littlebasher Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 £45 vs £75? you would paid nearly double for such a low value item? No, as I wouldn't have bought a Bosch one in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jza80 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 No, as I wouldn't have bought a Bosch one in the first place i always buy bosch S5 battery with 5 years guarantee, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I bought one of eBay (5 year warranty - which I did use quite quickly) but after the initial hiccup it out lasted the car. A zarta I think. I wasn't put off by the name it had a good spec and good reviews. Do your due dilligence and check the feedback at you should be ok. And don't use halfords as a price mark though - way too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 At £45 it's gunne be either a used battery or it's a fake. The raw materials in a battery have shot up over the past few years, so £70ish for a medium sized battery is the going rate. Fake batteries are dangerous as hell, you'd be stupid to run one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J&JkaraokeDJ Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 people are so sceptical on here defo not a fake and defo not used. i picked it up from chesterfield and the guy had 8 of them. it came from a garage. he said if i had i problem i could return it or swap it. it was sealed up. nudge nudge wink say no more ---------- Post added 15-12-2012 at 18:03 ---------- i bought bosch to match on exactly in the car. i could have got a LUCAS at 66 including VAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Well if you're happy at buying it at half market value then thats ok then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 people are so sceptical on here defo not a fake and defo not used. i picked it up from chesterfield and the guy had 8 of them. it came from a garage. he said if i had i problem i could return it or swap it. it was sealed up. nudge nudge wink say no more ---------- Post added 15-12-2012 at 18:03 ---------- i bought bosch to match on exactly in the car. i could have got a LUCAS at 66 including VAT I have a Bosche Silverline one in my Merc, not a single problem and its 2yr old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDINNERS Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Iv'e bought a few from e-bay,never had any trouble. It just shows what a rip off places like halfords are when you can buy the exact same product at a fraction of the cost. I wanted some wd40 the other week. went to halford-it was £6 so I didn't bother lidl up the road had the exact same tin for around £2:loopy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 people are so sceptical on here defo not a fake and defo not used. i picked it up from chesterfield and the guy had 8 of them. it came from a garage. he said if i had i problem i could return it or swap it. it was sealed up. nudge nudge wink say no more So, stolen then? You can get good batteries from Ebay, but the problem is if anything goes wrong. You've got to arrange a courier at your own expense to return it. At least with Euro they have a good RMA service who will collect it or you can drop it into any store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 You have to think about it are they snidy parts or knock off parts you just don't know with Ebay but to be honest I've bought some good stuff of Ebay, don't know what I would do with out it sometimes,when you see some of the prices that they sell things for you have to think were do they get these things from some are sold for less than cost price,I got a water pump off Ebay for my Shogun the best price I could get local was £55 I got one off Ebay for £15 new and it was the proper thing as well,Ive got an old 1959 Ford 100e and you can even get parts off Ebay for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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