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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Here's a review on Wal-Mart oil changes from a supposedly unbiased source:
http://www.carserviceprices.com/walm...s-and-services
And, here's a video with large mouth bass fisherman, Jimmy Houston, probably created by Quaker State:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaXVm5JVVAw
Maybe Wal-Mart considers their 19.88 pit crew oil change to be a loss leader, and a method to get you into their store. It usually takes about 20-minutes to get it done at the Plymouth Wal-Mart if you show up at 7-am, when it first opens/7-days/week. So's for 20-30-minutes, or something, u need to kill the time while inside the Wal-Mart which is a pretty good way to get you to go shopping as long as you are there.
Like, maybe pick up a can of Delmonte tropical fruit salad, or something? Sometimes, u get lucky, and they have hamburger patties that's past it's sell date, that gets marked down to about $3.65/lb........down from 5.45. |
OK FLL I guess I need to inform you of a few things.
At 19.99 they are pretty much giving you that oil change at cost. Oil is bought in bulk obviously at a wholesale price so they are into that oil for about 1.50 per quart, plus filter which I have no idea what the price is on those but I would estimate that to be ~2.00 as a conservative estimate so you're looking at about $9.00 or so in parts, leaving about $11.00 in labor and or overhead. So they are not loosing money just not making any, but as you say, who isn't going to go shopping while they are there and spend more money?
As for your UNBIASED review... That "review" was copied and pasted from WalMart's website:
http://www.walmart.com/cp/Auto-Services/1087266 Scroll about half way down the page. Hmm....
Bottom line is that you like many are attracted to, no let me rephrase, cannot help themselves but to be suckered into buying something based soley on price point and Wal Mart caters to that.
Furthermore - being of the political mindset that you are, I find it interesting that you not only shop at a place that is clearly at odds with your self proclaimed philosophy, but have notoriously had a history of low wages, treating their employees poorly, circumvented the heath care law by reducing the total amount of full time employees and sources the majority of their merchandise from the sweat shops in China.
An interesting read if you even care about how Wal Mart treats their employees:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga.../#1524e996bc3d