Fears for thousands more jobs as Blockbuster appoints administrators (From York Press)

Waterstones and WH Smith next?

and Halfords?

Kevin Turvey wrote:
Waterstones and WH Smith next?

niether

Halfords is probably safer, because they are the only major high street retail chain that sells car parts. In a typical town centre, if you want to buy an oil filter or a set of HT leads, there is nowhere else to go except an independent shop (if there is one) or online. Furthermore, many car parts are too bulky and heavy for Internet/mail order to offer any significant saving. When my car battery was on its last legs back in November, I researched replacements and established that buying online would only save me £5 (from a £120 bill) relative to Halfords, and still leave me with the problem of getting rid of the old one. Therefore, I went to Halfords.

Guy Fawkes wrote:
Halfords is probably safer, because they are the only major high street retail chain that sells car parts. In a typical town centre, if you want to buy an oil filter or a set of HT leads, there is nowhere else to go except an independent shop (if there is one) or online. Furthermore, many car parts are too bulky and heavy for Internet/mail order to offer any significant saving. When my car battery was on its last legs back in November, I researched replacements and established that buying online would only save me £5 (from a £120 bill) relative to Halfords, and still leave me with the problem of getting rid of the old one. Therefore, I went to Halfords.

I went around the corner to Andrew Pages and saved £80.

Guy Fawkes wrote:
Halfords is probably safer, because they are the only major high street retail chain that sells car parts. In a typical town centre, if you want to buy an oil filter or a set of HT leads, there is nowhere else to go except an independent shop (if there is one) or online. Furthermore, many car parts are too bulky and heavy for Internet/mail order to offer any significant saving. When my car battery was on its last legs back in November, I researched replacements and established that buying online would only save me £5 (from a £120 bill) relative to Halfords, and still leave me with the problem of getting rid of the old one. Therefore, I went to Halfords.

... and I go to York Motor Factors round the corner which is 25-40% cheaper, and the staff are more knowledgeable...the council recycling site takes batteries for free. So Halfords get's my vote for adminstration after BHS.

Yes the Council tip on Fosse Island has a special bay for car batteries. I ordered mu last one online. £50 instead of £90 at Halfords.

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:

Guy Fawkes wrote:
Halfords is probably safer, because they are the only major high street retail chain that sells car parts. In a typical town centre, if you want to buy an oil filter or a set of HT leads, there is nowhere else to go except an independent shop (if there is one) or online. Furthermore, many car parts are too bulky and heavy for Internet/mail order to offer any significant saving. When my car battery was on its last legs back in November, I researched replacements and established that buying online would only save me £5 (from a £120 bill) relative to Halfords, and still leave me with the problem of getting rid of the old one. Therefore, I went to Halfords.

I went around the corner to Andrew Pages and saved £80.

Sorry my post should have said saved £40, the batteries for my car at Halfords were £80, + extra if I wanted them to fit it for me. (No thanks, I want it done properly, ill do it myself)
Andrew Page & Motor Factor are usually 50% cheaper than anything you can get in Halfords, and as Bob said, they are also more knowledgeable in what they are selling.

York a ghost town going back through time we lost loads of corner shops, post offices, sports shops, terrys chocolate factory, sugar beet, printers, railways, Woolworths, boarders books, army and navy store, a lot jobs went at rountrees, lots of pubs closing.when will it end how many places will there be left to buy items from out of town shopping centres, amazon, eBay.once these corner the market you'll get buyouts and then only 1 or 2 companies left to buy everything from food to cars if you can only buy from them they can start charging what they like this government does not help if it brought down tax on cigs, dvds, dcs, petroleum etc it may stop a lot of smuggling every ones out for a bargain in the end but what about the future.

To add to the above post Yorkpress was printed in York now in bradford and post office on leeman road.

Sad to say this is the future...however we move on, things change and those who don't get left behind.
We have out up with poor high street service for years because they could get away with it. M &S survives because they offer the options, online in store , collect in store etc. amazon only reacted to a real need....an unmet one by the night street.

M&S also survives because it cuts costs in other areas.

anistasia

Use full sentences please - that means full stops and capital letters, you are hard reading

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:

NoNewsIsGoodNews wrote:

Guy Fawkes wrote:
Halfords is probably safer, because they are the only major high street retail chain that sells car parts. In a typical town centre, if you want to buy an oil filter or a set of HT leads, there is nowhere else to go except an independent shop (if there is one) or online. Furthermore, many car parts are too bulky and heavy for Internet/mail order to offer any significant saving. When my car battery was on its last legs back in November, I researched replacements and established that buying online would only save me £5 (from a £120 bill) relative to Halfords, and still leave me with the problem of getting rid of the old one. Therefore, I went to Halfords.

I went around the corner to Andrew Pages and saved £80.

Sorry my post should have said saved £40, the batteries for my car at Halfords were £80, + extra if I wanted them to fit it for me. (No thanks, I want it done properly, ill do it myself)
Andrew Page & Motor Factor are usually 50% cheaper than anything you can get in Halfords, and as Bob said, they are also more knowledgeable in what they are selling.

Well I went to U-Pull it, bought one from their stand that was 3 months old. It cost me 8 quid plus vat. I then took my old one to Clanceys at Murton at got 5 quid back! So all in £3.60

Halfords is way over priced ... just get a trade card there and see how much discount you get!