Halfords trade card rates

rpg

Just curious if anyone with one of these has noticed a change in pricing recently? It used to be worthwhile but the discount appears to have been reduced considerably. I know they opened it up to more professions so I wonder did they reduce the discount.

For instance this oil:

https://www.halfords.ie/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/engine-oil/castrol-magnatec-5w30-c3-oil-4-litre-224209.html

Is now coming up at €34.37, when I have it under €30 last year.

And this:

https://www.halfords.ie/motoring/car-cleaning/clay-bars/autoglym-rapid-detailer-500ml-247408.html

Is now coming up at €9.06 and I have it at €7.50 or so a few months back.

Stock availability/management is hit and miss sometimes anyway so if the discount has been reduced I probably won’t bother anymore.

Whocare

Anyone know can you lie to get halford trade card do thay look for much proof ect

honda boi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058364968/halfords-trade-card-rates

I noticed this myself the other day, prices dont look near as worthwhile as it was before.

Nigzcurran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518041#Comment_122518041

No proof needed

Stephenc66

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058364968/halfords-trade-card-rates

I can't say I have really noticed. But I have not been using them much lately.

Could it be that the retail price of the products has also gone up on the products that you are buying but you are still getting the same Trade discount as a percentage?

bbuzz

My understanding is that they bench mark other motor factors and discount accordingly. This is why I think you get such a big discount on branded parts, but much less on Halfords own brand. It's been a few years since I looked at it, so open to correction.

I bought a litre of oil and some wipers last week, got about €2 off the oil, but €10 off the wipers - it's always been a bit random.

Buffman

The website always seems to be very messy when applying discounts and not always correct, I had the experience once when trying to buy a battery that the trade card price significantly increased the price instead of giving a discount, even in-store all I got was 'computer says no' type response when trying to physically buy it.

Different items get different discounts also.

I'm pretty sure some of those discounts were previously up to 30%, but max is now 20% so looks like they did reduce it.

From:

https://www.halfords.ie/motoring/trade-card/trade-card-sign-up.html

• "Lowest Prices On Bulbs

• Lowest Prices On Oils

• 20% off Halfords Workshop & Tools

• 20% off Batteries

• 20% off Fuses & Fixings

• 10% off Oils & Additives

• 10% off Car Cleaning (Excluding Karcher)

• 10% off Body Repair

• 10% off Branded Workshop & Tools

• 10% off Parts

• 10% off Blades

• 10% off Motorcycle

• 10% off Seasonal Chemicals"

bennyx_o

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518288#Comment_122518288

Last time I looked into it (and applied) you had to go into a Halfords store with proof of trade before receiving the card, do you not need to do this anymore?

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122518194#Comment_122518194

Didn't they have a 25-30% price hike about 2 yrs ago?

Nigzcurran

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122519646#Comment_122519646

No it's available to the likes of van drivers now

rpg

Thanks all. The price/discount adjustment is definitely recent enough. I have an order for some oil and wipers mid July at a price I was familiar with but now all those things are around 15% more expensive. It’s still a discount off the regular price, but much more modest.

bronkobilly

Bought a 200 piece socket set in april with trade cost 225E now its 325E with trade card IT SEEMS ALL THE TOOLS are gone up wen using the trade card as the orginal price without the card u can get 10% off with a AXA card not much difference now in prices

rpg

Thanks for the info, yep tools affected as well. I picked up a trolley jack as a spare for €38 in May - €46 now. Problem now is sometimes the website offers are better than trade price, have to log out to check. Asked customer service about any changes to trade pricing, they hadn’t a clue and told me to go in-store…

bronkobilly

Trade card stopped working on line now but works no problem in store? Wat is halfords up to ?

honda boi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122739148#Comment_122739148

Ye noticed this the other day

Went onto the online chat and they told me they are having technical errors.

They couldn't give me a time for when it will be fixed.

mgbgt1978

Mine hasn't worked online for at least 2 months. It works fine for discounts when purchasing, but it's a a pain having to price everything at the Till before proceeding.

It also means I can't Click and Collect.

There was a time when I would often buy extra stuff if there was a decent Trade Discount, but after a couple of months of this issue I rarely bother with Halfords anymore.

colm_mcm

just checked mine out of curiosity, working away as normal.

honda boi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122746303#Comment_122746303

Yours is showing trade prices online?

colm_mcm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122746735#Comment_122746735

yep

mgbgt1978

Have Halfords changed their site slightly Colm ? Isn't the Trade Price normally shown in Blue (and has the words "Trade Price" above the figure).

honda boi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122748960#Comment_122748960

Ye it used to show blue for trade price.

I compared Colms to mine and his is showing a cheaper price so I can only assume it's the trade prices.

mgbgt1978

And I just noticed his screenshot is showing a Blue Account Avatar, which means ( or used to mean) that your Trade Card is "Live". I asked the staff at my local Halfords, but they hadn't a clue about an issue.

There used to be a couple of staff there that were very clued up on Halfords policies, but they seem to have left in the past year. Hopefully they will sort it, but I'm not holding my breath……

colm_mcm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122748960#Comment_122748960

it depends on the item by the looks of things.

Nigzcurran

Ate you definitely logged into your account? Mine is showing up fine

mgbgt1978

I can log in to my account . But when I try to enter my Trade Card Number (previously it was sometimes pre-loaded, but not always) it tells me to contact my local Halfords to sort it out. I tried that but they couldn't help. They wouldn't give me a new card to try as they seem to think my existing card is linked to my account………despite the prompt to "activate your Trade Card".

At least my existing Card still gives me the Trade Discount, although maybe if I annoy them enough by bringing loads of stuff up to the counter to be price-checked they might at least try a Fresh Card