Originally Posted by UG_Passat
Originally Posted by jeepman3071
Originally Posted by TiGeo
Just not interesting in the PITA of doing the FCP Euro/take advantage of their ridiculous policy thing. I get why folks do it though - if they wanted to stop it it would be easy to exclude fluids from their lifetime guarantee policy. Also, they clearly have done the math and know that they sell more doing this from all the extra things people buy than they lose.
I don't see how it's a PITA. Dump the used oil back into the old containers, put it in the supplied bag/box and drop it off at the post office. Much easier than driving to walmart for oil.
Have you actually priced out the shipping at the post office? It's quite a lot for regular consumers.
I tried to send back wiper blades in the original cardboard box it came in, and USPS wanted $40 to ship, which was more than what I paid for in the first place.
$40 to ship wiper blades? What the heck? I've shipped heavy small engine parts for less than that. For me I always use the lowest cost option to ship the box back to FCP. Last time it was $12-$13 I believe for my sister's kit for her Jetta. It's cheaper than pretty much any synthetic oil I can get for the car (7 quarts + filter). The post office is also next door to one of the buildings I work in, so I can walk there. I get how it would be more expensive for some people because of shipping though. I sell quite a bit of stuff on ebay, and shipping has really gotten crazy the last few years, along with the post office losing stuff.
Edit: I should add that I don't believe Liqui-Moly is superior to anything you can get at WalMart like Mobil 1 or Castrol 0w40. In fact before this change I ran Castrol 0w40 in my car, and still use it for a neighbor's 330xi E46 and a friend's 330i E46 ZHP I maintain. It just happens to work out cheaper for me to do FCP.
Originally Posted by jeepman3071
Originally Posted by TiGeo
Just not interesting in the PITA of doing the FCP Euro/take advantage of their ridiculous policy thing. I get why folks do it though - if they wanted to stop it it would be easy to exclude fluids from their lifetime guarantee policy. Also, they clearly have done the math and know that they sell more doing this from all the extra things people buy than they lose.
I don't see how it's a PITA. Dump the used oil back into the old containers, put it in the supplied bag/box and drop it off at the post office. Much easier than driving to walmart for oil.
Have you actually priced out the shipping at the post office? It's quite a lot for regular consumers.
I tried to send back wiper blades in the original cardboard box it came in, and USPS wanted $40 to ship, which was more than what I paid for in the first place.
$40 to ship wiper blades? What the heck? I've shipped heavy small engine parts for less than that. For me I always use the lowest cost option to ship the box back to FCP. Last time it was $12-$13 I believe for my sister's kit for her Jetta. It's cheaper than pretty much any synthetic oil I can get for the car (7 quarts + filter). The post office is also next door to one of the buildings I work in, so I can walk there. I get how it would be more expensive for some people because of shipping though. I sell quite a bit of stuff on ebay, and shipping has really gotten crazy the last few years, along with the post office losing stuff.
Edit: I should add that I don't believe Liqui-Moly is superior to anything you can get at WalMart like Mobil 1 or Castrol 0w40. In fact before this change I ran Castrol 0w40 in my car, and still use it for a neighbor's 330xi E46 and a friend's 330i E46 ZHP I maintain. It just happens to work out cheaper for me to do FCP.
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