DarrenW
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| posted on 17/12/05 at 08:12 PM |
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Halfords number plates
Just got some plates for the kit from Halfords (not my first choice of supplier but wife had to go down cos im house bound till this blasted
chickenpox stops being infectious). Apart from paying 3 times what i got a pair from a BMW main dealer for, they dont have the makers name and post
code on them. Ive checked DVLA website which confirms they should have.
1. Anyone else bought plates from Halfords in same condition?
2. Legal or not?
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raccoonradar
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| posted on 17/12/05 at 08:23 PM |
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I had to a get one for the MOT (One on was just bit too small unless the tester had a magnifying glass ) use Halfords again £12.50 a tad much 
If you look you can just see Halford’s & post code etched on the bottom something I noticed not that clear but there
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 17/12/05 at 09:08 PM |
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It is a legal requirement to have suppliers name on. Used to pay £3.50 + vat until recently .
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emsfactory
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 01:31 AM |
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I used to make plates in halfords. Back in the days before all this legal arse came in. In general the plates are over priced and of shite quality ( i
can testify to that )
Do what i told so many audio and parts customers to do. Buy a copy of max power or whatever youl get ads in there for printed plates. Much better than
ours.
Stereos are much cheaper in there too.
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indykid
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 11:39 AM |
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i do work at halfords and can tell you that the halfords logo and HO postcode is there, but is in non reflective material on the nikkalite
backing. it doesn't stand out, and is the reason many people will pay the £12.99, not to have to advertise for someone else.
the plates are of a quality proportional entirely to the operator's level of competency. what are you trying to tell us ems? agreed though,
printed plates are better.
as for price, remember, halfords price match, so you are welcome to the prices you pay at the dealers, you just have to tell us first. afaik, there is
a cheaper in 7 days refund clause too, but couldn't be sure.
cheapest i've found locally was £15 a pair from an audi dealer.
hth
tom
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 11:43 AM |
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Check out your local motor factors and radiator specialist's they normally supply the trade so often cheaper.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/12/05 at 05:16 PM |
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Thanks all for that. Agreed - post ode is there now ive looked more closely.
Im still mortally offended by the price. Plates from BMW dealer were only 11.74 pair. Even if the Halfords plates were double (to cover EU flag and 3D
letters) id think it was a bit over, but 3 times more expensive!!!!!!!!
I cant go out due to Chickenpox hence asking wife to get them for me. I would have gone to one of the trade factors round the corner but she wasnt
keen.
Oh well - lessons learnt and all that.
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andyps
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 01:12 PM |
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You pay7 extra for the 3D letters and EU flag - would the BMW dealer offer these? And would you want a BMW logo on the car? Worth paying extra to not
have that, just as you have to pay to not have badges on the back of BM.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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DarrenW
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 05:35 PM |
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In the end ive paid a £20 premium to have 3D and EU flag!!!! Igf the letters are £7 then the basic plates are already over 2x more expensive than the
competition.
I would have been happy to have a BM logo - iam a self confessed BMW nut anly narked by the fact that i couldnt afford a S14 EVO3 engine for the
ZR.
Bottom line is that i paid over the odds cos im too ill to go out and get them myself. Had i been aware of the price there is no way i would have
bought them.
Iam angry with Halfords (therepaist said it would help to type that!)
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andyps
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 07:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DarrenW
Iam angry with Halfords (therepaist said it would help to type that!)
But the price is very clearly displayed when ordering number plates. If you can spot that they do 3D letters and the EU flag, you should have read the
price, or got your shopper to do so. I don't think it fair to be angry with them, they sold them at the advertised price, and you paid it, they
didn't make you buy them from them.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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jos
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 09:32 PM |
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Darren
I got my Euro symbol & 3d letters plate made up at Halfords for £17.95
I did only get one though
(Dont anybody start with the "you have to display 2 plates, the front one fell off officer)
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jos
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| posted on 19/12/05 at 09:34 PM |
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Oooooh, just remembered mine had a black border too
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