Motoring Discussion > Halfords site down? Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Diamond Replies: 19
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:06 
 Halfords site down? - Diamond
Was wanting to look at batteries at Halfords but their site seems to be down still. Anyone know what the issue is? To my mind it seems like they forgot to renew the domain name!!

www.halfords.co.uk
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:08 
 Halfords site down? - Zero
nope, the site is up and working for me.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:12 
 Halfords site down? - Old Navy
OK here too.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:12 
 Halfords site down? - Diamond
I was right it seems!
www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/halfords_domain_fail/

Not working for me Zero, you sure it's working for you??
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:16 
 Halfords site down? - Diamond
More here, unbelieveable.

www.retailtechnology.co.uk/news/halfords-forgets-update-domain-name
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:12 
 Halfords site down? - crocks
Down for me too.
Google led me to this report.
www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/halfords_domain_fail/
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:14 
 Halfords site down? - Old Navy
Ah, I am on halfords.com. If that makes a difference.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:17 
 Halfords site down? - crocks
Both .com and .co.uk are sending me to a domain name company.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:19 
 Halfords site down? - Old Navy
It is working for me, I am on the site now.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:20 
 Halfords site down? - John H
You need to go via opendns or googledns if your ISP is still caching the old domain registration site.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:18 
 Halfords site down? - Zero
I got forwarded to Halfords.com when i typed in .co.uk

Looking at the site now.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:20 
 Halfords site down? - Bellboy
what a shame
im crying here
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:20 
 Halfords site down? - Bromptonaut
Well that reminded me, I need some of that gold paint to repair a dmaged element on my heated rear window. Search seems a bit basic as I'm returned 600 results covering every paint from glow in the dark to floor!!
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:23 
 Halfords site down? - Bellboy
try the bay
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:28 
 Halfords site down? - Bromptonaut
And using the specific 'heated rear window repair kit' returns 3338 results. Amazon looks hopeful however.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:29 
 Halfords site down? - Bellboy
goo.gl/NGsim
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:37 
 Halfords site down? - Bromptonaut
Thanks BB, thats the stuff. Got a bit careless sellotaping the L platz while Mis B was still a learner.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:21 
 Halfords site down? - Diamond
Our council 'forgot' to renew the local registry office licence a few years ago and was unlicensed for a few months until the council realised. They were taken to court by couples who had taken mortgages out etc and they wanted to know if in fact they were legally married.

But of course these people who make these blunders get paid big money because 'we must attract the best' that's why your council tax/ prices in shops etc are so high. Typical of this country.
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New Thu 20 Jan 11 22:48 
 Halfords site down? - rtj70
So is it working for you yet Diamond? If not you could always use the IP address and bypass using DNS altogether:

195.167.184.225

But I get this redirected to www.halfords.com straight away. Sounds like your DNS service has not updated yet.
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New Fri 21 Jan 11 07:39 
 Halfords site down? - Clk Sec
Diamond

I you're still having problems, there's a rather dated review of the Halfords Standard Battery here: tinyurl.com/6rpzqn

I've had one on my car for a few years.



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