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reet - have checked.....

for that motor the recomended battery is an 063.
halfrauds do 3
HB063 360CCA (3yr warranty) @ £64.99.
HCB063 440CCA (4yr warranty) @ £74.99.
HSB063 520CCA (5yr warranty) @ £94.99.

Obviously this aint the cheapest yu can get a battery, and your purchase for £45 is a good one, but none of these are £108 that you stated earlier.
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
reet - have checked.....

for that motor the recomended battery is an 063.
halfrauds do 3
HB063 360CCA (3yr warranty) @ £64.99.
HCB063 440CCA (4yr warranty) @ £74.99.
HSB063 520CCA (5yr warranty) @ £94.99.

Obviously this aint the cheapest yu can get a battery, and your purchase for £45 is a good one, but none of these are £108 that you stated earlier.
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Still does not alter the fact that Halfrauds at Ribbleton Lane quoted Stuart £108.00 for a 55 amp battery. What reason would he have to lie about it?
Mine was £54.00 not £45.00. Unless it was the fitted price, but £13.00 for less than five minutes work is also a little bit on the ripoff side. With some of the charges you hear about these days makes me wish i still had my garage. Money for old rope. :eek::eek:
 
wammers said:
Still does not alter the fact that Halfrauds at Ribbleton Lane quoted Stuart £108.00 for a 55 amp battery. What reason would he have to lie about it?
Mine was £54.00 not £45.00. Unless it was the fitted price, but £13.00 for less than five minutes work is also a little bit on the ripoff side. With some of the charges you hear about these days makes me wish i still had my garage. Money for old rope. :eek::eek:
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Yu must have a weird place up there, then. Coz even that (£13 for fitting), aint right - shud be £4.99 and, believe me - if yu every have to do an Audi A4 or a Nissan Cabstar, thats bloody good value - the Audis take 2 of us a good 20-30mins.
But thats where Halfrauds win - coz they do a fixed price fit, so it dont matter if it takes 2 mins or 2 hours.
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
Yu must have a weird place up there, then. Coz even that (£13 for fitting), aint right - shud be £4.99 and, believe me - if yu every have to do an Audi A4 or a Nissan Cabstar, thats bloody good value - the Audis take 2 of us a good 20-30mins.
But thats where Halfrauds win - coz they do a fixed price fit, so it dont matter if it takes 2 mins or 2 hours.
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Well i don't know, the difference in the price you quoted and the price that was quoted to Stuart is £13.00, so i can only assume that was the fitting charge. I personally think Halfrauds should have stuck with pushbikes. A 55 amp battery at £95.00 should be gold plated, encrusted with diamonds and have a Rolex label on it.:eek::eek:
 
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hang on there, mee ol' mucker. Yu said the one he was quoted was a 2 year warranty - now you are comparing the Bosch 5 year warranty. Make yo mind up :p.

I believe a fair comparison is either the 3yr 360CCA (we dont deal in Ah any more, as CCA is more important) @ £64.99, which is £43 less or £38 less if you include fitting or the 4yr 440CCA @ £74.99 which is £33 less than you say was quoted.

I accept that the price you paid (if the CCA is comparable) is better, but a £11 premium (54 to 65) to be able to get it on Sunday afternoon is not bad.
I am not saying the Halfrauds is good - far from it - but it is not as bad as you seem to be making out - especially for the general public and particularly those that dont know one end of a spanner from the other.
(If yu have a trade card then it is substantially better :D)
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
hang on there, mee ol' mucker. Yu said the one he was quoted was a 2 year warranty - now you are comparing the Bosch 5 year warranty. Make yo mind up :p.

I believe a fair comparison is either the 3yr 360CCA (we dont deal in Ah any more, as CCA is more important) @ £64.99, which is £43 less or £38 less if you include fitting or the 4yr 440CCA @ £74.99 which is £33 less than you say was quoted.

I accept that the price you paid (if the CCA is comparable) is better, but a £11 premium (54 to 65) to be able to get it on Sunday afternoon is not bad.
I am not saying the Halfrauds is good - far from it - but it is not as bad as you seem to be making out - especially for the general public and particularly those that dont know one end of a spanner from the other.
(If yu have a trade card then it is substantially better :D)
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No i said that last time i bought a battery from Halfrauds it had a two year warranty. I said i did not know which warranty period applied to the battery Stuart was quoted for, BUT i assumed it was 5 years because of the price. To be honest i don't give a **** about how much Halfrauds charge because i don't buy from them. Unless one of the kids gets a puncture in his pushbike on Sunday afternoon i would not go near the place. If your happy with the general public being ripped off by these robbers that is fine, personally i find it disgusting.
 
So.... You must have bought from Halfrauds many years ago.

you are stating..
wammers said:
Halfrauds batteries are overpriced and crap.
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wammers said:
my son in law went to Halfrauds for a new battery just before christmas. His vehicle is a Renault Clio Dynamique 1.2, 2003. He was quoted by them £108.00 for a replacement battery. I don't know which of their batteries they quoted for or how long the warranty period was,.................. I got him a 55amp Varta, 4years warranty for £54.00 from my supplier..
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wammers said:
Why would you pay £108.00 at Halfrauds for 55amp battery with a two year warranty, when you can get the same battery with the Varta label and a four year warranty from the factors at £54.00?
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and yet I have proved that the price for the correct battery with a 3 year warranty is £11 more expensive than that which you paid.
I am not disputing that your price is not a better deal - My point is that it is horses for courses. You have to pay for convenience. Some peeps dont and some do.
That is not, as you said "the general public being ripped off by these robbers that is fine, personally i find it disgusting" - Just a different market.

As for your comment
wammers said:
Halfrauds are ripoff merchants and nobody in the trade would buy from them simple as that.
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That is blatently untrue as lots of the trade use them, in the same way that the trade also use PC-World for similar reasons.
 
Hi every one I am a newbie
I have a p38, get the gearbox fault message to, had it checked, nothing wrong, so how do I get rid of the message. Also if I put fuse in for heated seats, it disarms entire car. engine runs but won't move when I put it in gear, so cold bum all winter. New batt from ats fitted cost £135. any cleaver clogs out their, would be most grateful please for advice
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
So.... You must have bought from Halfrauds many years ago.

you are stating..

and

and


and yet I have proved that the price for the correct battery with a 3 year warranty is £11 more expensive than that which you paid.
I am not disputing that your price is not a better deal - My point is that it is horses for courses. You have to pay for convenience. Some peeps dont and some do.
That is not, as you said "the general public being ripped off by these robbers that is fine, personally i find it disgusting" - Just a different market.

As for your comment

That is blatently untrue as lots of the trade use them, in the same way that the trade also use PC-World for similar reasons.
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To be honest i am not bothered what you think of Halfrauds, if you want to be ripped off feel free. But please don't keep trying to defend the indefensible. £50.00 for convenience is a little more than i would pay my friend. I would wait for the factors to open on Monday. You would have to be totally stupid to use Halfrauds for everyday trade buying or PC World for that matter. Their prices are at least 50% higher than trade outlets for a start and on some small service items hundreds of percent higher. Even with a trade discount card you are maybe paying twice the price you would pay at a factors. You are now starting to talk silly defending these robbers. If i run out of milk on Sunday maybe i would go to the local convenience store and pay 10p more, better than using fuel going all the way to Asda who charge 10p less. But i would not expect it to be twice the price.
 
ever heard of "winner",i got one for 115$ ,90amps,750cca,excellent battery,had it since 6 months,2 years warranty sealed type.dunno if u have it in europe though.
 
Lone_Wolf said:
I too had odd things happen electrically till I fitted a bigger better battery. My radio would ask for the code, I'd get EKA faults as well. In the end the car would not start one day with the usual gearbox fault message. That was the last straw for me so went out and bought an Optima Red top dry battery. Was expensive compared to normal battery, but no more EKA faults and the radio never asks for the code anymore.

Have used the car every day with the snow and it fires up the V8 like it's a spring afternoon. Also I'm not worried about using the heated screens and seats.

LW......
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hi what battery did you fit and what Ah / cca did you go for
 
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