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Mobil 1 quality at Walmart
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Originally Posted by Gokhan
. So, it's 2019/01/09 then. It was very fresh indeed -- only 18-days-old! The trading power of Walmart -- straight from the farm!
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For the rest of the world...that oil is also from "back to the future"...since it was produced on 1. September 2019
. So, it's 2019/01/09 then. It was very fresh indeed -- only 18-days-old! The trading power of Walmart -- straight from the farm!
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For the rest of the world...that oil is also from "back to the future"...since it was produced on 1. September 2019
Maybe someone can answer this.
Isn't there laws/regulations(API rules) against selling lesser quality product in same container, e.g., the question at hand?
Isn't there laws/regulations(API rules) against selling lesser quality product in same container, e.g., the question at hand?
Originally Posted by OilUzer
Russians spread false rumors on fb like this one or thin oil (i.e. x20) is better ...
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Russians spread false rumors on fb like this one or thin oil (i.e. x20) is better ...
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Originally Posted by OilUzer
Russians spread false rumors on fb like this one or thin oil (i.e. x20) is better ...
Ok I like a good ole Russian conspiracy theory, but not even Alex Jones would have said that.
Russians spread false rumors on fb like this one or thin oil (i.e. x20) is better ...
Ok I like a good ole Russian conspiracy theory, but not even Alex Jones would have said that.
When I hear that crap I just vehemently agree with them and spout even more ridiculous Walmart evil empire conspiracy theories until they see I'm really going off the deep end.
I hear walmart just buys the bottles from the other manufactures and puts filtered returned oil in all of them. As long as its clear, how would you know???
The more people that buy the overpriced oil at the autoparts store allows the autoparts store to be there for me when there is an emergency repair that needs to get done today.
I hear walmart just buys the bottles from the other manufactures and puts filtered returned oil in all of them. As long as its clear, how would you know???
The more people that buy the overpriced oil at the autoparts store allows the autoparts store to be there for me when there is an emergency repair that needs to get done today.
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These threads pop up from time to time, and they end up in a flame war, or WWIII. Either way they're entertaining and I get a good laugh out of them.
Walmart will sell cheaper versions of some products, for example ACME might have a very popular TV model called "Superview 1000" available everywhere, and a a cheaper version with fewer features called "Superview 1000.2" sold at Walmart.
Mobil 1 at Walmart have the same label as Mobil 1 everywhere else. The folks who spread the rumors are not sophisticated enough to know the difference in labeling.
Mobil 1 at Walmart have the same label as Mobil 1 everywhere else. The folks who spread the rumors are not sophisticated enough to know the difference in labeling.
If you go to the Mobil1 FAQ page you will get the right answer...
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I have no doubt that many products sold at wal mart are inferior. They squeeze every last nickel out of every product, and demand a continuous downward progression of cost for the same items.
For some items that is probably doable. For name brand oils that have to maintain licenses and certification, maybe not so much. But you can be sure that consideration on how to cheapen a product in light of these pressures is continuously in the thought process.
For some items that is probably doable. For name brand oils that have to maintain licenses and certification, maybe not so much. But you can be sure that consideration on how to cheapen a product in light of these pressures is continuously in the thought process.
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Originally Posted by JHZR2
I have no doubt that many products sold at wal mart are inferior. They squeeze every last nickel out of every product, and demand a continuous downward progression of cost for the same items.
For some items that is probably doable. For name brand oils that have to maintain licenses and certification, maybe not so much. But you can be sure that consideration on how to cheapen a product in light of these pressures is continuously in the thought process.
For many items, I think you are correct. For those like synthetic oils that STILL seem to carry a premium? Not sure. Canadian Tire is regularly, when they have their sales, cheaper than Walmart, and by a significant margin. Regular pricing is roughly the same as Walmart. Where I'd be concerned is house-brand products like Supertech where you now the supplier is being pressured to keep costs low (and thus, profits high).
Making "box store" versions of electronics, which have included laptops, desktops and TV's over the years, was pretty standard and typically involved some of the specs being tweaked so that these products couldn't readily be cross-shopped. Sometimes it was as simple as a different amount of RAM, but other times there were some bizarre changes made that you knew were solely driven by costing
I have no doubt that many products sold at wal mart are inferior. They squeeze every last nickel out of every product, and demand a continuous downward progression of cost for the same items.
For some items that is probably doable. For name brand oils that have to maintain licenses and certification, maybe not so much. But you can be sure that consideration on how to cheapen a product in light of these pressures is continuously in the thought process.
For many items, I think you are correct. For those like synthetic oils that STILL seem to carry a premium? Not sure. Canadian Tire is regularly, when they have their sales, cheaper than Walmart, and by a significant margin. Regular pricing is roughly the same as Walmart. Where I'd be concerned is house-brand products like Supertech where you now the supplier is being pressured to keep costs low (and thus, profits high).
Making "box store" versions of electronics, which have included laptops, desktops and TV's over the years, was pretty standard and typically involved some of the specs being tweaked so that these products couldn't readily be cross-shopped. Sometimes it was as simple as a different amount of RAM, but other times there were some bizarre changes made that you knew were solely driven by costing
I can't imagine that M1 sold at W*M being inferior to M1 that is sold elsewhere when in fact, ST syn is so good!
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I have used Walmart version and parts store version of various oils. My car runs the same with both, so if the walmart version is inferior, then the parts store version is overkill.
"I have a question about the 5-quart Mobil 1â„¢ motor oil jugs I buy at Wal-Mart. Is the oil in the 5-quart Mobil 1â„¢ 5W-30 jugs the exact same oil that is in the 1-quart containers sold elsewhere? I ask because I have heard that Wal-Mart gets a cheaper formulation made to their specs in order to allow them to sell for less and you do not get the same quality of oil when you buy it. When I compared the labeling on the 1-quart containers at Advance Auto Parts to the 5-quart jug I got at Wal-Mart, I noticed that the 1-quart container says ACEA A1/A5 B1/B5 and the 5-quart does not say ACEA at all. Both have the HTO-06 and are, I believe, both API SN and ILSAC GF-5. Frankly, I doubt that any company would risk their reputation by packaging a different product for a chain store under the same name but I thought I would ask."
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You are right: The formulation and quality level of our motor oils are the same wherever the product name is the same, regardless of the package size in which it is sold. The difference in ACEA claims you are referring to sounds unfamiliar to us. Was it the exact same product in both cases?
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You are right: The formulation and quality level of our motor oils are the same wherever the product name is the same, regardless of the package size in which it is sold. The difference in ACEA claims you are referring to sounds unfamiliar to us. Was it the exact same product in both cases?
The only differences in "same oils" would be the particular "batch/lot #" from the next time the product is formulated.
You can formulate the same product time & time again using the same SOP(recipe) and some of the spec's will show slightly different in testing even though it was made the same(even by the same tech).
Different analyzers will also show slightly different results as it's just the nature of the beast and when the calibration is checked during its 24 hr period.
You can formulate the same product time & time again using the same SOP(recipe) and some of the spec's will show slightly different in testing even though it was made the same(even by the same tech).
Different analyzers will also show slightly different results as it's just the nature of the beast and when the calibration is checked during its 24 hr period.
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Mobil One is just like Oreos sold at Walmart different less quality.
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