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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: Mash on August 23, 2008, 16:50:39

Title: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Mash on August 23, 2008, 16:50:39: Hi All.

Nipped into the local Halfrauds earlier and they've got 7 peice sets of flex head rachet spanners for Â£ 20 :dance:

Needless to say if you've got a trade card they are only Â£ 16 :dance: :dance:
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Tommo on August 23, 2008, 17:25:19: hmmm, i hav egot a trade card. might be major investment time!
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: strapping young lad on August 23, 2008, 17:26:34: keep an eye out on lidl and aldi deals as they sell tools at a decent price now and again
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: carbore on August 23, 2008, 21:02:59: I may have to get some of those.....

I also have trade card, due to "farm" being the name of my house. Mind you I have so many cars/mowers/etc that I think A fleet management account would be appropriate!
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Panda on August 24, 2008, 00:16:15: Might be being thick here but can someone explain what a trade card is?? and what you need to be able to have one??

thanks
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Lincs niva on August 24, 2008, 09:14:02: Makes it worth while having the trade card saved me loads in the past

Cheers Gav
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Tommo on August 24, 2008, 10:28:46: I get it through work.

I got some halfrauds own brand dog biscuit brake pads for Â£7 when the price on the shelf was Â£23

oils etc however are still expensive.
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Drift on August 24, 2008, 12:37:37: I have a trade card but no trade :lol:

Just go in with recent recites from motor factors and the like,tell them you fix cars for a club, if the manager is ok, bang you get a trade card :dance:

Now, about these spanners :cool:
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Mareng on August 24, 2008, 13:35:05: Quote from: Panda on August 24, 2008, 00:16:15
Might be being thick here but can someone explain what a trade card is?? and what you need to be able to have one??

thanks

I got mine by going into the local store with a couple of engineering NVQ certs, asked the guy at the parts desk if I could have one, I wasn't in the motor trade per se, but I was in the army, and he signed me up there and then.

Apparently all you need to do is prove your are in the trade or could be, so education certs are readily accepted.
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: hairyasswelder on August 25, 2008, 10:30:28: After seeing this post I had to buy some ;)

Went online and reserved them, got to the store and they are still marked up @ Â£59.99 and the staff had no idea so I had to show them online.

Was all sorted and there are still 3 on the shelf (Mansfield, Baums Lane) I'm happy :D

Steve

Forgot to say they are discontinued line so limited stocks ;)
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Sharpshooter on August 25, 2008, 20:44:04: anyone got a link for them??
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: insa-disco on August 27, 2008, 10:04:38: i got a family trade card as my brother works at halfrauds lol even though im in the trade, wonder if i cud use both for extra discount lol :dance:
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: Mr Bump on August 27, 2008, 12:12:31: Quote from: Sharpshooter on August 25, 2008, 20:44:04
anyone got a link for them??

I'm guessing either this one

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_162927_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_76864_crumb_33958-76859_parentcategoryrn_76864

but mostlikely this one

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_179591_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_76864_crumb_33958-76859_parentcategoryrn_76864

Halfords pro stuff is very good imho, but I've never managed to break one of their 'normal' spanners, even when using a lump hammer to put a too-small-spanner onto a very rounded off oil drain bolt ;)
Title: Re: Wow Bargain Time
Post by: TechnoTurkey on August 27, 2008, 12:16:19: Bought the second one, matches my pro set of spanners and sockets quite nicely. :D