I stopped into my local Wal-Mart today just checking over the prices on things and on the clearance rack was a big box of assorted orange Fram Filters without any packaging. They were all brand new but didn't have any pricing or barcodes or anything. They were also just thrown randomly in this big box. The box itself had a red clearance barcode marked 1.00. I was kind of curious so I talked to the shop manger, who struck me as actually being a pretty intelligent lady.
She said the price of their basic oil change went 18.00 to 25.00, so they had to cut costs by doing away with the Fram filters and are using Supertech for ALL oil changes here on out. Apparently a case of thirty Frams costs Wal-Mart about 12.00 but a case of Supertechs run about 7.00. I told here that based on what I know the Supertech is a better filter anyway but she says everybody's griping about paying for the Premium service and getting "budget" filters.
FWIW there was a little of everything in there. I saw some common ones like PF52 and 3387A and the one for 4.6 Fords (820?), and a bunch of PF43's. I snagged a couple of PF52's "just in case" I ever needed them.
She said the price of their basic oil change went 18.00 to 25.00, so they had to cut costs by doing away with the Fram filters and are using Supertech for ALL oil changes here on out. Apparently a case of thirty Frams costs Wal-Mart about 12.00 but a case of Supertechs run about 7.00. I told here that based on what I know the Supertech is a better filter anyway but she says everybody's griping about paying for the Premium service and getting "budget" filters.
FWIW there was a little of everything in there. I saw some common ones like PF52 and 3387A and the one for 4.6 Fords (820?), and a bunch of PF43's. I snagged a couple of PF52's "just in case" I ever needed them.
