I was in Halfords trying to get a little elbow widget for the boost gauge line this morning when I decided to see what they offered in the bike dept.
Two things stood out like sore thumbs..
1) Most of what they had on offer seems to be from 2004 Oxford catalogue
2) Almost every single thing they had for sale to do with bikes was so over priced as to make it a bloody joke. Some of it as much as 70% dearer that elsewhere.... ( sorry,,, can't remember details of whats what .. just took a view at the time and did not make notes ! )
Yes, they do run a price matching scheme, but the 'other' price must be within the town.. We have one bike shop that does not carry the same stuff..
I do carry some of the gear but in the eyes of Halfords I am not a bonafida dealer ( the fact Jaws Motorcycles has been trading LONGER than Halfords have been selling bike parts seems to be a minor detail )
I have a sneaky feeling Halfords may well do the same as Woolworths.
Everyone thinks that if something is ?X at one woolworths it will be the same in every Woolworths.. Not true.. Seems the managers are given discretion with a lot of stuff and are quite likely to hike the price up of something if it is not available elsewhere in a small town..
Well maybe Halfords is playing the same game...
Two things stood out like sore thumbs..
1) Most of what they had on offer seems to be from 2004 Oxford catalogue
2) Almost every single thing they had for sale to do with bikes was so over priced as to make it a bloody joke. Some of it as much as 70% dearer that elsewhere.... ( sorry,,, can't remember details of whats what .. just took a view at the time and did not make notes ! )
Yes, they do run a price matching scheme, but the 'other' price must be within the town.. We have one bike shop that does not carry the same stuff..
I do carry some of the gear but in the eyes of Halfords I am not a bonafida dealer ( the fact Jaws Motorcycles has been trading LONGER than Halfords have been selling bike parts seems to be a minor detail )
I have a sneaky feeling Halfords may well do the same as Woolworths.
Everyone thinks that if something is ?X at one woolworths it will be the same in every Woolworths.. Not true.. Seems the managers are given discretion with a lot of stuff and are quite likely to hike the price up of something if it is not available elsewhere in a small town..
Well maybe Halfords is playing the same game...