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[kooky]

Hi all
After a tip off from a friend I tootled down to Halfords today and came back with a shiney orange trade card.
It save you a blinkin fortune on anything you spend your hard earned on in the shop (apart from Ripspeed but then who buys that tat)

The best thing is you dont need to be in the trade. Just bring any random City and Guilds or qualification that is loosly linked to Engineering or mechanics and something with your adress on and Hey Presto cheap parts !! or if you are in the Forces you can blag them with your ID card.

I bought some bulbs today for a nissan was £4.50 RRP got them for 79p bargain I say.
My mate bought a Roll cab of them, the nice black one they do and got 40% off.

Just thought I'd share this

[james962]

The best thing is you dont need to be in the trade. Just bring any random City and Guilds or qualification that is loosly linked to Engineering or mechanics and something with your adress on and Hey Presto cheap parts !! or if you are in the Forces you can blag them with your ID card.

You do need to be in the trade to get a card, unless you go to a store that will just give them out willy-nilly. If you're in the forces, you will need documentation of your job title etc etc, again, unless you go to a store that isn't that bothered


Oh, and the discounts on parts are not too bad are they

[chris_gilly]

The best thing is you dont need to be in the trade. Just bring any random City and Guilds or qualification that is loosly linked to Engineering or mechanics and something with your adress on and Hey Presto cheap parts !! or if you are in the Forces you can blag them with your ID card.

You do need to be in the trade to get a card, unless you go to a store that will just give them out willy-nilly. If you're in the forces, you will need documentation of your job title etc etc, again, unless you go to a store that isn't that bothered


Oh, and the discounts on parts are not too bad are they

wow i have a level 2 institue of motor industry certificate for vehicle maintence and repair
and a level 1 in fast fit...
hehehe to halfords tomorrow i go.......

[the.stroker]

my card has been taking a hammering for months now!

[Shifty]

Failing that, take a ruck of old reciepts with you and you should get one.

Handy thing to have, especially on a Sunday!!

[kooky]

james962 do you work for Halfords.
Wouldnt want to drop anyone in it.

I also read on another forum that they give them out to certain club/forum members just because they are members.

and your right the discounts are very very good especially with the amount I spend in there.

[kooky]

Chris
Get yourself down there and try to find someone over the age of 16 to sort you out, the first teenage empoyee I spoke to didnt have a clue but the old dear behind the parts counter sorted me out a treat.

[james962]

I wouldn't say you are dropping anyone in it to be honest. I work there part time while i'm at uni.

Wouldn't be a certain type of General Motors owners club would it?

Discounts on batteries are also very good, sometimes saving £40+ !!

Edited by james962, 12 September 2008 - 11:22 PM.

[kooky]

I wouldn't say you are dropping anyone in it to be honest. I work there part time while i'm at uni.

Wouldn't be a certain type of General Motors owners club would it?

Discounts on batteries are also very good, sometimes saving £40+ !!

Yep thats the one !!
They get it why not us ?? surely any mini driver spends more in there than any other sort of car driver..

[chris_gilly]

defo... im passing one tomorrow... hehehehe

[kooky]

By the way do you have any inside info in to what the best deals are ?
Its a bit of a ball ache not knowing until your at the till.

[james962]

Yeah i know, I think its being looked into.

Oh, and chris, just go in, the worst that the staff could say to you is "no you cannot have one"

[chris_gilly]

Yeah i know, I think its being looked into.

Oh, and chris, just go in, the worst that the staff could say to you is "no you cannot have one"

i am.... its worth it!!! my mate has one... hes been telling me to get one... but i didnt really listen!!! well i should have one tomorrow!!

[sweetser]

oo why did i have to do carpentry at college

[Guess-Works.com]

I've had one for yonks, but also we have a Halfords trade card for the local Mini Owners Club...