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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Their tools do have a good reputation. Scunthorpe, the lads in the bike
> department seem to know their stuff.

Ah, now I have to agree there. The Cardiff branch (Western Avenue) has
an excellent bunch of guys for bikes. Met one of them on the Taff Trail
one morning on the way to work and had a great chat with him. Always
helpful, often telling me the easy/cheap way to do it myself instead of
paying them[1].

[1] My knowledge of bikes is crap. Though this all sounds like I go
there every other week, I've only been a few times, but with 3 different
people's bikes - the joys of owning a Landy. :)
 
>Subject: Re: Halfords
>From: "Richard" [email protected]
>Date: 21/11/2004 21:50 GMT

>Cos it was Saturday afternoon and motor factors etc are shut!!

There's a moral there somewhere.

Steve. Suffolk.
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In message <[email protected]>
"Richard" <richardsemail [email protected]> wrote:

> Cos it was Saturday afternoon and motor factors etc are shut!!
>
>
<snip>

Oh no we're not! But then you would have to be near Stoke...;-)

Cheers
Richard

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Can you move to Kent then please.


"beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ee21c0114d%[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>
> "Richard" <richardsemail [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Cos it was Saturday afternoon and motor factors etc are shut!!
>>
>>
> <snip>
>
> Oh no we're not! But then you would have to be near Stoke...;-)
>
> Cheers
> Richard
>
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In message <[email protected]>
"Richard" <richardsemail [email protected]> wrote:

> Can you move to Kent then please.
>
>

Had many happy years getting legless with the Headcorn Morris
some years ago - but now refuse to pay vastly over inflated
prices demanded for very ordinary houses so moved North....

Cheers
Richard

> "beamendsltd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:ee21c0114d%[email protected]...
> > In message <[email protected]>
> > "Richard" <richardsemail [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Cos it was Saturday afternoon and motor factors etc are shut!!
> >>
> >>
> > <snip>
> >
> > Oh no we're not! But then you would have to be near Stoke...;-)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Richard
>

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Ok - So lets summarise ...

a) Halfords are great if you want to buy an air freshener, but absolutely
rubbish if you want to actually buy a car part.

b)They are expensive

c) They employ staff who have just left school

d) Their only redeeming feature is that they are open through the weekend.

(Why do motor factors close at the weekend when we all want to work on our
cars)

I'm going to print this lot off and send it to Halfords - Can't email it
because they dont accept emails (Obviously a plan to stop people
complaining)

Thank you to everyone who took part in this debate - Most enjoyable.

Stu


"Aled" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>> Their tools do have a good reputation. Scunthorpe, the lads in the bike
>> department seem to know their stuff.
>
> Ah, now I have to agree there. The Cardiff branch (Western Avenue) has
> an excellent bunch of guys for bikes. Met one of them on the Taff Trail
> one morning on the way to work and had a great chat with him. Always
> helpful, often telling me the easy/cheap way to do it myself instead of
> paying them[1].
>
> [1] My knowledge of bikes is crap. Though this all sounds like I go
> there every other week, I've only been a few times, but with 3 different
> people's bikes - the joys of owning a Landy. :)


 
I've printed off all of the comments and I'm going to send to Halfords -
I'll let you know what they say

Stu

"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ok - So lets summarise ...
>
> a) Halfords are great if you want to buy an air freshener, but absolutely
> rubbish if you want to actually buy a car part.
>
> b)They are expensive
>
> c) They employ staff who have just left school
>
> d) Their only redeeming feature is that they are open through the weekend.
>
> (Why do motor factors close at the weekend when we all want to work on our
> cars)
>
> I'm going to print this lot off and send it to Halfords - Can't email it
> because they dont accept emails (Obviously a plan to stop people
> complaining)
>
> Thank you to everyone who took part in this debate - Most enjoyable.
>
> Stu
>
>
> "Aled" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> [email protected] says...
>>> Their tools do have a good reputation. Scunthorpe, the lads in the bike
>>> department seem to know their stuff.
>>
>> Ah, now I have to agree there. The Cardiff branch (Western Avenue) has
>> an excellent bunch of guys for bikes. Met one of them on the Taff Trail
>> one morning on the way to work and had a great chat with him. Always
>> helpful, often telling me the easy/cheap way to do it myself instead of
>> paying them[1].
>>
>> [1] My knowledge of bikes is crap. Though this all sounds like I go
>> there every other week, I've only been a few times, but with 3 different
>> people's bikes - the joys of owning a Landy. :)
>
>


 
In message <[email protected]>
"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok - So lets summarise ...
>
> a) Halfords are great if you want to buy an air freshener, but absolutely
> rubbish if you want to actually buy a car part.
>
> b)They are expensive
>
> c) They employ staff who have just left school
>
> d) Their only redeeming feature is that they are open through the weekend.
>
> (Why do motor factors close at the weekend when we all want to work on our
> cars)
>

Because they get very few customers! We open Sat & Sun but
90% of our weekend customers are farmers - they don't have
weekends so it's just another day to them.....

I have actually had people stand at the market stall on a
Sunday who've got no brakes but won't wait until 2.00pm
to get the parts they need!

> I'm going to print this lot off and send it to Halfords - Can't email it
> because they dont accept emails (Obviously a plan to stop people
> complaining)
>
> Thank you to everyone who took part in this debate - Most enjoyable.
>
> Stu
>

Richard



>
> "Aled" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > [email protected] says...
> >> Their tools do have a good reputation. Scunthorpe, the lads in the bike
> >> department seem to know their stuff.
> >
> > Ah, now I have to agree there. The Cardiff branch (Western Avenue) has
> > an excellent bunch of guys for bikes. Met one of them on the Taff Trail
> > one morning on the way to work and had a great chat with him. Always
> > helpful, often telling me the easy/cheap way to do it myself instead of
> > paying them[1].
> >
> > [1] My knowledge of bikes is crap. Though this all sounds like I go
> > there every other week, I've only been a few times, but with 3 different
> > people's bikes - the joys of owning a Landy. :)
>
>

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In article <[email protected]>,
"Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok - So lets summarise ...
>
> a) Halfords are great if you want to buy an air freshener, but absolutely
> rubbish if you want to actually buy a car part.

Personally, I've found several times that Halfords have had parts which
my local motor factor (large regional chain with big stores) haven't.
And Halfords have been no more expensive on several things, apart from
oil where they tend to be pricey.

So I've stopped going straight to the motor factor, and now just drop in
to Halfords, unless I want oil; and I now have a garage full of that :)

David
 
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:36:25 +0000, David French
<[email protected]> wrote:

>So I've stopped going straight to the motor factor, and now just drop in
>to Halfords, unless I want oil; and I now have a garage full of that :)

I've a road full of it.

 
I've just bought V8 thermostats in both Halfords and Bearmach (don't ask why
I bought two). Halfords price £5.99, Bearmach price £3.61 and I don't
normally regard Bearmach as cheap. Different boxes but inside exactly the
same French made part.


"Mother" <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:36:25 +0000, David French
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>So I've stopped going straight to the motor factor, and now just drop in
>>to Halfords, unless I want oil; and I now have a garage full of that :)
>
> I've a road full of it.
>


 
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:36:25 +0000, David French
<[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
> "Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ok - So lets summarise ...
>>
>> a) Halfords are great if you want to buy an air freshener, but absolutely
>> rubbish if you want to actually buy a car part.
>
>Personally, I've found several times that Halfords have had parts which
>my local motor factor (large regional chain with big stores) haven't.
>And Halfords have been no more expensive on several things, apart from
>oil where they tend to be pricey.
>
>So I've stopped going straight to the motor factor, and now just drop in
>to Halfords, unless I want oil; and I now have a garage full of that :)
>

I don't buy that at Halfords either, I get it in bulk (5gal can) from
a motor factors. It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.

Alex
 

"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:36:25 +0000, David French
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >In article <[email protected]>,
> > "Stuart Adair" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok - So lets summarise ...
> >>
> >> a) Halfords are great if you want to buy an air freshener, but
absolutely
> >> rubbish if you want to actually buy a car part.
> >
> >Personally, I've found several times that Halfords have had parts which
> >my local motor factor (large regional chain with big stores) haven't.
> >And Halfords have been no more expensive on several things, apart from
> >oil where they tend to be pricey.
> >
> >So I've stopped going straight to the motor factor, and now just drop in
> >to Halfords, unless I want oil; and I now have a garage full of that :)
> >
>
> I don't buy that at Halfords either, I get it in bulk (5gal can) from
> a motor factors. It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
> drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>
Most oil suppliers will give you a barrel pump FOC if you ask for one when
buying the barrel.


 
On or around Thu, 2 Dec 2004 02:00:54 +0000 (UTC), "SimonJ" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>>
>> I don't buy that at Halfords either, I get it in bulk (5gal can) from
>> a motor factors. It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>> drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>>
>Most oil suppliers will give you a barrel pump FOC if you ask for one when
>buying the barrel.
>

wot sort of price are you looking at for decent-grade 15W40 or suchlike, API
SH or better, say, for a 205l drum?


 
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:08:31 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.

Every few months???

 
>>> I don't buy that at Halfords either, I get it in bulk (5gal can) from
>>> a motor factors. It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>>> drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>>>
>>Most oil suppliers will give you a barrel pump FOC if you ask for one when
>>buying the barrel.
>>
>
>wot sort of price are you looking at for decent-grade 15W40 or suchlike, API
>SH or better, say, for a 205l drum?
>

What is a 205l drum? Speak english please.

Alex
 
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:38:23 +0000, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:08:31 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>>drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>
>Every few months???

I used to have a Series that did 18mpg petrol and about 150mpg of
20w50. Using it as everyday transport required a gallon can of oil
about every week.

Alex
 
On or around Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:47:41 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>>>> I don't buy that at Halfords either, I get it in bulk (5gal can) from
>>>> a motor factors. It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>>>> drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>>>>
>>>Most oil suppliers will give you a barrel pump FOC if you ask for one when
>>>buying the barrel.
>>>
>>
>>wot sort of price are you looking at for decent-grade 15W40 or suchlike, API
>>SH or better, say, for a 205l drum?
>>
>
>What is a 205l drum? Speak english please.

where are you based? That's the size oil drums are, in the UK at least.
Approximately 45 gallons.

But since the small cans are priced per litre or per 5 litres, it's as much
use to know what 205l costs, especially as that's what you'd end up
ordering.

'course, in the USofA, I don't doubt it's diffferent, but then they use
silly undersized pints and gallons anyway.


 
On or around Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:38:23 +0000, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 23:08:31 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>>drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>
>Every few months???

mind, doing oil changes at 6K mile intervals, I'm going to use that much in
a year, near enough. More, if I change it more frequently, as some do.


 


"Alex" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>> I don't buy that at Halfords either, I get it in bulk (5gal can) from
>>>> a motor factors. It's only the problem with decanting from a 25gallon
>>>> drum that stops me buying one of them every few months.
>>>>
>>>Most oil suppliers will give you a barrel pump FOC if you ask for one when
>>>buying the barrel.
>>>
>>
>>wot sort of price are you looking at for decent-grade 15W40 or suchlike, API
>>SH or better, say, for a 205l drum?
>>
>
> What is a 205l drum? Speak english please.
>
> Alex

45 gallon

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