macspeedy
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 05:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
QD plastic jugs for 49p!!
QD ??
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mr henderson
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 05:52 PM |
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I use Halfords quite a bit. I've got a trade card, and that helps.
This is a free market economy, and people are entitled to offer whatever they want at what ever price they want.
I haven't heard anything in the news about Halfords making massive profits, so it's my guess that the prices they charge reflect their
costs.
Years ago I used to work in an off-licence. People used to come in in the evening and grunt about the prices- "it's cheaper than than this
at the co-op (which was the local supermarket at the time)" so I would say something along the lines of "Why don't you go and buy it
there?" and then they would say "It's shut" and I would say "Oh" and they never figured out I was taking the piss
and that it was up to them to either pay up, or go without, or buy the stuff they wanted at the price they wanted when the shop they wanted to buy it
in was open and had stock.
John
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macspeedy
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 05:59 PM |
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The theme in this that pisses me off is that you can pay the rip off prices like a lot of motorists do for parts at dealers etc and they still go
bust, with varing results, so why should i do that at halfords....
[Edited on 27/5/09 by macspeedy]
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pif
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 09:20 PM |
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all comments accepted in good humour.
fraud was mentioned due to the constant halFRAUDs jibe.
macspeedy, will try to keep this in the good spirit of locost builders. I dont think halfords charges dealer ship prices for the majority of things
and the main difference is it will still be there in the morning to deal with any problems. As said earlier its a free economy and it always come down
to " you want one - they have one and this is the price"
hellbent345 - take that on the chin, should of been told by the first person you had contact with that paint relating to that code could not be mixed
on our system. local independant may have a way round it or may have mixed it "close", which as you say most people will never notice.
Only defence is that the first people you had contact with may have not been fully conversant with the finer detail of paint mixing and may have had a
different specialism. One thing unique about halfords is it has a broad range of product and the customers expect every body there at any minute of
any day to be a full blown expert in it but the problem with employing humans is sometimes they make mistakes. fair cop that time. ring back and
complian and get it dealt with, somebody made an error and needs to know.
pif
been a bit of a rush job really, bodged it all together in just 5 1/2 years.
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beaver34
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 09:37 PM |
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i worked for halfords for 5 years, the store is only as good ast the staff that are in it, the parts arnt as cheap as some places, but are cheaper
than others, you know there allways open, there is one in evertown, its the luck of the draw at the end of the day take it or leave it
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 09:41 PM |
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Wilko plastic measuring jug cost me about 50p and my wife works for a local parts shop as a Saturday driver and sometimes delivers parts to Halfords.
I get discount through her account where she works and batteries usually cost us under £30 depending on size.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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locogeoff
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| posted on 27/5/09 at 10:06 PM |
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I'd like to point out that last Sunday afternoon I pitched up at Halfords Dunfermline lookng for a roll of toolbox liner, I'd already
checked online to confirm they had it in stock, however it could not be found in store, and they where just bout to close.
They took my phone number, sourced one in Kirkcaldy and got it delivered to the Dunfermline branch the next day, so a big up to my local Halfords
branch, btw it was £13 for a 4m roll, the best price I've seen for Sealey stuff which is almost identical is about the same price for a 2.5m
roll annd then there's always about £5 postage on top, so good value on toolbox liners IMHO.
[Edited on 27/5/09 by locogeoff]
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