Originally Posted By: Chris142
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
Originally Posted By: Chris142
The PB rep was just here. He said to buy the PB Proline oil now because they are changing vendors and the oil will be coming from China. Wonder if its true or if he is trying to unload pallets of oil?
From a business perspective, you'll be tying up cash into sitting inventory. Assuming you want nothing to do with the Chinese oil, just find a different supplier now because you'll have to eventually. That said, are they even giving you guys a discount to buy all this?
Tell the local NAPA you're getting oil from PB for $x.xx a quart. See if they can beat or at least match it.
I have tried that in the past. Napa won't bargain on oil. My cost from pb is $1.80/qt. Napa is double that.
Sounds like you'll still need a new supplier. Buy all the oil you want, but you'll need more eventually.