Halfords Road Bike Prices

markp80

Just been browsing the bikes on Halfords website and I was shocked at how the prices have rocketed. My Boardman Road Comp was £699 last September, now £949! The Carrera TdF was £300 a few months ago (so I read on another thread), now £599.

Anyone else think this is a bit crazy? Do they just do this for a few months so that they can legally call lower prices later a "sale"?

Cheers,
MarkP

bernithebiker

It's cos now they got Pinarello, they gone upmarket, innit?

zx6man

They will be back down, as none would pay 599 for a tdf. (mine was 264 on a bank holiday). I guess it is for the "sale" later aspect.

ShutUpLegs

Guessing they are expecting huge demand from those middle class wankertypes who will throw money at their new hobby.

markp80

Of course - New Year resolutions and all the people starting out on those short-lived fitness regimes!

arlowood

MarkP80 wrote:

Do they just do this for a few months so that they can legally call lower prices later a "sale"?

Cheers,
MarkP

Appears that they don't have to post a price "legally" for some time before they can claim a discount for "sale" purposes.

Weekend before Christmas I was browsing for prices on the Thule 591 bike carrier. Halfords had it listed at £82.95 on the Sunday. Opened my emails on the Monday morning to find a special 1 day offer from Halfords of 10% discount on all web prices for goods ordered that day.

Clicked through to the ad for the Thule 591 and - hey presto - the price was now listed as £91.99. When the 10% discount was applied it worked out 16p cheaper than if I'd ordered it the day before.

So be very sceptical about any RRP listed particularly at Halfords - shop around to other outlets where you can (bit more of a problem with Boardman bikes).

I ended up getting the Thule carrier from Ford Parts via Sandicliffe a local Ford franchise - £56 - result