Price of a Qt of Aviation Oil

I fly an RV. We don't need to buy oil. We are so fast that we actually create oil from the bug smashes from the leading edge of the wing. :D
 
Here is your Geico "Oshkosh Tip Of The Day".

The oil specials Shell and Phillips have at OSH include free delivery via ATV to your plane or camp site if you buy 3 cases. Wait to buy until you are tired and need a ride to your plane or camp site. I buy 9 cases of oil a year. Sell what I don't use .... for a nice profit. I get a ride back to the plane, make a couple of bucks to reduce costs of oil even more. :dunno:

Life is good when you listen to the lizzard's TOD. :lol:
 
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My A&P delivers Shell 100plus to my hangar for just under $5.00/qt. Best price I have come across. It may have gone up though. Before the new engine I used a lot of oil. Since then, not so much so it has been almost a year since I bought a case.
 
I can pick up oil from a local distributor for about $4.50/qt, for Phillips 15w50
 
I don't buy at the airport either. I've been buying from Oakland Lubrication, the distributor in SWMO, for years. Today's price is $62.40/case for either AeroShell W80 or W100, that's $5.20/qt.

I THINK the local airport is $7.
 
Home FBO just jumped from $7.50 to $8.25 per quart for Aeroshell 15w50. Time to find a better deal, as we buy by the case and can afford a little mogas to save some money.
 
Geez, no wonder FBOs are charging handling/landing fees, what with everyone buying their oil from Amazon.com!

Just kidding...sort of.
 
The local distributor sells retail for not much more than he sells it to me for resale. What I buy goes on the shelf and I apply a 40 percent mark-up. Divide some of the numbers that you see above by .6.

If you ask me to get you a case and I don't have to stock it, I'll mark it up 20% which costs you a little more than getting it from the distributor yourself. I get paid a little for getting it for you.

Some of the oil stays on the shelf for a very long time (Shell 120 W, BP 2380) and I may have to write it off for being out of date. Any one know of a good use for out dated turbine oil (Aeroshell 500 & 540)?? I sold on can for an out dated turbocharger or supercharger for a vintage car engine.

The quart of oil you buy from the FBO is going to cost quite a bit more than if you get it yourself by the case from the distributor. If you have the storage space, that is the way to go. Carry it with you on trips or be prepared to pay more at the FBOs on the way.
 
Gary said:
Funny you should ask that question! :D

$7.08/qt - Aeroshell 15/50, delivered.

Gary
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Are you sure, I thought we calculated it to be about $6.65 yesterday

tmyers said:
It would be interesting to know how much the FBO pays
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Good question. The reason I asked the question in post #1 was after a flight yesterday Gary went to pay for some fuel at the line desk and the price of a quart was listed at $10.59 per Qt. I thought gee did I miss something as I had always priced it at $6-$7 per qt. guess I didn't miss anything.
 
Quart of oil is over $8 at the FBO, Aeroshell 15-50.

I try to buy a case from an oil distributor and get it for a little over $7 per quart delivered.
 
AdamZ said:
What do you pay for a Quart of Oil at your airport?
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Buy oil at the airport? Whuy the heck do that when you can get cases much cheaper when there are big airshows and the dealers have them on special?

I buy my Exxon Elite fromm these guys: http://www.eliteetc.com/exavoilel20.html

They usually run show specials, waive shipping, $50 gift card, 10% etc. I get a couple of cases then and that lasts for a year.
 
$6.00 Phillips 15 50
 
There has been some discussion of a group of us buying a 55-gallon drum of AeroShell 100w.
 
Dividing by .6 is not a 40% markup but a 40% margin. Take $1.00 and divide by .6 and you get $1.66666 or a 67% markup. Sounds high to me.
 
ScottM said:
Buy oil at the airport? Whuy the heck do that when you can get cases much cheaper when there are big airshows and the dealers have them on special?

I buy my Exxon Elite fromm these guys: http://www.eliteetc.com/exavoilel20.html

They usually run show specials, waive shipping, $50 gift card, 10% etc. I get a couple of cases then and that lasts for a year.
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That's where I get mine.
 
tmyers said:
Dividing by .6 is not a 40% markup but a 40% margin. Take $1.00 and divide by .6 and you get $1.66666 or a 67% markup. Sounds high to me.
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Divide 60 cents by .6 and you get $1.00. 40% of the retail price is mark-up. That was standard when I moonlighted at Sears many years ago. For items that were more of a luxury, 50% of the retail price was mark-up. I am talking about the portion of the retail price that is added by the retailer, what ever you want to call it.
 
AdamZ said:
Are you sure, I thought we calculated it to be about $6.65 yesterday
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Yep. Went back to look. $85 a case. Was really the convenience, a simple e-mail - hey Brian, need a case of oil - and it gets dropped off ready to pick up. Maybe could get it cheaper elsewhere, but the ease was worth it.

Gary
 
Last qt of oil I bought was about $5. Then I found a place where I could buy for about $4, but it costs me about $10 to go get it. So a case is about break even, and I gotta drive a while @$42/hr. So I just spend the five bucks.
Kinda like savin' $.10 a gallon on gas, when ya gotta drive 10 miles to get it, and buy 30 gallons plus to break even on the difference of a $10 pruchase.
 
Graueradler said:
Divide 60 cents by .6 and you get $1.00. 40% of the retail price is mark-up. That was standard when I moonlighted at Sears many years ago. For items that were more of a luxury, 50% of the retail price was mark-up. I am talking about the portion of the retail price that is added by the retailer, what ever you want to call it.
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My room mate in college worked at a shoe store. He used to tell me that they bought shoes for $20 and sold them for $40...a 50% mark-up.

To which I'd always reply...WTF? Really? That's 100% mark-up in my math major mind. That's 50% profit not 50% mark-up.

I never did understand the reverse logic but I've since learned that it seems to be the standard way of looking at it in retail sales.
 
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timwinters said:
My room mate in college worked at a shoe store. He used to tell me that they bought shoes for $20 and sold them for $40...a 50% mark-up.

To which I'd always reply...WTF? Really? That's 100% mark-up in my math major mind. That's 50% profit not 50% mark-up.

I never did understand the reverse logic but I've since learned that it seems to be the standard way of looking at it in retail sales.
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Yup - margin versus markup - it'll drive anybody other than an accountant crazy.
 
Our airport doesn't have oil, but it has it's own stalker.:mad:
 
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