Originally Posted By: buster
5qt Jug of M1 EP @ WM comes to $5.79qt.
Well, we're not that cheap here. The best non rollback price I can get on regular M1 in a jug works out to $8.18 per litre. Litres are significantly more.
We also have to remember when we're comparing prices to do as was done a few posts above - equal size containers at the same store. I can cherry pick prices and locations, too, and make it look like Walmart is the worst place to buy conventional oil in the entire country. After all, their normal, non-discounted price is significantly higher than plenty of local stores.
I can also show, by being creative, that Amsoil is cheaper than Synpower. Walmart is cheap, but only when they want to be. They don't have VWB on for $11.99 or whatever it is this week to do you or me any favours. And I guarantee that the local parts store doesn't get it from their suppliers for anywhere near that low.
One parts store here that carries both M1 and RP in the larger jugs has a fairly negligible difference between the two when both are at regular prices.
That's why I have a huge problem with comparing oil prices, particularly when rollbacks are ongoing. At least up here, if a synthetic is on a good sale, it's going to disappear fast. That's even happening at Walmart these days. If it's at CT, and you're not there the first morning, you can kiss the deal goodbye.