really walmart, i guess you dont want my money

Yep your right, my 15w40 says T-5.

5 gallon pails are great to have around, I think I have a stack of 30-40 of them. I guess the guys who take the used oil, filters and plastic jugs will take pails also, I just cant seem to part with them though.

The local Ag dealership have a bulk setup similar to what you describe, they use some type of pumping and measuring system and have several locations around there shop where they can fill jugs. The newest shop has a fill wand setup in each of there bays, and in addition to that a central greasing system as well. Its pretty neat, and there greasers have one heck of a force behind them

 

Have you talked to a local ag dealer? I used to work for a local ag dealer and they would buy it in bulk off a truck and would save some. My uncle who works out of his shop has a contaier that was used to store vineger at a food factory, dont ask how he got a hold of it another story. He put it up 3 ft of the ground and uses 5 gal bucks or 2 1/2 gal jugs. View attachment 81068

 

The thing is in retail they make a lot of employees "managers" so they don't have to pay overtime, etc.

May not have a whole lot to do with their qualifications. You know like a "fleet manger" at a trucking company.

 

Good idea.

 

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Walmart is a just in time inventory retailer. It's part of how they offer such a large variety of stuff at low prices. Even tailor individual store inventory to purchasing patterns at the store. They pioneered the concept in the 70's and are a case study in undergrad business courses. There really isn't anything "in back." The stores carry 5-10% inventory off the shelves on fast moving items only. If you want a lot of something, you have to go buy what they have in stock each day. The store order goes in from the register when you check out, and the stock is replenished the next day. That's just how they work. Sometimes you can get more quantity online. I do that when I buy Wrangler jeans. The store keeps two pairs of each size in stock. If I get to a store before noon, I can usually find two pairs, never more. I've ordered four pairs online. If you want that oil, you'll probably have to go to multiple stores or on separate days to get the number you want.

However, I'm betting those $20 gallons of syn Rotella are limited purchase items. Loss leaders. Their buyers grinded Shell to give a few truckloads away to promote all their other crap. To retail buyers. They are clearly targeting the pickup or car owner who will only buy 1-2 gals at a time. Expecting them to also buy tires, filters, wiper blades, and seat covers and whatnot for more profit than the oil while they are there. The random trucker that comes in will just be out of luck if they want to buy more than what's on the shelf of that product at once.

It's no use to get mad at Walmart when you are the one shopping at the wrong store for a particular product or quantity, or expecting them to honor a deep discount price for a limited purchase item on unlimited quantity. Walmart may be all kinds of evil to some, but it ain't your neighborhood truck parts dealer with a store manager that's going to be able to accommodate everyone that walks in. As others have mentioned, it's not that great a deal anyway.

 

Being somebody that worked for walmart for 5 years, I can confirm that this is true. Generally the only time something is ordered in surplus is the week prior to a new sale or for seasonal events (ie, holidays or black friday) and the employees can't easily order more of a product in most departments.

As for shelves being empty or often not having enough of something, that is due to things that mess up the system. Things that get stolen or damaged wont count towards needing to order more of a product. If there are supposed to be 12 of an item on a shelf, but 6 are missing, the computer will only see 6 sold a week and think the shelf still has product on it and not reorder it yet. In which case, the item will routinely be out of stock until an inventory count is taken and updated in the system.

Only exceptions to this are departments that contain perishable items. Produce, deli, bakery, frozen food, meat, and dairy normally order their own items due to lack of shelf life. But even then sale items will get auto delivered a few days before a sale happens. Pets department manually orders fish if they sell fish.

 

so i bought all they had witch i probably shouldn't have out of principle. for another id rather leave something on the shelf for the next person that might only need a gallon or two could get some. and yet another i don't want to run to all opposite ends of town to get what i want. I don't need it today but i know ill use it if i can get it on a discount might as well stock up, i would have been just fine to come pick it up after there next truck comes in. .[/QUOTE]


We drivers are so nice for our own good.

 

Except when referring to us, we are only a reflection of a small minority that actually know how to be sociable and cooperate with the world around us.

Not to mention, most if not all of us, know how the industry works. Stores can only do what they are able to do. We are realistic in that we don't throw a #####-fit or tantrum like others do because we are a part of the chain that makes up retail.

...there are plenty of drivers who aren't so nice and ruin it for the rest of us.