I ended up going to ebay and buying every 25 dollar bottle of 5w-20 VRP I could find (5 - 5 quart jugs) I bought the next years worth for me (5 jugs or 20k miles worth of driving.
edit: went and looked just now and all the ebay sellers have jacked prices now or removed their listings.
Honestly, Amazon and Costco are becoming the go-to places to buy oil, in the case of Costco it's a different label of Warren slop as to Kirkland vs Supertech. I already enjoy the slightly lower price of Costco gasoline.
I've got a stash that has me stretching my oil change intervals to the longer side of things, I thank the Deals thread sometime about a month ago for some to stock up on. If the price increases are finally here, maybe the floor has been reset. Ask the old-timers about the permanent price adjustment of antifreeze.