yorkshireone 0 Posted July 15, 2008 I went in to buy a £150 piece socket/ratchet set the other day and its £199 at the mo, just wondered if anyone knew when it was going to be on offer again?? :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lizard Racing 0 Posted July 15, 2008 See if you can get hold of a trade card, Im sure I only paid £95ish on trade! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 15, 2008 :lol: £199 ? Surely you can buy decent tools for that money, i know not everyone can pay snap on prices, but Facom, Britool and Teng arent bad alternatives and still pretty cheap but good quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted July 15, 2008 The Halfords Pro stuff is superb and the 150 piece set that you can get occasionally for £99 is excellent VFM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitedog 0 Posted July 15, 2008 The Halfords Pro stuff is superb and the 150 piece set that you can get occasionally for £99 is excellent VFM. Yup, paid £99 for mine only last week. Fantastic bit of kit with a lifetime guarantee too.....which is nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorkshireone 0 Posted July 15, 2008 The Halfords Pro stuff is superb and the 150 piece set that you can get occasionally for £99 is excellent VFM. Yup, paid £99 for mine only last week. Fantastic bit of kit with a lifetime guarantee too.....which is nice You think it maybe varies from store to store then? where did u get urs from, maybe I could give them a ring... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yeti 0 Posted July 15, 2008 :lol: £199 ? Surely you can buy decent tools for that money, i know not everyone can pay snap on prices, but Facom, Britool and Teng arent bad alternatives and still pretty cheap but good quality as said above, halfords tools, as snap on, are guaranteed for life and snap on tools do break frequently when used daily, one of my best mates dads has been a mechanic for over 40 years and has 3 roller cabs worth of snap on tools, i've heard various stories of tools snapping during race meetings or by the side of the road so for the price difference its halfords every time for me... o and if you work in the trade or automotive industry or know someone who does, get a trade card as it makes loads of things miles cheaper! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Hub 0 Posted July 15, 2008 The Halfords Pro stuff is superb and the 150 piece set that you can get occasionally for £99 is excellent VFM. Yup, paid £99 for mine only last week. Fantastic bit of kit with a lifetime guarantee too.....which is nice You think it maybe varies from store to store then? where did u get urs from, maybe I could give them a ring... I remember being told by Halfords staff that they rotate certain offers every 1 or 2 months, can't remember precisely but I was looking for a liesure battery which they had on offer. I had just missed the offer by a day and he told me it would be back on in the next period. Worth asking the staff? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorkshireone 0 Posted July 15, 2008 Yup, paid £99 for mine only last week. Fantastic bit of kit with a lifetime guarantee too.....which is nice You think it maybe varies from store to store then? where did u get urs from, maybe I could give them a ring... I remember being told by Halfords staff that they rotate certain offers every 1 or 2 months, can't remember precisely but I was looking for a liesure battery which they had on offer. I had just missed the offer by a day and he told me it would be back on in the next period. Worth asking the staff? Aye I'll maybe go back down and see if any of the staff have a clue. The 120pc set was on offer for £99 when I went the other day but there were no offers on the 150pc :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitedog 0 Posted July 15, 2008 The Halfords Pro stuff is superb and the 150 piece set that you can get occasionally for £99 is excellent VFM. Yup, paid £99 for mine only last week. Fantastic bit of kit with a lifetime guarantee too.....which is nice You think it maybe varies from store to store then? where did u get urs from, maybe I could give them a ring... Got mine from the Cannock store, wait out for the set you want, it'll soon be on offer again, it always is...you'll be gutted to get the 120 piece then the following week see the 150 piece for the same price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n3p 3 Posted July 16, 2008 £99 aswell. Two words.. Ratchet Spanners! :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaK 0 Posted July 16, 2008 Is this the one you're all talking about? http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... &langId=-1 Still seems to be on offer online! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blue95 0 Posted July 16, 2008 Quality of the Halfords Pro stuff is superb, they are very similar in design to some big name brands, wouldn't surprise me if they come from the same factory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andygal 0 Posted July 16, 2008 Socket set went back up in price last Tuesday and was replaced on promotion by the 120pc!! This promotion will last about 2months, not sure exactly when it changes but will check tomorrow for you Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted July 16, 2008 :lol: £199 ? Surely you can buy decent tools for that money, i know not everyone can pay snap on prices, but Facom, Britool and Teng arent bad alternatives and still pretty cheap but good quality Aqua G60 - I'd have Halfords pro over any of the above tbh, I actually prefer the ratchets to Snap-On The 120pce set is at £99 at the moment, still a good deal but i'd wait for the 150pce - if you know someone with a trade card it's £95 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorkshireone 0 Posted July 16, 2008 Socket set went back up in price last Tuesday and was replaced on promotion by the 120pc!! This promotion will last about 2months, not sure exactly when it changes but will check tomorrow for you Andy Cheers andy that would be great :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G60Jet 1 Posted July 17, 2008 I've got a trade card, but tools are so heavy to post Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorkshireone 0 Posted July 17, 2008 I've got a trade card, but tools are so heavy to post aye that is troo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 18, 2008 Ok ok i conceed, SOME of the Halfrauds tools may be ok :norty: ..........but no one on the forum has had admitted to working there yet :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mariojoshi 1 Posted July 18, 2008 I echo the above really! Years of working on shonky rusty bikes and I never once broke any of the Pro stuff! I used to work there during school/college and through a bit of uni, until I got a job which wasn't slave labour ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philuk 0 Posted July 18, 2008 Ok ok i conceed, SOME of the Halfrauds tools may be ok :norty: ..........but no one on the forum has had admitted to working there yet :lol: i have the 150pc tool kit for £99 had it about 2 years now, personally id rather stick a red hot poker in my eye than work there! there frikking useless most of the time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2 0 Posted July 21, 2008 Went to my local Halfords for some 'acoustic carpet' for a boot install and asked the sales woman if they did any? Maybe her blank look should have sounded alarm bells. Anyway, ten minutes later after explaining what this was, got to the stage where I said "carpet for the boot of a car", she said "no Halfords don't do anything like that". Visited another store in the area for something else and found they do two different types of acoustic carpet and in two colours! :roll: Don't even get me started on when I tried to get a quick release speaker wire plug! :bad-words: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boost monkey 0 Posted July 21, 2008 I've broken the 600mm 1/2" drive breaker bar when doing my old golf's hub nuts, the part at the top where the 1/2" mech is pinned into the main body of the bar with a small black allen key headed shaft thing just sheared. But in fairness, I did have some scaffold on the end and it does explicitly have engraved in the bar not to do that kind of thing. I will be waiting intently for the 150 pc to come back down to 100. At this rate, perhaps it will be around September when my student loan monies kick in again. That would be really good. p.s. I find it massively hypocritical too how unhelpful halfords staff can be and find the Halfords ads in the breaks for Top Gear quite hilarious! :nuts: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 1 Posted July 21, 2008 find the Halfords ads in the breaks for Top Gear quite hilarious! lol - the one with the guy demo'ing the head unit with the pop out video screen and the customer is like "Oh, cool!" as if he didn't know it did that - like the just went in to Halfords and asked them to stick in ANY head unit and held out a handful of money or something?! Surely he knew what he was getting before they installed the fecking thing in his car!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Critical_Mass 10 Posted July 21, 2008 find the Halfords ads in the breaks for Top Gear quite hilarious! lol - the one with the guy demo'ing the head unit with the pop out video screen and the customer is like "Oh, cool!" as if he didn't know it did that - like the just went in to Halfords and asked them to stick in ANY head unit and held out a handful of money or something?! Surely he knew what he was getting before they installed the fecking thing in his car!! :lol: glad i wasnt the only person to think that ha! What about the one where he's demo'ing the sat nav and he says, 'just do it like i showed you', the driver then presses the sat nav screen once and the halfords bloke says something like 'hey, there you go'. ALL YOU DID IS PRESS ONE BUTTON! :lol: maybe a little too observant from me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
