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Halfords Autocentre, at best incompetent, At Worst....

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  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    harveybobbles wrote: »
    Because I'm bored, I just copied the OP into MS Word... It covered FOUR A4 pages and was 2239 words..

    Get out more ;)
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • Joe_Horner
    Joe_Horner Posts: 4,895 Forumite
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    arcon5 wrote: »
    Not really, there are plenty of decent garages and specialists out there without having to resort to ridiculous main dealer prices


    Agreed, was just copying the OP's style. Couldn't keep it up for more than one sentence though ;)
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 19,018 Forumite
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    edited 1 December 2014 at 9:42PM
    photome wrote: »
    seriously shorten the complaint by a few thousand words and try complaining again if you didnt succeed....I dont know if you did or not as I didnt make it to the end

    Same here.
    photome wrote: »
    OP what type of car did you take to halfords, I think I missed it in your summary.

    Although I did recall it was Halfords Auto centre, Stockport

    I'm just amazed anyone would pay Halfords £295 just for a service.

    Quickfit have an aircon guarantee that unless they fix it with the regas then you don't pay. Had that on my car once and no charge.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • gazter
    gazter Posts: 931 Forumite
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    Isnt the rule of thumb to go to the main dealer if you want the luxury of over paying for your servicing, or go to a substantially cheaper local independent that you know personally by recommendation. Why pay dealer price style servicing to a national chain?

    Crazy..
  • EdGasket
    EdGasket Posts: 3,503 Forumite
    harveybobbles wrote: »
    Because I'm bored, I just copied the OP into MS Word... It covered FOUR A4 pages and was 2239 words..

    Try a smaller font and adjust your margins then.
  • Trebor16
    Trebor16 Posts: 3,061 Forumite
    fivetide wrote: »
    Based on the responses to this thread, stay clear of the OP too!


    Some would say follow your advice in relation to you :D
    "You should know not to believe everything in media & polls by now !"


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