Halfords

wildeye · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Big Red S

So rather than look at what the company does and how it works, you've decided that you'll base your opinion of it on who happened to buy it?

Do you always shun logic, or only on thursdays?

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<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">no however i have based my opinion upon personal experience from their branch then added their parent company as a side note thus creating an impartial and imformed decision

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Big Red S · June 2007

What was that decision?

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Andy · June 2007

So you are judging a whole company on one branch of a large chain?

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ddoogie

an uber pimp XTC and a marginally less pimp Anthem sitting side by side.I like that a lot
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wildeye · June 2007

my decision was that there are much better shops out there and to an extent yes but as daft as that may seem its how most of us form an opion. I am basing it on some of what I have heard about other stores

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RobA · June 2007

Kinda off topic but, how old do you have to be to work in halfords? In any section.

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wildeye · June 2007

16 same as any job with exception of bars etc

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hazzahulme · June 2007

My mate worked there when he was 16.

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Andy · June 2007

As soon as you have your NI number. There was a girl working at Perry Barr when she was 15 - about a month before her 16th birthday.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ddoogie

an uber pimp XTC and a marginally less pimp Anthem sitting side by side.I like that a lot
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Big Red S · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by wildeye

my decision was that there are much better shops out there and to an extent yes but as daft as that may seem its how most of us form an opion. I am basing it on some of what I have heard about other stores
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And, apparently, on who owns the company...

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wildeye · June 2007

well, yes it does play a part in the running of a company.

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wildeye · June 2007

Think this debates a bit old

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Big Red S · June 2007

Debate?

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wildeye · June 2007

well id call it a debate, maybe a clash of points of view. You know what I mean... I hope lol

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The Joe Show · June 2007

Ok so who here is blind? Wildeye maybe you?

Boots don't own Halfords anymore.

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wildeye · June 2007

Sorry saw that earlier meant to ask who owns now? got carried away lol.

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The Joe Show · June 2007

CVC Capital Partners

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John · June 2007

Is there an echo in here?

Edit: Damn he deleted it.

havent fallen off,
im just having a rest

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ChrisYZ3 · June 2007

No John *looks innocent*.

Anyways, all the bikes I, or my family, have bought from Halfords have been perfectly built. In fact, my old one is still going, had it for many years, still in the family. My dads old Peugeot racing bike is also surely centuries old by now, nothing wrong besides the original wheels kept getting pinch flats. Hardly Halfords fault though!

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hazzahulme · June 2007

Wikipedia's 'halfords' entry just doubled its hitcounter in the last 10 minutes.

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Super Nuts4fsr · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Big Red S

I'd say it's more because until they started this bikehut thing, and started it properly, /no/ halfords had bike-knowledgeable staff it, no halfords had relevant or good stock, and so it was generally impossible to get any decent parts or advice from a Halfords.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Wrong. I used to work in Halfords around 1992 in Purley Way. Back then they were _trying_ to get Bike people in all the stores. The cycle manager used to run his own shop. The Asst manager was a 2nd/1st cat roadie, I got the job PURELY on the basis of my racing background. There was a young part timer there who was a VERY good downhiller and partly sponsered.
I made sure ALL the part timers knew the principles of bike mechanics and it was my job to train them.
I also made LOTS of high end sales, and encouraged the other sales satff to sell the best possible and most suitable, NOT nessesarily what the customer came in looking at

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Big Red S

Now they've done the Bikehut, generally each one has at least one person who knows what he's talking about. But they still only tend to attract the bottom end of potential bike shop people. The kind of people who've been sacked from bike shops, or who can't get a job in a bike shop yet but want relevant experience. And it shows.

Also, as long as their primary focus is on shifting as many œ70 full suspension abominations as possible, I see no reason to trust any advice they might give.
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I have found that the staff in the shops has gone downhill round where I live since the 'Bikehut' has come round. They are _trying_ to get bikey people in, but they cant find them/ pay enough from what I have found.

They DO have a good selection, and have the GOOD range catalouge on show, but most of the time the staff don't know what the bikes are for.

There is a difference in the stores stock though, depending upon the staff's biking preference. One store has AMAZING BMX stuff in, while another has a VERY good range of XC accessories including tryes.

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