On 4/24/05 16:29, "Robert Cardo" <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET> wrote: > Other than the fact that the oil burner usually ( in most applications) > puts more torque to the ground, and most of the time gets better fuel > economy. > No advantage in this pocket bleeding market. > The gas here is $2.29 the fuel is $2.59 > The backwash is demanding higher prices. > Petty good marketing concept. > What really floored me is I went to a favorite discount store ready to > procure a case of 20 / 50 Castrol GTX . > Oil change time. > I almost died when I saw the price. > $2.00 per quart, case lot or not. > One question. > > Where does one buy a "case of oil" today? > I mean a real case. > 24 cans or bottles?? > > When did someone determine the definition of a case of oil was 12 > container's ?? > > Pop and beer is 24 per case, how come oil isn't ?? > > Been playing with cars for a lot of years and I donΉt remember oil in the bigger boxes since it was in cans. And then I only remember shell coming that way. As for bulk pricing for oil... Here and in other places the only discounts on oil are for pallet load buys. Most small shops are paying the same prices you get at the discount stores for their oil (if bought by the quart), but they get it delivered. Back when I worked in various FLAPS we would watch the gas prices and if they went up for a couple weeks we knew what would be happening about 3 weeks down the road with the rest of oil based product prices in the store. Motor oil would go up at about the 3 week point by about the same percentage as the gas prices went up. Sometimes the jump made synth oil a good buy. Oil prices effect are now also being felt in the grocery stores as well. Transportation costs start to hit your stores if fuel prices rise more than a couple weeks as well. jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com |
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