I have to say some people just take the piss out of Halfords in an attempt to be clever or cool.



How many factors are open until 8 at night ?

How many factors are open until 6 on a Saturday or a Sunday ?

And where do you go when you need a bulb or some oil on a Sunday afternoon ?

I buy a lot of my stuff from Partco for my Alternator Conversion kits, all my pre-crossflow stuff etc etc BUT no one can touch Halfords for things like Spark Plugs.

And Halfords are equally as competitive on things like disk pads etc, they will order you anything you want and they were guaranteeing to beat any factor in town recently, dont know if they are still doing it but thats what the guy said when I opened my trade account.



So what if you are served by some spotty oik... a lot of the chimps that work in Motorfactors arent much better..

'Can I have a starter motor for an Anglia please ?'

'No mate they've been discontinued for years !'

'Can I have a starter motor for a Mini please ?'

'Yes certainly sir'

'Well they are the same thing you KNOB HEAD ! If you only bothered to look in your book instead of standing behind the counter like you know everything.....'


To get a 'Trade Account' you need to prove you are 'trade' and this can be in the form of a payslip from your employer so if you are a mechanic working at a garage, if you own a business and that can be with letterhead or business card etc


There is no subsitute for a good motorfactor, the guys at Partco Bedford are spot on because they all grew up with the stuff I want and they put themselves out to source things for me that most people would right off as unavailable BUT Unipart as a company dont want trade accounts like mine, just spending a couple of hundred quid a month they want major accounts...

As for tools I think you'd go along way to get tools as good as the Halfords Professional range at the price they are when you have a trade card.