Halfords Web Site Mess Thread

[glasgowcyclist]

On one side, people who have taken advantage of a good offer by Halfords, ...

What was the good offer?

GC

 

[Stu Plows]

Well this escalated since the last time I saw it...

 

[DCLane]

My order's delayed because I just missed DPD this morning by about a minute - it's coming Friday instead.

Not that there's a huge amount in it. And it's got a number of higher-priced items in.

 

[Smurfy]

They didn't offer them at reduced price. They bolloxed a discount code that meant the prices were wiped as long as you made single orders for items under a fiver. People discovered this and exploited the error, knowing that they would avoid having to pay for items at all. The term "dishonest" is key to most offences under the Theft Act, and although it isn't defined, the question to a court or a jury is whether or not a reasonable person would describe the actions as honest. So, a person who, knowing that an error will mean he will be sent stuff the company does not want to give to him for free exploits that error by ordering £1400 worth of stuff is not, in my argument, acting honestly.

See also Actus Rheus and Mens Rhea

As I understand it, to get £1400 of goods you'd need to place 280 £5 orders. Is that right?

What on earth would even a very keen cyclist do with £1400 of relatively low value bits and pieces, such as inner tubes and the like? Sell on Ebay? I just don't get it.

 

[SpokesT]

All these people accusing others of theft, bwahahahaha! As any fule kno, theft only occurs where a person dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. And fraud only occurs when a person makes a false representation which makes a gain for themselves or a loss for another (the latter not the actual legal definition but good enough to get my trainees through their qualification).

 

[JoeyB]

As I understand it, to get £1400 of goods you'd need to place 280 £5 orders. Is that right?

What on earth would even a very keen cyclist do with £1400 of relatively low value bits and pieces, such as inner tubes and the like? Sell on Ebay? I just don't get it.

I think he is using them as charity prizes in a raffle or something along those lines...

 

[Smurfy]

I think he is using them as charity prizes in a raffle or something along those lines...

Cyclists raffle, kindly (but unknowingly) sponsored by Halfords!

 

[Andrew_P]

Well Cubist, MacB had a like fest from me. Don't care about the legal stance just my internal moral compass would have been severely knocked out of balance.

 

[simon.r]

I think my moral compass has different bearings.

Chief Exec of Halfords' salary is £500k plus bonus of upto £750k: http://www.halfordscompany.com/investors/rns/rns-news/11351932

Next batch due to be delivered on Thursday

 

[Cuchilo]

I think my moral compass has different bearings.

Chief Exec of Halfords' salary is £500k plus bonus of upto £750k: http://www.halfordscompany.com/investors/rns/rns-news/11351932

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Next batch due to be delivered on Thursday

Your magnet fields are messed up baby
As for calling people thieves Grow up !

 

[MontyVeda]

I suspect all those who are rubbing their hands together after taking advantage of what they are conveniently choosing to call an 'offer', would quickly change stance should someone exploit a loophole in order to deprive them of their property.

 

[Andrew_P]

I think my moral compass has different bearings.

So do I. Which part of your avarice decided you needed all those bottle holders & seat clamps? Crap ones at that.

 

[Cuchilo]

I suspect all those who are rubbing their hands together after taking advantage of what they are conveniently choosing to call an 'offer', would quickly change stance should someone exploit a loophole in order to deprive them of their property.

Its called the law . Those of us that run a business use this law thing as a basic business structure and if we mess up a price we still stick to our price rather than pass our mistake on to the customer ( that would be against the law )
I lost about 10k last year on one job due to my own mistake . I honoured my price as it wasn't my customers fault that I was a farkwit

 

[uclown2002]

I think it's good PR; I see halfords in a completely different light now

 

[Cuchilo]

And if it makes the news they get a free national advert .