halfords cheaper than ebay!!! :O

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halfords cheaper than ebay!!! :O

Post by spike4073 » 28 Sep 2011 08:19 pm

compleatly pointless thread i know but i just had the shock of my life......... i needed some new ht leads for my 340... 15-20 squid on ebay...... as i didnt have time to wait for delivery and my local spares shop was for some reason closed... i went to halfords and nearly collapsed when the guy told me the price was only £12!! ......wtf?

i know they have some kind of sale on at the moment but their sales usualy mean that their stuff is reduced from extortionate to just expensive..... realy confused:S

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Post by Speedy88 » 28 Sep 2011 08:20 pm

High supply, low demand I expect. Can get lucky in halfords from time to time...
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Post by spike4073 » 28 Sep 2011 08:23 pm

aparently so... ive heard that before but as it had never happened to me i figured it was a myth.

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Post by Minimib » 28 Sep 2011 08:29 pm

Get yourself a trade card gets a huge discount i got window wipers for my car were £18 for £4.99 was well impressed

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Post by theo2468 » 28 Sep 2011 08:36 pm

Minimib wrote:Get yourself a trade card gets a huge discount i got window wipers for my car were £18 for £4.99 was well impressed
yeah i get very good discount with my trade car on tools aswell as parts, but he can only get one if he ios in the trade remember
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Post by L14MNP » 28 Sep 2011 11:23 pm

theo2468 wrote:
Minimib wrote:Get yourself a trade card gets a huge discount i got window wipers for my car were £18 for £4.99 was well impressed
yeah i get very good discount with my trade car on tools aswell as parts, but he can only get one if he ios in the trade remember
Or has a mate that works for them lol. Mines saved me loads! I blag trade discount in Andrew Page (motorfactors) with it too. :D
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Post by Minimib » 29 Sep 2011 07:47 pm

my dad lost his and found it months later so i got it cant beat abit discount lol
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Post by Alex Laidlaw » 30 Sep 2011 08:26 am

Car parts from Halfords are cheap with the trade card, they barely keep any parts in stock any more though. They've recently stopped selling rotor arms and distributor caps. They also stock the worlds most useless range of alternator belts, I've never actually managed to buy a belt off them even for common everyday cars like the Clio.

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Post by Minimib » 30 Sep 2011 11:00 pm

i second that not that i couldnt get one but when i got it home didnt fit got a filter for my 1996 mini aswel it is exactly on the change date for the minis so got the earlier one that was wrong so got the newer one also wrong there not the best but ok for oil and stuff

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