Rock had a great price on my Denso air filter due to a “wholesaler closeout”. Think I am safe buying this? I am visualizing a mangled box and filter. Thanks.
Rockauto Wholesaler Closeout
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Wholesale closeout is a bit of a crapshoot, I tend to shy away from them for paper/rubber items because of the possibility of it being very old stock. You might get lucky though. Normally I've found that even the super cheap wholesale price + shipping is only 5-10 bucks away from a good filter so why risk it.
Sometimes its usable, sometimes its just junk thrown in a box. I had bad results getting stuff like wipers and filters, but good results with brake pads and rotors.
Thx, I canceled order.
Exactly my experience as well.
I normally order filters from RA 6 to 12 at a time . This spreads the shipping cost over more items . Knock on wood , I have come out OK , so far .
If you can get them cheap enough , you are not taking much of a chance . Especially if the price at WM is a fair amount higher .
If you can get them cheap enough , you are not taking much of a chance . Especially if the price at WM is a fair amount higher .
| I just ordered and installed these 4 shocks & the improvement way better. Got all 4 for $51 including shipping, can't beat that if your not in a hurry. |
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I expect those to be bad out of the box due to age.
Well, they sure do work well, but time will tell. If I get a couple of years out of them, I got a good deal.
I have had good luck with wholesale closeout. One time I bought a filter and the filter description was wrong on rock Auto. I did the refund process online and it was super easy and I got to keep the filter anyway. It was Amazon levels of easy to get a refund.
"Crapshoot" was the first word that came to my mind, but I've actually had good luck with RA closeouts. Five-dollar cabin filters for my Silverado turned out to be Carquest carbon filters, and I got a bunch of NAPA 11-inch wipers for $1.87 each.
I got a regular stock Denso air filter that looked defective once, though. It was a one-piece heat molded fiber filter for a Vibe/Matrix. The part that's supposed to seal against the airbox had material missing from one corner and seemed like it could leak. (RA made it right with no problems.)
I got a regular stock Denso air filter that looked defective once, though. It was a one-piece heat molded fiber filter for a Vibe/Matrix. The part that's supposed to seal against the airbox had material missing from one corner and seemed like it could leak. (RA made it right with no problems.)
I've bought air filters on closeout at RA. No issues here.
I also ordered a full set of Gabriel for one of my cars... Boxes looked brand new and had no issues with them. Car is 20 years old, so if these last a few years, then money well spent even with shipping
I saw those deals and was going to get them and decided on KYB gas a just instead for my 05 Silverado. It carries a heavy load every day, full of survey equipment. Original 200k shocks were bad, but even the new ones felt kind of soft. I didn't realize how good they actually are until I emptied the truck and removed the cap and box liner and racking to get a body job done. It rides awesome with no load.
I would go with brakes or any part that's unlikely to go bad sitting, like everyone else is saying.
^ Seems like the KYB Monomax would have been more suitable with a load.
Both wholesaler closeouts Ive ordered were CarQuest boxed. A Gates Timing belt kit, and a TYC fuel pump.
Going to revive this thread instead of starting a new one. I mentioned in a previous post here I had bought struts that were wholesaler closeout and they were new in box and had no issues with them... Well the other day I bought a plate bracket as wholesaler closeout item, and to reduce shipping I stocked up on a some air and cabin filters, along with a hengst fuel filter which was also a wholesaler closeout item and happened to be coming from the same warehouse... at 11.20 CAD, I couldn't say no, the same filter from all the sources I have here in Canada retails around 35 CAD plus tax.
Well, I guess there's a reason it's a wholesaler closeout item... the filter came in a basic brown cardboard box, with no o ring inside, wrapped in a bunch of bubble wrap... it doesn't look used, and if it was, it would think it would reek of diesel (filter is for a 13 golf tdi)... see below for pics of the box it came in and a side by side of the same hengst filter that was ordered off RA aswell a while back, non wholesaler closeout, came in the proper box with an o ring. The filter on the right with o ring is original packaging, left is the wholesaler closeout
Will I use this filter in the future, not sure, on one hand it seems new, on the other, the thought of it coming in a generic box doesn't sit well with me
Well, I guess there's a reason it's a wholesaler closeout item... the filter came in a basic brown cardboard box, with no o ring inside, wrapped in a bunch of bubble wrap... it doesn't look used, and if it was, it would think it would reek of diesel (filter is for a 13 golf tdi)... see below for pics of the box it came in and a side by side of the same hengst filter that was ordered off RA aswell a while back, non wholesaler closeout, came in the proper box with an o ring. The filter on the right with o ring is original packaging, left is the wholesaler closeout
Will I use this filter in the future, not sure, on one hand it seems new, on the other, the thought of it coming in a generic box doesn't sit well with me
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