Rant - Please do not hoard motor oil.

[David S.]

Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
M1 ESP (LL04/MB 229.51/VW 507) is on sale this month at my local Pepboys and someone keeps coming in every week and buying it all (2-3 cases).
I think the same happens at my local PepBoys. Every time I go there they have either none of this oil or at most 3 1-liter bottles.

Only once did they have a decent amount of Mobil-1 ESP oil. That was Black Friday 2010 when they had maybe 60 1-liter bottles. I got there when the store opened and was able to buy 24 1-liter bottles. That day all Mobil-1 was priced $4 per quart, and after a heated discussion they agreed to include the ESP in the sale (even though it is sold by the liter which is not equal to a quart).

 

[bullwinkle]

You might want to include the possibility that the EMPLOYEES at the store are buying it all!

 

[maersk]

[censored]' oil squirrels.

 

[Slick17601]

It's probably the local VW dealer.

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

[simple_gifts]

Imagine the exclusivity of oil that no one can get.... great cocktail party conversation.

 

[OilNerd]

Originally Posted By: BMWTurboDzl
M1 ESP (LL04/MB 229.51/VW 507) is on sale this month at my local Pepboys and someone keeps coming in every week and buying it all (2-3 cases). Hoarding causes shortgages since some people need to buy it to use now and not use 2 yrs down the road. Please don't do it.

End of rant.


I promise not to hoard M1 ESP.

Rebate oils? There, you're on your own.

 

[eljefino]

The service bay department gets first dibs. Have them do your oil change.

 

[mechanicx]

Don't they offer rainchecks? After the sale ends they'll probably have plenty in stock and your raincheck should still be valid.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
The service bay department gets first dibs. Have them do your oil change.

I think you're right. It's been like this for three weeks.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Don't they offer rainchecks? After the sale ends they'll probably have plenty in stock and your raincheck should still be valid.


I'll ask. Too bad the Formula M is only 229.51. They always have TONS of that stuff.

 

[dubie2003]

This is why a small stash is best. It keeps your oils current and you won't get stuck with gallons of a grade that you no longer need and will be forced to blend to get a usable viscosity. I usually have enought for 1-2 changes per vehicle on hand so that I don't have to go to the store the day before to hopefully find what I want.

 

[carroll7645]

Thats what I do, keep a change or two for each vehicle. It just so happens I have six vehicles, but no more than two changes, thats it.....unless I can find it on sale.....then I stock up. Just cleaned Pepboys out last week.

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
I have enough oil...I won't hoard...unless I find another screamin' deal like M1 TDT 5W40 for $1.98/Qt...then, well, then, I might increase my stash by a case or so...


I got that same deal in NY when a Strauss Store closed. I paid $1.97/qt, makes you wonder how much they mark up oil. I took all 6 cases.

 

[AlienBug]

Originally Posted By: demarpaint
Originally Posted By: Astro14
I have enough oil...I won't hoard...unless I find another screamin' deal like M1 TDT 5W40 for $1.98/Qt...then, well, then, I might increase my stash by a case or so...


I got that same deal in NY when a Strauss Store closed. I paid $1.97/qt, makes you wonder how much they mark up oil. I took all 6 cases.

Markup on oil is negative, it's actually a mark-down.


Quote:
One of my first jobs ever was as a salesman at an auto parts store, where I quickly learned which products had the highest profit margins. Management encouraged us to push these products.
Our top selling product in the store, however, was an item we sold below cost—motor oil. Despite this fact, motor oil was at the forefront of every ad we ran. At first, I was bewildered. Why were we pushing motor oil so hard if we lost money on every sale?
The answer was very simple. Motor oil is used by every auto parts store as a loss leader—a product that a retailer intentionally sells at a loss to draw more customers into the store.
Drawing customers through the store with "loss leaders"
Walk into just about any auto parts store and you notice that the motor oil is shelved in the very back of the store, typically next to the parts counter where the sales people can most effectively stalk their customers.
The reason for this is twofold. First, buying motor oil requires you to walk the longest path through the store to get to it. As you pass by all the other items on your long walk to and from the oil room, you may be inspired to do some impulse buying.
Secondly, it gives sales people a chance to swoop down on customers.


Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Pro...6#ixzz1JP2z5sob
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[Artem]

^haha. Thanks for the read, Don.

 

[EricJRoy]

or just buy Mobil 1 0w-40 and run it in everything

 

[d00df00d]

Originally Posted By: EricJRoy
or just buy Mobil 1 0w-40 and run it in everything

Not good for the kinds of cars that take Mobil 1 ESP.

 

[engineerscott]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
Hmm...and where do we draw the lines between a responsible bit of preparedness...a modest stash...and outright obsessive hoarding?


We don't. This is still America. You can buy all the oil you can afford.

 

[ltslimjim]

Originally Posted By: carroll7645
Thats what I do, keep a change or two for each vehicle. It just so happens I have six vehicles, but no more than two changes, thats it.....unless I can find it on sale.....then I stock up. Just cleaned Pepboys out last week.


So, it was you!!!

 

[Artem]

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