Halfords Coolbox Misprice?

FIL6971

Went to Halfords (Cardiff) yesterday to buy an electric (8 Litre) hot/coolbox for the car. Large notice says they are now reduced to £35. As I wandered around I noticed that a shelf sticker seemed to be referring to the same item but for only £19.99 - confused I asked an assistant for clarification. He could offer no explanation and sold it to me for £19.99 without any prompting. You might want to check your local stores.

rebeccaj

does anybody know if this is in other stores? Don't have a Halfords near enough to me to check.

Jeff121

Big W Parkhead Glasgow are selling there's off at £19.98, I bought one on Sunday, quite a few left on the shelf if anyone is after one in the Glasgow area, don't know if the offer in Big W nationwide? Only problem is that the cigar lighter cable is short and I don't have a cigar lighter socket in the boot of my car so will need an extension.

curtlyb

Does anyone know if this model has a safety cut-off so that it doesn't drain your battery to zero ?????

Jeff121

Big W's own brand doesnt seem to have any safety cut off, maybe I should think about joining the AA before using this LOL... thanks for pointing this out as its not something that crossed my mind !

Daniel_B

Impossible to tell from the pic, but I'll have a look on Thursday if I can - how much can you really get in one of these?

Could you get a bit of meat, some drink and milk in one for example?

Thanks

Dan

Jeff121

The model in Big W is a 24 litre size, cools only unlike Halfords model.
Here's a link, priced at £29.95 on the web but £19.98 in Parkhead Store Glasgow
http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50355977

Daniel_B

Thanks for that Jeff - I just rang my local store, and they say they do have them in stock, but at £29.99 :-(

Was it actually priced up at that, or did it just scan as that?

This would be much preferred, as it is 4 times the capacity of the Halfords one.

I guess even at £29.99 it is still a good deal.

Might have a look on Friday.

Thanks again

Dan

royalsteve

curtlyb wrote:

Does anyone know if this model has a safety cut-off so that it doesn't drain your battery to zero ?????

Doesnt look like it...designed by dumb dumbs...why oh why dont they add an timed auto switch and/or a manual override switch so you can turn it off...dirt cheap to implement....i bought one from makro and couldnt believe it didnt auto switch off......bit like designing a car that doesnt drive, a plane which doesnt fly.... i took it back!

Personally i would rather risk the food going off than not being able to get home (until im rescued!)!

Sure you can take out the plug....but every time you stop for a while...what a pain

Jeff121

Daniel_B wrote:

Thanks for that Jeff - I just rang my local store, and they say they do have them in stock, but at £29.99 :-(

Was it actually priced up at that, or did it just scan as that?

This would be much preferred, as it is 4 times the capacity of the Halfords one.

I guess even at £29.99 it is still a good deal.

Might have a look on Friday.

Thanks again

Dan

Hi Dan
The coolers are priced at £19.98 in Glasgow, 2 in stock this evening as I was back down at Big W tonight, lots of other offers in the reduced area, I bought an air purifier £79.99 down to £19.98 and a foot spa reduced to £4.98. If you have a Big W close by I would call into the store and check out the price yourself as the prices dont seem to be consistent within the store, my air purifier scanned at £29.99 at the till then they had to over-ride the till to change the price to £19.98.
Cheers
Jeff

Clara_Pereira

I have one which I bought in Makro 2 summers ago, similar to the one in Woolworths. I have taken it on 2 day trips and have left it plugged into the cigarett lighter for the full duration and the battery has been fine. I have done this about 8 times and have had no problems. I think I only paid £20 as it was on promotion.