Hiya all,

Just to give you all a heads up on some tools going cheap (or is it the budgie that goes cheap?)

Rachet Spanners


Tool Set

Both have a Lifetime Guarantee but the Guarantee doesn't cover misuse or wear and tear on the rachet mechanism.

[Edited on 1/1/09 by DorsetStrider]

Nearest store to me with stock is Ayr, which is 40 miles away unfortunately.

That is dirt cheap for the quadbox spanners . They are identical to the Draper ones I'm trying to sell that cost me £16.75 plus vat , which is suposed to be a special Promotion trade Price

Retail these are suposed to be £60 from Draper, no wonder I cant sell them even at £25

I'm beginning to hate Halfords

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Originally posted by zilspeed
Nearest store to me with stock is Ayr, which is 40 miles away unfortunately.

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The usual story - none in stock in a 40 mile radius and not available for home delivery- is this why we don't use the Halfords trade card very much?

Brilliant
Just reserved a set - only 28 miles away

Edit - at Cannock , in case anyone out thar way wants some .

[Edited on 2/1/09 by clairetoo]

Exeter for me - 87 miles! And that's in a straight line across the water!

Could somebody who's getting a set get one for me and post them on? I'll pay obviously!

Wyn

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Originally posted by lsdweb
Could somebody who's getting a set get one for me and post them on? I'll pay obviously!

Wyn

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I just thought I'd phone first , to be sure they have them before I go - and they have run out
So I checked the site again - and........nothing anywhere The store search only wants to go as far as Stoke-on-trent )
If anybody can find some ?

Thanks Claire!

If you get one for me please let me know how much I'll owe you and I'll send it off as soon as I can. I'm away for the weekend though!

Ta

Wyn

Thanks for the headsup - just reserved a set 7 miles from me

Nearest to me is 21miles... well actually its 38 miles via multimap route.

Just a word of warning. I reserved a set this morning only to get a call from the store and hour or so later to tell me that they had none and hadn't had any for quite some time. It would appear that the computer system isn't completely up to date

I've reserved 2 sets..... who wants one ?

Price plus postage cost....

Thats if they actually have any !!! Like Richard said, they might not actually have any!

Me please ..............if they have any , that is....

[Edited on 2/1/09 by clairetoo]

No problem, ratchet spanner set reserved for claire. if they have anymore i'll get them.

No luck Rang them to check... obsolete line. Dont sell them anymore. Sorry Claire

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Originally posted by Ben_Copeland
No luck Rang them to check... obsolete line. Dont sell them anymore. Sorry Claire

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Still a current line on Draper , if they become a discontinued line and significantly cheeper I'll give you all a heads up . Sorry if I'm crossing the line on trading on the site . Did intend to move to trader status but been too busy lately.
I'll look into it later in the month honest !!

I've just reserved one in Leeds.

Called them to check and it is the last 1

I preordered 2 sets online from my local branch (Gravesend)
just been up there to collect them.....
None in stock.

So I kicked off big time...
Demanding something else to replace them. After all I had driven 30 miles to get them.....ish .;.......well maby 5 miles.
So they gave me these for £10
not bad Hu? £39.99 retail


David..... All smug and that

buy of the century

Similar story for me - a phone call from one store to tell me it wasn't actually in stock, reserved one from another store, when I got there one of the spanners was missing.......

Damm. I'm obviously not as good at haggling. The Leigh branch "misplaced" my set reserved on the internet and would only let me have the big set for £20 - spose not too bad a deal, was on sale at £39.99 reduced from £79.99

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Originally posted by dogwood
I preordered 2 sets online from my local branch (Gravesend)
just been up there to collect them.....
None in stock.

So I kicked off big time...
Demanding something else to replace them. After all I had driven 30 miles to get them.....ish .;.......well maby 5 miles.
So they gave me these for £10
not bad Hu? £39.99 retail


David..... All smug and that

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Originally posted by antimony
Damm. I'm obviously not as good at haggling. The Leigh branch "misplaced" my set reserved on the internet and would only let me have the big set for £20 - spose not too bad a deal, was on sale at £39.99 reduced from £79.99
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Yea. I would have been happy to pay £20 for the set as well.
Was I supprised when he said I could have them for a tenner..
Who am I to argue.....

David

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RazMan - 2/1/09 at 04:23 PM

You jammy git!

I tried the same trick today and just got a flat refusal for any sort of discount - nothing, nada

I considered lying on the floor and having a screaming tantrum but thought better of it

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mr_pr - 2/1/09 at 06:34 PM

I went into the Blackburn store armed with a 'I have driven across bloody miles in all this traffic and you haven't got it' story when they handed me the spanners.

I was almost disappointed!

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gingerprince - 12/1/09 at 09:17 PM

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Originally posted by clairetoo
Ho hum
I wonder if anyone has managed to actually buy a set of these ?

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I did Very nice bits of kit (especially for the price!). Be good to keep in the car for roadside tweaks too.

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