Halfords!!!! don't get me started, I tried to buy a carbon pro (£1400) after spending hours on the phone trying to locate a shop that stocks them, I went down to the nearest store, nice big showroom lots of bikes (if you like pink BMX's) and in the corner taking pride of place the Boardman Bike stand, approached the sales person and said "i am thinking of buying a carbon pro, have you got any in XL size"
Blank look
"you know the boardman bike.....over there in the corner...."
reply "errrrrm sorry I don't know, i will check on the computer"
15 minutes later... "sorry we haven't got any",
"oh, can you get one in so I can take a look"
15 minutes later... "no sorry we haven't got any, its out of stock, can i take your number and i will get back to you" (number placed on post it note and stuck to wall.
5 weeks later summer is here still no word on my bike, go into shop (see my number still on wall) still no bikes, I ask another sales person what's going on he replies "you are the third person to ask, i don't know why they are so popular","possibly to do with the excellent reviews, you know performance bike of the year"
Blank look........
Did boardman bikes know what they were dealing with when they signed on for Halfords to sell the bikes? madness, they lost a £1400 sale from me.