£10.62 Halfords 27 Piece Socket Set (was £60.00) - Page 4

Avulon · 15th August 2017, 22:43

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Originally Posted by Mintee

When I looked on line on Thursday my local store had the socket set which I wanted and would come in incredibly handy but not the spanners which would have been useful. But it offered me the chance to buy them from another store 10 miles away. So I clicked the link and paid for the two and noticed I had to collect before this Thursday..... No prob, got to go in that direction on Tuesday.

Yesterday morning I got a call from the store telling me that they didn't have the spanner set. Bah! I was a bit busy but said I'd be there to collect the sockets.

It was only as I sat stuck in the traffic on the way to the store this lunchtime that I it struck me that they were inconveniencing me quite a lot, had the website not suggested I could get the spanner set I could have cycled to my local shop last week and got from their directly.

So went into the store and there was some confusion as to where my socket set was, it had no paperwork with it when it was found and I made a bit of a fuss about having to traipse over to their shop for something I could have got a lot more easily locally if their web site was not so poor (although I have a feeling that someone in the store might have sold the set they put aside for me......) anyway after trying to point out for several times that, despite the deputy manager protesting that he'd told me 'as soon as he saw the order' (ordered Thursday, called Monday...) and he wandered off for a bit to 'call head office' and came back with a boxed set and asked if they had the spanners in that I wanted (more than, it has 16mm and 18mm that I never use!) and said I could have that for the same price.

I was happy with that. Then he gave me a £20 Halfords gift card for all the trouble they had caused. Bonus. I have the sockets, better spanners and £20!

Sometimes the sun shines right on top of your head.

Now I'm jealous especially when I consider that I couldn't collect from my local store in Harrogate (a five minute walk from home) but had to collect my non-existent spanners from Mansfield over an hours ride away (I wouldn't have if I hadn't already been planning to go that way).

clf · 15th August 2017, 23:33

Thanks for this again Dallas. I already have a socket set from before, but I didnt have an impact socket set. So ordered THIS one for £8.50 with the discount code

Walter · 16th August 2017, 13:39

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Originally Posted by clf

Thanks for this again Dallas. I already have a socket set from before, but I didnt have an impact socket set. So ordered THIS one for £8.50 with the discount code

The discount code stopped on 15th August

clf · 16th August 2017, 13:42

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Originally Posted by Walter

The discount code stopped on 15th August

Just about made it in time then, phew

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mr m · 17th August 2017, 18:57

thanks Dallas for posting this, just picked up my 1/4 socket set today.

mark.

Darcydog · 17th August 2017, 19:19

Yes - thanks Wes - that's the third really good deal I have benefitted from thanks to you.

Mind you the Ferndown Halfords really is the pits! I went down on Monday as per the email and it was not available. But then neither were any staff!! How can you have a store where the till is not manned for 20 min and staff wander about ignoring you?

I got a second email saying it was in for yesterday and it was a repeat of the excruciatingly poor service of Monday.

Well pleased with the socket set - but my word!!! Why does anyone bother with Halfords if their Ferndown store is a typical example?

Walter · 17th August 2017, 19:34

Just got new code WORKSHOP15

victorgte · 24th August 2017, 09:44

Missed out on the spanners first time so I've just gone to the Halfords web site again and as luck would have it I just reserved a set at my local Tewkesbury store at £5.

Avulon · 24th August 2017, 16:02

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Originally Posted by victorgte

Missed out on the spanners first time so I've just gone to the Halfords web site again and as luck would have it I just reserved a set at my local Tewkesbury store at £5.

Do you have a link to them on the site? I can't find any below £15

victorgte · 24th August 2017, 20:53

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Originally Posted by Avulon

Do you have a link to them on the site? I can't find any below £15

It's only allowing me to see them as an item "previously viewed" on my account. PM your postcode and I can see if your local store has a set. I can reserve them for you and pm you back the reservation number. You then roll up to the store, quote the number and pay for them. I don't need to pay, I just reserve for you. Be warned, last week there were none available local to me. Nearest set was 63 miles away. I found them today just by trying my luck and found that a local store had some. Worth a try?

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clf This is my second home MG ZT CDTi Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: carrick Posts: 7,859 Thanks: 3,494 Thanked 2,657 Times in 1,973 Posts	Thanks for this again Dallas. I already have a socket set from before, but I didnt have an impact socket set. So ordered THIS one for £8.50 with the discount code __________________ It is not gloss primer .............. it is duct tape silver!

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victorgte I really should get out more....... MGTF, MGZT, Range Rover Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 395 Thanked 633 Times in 446 Posts	Missed out on the spanners first time so I've just gone to the Halfords web site again and as luck would have it I just reserved a set at my local Tewkesbury store at £5. __________________ MG TF 135, MG ZT, Range Rover P38

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mr m Avid contributor mg zt 180 +. rover 200 diesel Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: billingshurst Posts: 166 Thanks: 30 Thanked 42 Times in 36 Posts	thanks Dallas for posting this, just picked up my 1/4 socket set today. mark.

17th August 2017, 19:19	#36
Darcydog This is my second home Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 3,170 Times in 2,096 Posts	Yes - thanks Wes - that's the third really good deal I have benefitted from thanks to you. Mind you the Ferndown Halfords really is the pits! I went down on Monday as per the email and it was not available. But then neither were any staff!! How can you have a store where the till is not manned for 20 min and staff wander about ignoring you? I got a second email saying it was in for yesterday and it was a repeat of the excruciatingly poor service of Monday. Well pleased with the socket set - but my word!!! Why does anyone bother with Halfords if their Ferndown store is a typical example?