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MattBrown
19-09-10, 02:37 PM
Went in yesterday, spoke to some spactard, who said you have to have proof of an NVQ in something related to cars.

I then said, why? Its hardly worth the paper its written on a level 1, all you do is service a fukking car?

I said I have a business I can put it into, and several mates with garages who will back me up etc.

He was adament you need an NVQ 1/2/3 to proove your a mechanic.

Is this true, or is he just a spazz?

NovaBoi92
19-09-10, 02:41 PM
i have one, i just got told that you need proof that you are in the motor vehicle trade of some sort, whether it be at college which i was or in a business etc..

brainsnova
19-09-10, 02:43 PM
i just borrow a card if need be.

GroupB
19-09-10, 02:43 PM
Why would you want a Halfords Trade Card?

Group B
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MK999
19-09-10, 02:44 PM
Why would you want a Halfords Trade Card?

£30 'worth' of bulbs for £2 mainly, 20% off tools, 20%ish off oil

NovaBoi92
19-09-10, 02:45 PM
trade card's good for things like bulbs, brake fluid etc.. all service items really. a set of wiper blades on trade would cost £4 compared to £20 which they usually are.

Lewis.
19-09-10, 02:45 PM
he is indeed a spastic. you just need anything to prove you are in the motor trade, be it a certificate, a payslip with your employers name on it. I just got my boss to write a letter on headed paper

brainsnova
19-09-10, 02:45 PM
a £12 socket turns into £7 lol

GroupB
19-09-10, 02:50 PM
So what your saying is Quite sizeable discounts then, didn't realise you could get so much off..
I just tend to stick to local motor factors i've used for years................

NovaBoi92
19-09-10, 02:52 PM
yep, brake fluid which costs a fiver you can get for about £1.50 lol

MattBrown
19-09-10, 02:56 PM
Yeah, I only want it for some brake fluid lol

Benn
19-09-10, 02:57 PM
But from a motorfactor it would prob be that cheap away..

The halfolds this way wont do it on tools.

LEWI007
19-09-10, 02:58 PM
IMO everything out of there is overpriced anyway so youd only be getting stuff for the normal prices lol

MattBrown
19-09-10, 02:59 PM
Christ, lewi is back lol

Stuart
19-09-10, 03:26 PM
I tried getting a trade card with a BEng (hons) in Automotive Electronics Engineering and working at a Tier 1 Supplier to the OEM's..... mong wouldnt let me have a card lol. So got one another way :)

I've found even most motorfactors struggle to compete with TC prices for the simple stuff.

Picked up £30 worth of stuff (air filter, wiper blades, oil filter etc) and paid less than £10 for it :) win.

NON-Halfords branded stuff isnt discounted much though :(

MK999
19-09-10, 03:28 PM
I tried getting a trade card with a BEng (hons) in Automotive Electronics Engineering and working at a Tier 1 Supplier to the OEM's..... mong wouldnt let me have a card lol. So got one another way :)

I got one when I waved a timetable with my name on it that said motorsport engineering on it :) Not even qualified yet :p

Spudly
19-09-10, 03:33 PM
I got one by showing them proof of ID and three payslips, theyre quite stringent on accpeting you for one as any fukktards try to get one as it is only supposed to be motor trade employees only who are permitted to have one, lifes so much cheaper when youre in't trade lol

Rich
19-09-10, 06:18 PM
i just went in with one payslip and he done it there and then. In fact i need to get my trade card back from my mate lol

Tony M
19-09-10, 06:26 PM
I got one by showing my certificate of trade insurance :cool:

Sloth
19-09-10, 06:35 PM
matt are you actually int trade, apart from acting like a mainstealer and over inflating stuff, and bodging a vosa magnet track car together?

John
19-09-10, 06:47 PM
Surely the whole point of it being a "trade card" means you have to be in the "trade"!

Tony M
19-09-10, 06:59 PM
Could it be at the spactards descretion?

Spudly
19-09-10, 07:04 PM
Could it be at the spactards descretion?



No like i said, you have to be in the trade and prove this fact:p

Tony M
19-09-10, 07:22 PM
No like i said, you have to be in the trade and prove this fact:p

lol Ok ... But as I merely pointed out in my previous post ... I got a Halfords trade card just from producing a certificate of trade insurance but most people blag that anyway?

Pistol Pete
19-09-10, 07:28 PM
Surely the whole point of it being a "trade card" means you have to be in the "trade"!

I would guess so. IIRC another Vauxhall club offered trade club @ local main dealers as part of membership.

Nobby
19-09-10, 11:17 PM
ye i had 2 show my nvq certificate lol or some sort of id that links you with the trade, its very good!! The discount is usually loads

draper
19-09-10, 11:21 PM
I would guess so. IIRC another Vauxhall club offered trade club @ local main dealers as part of membership.

vxon iirc but theyve stopped it as people we're just signing up as a member to get trade discount

ive always found motorfactors cheaper anyway, or theft

MattBrown
19-09-10, 11:40 PM
matt are you actually int trade, apart from acting like a mainstealer and over inflating stuff, and bodging a vosa magnet track car together?

How can it be a vosa magnet then fukk tard?

And whats bodged?

And no, I do something differant, and earn some good coins:thumb:

svlet
19-09-10, 11:45 PM
How can it be a vosa magnet then fukk tard?

And whats bodged?

And no, I do something differant, and earn some good coins:thumb: hes in trade alright but as he sells his bum to big bald men his trade isent included in halfords trade card policy:thumb:

Sloth
20-09-10, 08:46 AM
And no, I do something differant, and earn some good coins:thumb:

so your not in trade, therefore you cant have one. simples. clues in the title ffs....

Iain
20-09-10, 09:12 AM
Im sure I read on the Halfords website that you can produce lots of receipts to show you regularly buy motor goods in order to apply for one (i.e. work on your and your mates cars all week/weekend?)

Trade cards rock though.

Southie
20-09-10, 10:32 AM
Have a read through this, it tells you how to apply for one. CLICKYME
(http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_14552_productId_56 5661_langId_-1_categoryId_173019)

TeddyThom
20-09-10, 12:44 PM
Hmmm, sounds like this needs some consideration... Do you reckon they will let me have one even though I am only through my first year of my BTEC Nation Diploma in Motor Vehicle Repair and Technology??

L14MNP
20-09-10, 04:53 PM
I got one by having a mate work there. lol

Pistol Pete
20-09-10, 07:18 PM
so your not in trade, therefore you cant have one. simples. clues in the title ffs....
:roll: there are plenty of people not in the trade that have one.

matt_vaughan
23-09-10, 12:53 AM
An example proof requirement.....

"Business card stating they have their own Mechanics Business"

^^^so they'll accept a business card? i have a necessary qualification, but if they'll take a random business card, easily printable on any desktop, who's to stop half the country having a trade card?

Jack
23-09-10, 08:55 AM
No, you need the NVQ/C&G and a business card (one to prove you are a qualified mech and the other to prove you have your own business).

matt_vaughan
23-09-10, 04:58 PM
Ahhhhh fair enough. It should make that clearer imo

Andy
23-09-10, 05:02 PM
i got one with my old recovery business named bank card.
i know folk who's faces are just that well known in there who got one,ones a marquee fabricator lol
All at the discretion of staff

dannyb
24-09-10, 07:07 PM
[quote=GroupB]Why would you want a Halfords Trade Card?/quote]

I'd have one as sometimes, like a Sunday, you need something and nowhere else is open!

Angus Closier
24-09-10, 07:36 PM
Iv got mine, all I had to produce is my enrollment sheet for college.
I would never ever go to halfrauds unless I had it, some times just sometimes its usefull!