Do halfords price match?

[balders118]

I probably need to get a new battery tommorrow. Halfords are selling the bosche battery at £110ish, where as euro car parts (5 miles down the road) are selling it for £55. However, they're closed tomorrow so if halfords will match the price it'll make my life a lot easier!

Cheers

Chris

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Zwoelf said:

Why should Halfords price match? They offer a service that ECP doesn't. ECP offer a lower price - at the compromise of shorter opening hours - lower overheads to some extent for them. ECP may not have the item in stock at the branch you need, Halfords likely will.

Either wait until Monday or do a bit of work yourself & find another supplier who both opens Sunday AND sells at the lower price to make your life easiest. Or accept the compromise if you really need that battery tomorrow.

I used to work in a halfords years ago when I was in college - I remember that they used to price match but I wasn't sure if they still do, or do so on batterys specifically.

No need to be rude!

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Rollcage said:

They will do on service items if you have a trade card, not sure on non card holders and batteries.


That didn't really help, did it?

Nope

RJames said:

Do they not need to be able to call and check the price and availablity of the product you want price matched? If they are closed then they have no way of knowing what price they sell for.

Good point. They might be able to check on the net; I'll just have to make the trip to find out tomorrow. Just hope I don't stall on way.

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McSam said:

We do price match on stuff that's available at that moment, yes. If it was Saturday and ECP had the battery on the shelf, fine, a quick phone call to them would be enough to confirm the price and most managers would match for you. On Sunday when ECP are closed.. Nah, I wouldn't expect so. You might get lucky, but I wouldn't do it myself and it's a hell of a reduction!

For reference, Halfords will price match absolutely anything against anybody nearby, so long as they have the same immediate availability and the products are identical. Trade outlets, supermarkets, whatever.

Just what I was after. Thanks. I'll pop down there tomorrow and see what they say. I'd rather not pay double the price though!

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Flintstone said:

balders118 said:

... I was in college...batterys...

Wasn't a degree in English then?

My apologies, I forget how sensitive some of you lot are about bad spelling!

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AndrewW-G said:

CostCo stock Bosch Batteries, either go there (same price as ECP) or use them as something for Halfrauds to price match against

Thanks, I'll give it a go

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The Moose said:

So - OP - did they price match?!

I thought ECP was open 7 days a week anyway?!

Cheers

The Moose

They were prepared to, but the bosch battery at ECP wasn't the same model as halfords stock, and as was pointed out previously it has to be an exact match. I've got to say a massive thumbs up to the manager and his employees at Halfords, Guisely. He was totally happy to match ECP, costco or anywhere else that had bricks and mortar building within 20 miles. He, and his staff even used their own smart phones to get phone numbers for the local costco and other business to try and help me out! They were all extremely helpful and were doing everything they could to save me a bit of moula!

In the end I ended up spending £115 on a battery from halfords, rather than waiting two days (and the hassle that would have caused) and spending £55. The more expensive one is better, and comes with a 5 year rather than a 3 year warrenty but still a lot of money for a battery! I think how brilliant the halfords staff were also helped sway me into spending my money there - had they been less helpful I doubt that I would have.

Chris

EDIT: spelling and grammar - before flinstone comes along and tears it to shreads!

Edited by balders118 on Sunday 3rd July 15:25