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Title: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 April 2015, 13:44:05
Went in to get a drive belt and some TC 10W40 oil - told it's not TC anymore for '3 for 4' 5l tubs = 20 litres, they've just 'corrected' the price, meaning that for 20l it now works out at £39. and some pence. Anyone else had this? Or was the guy telling porkies, as it used to be £30 for 20litres. It's still a cheap price, just wanted to check, really  :y
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: YZ250 on 09 April 2015, 13:49:50
I paid £27 last week. Comes in a grey 20L drum now with 'Trade Club Engine Oil' written on the drum.  :y
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 09 April 2015, 13:52:21
Grrrr!!! See I thought it didn't sound right!! Thanks for that.  :)
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 09 April 2015, 13:53:21
The offers do indeed vary, you have to ask what the current offer is... can be 4x5L for cost of 3x5L or 20litre drum, sometimes GM branded, sometimes Chevrolet branded... but either way, £10 a gallon is pretty good in the grand scheme of things :y
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: chrisgixer on 09 April 2015, 17:58:28
Grrrr!!! See I thought it didn't sound right!! Thanks for that.  :)

4 x 5ltr bottles is slightly more expensive than the 20ltr drum. But then it always was. Some prefer it in 5 litre cans as its easier to poor and throw away the old stuff down the dump.

Tc oil price no longer exists. Because they made the TC oil price, the price!

They even print trade club oil on the side as said. So there's no excuse now, you don't even need to be on tc to get tc oil.


....although I'm sure Sir Carrots will think otherwise ;D
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 09 April 2015, 18:35:48

....although I'm sure Sir Carrots will think otherwise ;D

Who dat den?  :-\  ::)  ;D

As a non TC type person I have bought GM oil at TC prices, so if the Member from Reading is referring to me, I don't think otherwise.  ::)

However.....  Last time I went in to buy some I got told that they didn't have any in stock, or group stock and didn't know when they were getting any.  :-\  I'd rather he'd just told me to go forth and multiply, as that's what he obviously meant.  ::)  >:(
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: chrisgixer on 09 April 2015, 18:40:09

....although I'm sure Sir Carrots will think otherwise ;D

Who dat den?  :-\  ::)  ;D

As a non TC type person I have bought GM oil at TC prices, so if the Member from Reading is referring to me, I don't think otherwise.  ::)

However.....  Last time I went in to buy some I got told that they didn't have any in stock, or group stock and didn't know when they were getting any.  :-\  I'd rather he'd just told me to go forth and multiply, as that's what he obviously meant.  ::)  >:(

I wonder why? ;D
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Merlindriver on 09 April 2015, 21:04:13
That's interesting, it's always been a shade under £40 + VAT from my local Vx dealer. That makes it just shy of £48 or £12 a can which is still cheap for good oil.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: YZ250 on 09 April 2015, 21:49:41
I paid £27 last week. Comes in a grey 20L drum now with 'Trade Club Engine Oil' written on the drum.  :y

To add to my post above, my receipt says:

VUKTOTW01 Trade Club Oil  £27.95 + vat  = Total £33.54

This may help if you need to quote numbers.  :y

Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Keith ABS on 10 April 2015, 07:37:34
We were told in this area that the 5 litre cans were no longer available only the 20 litre drum now. Last time I was at my tc dealer it was £26 plus vat for the 20 litre

Keith b
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 10 April 2015, 09:01:29
Cheers boys. Can't understand why the guy was claiming they don't do the 20 litre drums... how does it happen that one dealer does, and another doesn't? Don't recall ever going in to buy an oil filter and the guy saying 'oh, no we don't do oil filters at this branch, try SLady bitshorpe' strange  ???
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: henryd on 10 April 2015, 11:49:45
Cheers boys. Can't understand why the guy was claiming they don't do the 20 litre drums... how does it happen that one dealer does, and another doesn't? Don't recall ever going in to buy an oil filter and the guy saying 'oh, no we don't do oil filters at this branch, try SLady bitshorpe' strange  ???

I had a similar issue at my local dealer when I had my Omega,I asked for a HBV and was told they were no longer available,I gave him the part number and when he checked suddenly he had one on the shelf ::),go figure ???
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 10 April 2015, 11:55:03
You're in that minority of people what found they had a part for the Omega on the shelf! Got my drive belt the other day, but everything else recently has been a few days wait as it has to come from the Fatherland...
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 10 April 2015, 16:36:58
Just rang them (actually went in the last time) got a price for 20 litres... £29 + vat, so £34.80.

 ::)

Baffling! Put on a silly voice and didn't give my name, and I get a better price than when I went in and recognise me, and know I've been going in there for 15 years!
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Shackeng on 10 April 2015, 16:53:06
Just rang them (actually went in the last time) got a price for 20 litres... £29 + vat, so £34.80.

 ::)

Baffling! Put on a silly voice and didn't give my name, and I get a better price than when I went in and recognise me, and know I've been going in there for 15 years!

I have discovered over the years that ringing any commercial outlet - as in motor factors/builders merchants etc. - if you ring and say " can you give me a price for...?" rather than "how much is...?" you will frequently get a better price, the phrase implying that you are checking prices, (which you can always add to the question anyway.) :y
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 10 April 2015, 16:56:46
Yep  :)

Still don't get why I got a couple of quid more than YZ250.. and over a fiver cheaper thant he other day... also when I asked is that TC, he said "no...hang on, TC price is £32"  :o
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Steve B on 10 April 2015, 17:06:27
You can never get cam covers off them at trade price i noticed, But oil is £7.42 each if you buy 4
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 28 April 2015, 11:37:20
Just rang them (actually went in the last time) got a price for 20 litres... £29 + vat, so £34.80.

 ::)

Baffling! Put on a silly voice and didn't give my name, and I get a better price than when I went in and recognise me, and know I've been going in there for 15 years!


SO... went in, quoted the number VUKTOTW01, and the price I was given, got it for £38.62.. sigh! It's mega, mega cheap for that amount of oil, and that's basically four oil changes, of course, but nevertheless, bugs me that there are now three prices for the same quantity of oil  :o
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Shackeng on 28 April 2015, 22:44:21
Just rang them (actually went in the last time) got a price for 20 litres... £29 + vat, so £34.80.

 ::)

Baffling! Put on a silly voice and didn't give my name, and I get a better price than when I went in and recognise me, and know I've been going in there for 15 years!




SO... went in, quoted the number VUKTOTW01, and the price I was given, got it for £38.62.. sigh! It's mega, mega cheap for that amount of oil, and that's basically four oil changes, of course, but nevertheless, bugs me that there are now three prices for the same quantity of oil  :o

I don't understand that, if they give you a price, that's what you pay. Good idea to get their name when asking mind.  :y
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Steve B on 28 April 2015, 23:40:09
Just rang them (actually went in the last time) got a price for 20 litres... £29 + vat, so £34.80.

 ::)

Baffling! Put on a silly voice and didn't give my name, and I get a better price than when I went in and recognise me, and know I've been going in there for 15 years!


SO... went in, quoted the number VUKTOTW01, and the price I was given, got it for £38.62.. sigh! It's mega, mega cheap for that amount of oil, and that's basically four oil changes, of course, but nevertheless, bugs me that there are now three prices for the same quantity of oil  :o
Three  :y  You should of grabbed three oil filters too  :y
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 29 April 2015, 09:04:06
Got one oil filter on standby, via Keith B at ABS, but always worth having one or two in spare, true.

As you say Shackeng that's the price - how there's been so many prices I have no idea.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: terry paget on 02 May 2015, 14:26:24
I bought 20 litres 10W-40 TC oil VUKTOTW01 17 April 2015 at Drive Vauxhall for £220.50 plus VAT. It's strange how the price varies.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 02 May 2015, 14:31:07
Were you pissed or ill at the time :o

That's about £170-180 more than you needed to spend for 20 litres of Gm oil :-\

Should be able to buy 20+ GALLONS for that.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: tigers_gonads on 02 May 2015, 14:33:56
Tried for a 20 ltr drum of 10/40 semi synth from my local stealer.
I was told that it is no longer trade club and they don't do 20 ltr drums anymore, only 5 ltr cans which are a flat price of 12 quid each plus the deeded .........
No 4 for 3 offers anymore either  :(
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 May 2015, 14:38:19
I bought 20 litres 10W-40 TC oil VUKTOTW01 17 April 2015 at Drive Vauxhall for £220.50 plus VAT. It's strange how the price varies.

Surely a typo. :o :o :o
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 02 May 2015, 14:40:16
You would hope so :-\
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 02 May 2015, 14:50:31
Bound to be.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: terry paget on 02 May 2015, 17:54:58
Quite right. meant to say £22.50 I would have challenged £220.50.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 02 May 2015, 17:56:33
 ;D
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: X30XE on 02 May 2015, 18:28:46
My local dealer has different offers on all the time. If you ask them to they'll put you on their email list and then they send out adverts when stuff is on offer.  Unlike Leekes.co.uk and ultimatefinish.co.uk they don't do it every 4 frigging seconds either!  >:(

Last time I bought some it was low twenties for 20ltr drum, yesterday it was high thirties so I said I'll wait thanks.
Title: Re: Trade Club Oil - price?
Post by: 05omegav6 on 02 May 2015, 18:47:17
Quite right. meant to say £22.50 I would have challenged £220.50.
I should say so too ;)