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Bertie Ex Member	Halfords.... 17. Dec 2009 at 22:03 I needed a new headlight bulb tonight as mine popped on the way in..so i went over to halfords during my rounds and i have to ask why are single bulbs priced at £16.79 but i can buy the spare bulb kit for £15.99 with a headlight bulb in it!!! All i`ve gotta do now is brave the arctic conditions and replace it in the dark!!!
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Halfords.... Reply #1 - 17. Dec 2009 at 22:05 i paid a tenner for a pair of H1 Night breakers from eGay
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Bertie

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Re: Halfords....
Reply #2 - 17. Dec 2009 at 22:17

Ill get me self some of those when i get paid newyears but for now this gets me outa the crap and gives me sum spares...I had loads of bulbs at mum and dads but after moving out big brother has nicked the tools and spares me and dad accumalated so i`m in the proccess of rebuilding now i`m somewhere permanant...Gotta get myself a shed next.... Embarrassed

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steverubberduck75

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Re: Halfords....
Reply #3 - 18. Dec 2009 at 20:22

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I needed a new headlight bulb tonight as mine popped on the way in..so i went over to halfords during my rounds and i have to ask why are single bulbs priced at £16.79 but i can buy the spare bulb kit for £15.99 with a headlight bulb in it!!! All i`ve gotta do now is brave the arctic conditions and replace it in the dark!!! Roll Eyes

you could have paid halfrauds to change it for you while you watched him get cold Grin

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Bertie Ex Member	Re: Halfords.... Reply #4 - 18. Dec 2009 at 21:58 Now now steve thats naughty and if i`m naughty Santa wont bring me that ps3 that i want
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Halfords.... Reply #5 - 19. Dec 2009 at 10:58 Get a Halford Trade card, bulbs dirt cheap then.
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Re: Halfords....
Reply #6 - 19. Dec 2009 at 11:22

How on earth can Halfords justify charging so much for their bulbs????

Are just taking advantage of the fact theres a lot of people out there with no idea about car related stuff so that when they need wipers, oil, fuses, bulbs etc on their car they choose Halfords by default?

My wife brought me a sat nav last xmas. I hate getting my pants pulled down on price so searched around the net, brought a Tomtom Go 520 with rds traffic for £119. Halfords wanted £279 without the traffic. Now I know you will always find things cheaper on the net but COME ON, thats exortianate!!!!!

I WILL buy Halfords Professional tools but not much else. It just seems to be twice the price of anywhere else. Started using Wilko's now for a lot of mundane stuff, Think i paid something like £7 for 5 litres of diesel engine oil and now my eldest works in there i can save even more!!!!!

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tigers_gonads Omega Knight Offline can't spell, don't care !! Posts: 1450 hull Gender: Drives: omega 3.0 v6 cd manual estate	Re: Halfords.... Reply #7 - 19. Dec 2009 at 11:50 TheBoy wrote on 19. Dec 2009 at 10:58: Get a Halford Trade card, bulbs dirt cheap then. i'll agree with that got 2 indicator bulbs for the last mot ticket price 5 pound something cost to me .................. 62 pence
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Bertie Ex Member	Re: Halfords.... Reply #8 - 19. Dec 2009 at 20:23 Hmmm how do us mere mortals and numptys go about getting the trade card????
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Jimbob Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Third nipple removal completed succesfuly Posts: 20462 Chester / Flintshire Gender: Drives: 52 3.2 MV6 Estate & 98 3.0 MV6 Manual Estate	Re: Halfords.... Reply #9 - 19. Dec 2009 at 20:27 Quote: Hmmm how do us mere mortals and numptys go about getting the trade card???? lie. trade letterhead etc. trade invoices obviously not condoning faking such items
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tunnie Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 22520 London, W3 Gender: Drives: 2.2 CD (LPG'd) & BMW R1200 GS	Re: Halfords.... Reply #10 - 19. Dec 2009 at 23:37 trade club invoice from a Vx dealer did it for me
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