£75 for Halfords wiper blades?

[ingenieur]

Went into Halfords to buy some wiper blades for my 18 year old BMW 330i and thought the Halfords ones looked like they had the lowest profile (i.e. the best, according to me). Asked the chap for a price check and it was over £70 for the pair. I bought a Bosch set for 20-something instead.

It's mad that they're so expensive these days. The old caged metal type used to be £5 to £10 per blade.

[ScoobyChris]

Were these the Advanced Silicone ones which apparently last longer? Priced them up around £60 for my car plus £5 each if Sir requires fitting
I went for the Bosch Aerotwins as usual for half that and fitted myself...

Chris

[geeks]

Yeah had a similar experience a couple of months back, asked the guy at the "parts counter" if anyone actually bought the Halfords ones when the Bosch was a third of the price he just looked a bit sheepish and said no! Really don't understand what Halfords are doing here.

[ingenieur]

geeks said:

Yeah had a similar experience a couple of months back, asked the guy at the "parts counter" if anyone actually bought the Halfords ones when the Bosch was a third of the price he just looked a bit sheepish and said no! Really don't understand what Halfords are doing here.

If they're too much for someone like me who likes to change wiper blades often and prefers the premium brand then they've missed the target.

I hope for their sake they've got an 80% margin on them and could reel it back a bit and price them like Bosch blades. Surely they cannot possibly cost that much to manufacturer!

[vikingaero]

https://www.wiperblades.co.uk/ or Amazon. Never Eurocraparts with their Chav pricing - was £999.99, now £45!

[Red9zero]

vikingaero said:

https://www.wiperblades.co.uk/ or Amazon. Never Eurocraparts with their Chav pricing - was £999.99, now £45!

Same here. Normally use Amazon, in fact I have just replaced the rear wiper on our CX5 for £8. Bosch too.

[Evercross]

Same rule for wipers and oil. Buy the cheapest that is the correct spec and replace often.

[dhutch]

Trade card.....

[RSstuff]

I don't use Halfords very often, but when I do there seem to be more staff selling push bikes than car parts. Maybe because CP4less are only a mile away.