SURPRISE!

[bmaverick]

Plenty of YouTube videos of oil change places still ripping off people

When I had oil change places doing it, Valvoline shops where you sit in the vehicle would clearly demonstrate the draining, filling and showing you your dipstick of clean oil.

However, the question in my mind was, what brand did they put in and was it really 10W30 at that time.

 

[Jstpssng]

I do recall standing in line behind someone trying to return an old beat up drill to HD back in 1997 when I was building my house. HD denied the return, said they never dolfd that model. The man trying to return it got very upset with them.

I saw the same thing at Sears, back when it was worth shopping there. A woman was trying to return a pair of jeans, a brand which I had only seen at Walmart. She had "Received them as a gift and this is where they came from." I've always wished I had spoken up as she berated the clerk and slammed the store. It was obvious she knew she was trying to pull one over on them.

 

[HAR]

It is happening everywhere and all the time. My son recently ordered a $60 electronics item from a 'new' internet seller on Amazon. As he was not confident, he used a 'gift' card to do the purchase...one to make sure that if scammed, they could only withdraw the max amount on the card, and two, Amazon is fairly good at backing up bogus purchases. What he received, in a very small box, was a shower cap, in a bag, in a box. He took photos of the whole deal and forwarded it to Amazon. He got his credit, and the 'seller' is no longer on Amazon, well, at least not now by the old name.

 

[Doofy]

There needs to be a simpler way to weed out China vendors or other bad actors. Wife ordered me some butter cookies for Christmas a couple of years ago and didn't notice they were coming from China. Several months after Christmas, a very small envelope arrived with about a tablespoon of cookie crumbs. This was a $30 order and pictured a large bag of cookies.

We are much more aware these days.

 

[HAR]

What I would really like to see, and wonder if others would as well. Web stores have all sorts of 'sort' options, such as price, color, size, etc. I would like to see an option selection on all web store fronts "CERTIFIED MADE IN THE USA ITEM". I would gladly pay extra for that peace of mind! They all think that we only want to buy by price alone. I slowly weed my way through purchase options, looking specifically for "Made in the USA". And, if I purchase and receive a misrepresented item, I return as "not what I ordered" and if there is an option for the reason include that it was not "Made in USA." Maybe someday, vendors might get the hint, and maybe some production will return to our shores. There are a few web sites that will list where you can buy 'Made in the USA' items, but places like Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc could do a real favor and allow us to decide what we want.

 

[c50ge]

I was a mechanic for 30 years. We'd get used spark plugs delivered all the time. It was usually at end of the day when customer needed their car.

The parts store probably did that to get back at you for ordering late in the day!

 

[hornett22]

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The parts store probably did that to get back at you for ordering late in the day!

I doubt it. I made them a lot of money.

 

[Jstpssng]

There needs to be a simpler way to weed out China vendors or other bad actors. Wife ordered me some butter cookies for Christmas a couple of years ago and didn't notice they were coming from China. Several months after Christmas, a very small envelope arrived with about a tablespoon of cookie crumbs. This was a $30 order and pictured a large bag of cookies.

We are much more aware these days.

I would like to see country of origin on everything I buy, but don't see it happening.


In spring 2020 I ordered (2) aftermarket 6ah Dewalt batteries for a seemingly good price. It wasn't until they put a hold on my PayPal account that I discovered they were from a Chinese country, it was in Chinese. (Mandarin?) I never heard another word from them, no order confirmation, estimated delivery date or anything; but a few weeks later the batteries arrived. Yet they never completed the payment process so I ended up getting two free batteries.

 

[thelanterns]

Was changing the oil in a nephew's car and he had picked up some Mobil 1 oil and a Mobil 1 filter at Walmart. Everything went well until we pulled the "new" oil filter out of the box. We found a used filter in the box.

Open those boxes and double check.... Car will now sit on the lift and after work today when he will return my car with a new filter in hand.

And when you go to take it back, they will think that you are the scammer.

 

[thelanterns]

Same thing happened to me with a $56 bottle of Rotella T6. I had the truck all drained out and was going to put in the new oil, opened the screw lid with no click... hmm... then the foil looked a little janky (because it was regular tin foil glued to the bottle) and I found 2.5 gallons of used oil. WalMart return scam. Dang!

Your post reminded me of a YT video from a Kubota dealer where they bought a used tractor and found a piece of that oil jug tinfoil inside the engine which seized the engine. One little piece.