[tucsonjwt]

Yes, you have to mail in the rebates and include original receipt, but O'Reillys gives you duplicate receipts at checkout along with the coupons. I find all of the companies live up to their promises on the rebates - I never had one not come through, but I always follow the instructions to the letter. I plan to use the O'Reilly rebate cards to buy more "free" oil or other "free" stuff in the future, so no more cash out of pocket for a while, just recycle those rebate cards, or sell the cards at a slight discount on Ebay if I get tired of stockpiling. I did have some trouble with one of the local O'Reilly stores not understanding the rebates and ringing up the order wrong, but they were real busy and I just told them to void the order and went to another store. That second store was also busy, but the store clerk knew exactly what to do and made sure everything was correct - even went to the back room to get me some boxes to fit all the oil and filters.

I went for both the Peak oil (10 qts.), Valvoline NextGen (10 qts.), and one pair of Trico wiper blades. I think I will go back for another pair of those Trico wiper blades - they seem to work best so far - just like the new vehicles, big and fat, wipe smooth. We'll see how they hold up in the desert heat - I usually get 6 months tops on a pair of wiper blades before the fall apart.

I got 10 qts of Mobil oil from O"Reilly a couple of weeks ago with a similar deal, so I have 30 qts. of oil in the shed now, along with 6 oil filters. My BB takes 7 qts., so I stock up. I still have 12 qts. of Shell oil in the shed from about 5 years ago, so that makes about 42 qts. in storage, along with about 6 more various oil filters from previous deals, plus a couple of air filters and breather elements. I take advantage of all the free (or nearly free) stuff I can get. As long as I am using the same 10W40 oil I don't care about the brand, as long as I don't mix the brands in one oil change.