I used to buy X, Y, Z from myProtein but I've now bought X, Y, Z from ANYSHOP

marathonic

Thought it might be a good idea for a thread where x-myProtein customers can post what they used to buy at myProtein, what it costs in UK myProtein, what it now costs in Irish myProtein and where they've bought instead.

Personally, I haven't been a myProtein customer but was considering some of their Isolate Protein and Beef Jerky. I probably still will and get it delivered to work in the North but this thread may be useful for those that don't have that option.

Will Heffernan

Great idea for a thread. I for one had given people advice to buy from myprotein but this has really annoyed me and anyone who buys from myprotein here on their new site I think is a sucker...personally I think it is time for the Irish to stop talking such a good fight and actually take some action...this price gouging happens all the time....and people here just seem to say 'Oh well....'.

Myself...I want to get some MPI and some 200mg caffeine tablets and would be happy for anyone to tell some where other that myprotein.

Khannie

Bulkpowders is the main alternative as I understand it. I'll be waiting on their revised prices (after their recent announcement) before making any decisions. I'm sufficiently irritated that there would need to be a decent cost advantage for me to stick with MP.

The currency hedging thing also still irritates me. I'm happy to pay in GBP prices rather than deal with speculative pricing. I've done so for long enough.

Brian?

Khannie wrote: »

Bulkpowders is the main alternative as I understand it. I'll be waiting on their revised prices (after their recent announcement) before making any decisions. I'm sufficiently irritated that there would need to be a decent cost advantage for me to stick with MP.

The currency hedging thing also still irritates me. I'm happy to pay in GBP prices rather than deal with speculative pricing. I've done so for long enough.

Will Heffernan wrote: »

Great idea for a thread. I for one had given people advice to buy from myprotein but this has really annoyed me and anyone who buys from myprotein here on their new site I think is a sucker...personally I think it is time for the Irish to stop talking such a good fight and actually take some action...this price gouging happens all the time....and people here just seem to say 'Oh well....'.

Myself...I want to get some MPI and some 200mg caffeine tablets and would be happy for anyone to tell some where other that myprotein.

I agree with both of you, unless they miles cheaper than anywhere else, I'm done with them.

They'll hardly miss my bi annual whey purchase, but it's a small stand.

marathonic

Hi Will,

I've had a look for caffeine for you. I found the following thread:

http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1278429&high=caffeine

Which mentions the caffeine available from:

http://astronutrition.com/caffeine-200-mg.html

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work out cheaper the the Irish myProtein site (three boxes would be €25.13 including postage to Ireland).

drdeadlift

Will Heffernan wrote: »

Great idea for a thread. I for one had given people advice to buy from myprotein but this has really annoyed me and anyone who buys from myprotein here on their new site I think is a sucker...personally I think it is time for the Irish to stop talking such a good fight and actually take some action...this price gouging happens all the time....and people here just seem to say 'Oh well....'.

Myself...I want to get some MPI and some 200mg caffeine tablets and would be happy for anyone to tell some where other that myprotein.

Hyper strenght caffeine tabs (60),200mg are 15 euro in fighting fit on camden street. And i seen 5lb pro lab whey for 30 euro!

brianthebard

You can get beefjerky from www.beefjerkysnacks.ie, the shop link on their website doesn't work at the minute but I emailed them about this and they say they also sell their products on ebay.ie

BadCharlie

Why would u want caffeine tablets ? intrested inknowing ?
I know they help you stay away ect... but anything else i should know about them?

drdeadlift

BadCharlie wrote: »

Why would u want caffeine tablets ? intrested inknowing ?
I know they help you stay away ect... but anything else i should know about them?

nrg

Will Heffernan

BadCharlie wrote: »

Why would u want caffeine tablets ? intrested inknowing ?
I know they help you stay away ect... but anything else i should know about them?

Mainly...because caffeine is glycogen sparring.

Barry.Oglesby

Will Heffernan wrote: »

Mainly...because caffeine is glycogen sparring.

Who is glycogen sparring with? :P

Jarren

Hi Will

200mg caffeine tablets

http://www.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=XA-1099

http://www.discount-supplements.co.uk/sports-supplements-energy-optimum-health-ultimate-caffeine-200-tabs-100-x-200mg-tabs

http://www.powerbody.co.uk/search/caffeine-

http://cgi.ebay.ie/2-X-100-HARDCORE-200mg-CAFFEINE-TABLETS-PILLS-CAPS-/130441370580?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Vitamins_Supplements&hash=item1e5ee95bd4#ht_1849wt_941

jasonf9ace

So does anyone know a cheaper source for whey protein and creatine monohydrate?

rubadub

briankeating wrote: »

They'll hardly miss my bi annual whey purchase, but it's a small stand.

They will all add up. From reading peoples comments it would seem bulkpowders might be liable for VAT next year, and myprotein might be back under the €35,000 mark and so could be back to trading like they used to!

Lots of ebay shops sell supps cheap, it is best to use ebay.com with advanced options to show all sellers -ebay is terrible for searching, most people pay way over the odds for stuff simply because the real cheapest stuff does not appear in normal searches.

john_cappa

Bulkpowders are a reliable company with high quality products. Delivery is a little expensive so buying inbulk is a must. I intend to contact them to ask them to negotiate lower prices with their delivery company.
http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/


For branded look to Muscle finnese (delivery fairly cheap)
For 10% off every tuesday (9am-9pm) enter discount code "muscletalk10"
http://www.musclefinesse.com/

Finally echo supps who offer free delivery to ireland if your order is more than 100 quid.
http://www.echosupplements.com/

jasonf9ace

john_cappa wrote: »

Bulkpowders are a reliable company with high quality products. Delivery is a little expensive so buying inbulk is a must. I intend to contact them to ask them to negotiate lower prices with their delivery company.
http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk/


For branded look to Muscle finnese (delivery fairly cheap)
For 10% off every tuesday (9am-9pm) enter discount code "muscletalk10"
http://www.musclefinesse.com/

Finally echo supps who offer free delivery to ireland if your order is more than 100 quid.
http://www.echosupplements.com/

Thanks,ya i was looking at bulkpowders the other day and noticed the 10 pound delivery which is quite expensive,let us know how that turns out when you contact them:)

Jarren

Special offers

http://www.discount-supplements.co.uk/sports-health-supplements-special-offers

and more websites

http://www.bodybuilding-supplements.co.uk/

http://www.powerbody.co.uk/

http://www.prozis.ie/index.php?osCsid=9b9gp52hpduqhs2fo4mo0o6np4

d-gal

Will Heffernan wrote: »

Great idea for a thread. I for one had given people advice to buy from myprotein but this has really annoyed me and anyone who buys from myprotein here on their new site I think is a sucker...personally I think it is time for the Irish to stop talking such a good fight and actually take some action...this price gouging happens all the time....and people here just seem to say 'Oh well....'.

Myself...I want to get some MPI and some 200mg caffeine tablets and would be happy for anyone to tell some where other that myprotein.

A simple idea for yourself would be to contact a supplier company and perhaps sell it at your gym? You would get it at wholesale value, a hell of a lot cheaper than normal and you could sell it off for a reasonable price at your gym.
I use AM Nutrition and they are also setting up the European chain for Cellucor.
Might be an idea for yourself or for any other gym owner, saves me a bundle on my own products

connundrum

It'd be cool if a supplier would throw out a boardsie deal along the lines of Richer Sounds.

Whilst I'd doubt we'd have enough buying power to attract a UK supplier, I would have thought that an Irish supplier might take the bait?

brianthebard

I think people have negotiated group buys from different companies through boards before, the coffee forum perhaps? I haven't actively looked into doing it, maybe someone else knows about it?

d-gal

Well if people can give me an idea of what the main products they are looking for and how many are interested I can ask and see if I can get a cheap deal for boards.
As I said I know AM Nutrition are working with Cellucor but I think that's price checked. They are working with another local company, think their name is Alpha and they are in mid production for a few products. Tasted their protein and it was nice and from what little information I got from it it was a good quality standard.

Khannie

brianthebard wrote: »

I think people have negotiated group buys from different companies through boards before, the coffee forum perhaps? I haven't actively looked into doing it, maybe someone else knows about it?

Coffee forum does this quite regularly. I've been a participant. Worked out well every time. Someone needs to front quite a bit of cash though.

brianthebard

perhaps a company could be approached to provide a discount code for boards, that way a lower price could be negotiated without needing someone to pay thousands for multiple years worth of supps. I've obviously never done this or participated in one of these group buys before so I'm just throwing out ideas atm.

rubadub

jasonf9ace wrote: »

the 10 pound delivery which is quite expensive

£10 is very reasonable in fairness I think this is up to 25kg, they obviously want people to buy a lot in one go. Myprotein's postage was just ridiculously low. With anpost 5kg to the UK is €40.

john_cappa

jasonf9ace wrote: »

Thanks,ya i was looking at bulkpowders the other day and noticed the 10 pound delivery which is quite expensive,let us know how that turns out when you contact them:)

They already subsidise the costs of shipping to Ireland they claim so cant reduce it.

rubadub wrote: »

£10 is very reasonable in fairness I think this is up to 25kg, they obviously want people to buy a lot in one go. Myprotein's postage was just ridiculously low. With anpost 5kg to the UK is €40.

It is not bad in fairness! myproteins was gone very low is all so we were spoilt! Though only two years ago it was also 9.99 also.

Mellor

Any links for the southern hemi-sphere/Oz?
Sick of buying in stores

newby.204

should i assume that we can now only buy from the irish myprotein site and that the prices are more expensive than the uk site??

TommyKnocker

newby.204 wrote: »

should i assume that we can now only buy from the irish myprotein site and that the prices are more expensive than the uk site??

I haven't tried tbh, but as I understand it, you can fill your cart on the UK site, but once you enter an Irish address then you will be transferred to the Irish site where Irish pricing applies.

So unless you work or have friends in the Noth you are stuffed.


M

marathonic

Just ordered the 5kg chocolate mint whey and 18 packets of smoked beef jerky. I'm getting it delivered to work in the North so anyone that has that option available to them should consider it.

It came to 88.56 euro including delivery. The same order on the Irish site costs 115.46 euro (about 30% more expensive).

Mellor

What about using the trick from "bargain alerts".
Send using a ROI address but include a NI postcode

connundrum

marathonic wrote: »

Just ordered the 5kg chocolate mint whey and 18 packets of smoked beef jerky. I'm getting it delivered to work in the North so anyone that has that option available to them should consider it.

It came to 88.56 euro including delivery. The same order on the Irish site costs 115.46 euro (about 30% more expensive).

Jesus that is mental. I think I'll be getting it delivered to the North from now on too

Khannie

Mellor wrote: »

What about using the trick from "bargain alerts".
Send using a ROI address but include a NI postcode

Does this work?

marathonic

Khannie wrote: »

Does this work?

I'd say it's a glitch in the system but they'll probably honour any orders made in this manner. If you're gonna try it, I'd be pretty quick about it though. They'll probably fix it soon.

Burkatron

marathonic wrote: »

Just ordered the 5kg chocolate mint whey and 18 packets of smoked beef jerky. I'm getting it delivered to work in the North so anyone that has that option available to them should consider it.

It came to 88.56 euro including delivery. The same order on the Irish site costs 115.46 euro (about 30% more expensive).

Stupid question...Am I correct in thinking out of that 30%, 21% of it is VAT so they're tagging on 9% extra?? Absolute chancers!! :mad:

http://www.thesupplementfactory.com/p1/Whey_5lbs/product_info.html

This seems like a decent enough deal compared to MP's uk prices!

€9 (but roughly 1lb less ) extra for an Irish made & sold product! I've seen mixed reviews on the supplement factory stuff though!

jasonf9ace

Burkatron wrote: »

Stupid question...Am I correct in thinking out of that 30%, 21% of it is VAT so they're tagging on 9% extra?? Absolute chancers!! :mad:

http://www.thesupplementfactory.com/p1/Whey_5lbs/product_info.html

This seems like a decent enough deal compared to MP's uk prices!

€9 (but roughly 1lb less ) extra for an Irish made & sold product! I've seen mixed reviews on the supplement factory stuff though!

so i did a bit of looking around and found this http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/rates/decision-detail-02452.jsp which really pi$$es me off.Looks like there just ripping us off

SpookyBastard

jasonf9ace wrote: »

so i did a bit of looking around and found this http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/rates/decision-detail-02452.jsp which really pi$$es me off.Looks like there just ripping us off

Was covered in the other thread. They are currently checking to see whether they should be charging us vat or not as there seems to be some confusion. For the moment they are charging vat.

Kevin!

Mellor wrote: »

What about using the trick from "bargain alerts".
Send using a ROI address but include a NI postcode

It could end up going to the NI address though is the only thing, as the postal service up their works mainly on postcodes. (it's a good idea for freebies, but paid orders - not so much)

rushrovers

is there a product similar to hurricane xs on another site around the same price ?

collymcd

jasonf9ace wrote: »

so i did a bit of looking around and found this http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/rates/decision-detail-02452.jsp which really pi$$es me off.Looks like there just ripping us off

Good find that. I'm emailing them a link to that. Also letting them know I'll be circulating it to anyone who they've been feeding their ****e to

harvester of sorrow

Khannie wrote: »

Bulkpowders is the main alternative as I understand it. I'll be waiting on their revised prices (after their recent announcement) before making any decisions. I'm sufficiently irritated that there would need to be a decent cost advantage for me to stick with MP.

The currency hedging thing also still irritates me. I'm happy to pay in GBP prices rather than deal with speculative pricing. I've done so for long enough.

Bulkpowders are pretty reasonable but the delivery is an absolute disaster,it takes weeks.
Placed an order with them last year for 5kg protein,took an age to get it......disaster:(

Turbo_diesel

Is the postcode trick still working? So bulkpowders are the best alternative but it takes yonks for delivery?

brianthebard

Who are people buying supps from atm? I was looking at bulkdiscountsupplements which looks good until you see the delivery price - 18 quid!

danlen

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

Is the postcode trick still working? So bulkpowders are the best alternative but it takes yonks for delivery?

I made an order with bulkpowders.co.uk last saturday and it arrived this morning, so it took what 3-4 working days. While not next day delivery, I certainly wouldn't consider it yonks.

Frogdog

I'm after placing an order with Bulk Powders today for over £100.

Included is a 5kg tub of whey protein and a 5kg tub of Scottish oats, so I'll keep people updated as to when I receive my order.

gstack

I've ordered stuff 4-5 times bulkpowders never took more than a week.

Hanley

I used BP before MP and switched cos the MP stuff tasted waaaaay nicer. Always got great service with BP.

john_cappa

http://www.bulksupplementsdirect.co.uk/

The above charge 8.99GBP for up to 20 kg weight!

Good quality products also.

brianthebard

john_cappa wrote: »

http://www.bulksupplementsdirect.co.uk/

The above charge 8.99GBP for up to 20 kg weight!

Good quality products also.

When I went to the checkout part of my order it said 17.99gbp, and my order was no where near 20kg. I'm guessing 8.99 is for the Uk.

john_cappa

brianthebard wrote: »

When I went to the checkout part of my order it said 17.99gbp, and my order was no where near 20kg. I'm guessing 8.99 is for the Uk.

No UK is........

Orders up to £100.00 - £3.95
Orders over £100.00 - free 24 hour delivery

I emailed and asked for ROI and they told me 8.99.....they saying that aint much good if the checkout is giving 17.99......

brianthebard

I will look again because it appears to be a well priced site otherwise. Maybe they think they have options for delivery that aren't there?

dartstothesea

Ordered bulkpowders stuff on Saturday, received it on Wednesday. Not bad at all. God knows why you'd need next day delivery on something you should know weeks in advance when you're about to need a resupply.