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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.
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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.
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Thx, I canceled order.
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Exactly my experience as well.
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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.
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"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.)
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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.
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^ Seems like the KYB Monomax would have been more suitable with a load.
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Both wholesaler closeouts Ive ordered were CarQuest boxed. A Gates Timing belt kit, and a TYC fuel pump.
