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Old 10th May 2010, 12:34 PM
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Well that was much easier than I thought. I went straight to the parts desk and said I was interested in getting a Trade card as I was in the Army as Vehicle Mechanic. I showed him my ID card and he said that was fine and went to get me one, no other questions asked, other than asking if I had some ID with my address on it.

I got him to do a price check on the Halford Professional 40-200Nm torque wrenches, they cost £59.99 to Joe Bloggs. With a trade card they are £47.99 . So thats a 20% saving for no effort.
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Old 10th May 2010, 01:16 PM
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Well I might just go down tonight then.
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Old 10th May 2010, 05:40 PM
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am i missing the point here

i used to work i the garage trade and i know of loads of people who get chummy with thair local motor factors (proper ones) witch are loads cheeper than halfords anyway and just ask for a good price on what you want.
i regulary get 35-50% off halfords prices most of the time.
also have more stock of parts
just tell them what you are doing (building a kitcar) keep going back to the same one and you offten get a bit more off
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Old 12th May 2010, 04:58 PM
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Well I went straight in this afternoon with my Plant Operator Mechanic certificate from 2000, showed the guy something with my signature on and now I am the proud owner of a trade card.

If only I had known this 10 years ago I could have saved a fortune.

Cheers Ginge
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