Halfords service - any good?

[thezappa]

Gents (and ladies),
I do more miles now and am on course for 20k this year (10k so far after 6 months) so figured I should get an interim service done. Don't want to pay Ford £130-odd for it especially (despite a part of me wanting to keep a full book of dealer stamps) so wondered if Halfords services are worth having.
(Don't have the time or the knowledge to do it myself, having looked at what they check so that's a no go).
Thoughts? suck it up and take it to ford, take it to Halfords and get what you pay for - could go both ways, or take it somewhere else entirely (a decent independent)

 

[thezappa]

The message seems to be clear
As for taking it to Halfords it was (would have been) a money saving exercise but if the service I get from them isn't worth the convenience then I'll take it to Ford or the independent I've used before and pay the extra £60-70.

 

[thezappa]

Fair point and I agree - I wouldn't be so keen on the latter.
I wonder though how much effect an extra Ford stamp would have on the value of a 13 year old focus.