Halfords Trade Card 11 January 2008 at 11:45AM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Motoring 413 replies 298.7K views

anewman

Just come across this

http://www.halfordscompany.com/hal/ir/announcements/rns/rnsitem?id=1118296813nRNSI3340N&t=popup

We have also introduced a Halfords trade card into virtually all stores to encourage more committed home car mechanics and smaller garage proprietors to purchase an increasing amount of their parts requirements from our stores. Early results from both initiatives are encouraging.

This to me suggests you should not need to be in the trade to get a trade card?

Halfords themselves http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10651&storeId=10001&langId=-1&productId=264956&p1=38270&p2=31284 mention high volume of invoices from Motor Factors in last 3 months. I suppose my pile of Skoda dealer one's from October are probably out of the question.

Looks like a fake wage slip is the best way.

scbk

anewman wrote: »

Just come across this

http://www.halfordscompany.com/hal/ir/announcements/rns/rnsitem?id=1118296813nRNSI3340N&t=popup


This to me suggests you should not need to be in the trade to get a trade card?

As per post4 / halfords website all you need is a "High volume of local motor factor invoices from last 3 months" to get a trade card

zeon999

I would never buy anything from Halfords anyways, unless I was real deserate and everywhere else was close, they are way to expencive

anewman

zeon999 wrote: »

I would never buy anything from Halfords anyways, unless I was real deserate and everywhere else was close, they are way to expencive

I think you may have missed the point of this thread? Read first post and second for an example of discounts.

steveo3002

the staff where i tried to blag a card seemed rather strict on not giving one up without a wage slip

if you do decide to try and get one with the reciepts id print out the page that says theyre acceptable and go straight to the manager to enquire

i also think theyre still overpriced on most stuff...and i will still shop around for the best price, but its handy to have the card incase your caught out one evening /sunday afternoon

it would help if they had a website with the prices on too

Keith

I asked about the trade card whilst at the parts counter today, they seemed to think it was only for employed mechanics, so I mentioned it being for the home mechanic, I asked what they meant by "significant number" of invoices from a motor factors.

The kid decided significant meant one invoice but wasn't sure. He decided it would be one.

Has anyone got one via motorfactors invoices?

ice_babe

I didnt relise it was soo har to get one. My oh wasnt even awear of the card, was in the store in his work clothes and manager came uo to him and offered him a card.

This was the norwich store,

steveo3002

i now have my halfords card...i took in the payslip to prove i work at a dealer , he barely looked at it

prob get away with any payslip tbh

goldspanners

steveo3002 wrote: »

i now have my halfords card...i took in the ebay payslip to prove i work at a dealer , he barely looked at it

prob get away with any payslip tbh

good,let us know what you find discounted. i havent bought anything for a week now.

hartcjhart

we got ours the other day using a load of old invoices,

ANEWMAN tip get your old invoices then if you have a friendly local motor factor buy a couple of parts and get an up to date invoice put that on top of the pile,

then afterwards take the parts back and get a refund