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  • 22-07-2015 11:01am
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    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭


    Currently have a 50% off sale and an additional 40% off with code 14673 - free delivery over £25.

    Haven't seen a Body Shop deal for some time...

    Use Parcel Motel as will not deliver to an Irish address.

    Even with the poor Sterling exchange rate its a good deal, wife ordered 6 shower gels and 7 body butters (stocking up big time!) for £40 - body butters alone at €18 in Body Shop, Dublin.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭martini1


    THanks for that!! just when I was going to hang up the credit card for a few days!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    thebiglad wrote: »
    Currently have a 50% off sale and an additional 40% off with code 14673 - free delivery over £25.

    Haven't seen a Body Shop deal for some time...

    Use Parcel Motel as will not deliver to an Irish address.

    Even with the poor Sterling exchange rate its a good deal, wife ordered 6 shower gels and 7 body butters (stocking up big time!) for £40 - body butters alone at €18 in Body Shop, Dublin.

    Just tried parcel motel:
    "Unfortunately we currently can only send orders to shipping addresses in the United Kingdom (including Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). We do not deliver to PO Box or BFPO addresses and we're unable to ship to any International address. The billing address for the payment method must also be within the UK. We may, however, have a website in your country. Please click here to find your local site."


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭thebiglad


    moodrater wrote: »
    Just tried parcel motel:
    "Unfortunately we currently can only send orders to shipping addresses in the United Kingdom (including Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). We do not deliver to PO Box or BFPO addresses and we're unable to ship to any International address. The billing address for the payment method must also be within the UK. We may, however, have a website in your country. Please click here to find your local site."

    I have had that problem in the past

    Make sure your shipping address is Pacel Motel and your billing address is your own registered address with the card.

    If you still have a problem, call your car provider and get them to add the Parcel Motel Address to the card as an approved address - that way when Bodyshop does its security checks on the card the postcodes match and order will go through.

    I used a BOI Visa Credit but could not get BOI Visa Debit or a BOI Mastercard to work...

    I know from previous posts on Bodyshop offers with Parcel Motel it depends on your bank but it can be passed.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057100901&page=4


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    thebiglad wrote: »
    I have had that problem in the past

    Make sure your shipping address is Pacel Motel and your billing address is your own registered address with the card.

    If you still have a problem, call your car provider and get them to add the Parcel Motel Address to the card as an approved address - that way when Bodyshop does its security checks on the card the postcodes match and order will go through.

    I used a BOI Visa Credit but could not get BOI Visa Debit or a BOI Mastercard to work...

    I know from previous posts on Bodyshop offers with Parcel Motel it depends on your bank but it can be passed.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057100901&page=4

    This was with paypal so no issue with bank, card, verification etc. and I have ordered from bodyshop to parcel motel in the past without issue so I imagine they have changed something. Have you made an order in this sale?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭moodrater


    OK ordered fine with BOI visa debit, didn't ask for 3d secure either which is odd.

    If you login you get a different checkout which says that:
    - with paypal payment the address used will be the paypal billing address regardless of the address you enter

    Which explains the paypal issue, pity the non logged in checkout doesn't explain that.

    Thanks OP, thats my wifes leaving presents sorted.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭thebiglad


    moodrater wrote: »
    This was with paypal so no issue with bank, card, verification etc. and I have ordered from bodyshop to parcel motel in the past without issue so I imagine they have changed something. Have you made an order in this sale?

    I couldn't get Paypal to work either - only after trial and error found a card combination that worked...

    Very frustrating but I knew it works and the savings definitely worth the hassle and work.


  • Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭bored_newbie


    I can't get it to work, the payment gets declined :(

    I'm using Parcel Motel as delivery address and my own address as billing address, but with Parcel Motel's postcode. BoI Visa.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭yellow hen


    I can't get it to work, the payment gets declined :(

    I'm using Parcel Motel as delivery address and my own address as billing address, but with Parcel Motel's postcode. BoI Visa.

    Last time I had to contact the body shop. They manually did something and contacted me to say the payment should now work and it did.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,865 ✭✭✭Soarer


    yellow hen wrote: »
    Last time I had to contact the body shop. They manually did something and contacted me to say the payment should now work and it did.

    The wife had to do that the last time too.

    This time 'round, I paid by Paypal but had to confirm my billing address on The BodyShop website. I did that, but used "United Kingdom" as country and PM postcode as my postcode. It went through, I have an order number, and a receipt from Paypal. We'll see what happens from here though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,066 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Paid with mastercard, delivery address is parcel motel in the north, billing address in the south. No issues at all and the order has been delivered to the parcel motel address already and should be in Dublin tonight


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭thebiglad


    Offer is back (courtesy of Hotukdeals)

    An extra 40% off with voucher code 14317

    Expires on the 25 October

    Code also gives free standard delivery when spend over £10
    - SSGC

    http://www.thebodyshop.co.uk/index.aspx?utm_source=Tradedoubler&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=_Generic&utm_term=2142931&utm_content=allevents

    As before - Parcel Motel and plenty threads around issues of BodyShop accepting Irish address etc when using Visa Debit - worth the effort to get it to work.


  • Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭rustyzip


    oooo thanks!
    Will stock up on some crimbo pressies :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭fdevine


    PM & PayPal worked for me.

    £30 (€45) worth of stuff for €15 including delivery.


  • Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭rustyzip


    fdevine wrote: »
    PM & PayPal worked for me.

    £30 (€45) worth of stuff for €15 including delivery.

    Do you mind me asking what phone no you put for your address?!
    It won't accept my Irish mobile no +353!


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    fdevine wrote: »
    PM & PayPal worked for me.

    £30 (€45) worth of stuff for €15 including delivery.

    Do you need to change your paypal address to a UK address?

    There's not a great on sale in this sale and very little of it is 50% off.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭fdevine


    rustyzip wrote: »
    Do you mind me asking what phone no you put for your address?!
    It won't accept my Irish mobile no +353!

    Don't recall it looking for one. I did change my billing address after I hit a snag but after that it went through.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭fdevine


    Do you need to change your paypal address to a UK address?

    There's not a great on sale in this sale and very little of it is 50% off.

    I have my Parcel Motel address registered in PayPal as a delivery address. I had to manually change my billing address as it automatically filled in as the delivery address.

    I agree that the sale isn't great and as you say there's not much with 50% off but some of what I got was 50% off + further 40% off and it accepted a free delivery over £10 code as well so I'm happy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭rosieirl


    The sale stuff is a particular line of merchandise that doesn't have many items in the Irish shops. So you might struggle to find an item that costs x in Ireland but you got it for a bargain here. Because very few of them are in Irish shops. But there are bargains alright if you persist. I myself have a drawer full of last autumn's sale still so I might sit this one out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,618 ✭✭✭Ideo


    fdevine wrote: »
    I have my Parcel Motel address registered in PayPal as a delivery address. I had to manually change my billing address as it automatically filled in as the delivery address.

    I agree that the sale isn't great and as you say there's not much with 50% off but some of what I got was 50% off + further 40% off and it accepted a free delivery over £10 code as well so I'm happy.

    how did you get this to work? i have my parcel motel added to my paypal account as a reg address. i clicked pay through paypal and this automatically populated in the body shop website. parcel motel address also populated as the billing address, but when i clicked through with the order i got an email saying that there is a problem with my order and the payment didn't go through. is your billing address and delivery address both parcel motel?


  • Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Filipa


    Offer is back

    50% off + 40% with code 14672

    Free shipping for orders over £10


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    This offer is back, but no matter what I do I can't get an order through. I've tried several times now with two cards, following the tips in this thread. I keep getting a message saying:

    "Unfortunately, you have exceeded the maximum number of attempts for a card payment. Please try again using an alternative card, or payment method."

    Anyone else having this problem? I tried their live chat but they weren't any help.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    Flying Fox wrote: »
    "Unfortunately, you have exceeded the maximum number of attempts for a card payment. Please try again using an alternative card, or payment method."

    Anyone else having this problem? I tried their live chat but they weren't any help.

    I get the same message, tried 3 different cards and paypal

    Live chat said it was a paypal issue, then when i said had tried cards, she said both times the card number was incomplete ?/


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I get the same message, tried 3 different cards and paypal

    Live chat said it was a paypal issue, then when i said had tried cards, she said both times the card number was incomplete ?/

    I was told on live chat that they won't accept cards issued outside of the UK in order to protect their customers from fraud! I said I'd ordered before without any problems but she was adamant there was nothing she could do.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,722 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    I paid using my PayPal account and no issues except the package was delayed by 3 days. I sent them an email and they apologised for the delay. I used addresspal UK address.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    I DID EVERY OPTION YOU COULD IMAGINE

    paypal with irish billing address or with parcel motel billing address

    credit card with irish billing address on check out, and then with parcel mtel address ( it is assigned to my card) etc etc

    no luck

    i see in older threads that some people got bodyshop to " turn something on(off) " to allow payment through


    my paypal account is showing 4 payments awaiting authorization , but no payment effort went all the way

    I don't know if the UK mainland address for addresspal would make any difference


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,722 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    You could give it a try using AddressPal address.
    I paid using my PayPal which is linked to another EU country for billing and delivery address was of UK addresspal. Transaction went through at once. Package received and overall good deal.
    I DID EVERY OPTION YOU COULD IMAGINE

    paypal with irish billing address or with parcel motel billing address

    credit card with irish billing address on check out, and then with parcel mtel address ( it is assigned to my card) etc etc

    no luck

    i see in older threads that some people got bodyshop to " turn something on(off) " to allow payment through


    my paypal account is showing 4 payments awaiting authorization , but no payment effort went all the way

    I don't know if the UK mainland address for addresspal would make any difference


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    You could give it a try using AddressPal address.
    I paid using my PayPal which is linked to another EU country for billing and delivery address was of UK addresspal. Transaction went through at once. Package received and overall good deal.

    another EU country ? Not Ireland. I am wondering if this other EU country does n not have a dedicated bodyshop site and thats why it worked, while it might insist we use the .ie site (where same product is 4 times dearer)


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,722 ✭✭✭masterboy123


    I have just checked and there is a dedicated bodyshop website and store in that EU country.

    Maybe i was the few ones initially they let it go (i ordered within few hours of the discount made available) and they found this later on & blocked foreign IP address? That's my guess only
    another EU country ? Not Ireland. I am wondering if this other EU country does n not have a dedicated bodyshop site and thats why it worked, while it might insist we use the .ie site (where same product is 4 times dearer)


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    It's very annoying and not the smartest move for them. I just gave up trying to make the order, and there's not a chance I'd go on the Irish website and buy the same stuff for massively inflated prices. So all they've done is lost a sale (one of many I'm sure).


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13 stopdotcom


    The same here - no issue to place an order last week but all changed during weekend - have done exactly the same as previously - PM address linked to PP and 3 payments awaiting authorization with PayPal (of course order not confirmed by The Body Shop). But thank you for info - thought that it is only me :)


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