Is Walmart all you need?

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Originally Posted By: SilverC6
It's hard not to shop at Walmart.

Walmart is very convenient.

They keep other retailers in the market on their game too.

I don't care for Walmart's management at all. They are "old school" in the way they deal with both customers and their store personnel. To translate, they don't really care about either.

But that didn't keep me from buying 4 jugs of M1 for $22.66 each last evening.




It should have... your $$ given to WALMART say that you DO! support what they do and how they do it... you just voted with your wallet.
 
Originally Posted By: Cooper
Meijer also sells 5 quart jugs of oil for the same price as Wal-Mart. It is a much nicer store, nicer employees, cleaner, etc.


This. If you live anywhere that has a Meijer, I see no need to support Walmart. It's a plus that their corporate headquarters is right in my hometown.
 
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
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+1 to your post and Garak's.

And if Pop and I are on the exact same page about something, that means the planets are so much in alignment that people should heed our advice to the point that Walmarts should be ghost towns from this day forward.
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Originally Posted By: Cooper
Meijer also sells 5 quart jugs of oil for the same price as Wal-Mart. It is a much nicer store, nicer employees, cleaner, etc.


I don't think that Miejer has any stores in PA, where the OP lives.
I agree with you, though.
Same pricing on name brand oil and their house brand is actually often cheaper than Walmart's since Meijer often runs sales on their store brand oil.
According to a recent VOA posted here, Meijer house brand oil may be a better blend that Walmart's ST.
Meijer is also a far more pleasant place to shop and Meijer has real meat, seafood and produce departments.
Oil deals abound and Walmart is hardly the only source of them.
No real reason to use Walmart, although I suppose that you could.
 
Originally Posted By: Ram01
Support china-mart because Americans don't want to support mom & pop stores anymore



If the mom and pop stores hadn't charged a 100% markup on all the stuff they sold back before WalMart rolled around, they wouldn't be in the situation they're in. If their return policies actually were better than "14 days, exchange only", they wouldn't have lost so many customers.

They worried too much about the nickel and dime, when the dollars weren't even coming in their doors.

A few ma and pa shops still do exceedingly well, using an old-school service formula at a competitive price (namely, gun shops). BUT those trying to sell baloney that they are just using percentage on each purchase, when they try to sell, say, a gen set, for $1000 more than the local wally world ("well sorry sir, we're just using our normal 35% markup"), instead, of, say, a more reasonable $60-100 more...
 
Originally Posted By: Garak
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
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+1 to your post and Garak's.

And if Pop and I are on the exact same page about something, that means the planets are so much in alignment that people should heed our advice to the point that Walmarts should be ghost towns from this day forward.
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Yes Walmart Canada generally sucks although I have bought oil there (scored some M1 5W-50 for 5 bucks/qt). Walmart in the States is better (picked up a jug of M1 0W-40 for $25 while driving through Oklahoma last winter). But they only carry the majors so by definition the choice is limited so they definitely aren't all you need if you're seriously into motor oil.
 
Around here there is not any store that has lower everyday prices.
These days that is very important to some folks.
I miss the old days of going to mom and pop auto stores but they are few and far between.
If WM was gone some other mega store would fill the need
 
Originally Posted By: ElastoHydro
While at Walmart getting excellent oil and Ultra filters, one can get toothpaste. Just sayin. oh, and you can admire all the great bodies walking around, not.
so you are checking guys out?she s a keeper this one!
 
Originally Posted By: bvance554
That... and Amazon.


*Grabs a super-size megaphone*

"BINGO!"

Most of the time I can get better deals on Amazon when I am going to spend over 35 bucks (ehem, free shipping). On the few times that Walmart is cheaper than Amazon, it is my go-to place. But in this day and age, shopping online, and specifically on Amazon, is a very good route.

On the other hand, I'm not going to middle in the politics, so I will just say, I like Walmart for it's convenience and usually low prices. The managers may not be the sharpest tools in the shed, but that doesn't keep me from spending half an hour of staring at the wall of oils in the auto section (even if my initial reason to go there had nothing to do with oil, lmao).
 
Originally Posted By: Ram01
Support china-mart because Americans don't want to support mom & pop stores anymore

What happens when someone decides to get their oil and filters from some giant like NAPA or Advance Auto? What happens when some independent family has a Carquest franchise like this one?: http://www.whitepages.com/business/carquest-palmetto-fl

Anyway, here is what I do:
Need oil and filters now? Go to Wal-Mart and pay the everyday price.
Have time to wait for a good deal? Go to Advance or Autozone and use the "Buy 5qt get a filter" sale.
 
Originally Posted By: BHopkins

Absolutely! Walmart is far from having all the maintenance supplies I need for my cars.

Does Walmart carry any decent differential fluids, let alone M1 differential fluid? Nope! I've got to go to Autozone. Does Walmart carry a decent selection of ATF fluid? Nope. I've got to go to Autozone for that also. Does Walmart carry ATF filters? NOPE!! Does Walmart carry a decent selection of brake fluid? Nope! By watching sales at Autozone, I get a much better price than Walmart offers, and a better selection. Does Walmart carry Wix air, oil, and cabin filters? Nope. I've got to go to NAPA. And, when I get my filters at NAPA while the 1/2 off sale is running, I get smoking good prices. Better than I would ever get at Walmart. Plus, Walmart doesn't even carry an oil filter that is truly compatible for my Outback. What about when I decide to add some Techron to the tank? I get a much better price by watching for when Autozone does Techron on a 2 for 1 special. Or I buy it by the case at Costco for a better price than Walmart.

I still pick up my oil at Walmart. Along with windshield cleaner fluid and Ice interior cleaner. Oh, and Sprayway glass cleaner. But each time I try to find other auto fluids and supplies at Walmart, I end up being disappointed, and reminded that they only have a mediocre auto supply department. Except for motor oil.


You are just brand conscience and Wal-Mart does not carry most of the brands you are looking for. So it is not really a case of they do not have most of the other fluids and filter, just not your brand preference.

Wal-Mart's automotive is no different than any of their other departments, it is not all encompassing but covers most of what people are looking for on a daily basis, nor could it be everything to to everyone at anytime.

Oil is going to be a high driver because that is what people change every 3k, 5K or 10K. Brake fluid, differential fluid and air filters are going to be 30K, 60K or 90K change intervals and do not move off the shelf at the same rate as oil, so selection is going to limited and that is where a dedicated auto parts store is going to shine for the brand conscience buyer.
 
Originally Posted By: firemachine69
If the mom and pop stores hadn't charged a 100% markup on all the stuff they sold back before WalMart rolled around, they wouldn't be in the situation they're in. If their return policies actually were better than "14 days, exchange only", they wouldn't have lost so many customers.

Now that Walmart Canada got rid of the mom and pop stores, Walmart Canada does the 100% markup.

CATERHAM: Don't get me wrong, Walmart does have their good oil specials once in a while. Have you noticed they don't advertise them any longer? They seem to want to get people in the door and check the oil buried back in the corner, after wading through aisles of garbage, first. And the Canadian selection isn't that great, aside from Castrol stuff. They have a pretty wide selection of Wakefield products, including all the HDEOS, GC, 5w-40, and 0w-40. PU is history long ago, as is gold bottle Edge and M1 EP. They do some semi-permanent rollbacks, but there's nothing I need from there, and their prices on conventional are absolutely atrocious. The Tune It/Supertech is decently priced. The "everyday low prices" on most everything else in the oil aisle is horrible.
 
Because I am a red-blooded, American capitalist, I have no problem buying my Mobil 1 5w-20, or Shell Rotella 15W-40 at walmart, for a fraction of the price, compared to other places.

But sometimes I will go to the local Carquest, when it comes to parts and other things.. Nice folks, good selection, and always helpful/knowledgeable, contrary to the local NAPA "Ummm wellll it's not in the computer so I have no idea what you're talking about".
 
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Originally Posted By: jgm038
Because I am a red-blooded, American capitalist, I have no problem buying my Mobil 1 5w-20, or Shell Rotella 15W-40 at walmart, for a fraction of the price, compared to other places.

But sometimes I will go to the local Carquest, when it comes to parts and other things.. Nice folks, good selection, and always helpful/knowledgeable, contrary to the local NAPA "Ummm wellll it's not in the computer so I have no idea what you're talking about".


Don't most people have red blood? Lmao.

I know what you mean about certain auto stores having people who know nothing about what you are talking about. For instance, I've gone up to an auto store checking to see if they have a filter in stock, and then when they didn't, I asked if they had any cross references: "It's not showing any cross references" - Oh really, well it just so happens I have written down some cross refs on a piece of paper. As to which, they did have in stock. I guess sometimes the saying "the customer knows best" is put to a whole different spin, lol.
 
Originally Posted By: artificialist
Anyway, here is what I do:
Need oil and filters now? Go to Wal-Mart and pay the everyday price.
Have time to wait for a good deal? Go to Advance or Autozone and use the "Buy 5qt get a filter" sale.


This is my thinking as well. If you cannot wait and need your oil and filters now, then go to WM ... their prices are consistently less than anywhere else, and there might be a sale/rollback on the oil that you want (like right now, Mobil 1 is $22.66 at WM, that is if you like Mobil 1). If there isn't a sale, their prices are still less for the oil. If you can wait and don't necessarily need oil/filters right now, then you can look out for a deal at AAP/O'Reilly's/AZ/etc. Many times with these deals you can buy the synthetic oil/oil filter combo for less than if you paid for them separately at WM (or one at WM and the other at another store). I have also been able to get good deals on Chevron Techron Concentrate and Gumout Regane fuel system cleaner at AAP.

Right now, I don't need any oil filters because I have enough in stash. I don't like going into WM ... I try to support other businesses as much as I can. However, I cannot pay $32.99 for QSUD at AAP when I can get it at WM for $22.97. That's too much of a price difference.
 
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