Halfrauds living up to their name...!

[darkcat]

just spotted these, i wonder if they have sold one? clearly taking the pi$$...
i was in for EMERGENCY brake fluid, which was also rather expensive...

[kambites]

What's wrong with them? They look like ordinary headlight bulbs to me.

[s_zigmond]

Was there not a 2 for 1 sticker below them as there usualy is?

[darkcat]

the price carl..


nope! no 241!

AND £7 to fit!!!!

Actually im tempted to turn up in a TVR Chimaera and pay them £7 to fit one, its nearly impossible :-)

[steveo3002]

theyve got a list of what cars they can and cannot do , they only do the easy ones

[kambites]

Is that expensive then? I can't say I've had to buy many headlight bulbs. I'm assuming that they're "+90%" ones aren't their cheapest.

[CurvaParabolica]

Looks like someone has already tried to "liberate" one from the package on the right...

[CraigyMc]

This thread confuses me.

[mgmrw]

kambites said:

Is that expensive then? I can't say I've had to buy many headlight bulbs. I'm assuming that they're "+90%" ones aren't their cheapest.

Halfrauds near me, wanted that sort of figure for a bulb for the SAAB. £55 a pair IIRC.


Went to a local factors, RING bulbs, same grade, £3.47 each

which would you buy?

[steveo3002]

kambites said:

Is that expensive then? I can't say I've had to buy many headlight bulbs. I'm assuming that they're "+90%" ones aren't their cheapest.

£13 a pair posted online for good brand names

[Negative Creep]

Trade card ftw

[60]

They are about a fiver with a trade card, the advantage of halfords is unlike trade counters my local one is open till 8

[bigdave74]

jesus!! that IS a lot when you can get a twin HID kit from ebay for £40!!! (for off-road use only, obviously.....)

Oh first post!! long time lurker...!

[mattdaniels]

I have no idea whether the bulb price is reasonable or not, but £7 to fit it seems fair under the circumstances.

[mgmrw]

mattdaniels said:

I have no idea whether the bulb price is reasonable or not, but £7 to fit it seems fair under the circumstances.

it would be on say......... a 1993 fiesta, where it takes seconds.


But on say, a 1996 XK8 I'd happily pay 'em £7 as it's a of a job

[Allanv]

I paid £18.99 for a pair of 477 bulbs in halfords yesterday. Fitted them in the carpark myself.

[mattdaniels]

mgmrw said:

mattdaniels said:

I have no idea whether the bulb price is reasonable or not, but £7 to fit it seems fair under the circumstances.

it would be on say......... a 1993 fiesta, where it takes seconds.


But on say, a 1996 XK8 I'd happily pay 'em £7 as it's a of a job

Ding, I'm sure some cars are going to be easier than others. and as above they have a list of cars they can and can't do. It seems a fair "flat rate" price to me if you look at the underlying costs of taking one of your £5 an hour untrained shop floor grunts away from his duties to go and work on a customers car with all the associated risk / liability / indemnity issues.

[mgmrw]

mattdaniels said:

Ding, I'm sure some cars are going to be easier than others. and as above they have a list of cars they can and can't do. It seems a fair "flat rate" price to me if you look at the underlying costs of taking one of your £5 an hour untrained shop floor grunts away from his duties to go and work on a customers car with all the associated risk / liability / indemnity issues.

£5 an hour?

Dream on chap.

Ex-OHs kid sister worked there. 16year old. Lass. didnt even know how to open the boot of a car, let alone change a bulb. Paid circa £3 an hour. As min-wage for under 18s is pittance.

They had her out changing bulbs. She got stuck, a lad went to do it.

She once asked me if £25 to fit a single din head unit to her friends rover was a "good deal"......... It wasn't. in them, with ISO, it takes sub 2minutes to do.

[frosted]

You can knock halfords as long as you want truth is there's nowhere open past 6pm . I like halfords

[gazchap]

I had the choice of buying a single 477 bulb for my Corolla from Halfords, for £36 - they only had the more expensive ones left in stock, conveniently, or I could buy two 477 bulbs from eBay for a pound each.

No brainer.