No AC Delco motor oil to Ca.

[Malo83]

Why is that.

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[slacktide_bitog]

ask the seller

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

I would strongly suspect it doesn't meet some California Environmental spec.

 

[Cujet]

I would strongly suspect it doesn't meet some California Environmental spec.

Correct, it contains hydrocarbons..... (a little joke)

 

[JavierH19]

On another note what utter sucker would willingly get fleeced like that.

 

[blufeb95]

I believe it's because it's the obsolete GF-5 spec, I think they can only sell the current spec to customers in california

 

[Gokhan]

The carrier he is working with doesn't ship oil in these states.

 

[eljefino]

Doesn't CA charge a few pennies per quart as an environmental fee?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Doesn't CA charge a few pennies per quart as an environmental fee?

That wouldn't be the problem since Amazon can collect that automatically

 

[Chris142]

Every product sold in Ca must have a " may cause cancer" sticker. I bet they don't have that sticker.

 

[01rangerxl]

That's pretty common. What's really surprising is they won't ship to Mississippi!

It almost certainly has to do with labeling or hazmat shipping requirements, or a chemical/material that may be in it.

I frequently see warnings when looking up brake pads in the GM catalog. Only newer "low copper" or some such versions can be sold there.

 

[y_p_w]

There's nothing specific about that motor oil where it can't be shipped to California. But the message says "Unable to ship California, Colorado & Mississippi". Can't say what it is about those three states, which seem somewhat random. There are sellers on Amazon that have the same thing.

https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-19418206-Original-Equipment-Synthetic/dp/B07S989F15/

 

[Krieg]

Since motor oil causes cancer. Shouldn't it be banned like a plethora of chemicals.......Just using logic of said state. Prop 65

 

[y_p_w]

That wouldn't be the problem since Amazon can collect that automatically

Not necessarily through a third-party seller. That's not Amazon selling it directly.

 

[97prizm]

Every product sold in Ca must have a " may cause cancer" sticker. I bet they don't have that sticker.

Bingo. I know the owner of Adams car care, and he started out in a tiny shop in Boulder Colorado. 50% or more of his start-up costs were to jump through hoops to be allowed sales in California

 

[y_p_w]

Since motor oil causes cancer. Shouldn't it be banned like a plethora of chemicals.......Just using logic of said state. Prop 65

Motor oil itself no. There's no Prop 65 warning on motor oil as unused motor oil doesn't really have cancer causing chemicals. There would be standard warnings about used motor oil being potentially dangerous.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Not necessarily through a third-party seller. That's not Amazon selling it directly.

Amazon isn't selling it directly, but they run the platform and the software that can automatically collect the fee.

Just like ebay. You don't buy anything directly from ebay, just a particular seller, yet ebay has the software/programming to automatically add any taxes due. And Amazon is a much bigger company than ebay and has much more resources at its disposal.

 

[bullwinkle]

Since motor oil causes cancer. Shouldn't it be banned like a plethora of chemicals.......Just using logic of said state. Prop 65

That's USED motor oil, the combustion byproducts can cause cancer. AFAIK new is fine,

 

[M56959]

Not sure why you wouldn't ask the people selling it...

As topics involving California inevitably end in the same way, ending it here.