Halfords Trade Card - Poor Discounts ?

[V8RX7]

I've had a Halfords card for years and tend to only use it for bulbs, wipers, oil etc as those were the only products that were cheap.

However I recently found zero discount on Washer fluid and a wiper blade was £9 (used to be around £4)

Is there anything worth buying with it now ?

[Davie]

What riles me is that nowhere can you find out prices in advance... God knows why you can log on to their website with your card number and see the prices advertised at the trade rates. They are genuine deals to be had especially on their own tools but I cannot be bothered asking the price of X, Y and Z so tend to only ever use it in emergency situations...

[rigga]

I got almost 50% off a professional roll cab, thought it was having for that.

[Mikey G]

Some of the bulbs and blister pack prices were so much ridiculously cheaper than retail price it was embarrasing to the cashier if there was a queue.
I went once and bought 3 packs of twin pack bulbs and a couple of connectors for less than the price of a single twin pack bulb, the look on the guys face behind me when I handed over £2.50 when the pack he had was retail at £2.99 was priceless
I know some of the prices have changed but not been in for a while.

[andyps]

Still some reasonable discounts available. Can't remember how much it was but I got a few quid off the Bosch super twin wiper blades I bought a couple of weeks ago, probably nearly £10 off two. Bulbs are still cheap but it is generally Halfords branded items that work out best for discount. They are OK if you need a car battery too.

[Condi]

They used to say they were as cheap, or cheaper, than any of the motor factors. So would match the likes of GSF, EuroCarParts etc.

[Pebbles167]

Recently bought some emergency mid trackday pagid rear pads from tge local halfords. Price was about £1.60 for the lot with trade card. I was pretty impressed!

[V8RX7]

They knocked £6 off the price of the single Halfords wiper blade but that still made it £9. My local factor sells me decent make blades for less - Halfords used to charge less than half that.

The problem being that GSF / Euro Car Parts are no longer cheap (retail) either.

I'm tending to buy most stuff off Ebay / the internet now.

[velocefica]

Halfords is almost always more than 50% more expensive than any of their competitors so makes very little difference.

Is the Halfords trade card a bit like a Makro card. You just get a few fake invoices from your mates work and you get one.

[Sump]

Hit and miss. Depends on the item tbh, obviously their own branded items have the most significant savings. Their biggest USP is turning up on a Sunday at 3pm needing a socket or something.

[SnailTrail]

Davie said:

...God knows why you can log on to their website with your card number and see the prices advertised at the trade rates...

How do you use the trade card online? I had a look and I couldn't see anything obvious.

[PGM]

Yes, no longer that good.

I have noticed that while some of the discount rates are still fairly high (bulbs, wipers etc) the original price has shot up ie headlight bulbs are now £20 a piece! Quite often they are on buy one get one free to normal customers which beats the trade price, crazy.

[V8RX7]

SnailTrail said:

Davie said:

...God knows why you CAN'T log on to their website with your card number and see the prices advertised at the trade rates...

How do you use the trade card online? I had a look and I couldn't see anything obvious.

I've Edited the OP as I'm sure that's what he meant

[SnailTrail]

V8RX7 said:

I've Edited the OP as I'm sure that's what he meant

Silly me... cheers