower quality oil so they can sell at lower price than auto parts chains, so can Costco and Sams Club and other companies with higher volume. Then Exxon/Mobil would have several formulas of the same oil to sell to different clients. They have to qualify each formula to be able to print on the label that it is approved for such and such specs. It is impossible to manage that.

In the end, you can believe what you want but what you believe is not actually true.
 
Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
I am sure they are not going to mention their secrets.i just am not willing to take that chance!! besides I don't have to worry about my oils.


WM would have quite the lawsuit on their hands if they sold inferior oil. Some guy on the radio said it. That's your proof?
 
The need to believe something despite the lack of any supporting evidence (and much evidence to the contrary) is simply amazing.

Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
yes, same for oils I learned this a couple of years ago on radio guest talking about oils at wal mart etc. allowing to lower prices drastically and how they do that simply makes oils to meet wal mart's standards. another words use cheaper and lower additives.
 
Yep, secrets are all you have to go on since there is an absolute and complete lack of any evidence to support your belief.

So where are the Walmart specific Product Data Sheets? If there aren't any, then ExxonMobil has a huge lawsuit on their hands for misrepresentation.

Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
I am sure they are not going to mention their secrets.i just am not willing to take that chance!! besides I don't have to worry about my oils.
 
Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
yes, same for oils I learned this a couple of years ago on radio guest talking about oils at wal mart etc. allowing to lower prices drastically and how they do that simply makes oils to meet wal mart's standards. another words use cheaper and lower additives.


You do realize that changes to an oil require re-certification for most OEM approvals right? So take Mobil 1 0w-40 with its long list of approvals, do you honestly think Mobil would spend the millions of dollars required to certify a "lesser" version of the product so that they can sell it to Walmart for 5 cents cheaper a gallon? And then have to run two separate batches of it, which also costs money?

That's ridiculous for something produced in as much volume as oil.

For consumer goods like TV's where there is no certification process and individual parts can be swapped out for cheaper ones "on the line" with no difference in the end product, sure. It allows the manufacturer to lower their costs to meet Walmart's bottom line. But for a huge oil blender that has to jump through a myriad of hoops to get their product approved by OEM's this is a non-starter.
 
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But there's no reason why given the quantity and breadth of their buying power, plus their known buying tactics, that its impossible. We know they get a custom 5.1qt bottle. Yes, other major resellers do as well, but thats again all in the reigns you hold over the manufacturer.

Walmart used to have 5-qt jug and all other resellers have 5.1-qt jug. All have 5-qt jug now.


OK but theyre still all packaged with slightly different decals. A logistics nightmare unless youre doing them batch to batch, in which case, liberties could be taken to save a penny, if there arent other constraints.
 
Appliances and electronics are often specific to one retailer. The model number is slightly different and the knobs might have a stripe on them or some other small change. This is so the retailers can make their usual marketing claims like "Guaranteed lowest Price" or "We'll beat any competitors Price".

I doubt there is a difference in brand name oils. Wouldn't that be false advertising.
 
Now you're just being silly. At least I think so, I'm not 100% sure what you are trying to claim.

Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
they are recert. the same product else where different cert.
 
Originally Posted By: boxcartommie22
they are recert. the same product else where different cert.


?????


It is the same product sold globally. Mobil confirmed that some time ago.
 
This is too funny.
Some nameless, faceless guy on TALK RADIO says it's so, so it must be true!

Next time he's on the air, please call in. Ask him about the moon landings, Roswell, Waco, 9/11 and the Holocaust.

But inquiring minds want to know: Who really shot Kennedy??

He's sure to have the answers!
 
PQIA purchased/tested this quart of Pennzoil Conventional High Mileage 5w30 oil from Wal-mart.

http://www.pqiamerica.com/June 2014/PZHM.htm

I don't see any "watered down" results.
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