19-06-12, 03:12 PM
I've got a friend who works for halfords and he's just as frustrated as you!
The manager that couldn't fit that ladies wipers - Health and Safety. They need the trained member of staff to do it or they're not insured against anything going wrong, if she (or bigralphie) had been a mystery shopper etc, he'd have been fired.
A lot of them don't know their crankshafts from their coils, but a fair few do the system they use is awful.
eg. I bought a sidelight for my mums corsa (trade discount card) the little card said E34 or whatever, I bought it, took it outside and lo and behold, it didn't fit. Took it back in, assistant said 'yep, 05 corsa you'll need an E22.' Same happened with a wiper blade for an Accord.
I guess this defensive rant is just a point to say, yes they can be crap, but when they do know what's going on, they don't deserve all the hate.
The fact you've all got stories show you've all used them, and I'm sure most of you will use them again because it is pretty convenient (when it fits
)
Except their bikes, they're shit
Tom
The manager that couldn't fit that ladies wipers - Health and Safety. They need the trained member of staff to do it or they're not insured against anything going wrong, if she (or bigralphie) had been a mystery shopper etc, he'd have been fired.
A lot of them don't know their crankshafts from their coils, but a fair few do the system they use is awful.
eg. I bought a sidelight for my mums corsa (trade discount card) the little card said E34 or whatever, I bought it, took it outside and lo and behold, it didn't fit. Took it back in, assistant said 'yep, 05 corsa you'll need an E22.' Same happened with a wiper blade for an Accord.
I guess this defensive rant is just a point to say, yes they can be crap, but when they do know what's going on, they don't deserve all the hate.
The fact you've all got stories show you've all used them, and I'm sure most of you will use them again because it is pretty convenient (when it fits
)Except their bikes, they're shit
Tom