Walmart oil prices - Ah!

[Magnumdude]

@Pablo will stock you up.

2 years is laughable.

You need to shake your inventory

I do shake my inventory and each quart before it goes in my engines.

 

[JeffKeryk]

What other supply chain issues will we see in the near future and prices on everything increase 30%….. ?

I was at a hospital during Covid and there was a Gatorade shortage from manufacturer and patients needed to drink something else.

Well, pretty much everything is delivered by oil products, right?

 

[JeffKeryk]

I don’t think that’s funny at all, in fact I think way too many people on here change their oil too often. Mostly because it makes them feel good, not because they have any kind of real data that shows that it’s necessary.

Curious, what's your number or process? Mine is 5K; can be less if the vehicle is nit used much in about 1.5 years. Our 2006 Acura TSX with 245K on the clock does not go through a drop between services. So far so good...

 

[ZeeOSix]

Without going through 14 pages, can some one explains to me how this happen and for how long .

World affairs causing a disruption in the materials to make motor oil ... and other things. Don't expect prices to come down anytime soon, probably will keep creeping up instead.

 

[CleanSump]

Actually wasn’t.

60% of TP is the stuff you buy at Walmart.

40% is those giant rolls you see in public toilets.

The two supply chains don’t mix. Completely different manufacturers. Everyone staying home caused the issue.

Yes. And the the factory workers staying at home caused reduced production and a well known lack of transportation. You can't buy what isn't manufactured or trucked out.

 

[f355spider]

Very interesting! As someone who isn't risk averse on eBay, how do these play out?

I have purchased oil a number of times on eBay over the past 18 months. (Though most of my oil purchases are directly from Walmart.com or Amazon.com and continue to be)
1) The eBay sellers are always slow to ship...one to three weeks before shipment, so be patient or plan ahead.
2) About 1/3 of the time, they will randomly cancel your order and say it was by your request.
3) 2/3 of the time they come through, and 80% of the time it drop ships from Walmart, the other 20% is from Rock Auto or some other online retailer. Only once did I receive oil directly from the seller. I have never received counterfeit, or used oil, as some suggest is a risk.

I was not aware of triangulation schemes until it was brought up by users on this forum to me about a year ago (user @tired ?). As a long time, buyer and seller on eBay (25 years), I now suspect at least (from observation and my own buying patterns) 5% of all sales on eBay are from some form of this triangulation fraud. I have no other explanation for such below market prices on products that are drop shipped by national retailers. So, triangulation fraud seems a plausible explanation, buy I cannot prove or confirm it.

This is not unique to motor oil, you can scan around on eBay and see unusually low prices on tools, household goods, health & beauty aids, pretty much anything that can be purchased online and delivered by a third party retailer. I remember hearing on the news 15 years ago, eBay was where physical retail theft items were fenced...seems criminals found a way to not even have to leave their house or handle the goods.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Yes. And the the factory workers staying at home caused reduced production and a well known lack of transportation. You can't buy what isn't manufactured or trucked out.

Many of the makers of the commercial rolls had to shut down production due to no demand.

You could buy them at the Tienda in single, giant rolls, if desperate. When the world goes South find people who grew up in the third world, they will have figured it out for you already.

 

[FDT09]

Up to $35.97 at my Walmart for R&P and PUP, southern california.

 

[cheesepuffs2]

I wonder if the low Castrol Edge pricing is going to increase very soon too, or if Castrol is pushing for more market share this way.

If their pricing stays in the 20 dollar range then I suspect their popularity will rise decently here.

 

[Drewby83]

I wonder if the low Castrol Edge pricing is going to increase very soon too, or if Castrol is pushing for more market share this way.

If their pricing stays in the 20 dollar range then I suspect their popularity will rise decently here.