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Went to Halfords this morning for an oil filter and fuel filter for the Sceptre.... on the shelf was a sign basicaly saying 'buy 2 get one free on Halfords own brand parts'... so I went to the checkout clutching my £3.49 oil filter and £10.49 fuel filter.... that will be £13.98 sir..... when I asked about the special offer the woman said you have to have THREE items to get one free.... ie BUY 2, and the third one is free. So I suppose the wording of the offer is technicaly correct.... BUT would you say it's a deliberately misleading way of putting it.... or was I just being my usual thick self?  |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down  and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Sort of see what you mean but to me it means pay for two items and get another free.
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BS Nymph
Singer Chamois Coupe
Series 3 Landy
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I can see what you're getting at, it does seem worded to catch you out doesn't it? Then again I'm always up for an "evil corporation conning people" conspiracy theory!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Halfords special offer....BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Could you not just get another oil filter for a few thousand miles down the line? It is a bit misleading I agree! I've boycotted Halfrauds since they started relegating the parts shelves to the back of the store to make way for over-prices "carbon fibre" bolt-on wibblepoo and camping gear  |
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our local halfords has recently been 'revamped' , basically, move everything out of the way to devote 3/4 of the store to stereos, wheels and other boy racer curse word!  |
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our local halfords has recently been 'revamped' , basically, move everything out of the way to devote 3/4 of the store to stereos, wheels and other boy racer curse word! Same here too...  |
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only use halfrauds for usefull stuff like roofracks or other stuff i cant get elsewhere
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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Apr 10, 2005 15:01:14 GMT
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maccess is the way forward ;D
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Apr 10, 2005 17:37:23 GMT
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i've been to halfords for a few things recently.... 1) electric window relay - "oh no sir we only have flasher units or a spotlamp relay". so i asked to see the spotlamp relay, it was a standard switching one, exactly what i need. i said something along the lines of "ooh that looks like the one" only to be told in no uncertain terms "no sir, it's for spotlamps." i was going to buy it out of spite but not for £5.99! 2) fuel hose clips - special order only. went to another hellfords, a non-superstore up the road, and they had some in. erm? 3) touch-up paint - only if you drive a ford, or a red car it seems. anything out of the ordinary and they don't wanna know. didn't even have any Alpine White for the audi - a colour that's only been used on millions of VWs and Audis stretching right back to 70's beetles! in short - if it's not branded Ripspeed and decorated with pictures of slappers in hotpants they won't make a profit on it so they stop stocking it. luckily my local halfords has a motor factors type place opposite so i use the halfords carpark to go there |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Apr 10, 2005 18:26:16 GMT
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I must admit, I usualy go to a local motor factors, but I've found halfords are just as cheap on some things, they somtimes have some 'interesting' rattle can colours on the shelf, which give me ideas.... , and there's usualy some tupperware'd muppet-mobile in the car park to laugh at..... (and you can always spot the owner inside... he's the pasty faced, burberry capped numpty playing pocket billiards at the alloy wheel display... ) |
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Last Edit: Apr 10, 2005 18:27:58 GMT by mattblack
... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Apr 10, 2005 18:29:27 GMT
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My local camping shop dosent sell car bits so why does Halfrauds sell tents?
Prefer A1 Stores to Halfrauds!
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BS Nymph
Singer Chamois Coupe
Series 3 Landy
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Apr 10, 2005 18:37:41 GMT
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When I asked the 'yoof' in the 'wikid tuning section' about lowering blocks awhile ago he looked at me as though I was from Mars.... .... come to think of it, most people do |
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault. |
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Apr 10, 2005 20:33:28 GMT
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The Halfords here is pretty rubbish here, if I can help it I don't go in there, but there aren't many places that stock anything for Imps these days! I went in once to see if they done a few different servicing bits and stuff for the Imp, told them what I wanted, and they asked "what model is it again?" so I said that it's a Hillman Imp, and he said "I've not heard of that model, is it a Ford or a Vauxhall or what?", so I said, "no, I said it's a HILLMAN IMP, made by HILLMAN", at which point, he said "are you sure, it's not on the computer?" at which point I left after ranting various unkind things about Halfords and the condescending patronising eejits they employ to his equally useless supervisor. ;D ;D ;D |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Apr 10, 2005 21:30:11 GMT
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I went in my local Hal'fords only' store today and stocked up on Satin black rattle cans, mostly for items on the model T but after seeing Racer86's chevette and mr sigmas 929 I'm thinking Euro/rat E32.....I'll keep you posted |
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Halfords special offer....BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Apr 10, 2005 23:08:18 GMT
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My Halfrauds sells 500ml of spray paint for £6.99. I'd rather eat Bernard Mannings toenail clippings than pay that much. My local auto factors: £2.50 for 500ml can. Plus, I get to speak to someone who actually knows what they're talking about rather than a schoolboy who's just cracked one off in the bogs over the cover of Lax Power magazine.
No contest. ;D
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Kris
Posted a lot
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Apr 10, 2005 23:42:04 GMT
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I applied to Halfrauds for a temporary job as a cycle specialist, fixing and selling bikes, a couple of weeks ago as I'm out of work. I have been riding for nearly 10 years and have a degree in engineering and didn`t get the freakin' job. Probably gave it to some spotty, clueless 17 year old with a "MAXED" 1.2 Corsa with faded wheel arches like they all seem to have. And how annoying is it when some to$$er turns the bass on the speaker display right up, sounds "WIKID" |
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Last Edit: Apr 10, 2005 23:51:55 GMT by Kris
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and that's not really the car's fault.
