Went to Walmart and was floored by motor oil prices. Super Tech is $27 a 5 quart jug! Holy moly! Last time I shopped for oil there, the same oil was $17 or $18! I have been using 5 gallon buckets of Delvac recently so I haven't had to shop for oil locally for a while! Guess I need to get out more!
Motor Oil Prices!
- Thread starter Stumpy
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Just bought M1 on rollback for $22 a few days ago.
Just bought M1 on rollback for $22 a few days ago.
S0-a filter is another 6 bucks-so $33.00 for an oil change with the Valvoline Instant Oil change places charging at least $20.00 or $30.00 more than that. What's the issue?
I buy all my oil from Wally online and try to stay a change ahead on supplies. Really impressed on what the Pennzoil Ultra Platium 5w20 has done for my 2AZ-FE Scion. That weight of PUP is now out of stock. Unless I tweek my VPN to Cal., then I can order it. Price has gone from under $26 to $44, depending on weight, for a 5 qt. Single quarts of 5W20 are currently $21.55! The non-Ultra PP is still around $25 for a 5 qt.
Wow ! I don't know how you can afford to live with oil at those prices !
I think they must do some strange store location pricing. The SuperTech Full Synthetic online is currently $20.38 for a 5qt., except 10w30 which is $21.37.
I think that ST, being such a good & popular product at such a good/low price, was infringing on the sales of other brand name oils
That's why people build a stash for situations like that. It's still cheaper than paying three times that for a jiffy lube oill change.
Everything is up. Apparently we are in a rough stretch of economic times. Coffee,Beer, Fuel 
and everything else is gonna cost more.
and everything else is gonna cost more.
Try a different Walmart. Walmart will vary prices from one store to another to get their profits. At the Walmart closest to me, Super Tech is $24/jug. At the one about 30 minutes the other way, it's $17/jug. However, Super Tech oil filters are cheaper at the one closest to me. Prices confirmed about 2 months ago.
They do the same for a lot of other products as well. My daughter's diapers are $4/box cheaper at the one further away compared to the one closer while wipes are cheaper at the one closer.
They do the same for a lot of other products as well. My daughter's diapers are $4/box cheaper at the one further away compared to the one closer while wipes are cheaper at the one closer.
Everything is up. Apparently we are in a rough stretch of economic times. Coffee,Beer, Fuel
I have been living under a rock for the past few years and I limit my connection to the outside world by only accessing the internet to read what is on BITOG. I would have no idea that motor oil prices had increased if not for this thread.
You too?? I thought it was just me…
I'm waiting for a thread entitled-"My stash allowed me to retire early and at an extravagant lifestyle". Until then.........I still calling it a hoarding disorder.
Here ST is just over 20, and mobil and valvoline (full syn) is lik 10 dollars higher.
Motu, I sense some sarcasm here. That probably sounds cheap compared to NZ prices.
Well..you could store several 5 quart jugs and have 100's of quarts and they don't take up as much room as you project. By my informal guessing I am willing to say that it's far less than 5% on BITOG that HOARD. With that being said there are a few nonsensical stashes that were evidenced by photographs taken by the hoarders themselves that pop up on here every so often.
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