Originally Posted By: JDD
Do the country (world) a favor and avoid Wal*Mart. You all have heard the reasons, and there are many. They are not good for anything but cheap prices. And the difference is next to nothing or even better if you shop specials at the auto parts stores. Auto Zone's regular prices on Rotella (both 15 and 5 40) are within 1% of WM, and you can still get CI-4 plus 5-40 there. Other brands are very close as well.
If you continue to buy everything at WM, you better prepare to work for them someday. They are getting into just about EVERY type of business. Banking, insurance, travel, hospitality, auto sales, legal, medical etc. And there will be more--you can bet on it. They will come for your job and mine. Remember--service comes at a price. Try to get any kind of competent service or advice from WM. It's not going to happen. They are the poster child of the dumbing down and the decline of America, in my opinion. Patronize them at your own long term risk. Hope you look good in a blue vest.
I think you'll find a lot of allies here in your fight against Wal-Mart. I was saying this seven or eight years ago and my co-workers used to laugh at me and call me paranoid.
I agree...Wal-Mart is just making it easier for these guys to completely cross them off their list. A lot of guys here ONLY went to Wal-Mart because of the cheap oil prices...now it seems even this isn't becoming such a great deal.