Halfords Autocentre

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They've, they've been to Halfords-

Have they-

... 'cause they got, well, they got that bike.

My daughter used to have-

They bought that bike in Halfords.

I mean, I think-

My daughter used to have that bike

Because when you go to any auction, you can go to the doc's office and pull a file for a car.

And you do, you go sometimes and you'll pull one and it's got, you know, a V5 and a receipt for a battery from Halfords.

And then you'll pull another one, like you said about the Mulsanne, where it's all the way back to the original purchase invoice.

And that, for me... not just from a buying, but also from a resale point of view, vastly increased the value, but also the saleability of the product.

Is that right?

I also don't think there's enough detail in it to pinpoint exactly which Halfords was it.

Yeah.

If it was a Halfords even.

If it was a Halfords.

I'm guessing.

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You don't know that, but you've narrowed it down.

...

I think I, I remember him driving the, uh, Halfords, uh, Honda Inte-

Yes

... uh, Integras, I think-

He was one of the first employees at Evans.

He then went on to help set up Cycle Republic by Halfords.

And basically his whole ethos, because he was on the other side, right? He was on the receiving end of a Flowbio company.

What he saw worked best, and this is a strategy that we're now implementing, is you need to...

Um, "My husband, also a teacher, and another colleague, sorted a year 11 lad who had necked a bottle of vodka as a dare.

Two years later, he was working in Halfords, and my littlest got a free bike."

Aw.

Yeah.

And I'm like, oh, wow, wow.

be nice to know that stuff like that, it's not sort of shelf item that back in the UK, you go to and Halfords, oh yeah, that'll fit, no worries, job done.

And they would have it in stock or it's next day to pick

up.

Yeah.

But you are supposed to get, you know, the legit shit from Halfords, whatever, aren't you?

Is that work in petrol stations?

K- well, they call it coolant, don't they? The-

Okay, cool.

Let's move to, we've got Tortoise Investor asking about, I think he's one of your subscribers, asking about Halfords.

Basically, it's a retailer of car parts and motorcycle, bikes and stuff like that.

Plus they do auto centers and stuff.

It's rolling out the MOT centres.

And, of course, the only thing I would caution it with is the nice weather, the amazing weather this year has given a boost to sales of bicycles, which I can attest to because I bought it by Mystery Shop, Telford's.

I bought a bike for a basic entry-level bike from Halfords recently.

Delighted with it.