Halfords are dropping prices big time

kona

Word has it that the exchange rate halfords use is going to drop, so it will be more favourable for us.

Dont quote me but I heard it today. Dont know what they are dropping it to.

byte

About time, if true.

Matt Simis

In fairness, their 3 for 2 offers on car cleaning stuff was always good value IMO.

Berty

Most of their products are strong branded products with naturally higher prices, however, they always had much higher margins than anybody else.

The prices for their own bulbs are ludicrous.

L-M

Matt Simis wrote: »

In fairness, their 3 for 2 offers on car cleaning stuff was always good value IMO.

+1, especially when you only realise it's there when you are buying two things, and get something free

rebel.ranter

They don't seem be re-stocking the Zymol car wash anymore in Cork, is it the same in other branches? I usually buy those 3 at a time during these 3 for 2 offers. Either that or the Autoglym Aqua Wax x 3.

Neilw

rebel.ranter wrote: »

They don't seem be re-stocking the Zymol car wash anymore in Cork, is it the same in other branches? I usually buy those 3 at a time during these 3 for 2 offers. Either that or the Autoglym Aqua Wax x 3.

It's made by turtle wax so maybe there is a similar product from turtlewax stocked there.

O.A.P

All there hayes manuals are over 30 euros is this a normal price or just halfords?

JHMEG

O.A.P wrote: »

All there hayes manuals are over 30 euros is this a normal price or just halfords?

£19.99 + P&P from Haynes

http://www.haynes.co.uk/

Flesh Gorden

O.A.P wrote: »

All there hayes manuals are over 30 euros is this a normal price or just halfords?

Them! I got mine off ebay for €7 inc postage

I think its like €40+ for Bosch Wipers - I've been getting a set of 3 from the north for around half

The alloys take the biscuit - twice the price of uk sites for the ones I have and that was with "Budget Performance" tyres


I only go there for detailing products that cost too much to post from uk - €8 turtle wax car wash concentrate - mint!



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Guy:Incognito

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

Them! I got mine off ebay for €7 inc postage

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Brand new sealed in plastic?

Any I've seen on ebay are usually stg£15 ish +postage.

Used ones can be gotten for around the price you paid but you cant compare that to buyign it new from a shop.

€25 -€30 is standard enough. They are stg£20 to buy direct from Haynes sure.

O.A.P

OK there not that over priced then. I have couple of cars and service them myself and they have both manuals in halfords and I thought Id get both for 30 euro or so. I was futher out than a lighthouse apparently.

JHMEG

Most are €25 from Easons:

http://www.eason.ie/search?q=haynes+manual&commit=Go

Guy:Incognito

JHMEG wrote: »

Most are €25 from Easons:

http://www.eason.ie/search?q=haynes+manual&commit=Go

€4 postage though and the only appear to have one sfor classics.

JHMEG

Stekelly wrote: »

€4 postage though and the only appear to have one sfor classics.

That is a good point, but my search above is flawed. Eg
http://www.eason.ie/search?q=9781859601990&commit=Go

They don't stock all the Haynes manuals, but, being Eason's they can get any book that's currently in print.

€4 is not applicable for the purposes of this comparison as you'd be expected to visit your local Eason's just as you would your local Halford's!

Guy:Incognito

JHMEG wrote: »

€4 is not applicable for the purposes of this comparison as you'd be expected to visit your local Eason's just as you would your local Halford's!

Ah but just to throw a spanner in the works, I've never seen a Haynes manual in any branch of Easons I've visited.

L-M

Stekelly wrote: »

Ah but just to throw a spanner in the works, I've never seen a Haynes manual in any branch of Easons I've visited.

+1

News to me.

JHMEG

Stekelly wrote: »

Ah but just to throw a spanner in the works, I've never seen a Haynes manual in any branch of Easons I've visited.

Were you looking for them?

I bought my first Haynes manual about 12 years ago in Eason's on O'Connell St. Having said that I bought 3-4 more after, mainly as presents, all from the Haynes website. Haven't bought one in a long time now as they're all the fairly samey.

Guy:Incognito

JHMEG wrote: »

Were you looking for them?

I wasnt but Easons is somewhere I tend to have a good root around from time to time, and Haynes manual stick out. I've bought 5 over the last year or two.

kona

A haynes manual for e100 is still good value IMO. Priceless for anybody who even changes the oil themselves.

Flesh Gorden

Stekelly wrote: »

Brand new sealed in plastic?

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course not - I needed the book not the plastic

Its going to get destroyed anyway - no point getting it new



I'm surprised no ones tried to flog them off as .pdf files for a few euros on ebay - print what you need

There was a Canadian guy who had 1100+ feedback selling nothing but .pdf files of Guitar Tablature books- ( which also cost close to €30 new)



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Guy:Incognito

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

course not - I needed the book not the plastic

Its going to get destroyed anyway - no point getting it new


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Well in fairness it's hardly fair to imply Halfords are really expensive while using 2nd hand goods for comparison.

It's a bit like saying a particular BMW garage are really expensive because they are selling new 3 series' for €35k when you can buy an 05 for half the price. Your not comaparing like with like.

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

I'm surprised no ones tried to flog them off as .pdf files for a few euros on ebay - print what you need



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It being illegal might be the reason.

Flesh Gorden

Stekelly wrote: »

Well in fairness it's hardly fair to imply Halfords are really expensive while using 2nd hand goods for comparison.

It's a bit like saying a particular BMW garage are really expensive because they are selling new 3 series' for €35k when you can buy an 05 for half the price. Your not comaparing like with like.

well if you've money to waste feel free - brand new or not still does the same job - thats all I need

It being illegal might be the reason

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the backbone of ebay






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Guy:Incognito

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

well if you've money to waste feel free - brand new or not still does the same job - thats all I need



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Why buy anything new?

kona

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

course not - I needed the book not the plastic

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You give me 15 for my haynes? its covered in oil, dirt , cover is a bit ****ed, but yano, ya need the book not that plastic;)

A secondhand haynes that is used will be destroyed, and with the possiblity of you removing a gearbox to do a clutch,only to find out you can go any further because the next page has been torn out. So for the sake of a tenner your left wih a car in bits even worse than when you started.

e30 isnt unreasonable IMO

L-M

kona wrote: »

e30 isnt unreasonable IMO

+1

For the work that goes into them and how handy they are, €30 is very reasonable.

maidhc

O.A.P wrote: »

All there hayes manuals are over 30 euros is this a normal price or just halfords?

I bought a MB190E one in Halfords UK for £19.99

bucks

Fair play if they do drop their prices but i cant imagine it being by much if it does happen.

Only ever used them to buy Meguiars products anyway.

Seth Brundle

Getting back to the Haynes part of the discussion, the one for my car (E39 BMW) is rubbish with plenty of wrong info. The Bentley manual is much better and more detailed (but much more expensive).
Haynes is grand as toilet reading material.

bladespin

Massively overpriced in some areas (batteries near 3 times the local mf's price :eek: and a set on bike indicators 2x the local lads) so there's plenty of room to drop.

Great selection though and the 3 for 2 is good on cleaning products, their buy 1 get one free on bulbs means they're just 50% up on the local lads price per bulb too :rolleyes:

The Real B-man

Brilliant will just incourage the scanger mobiles!

antodeco

I got the Haynes Manual for my mayfair for €19 off ebay. Waiting for delivery, so once the pages arent stuck together, Im sure its money worth!

Oh and regards the .pdf forms of them, I paid €25 for a pdf haynes manual before. Did exactly what I wanted. Wouldve cost me 3 times that for a mechanic to look at something that I could pick up with the manual!