Unbelievable!

kstanl · 18-10-2005 8:58pm #1

I posted a thread on the Fitness Ireland forum enquiring about the high cost of supplements in Irelad and I was attacked with some sarcastic and scathing remarks. I explained diplomatically that I wasn't pointing the finger at Fitness Ireland in particular and was just curious as to why supplements (online and on the high-street) are about 50% more expensive here (and the UK) than elsewhere in the world. Well, they deleted my thread! I posted another thread asking why my thread was removed and that was deleted too!!!

Just thought I'd post my little story here to be spiteful - and to inform the rest of you that FI management aren't interested in explaining the high cost of their supplements. Obviously they're not the only ones ripping people off - Workout World on the Quays are even more expensive - but if they don't have the decency to explain their high prices in public then, well, it's time to sling mud.

LegacyUser · 18-10-2005 9:41pm

That is unbelieveable....what pricks.

daveirl · 18-10-2005 9:43pm

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yak_kadafi · 18-10-2005 11:33pm

daveirl wrote:

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LegacyUser · 19-10-2005 12:21am

So because there are no cheaper prices, that means they can shut down his thread and effectively ignore him????? That is very rude behaviour. They could at least for the pr of their company make something up!!!!

NoDayBut2Day · 19-10-2005 5:13am

Wow, that's amazing that they treated you that way. I'd be pretty mad myself! :mad:

RonanC · 19-10-2005 11:08am

daveirl wrote:

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Too many to list but here are a few:

UK-based
http://www.sports-nutrition.net
http://www.myprotein.co.uk
http://www.bulkpowders.co.uk

US-based
http://www.nutraplanet.com
http://www.bulknutrition.com
http://www.bodybuilding.com

kstanl · 19-10-2005 5:17pm

daveirl wrote:

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Well I'm not going to spend too much time link hunting. Suffice to say that the specific product I mentioned was sachets which are what I used to use.

Myoplex, 20 servings
Fitness Ireland: €52.50
Bodybuilding.com: <€30

Now there were several arguments made before my thread was closed. The first was that shipping was extremely expensive. Sorry, but goods bought in bulk don't appreciate 50%-60% when shipped from the US. Another argument was the one that I swallowed for a while - that the government were taxing the life out of FI for their stock. Then I immediately stopped believing this assertion once they removed my post. The only conclusion is that they have something to hide - namely, that they're ripping people off.

Easygainer · 19-10-2005 10:45pm

kstanl wrote:

Well I'm not going to spend too much time link hunting. Suffice to say that the specific product I mentioned was sachets which are what I used to use.

Myoplex, 20 servings
Fitness Ireland: €52.50
Bodybuilding.com: <€30

Now there were several arguments made before my thread was closed. The first was that shipping was extremely expensive. Sorry, but goods bought in bulk don't appreciate 50%-60% when shipped from the US. Another argument was the one that I swallowed for a while - that the government were taxing the life out of FI for their stock. Then I immediately stopped believing this assertion once they removed my post. The only conclusion is that they have something to hide - namely, that they're ripping people off.

You do know I sell most products a good 25% to 40% cheaper than FI?

As for tax, there is no VAT on whey protein, mrps, etc: to see this go to www.revenue.ie and in search type in: vat rate milk extract (which obviously includes, milk based protein products...)

If FI can get away with selling because they have google ads, so be it, but I'm doing what I can at the moment to change this attitude....

Btw, bulk-nutrition.com can go as low as $46 for a 10lbs bag of optimum. This is well below what it can be bought for wholesale in this country so there is a definite disparity between prices here and in the US, but there is no reason to be charging over E20/lb as is done with many maximuscle products.... (E55 for 2lbs/908g promax in star fitness bray)

Flex · 19-10-2005 10:58pm

cheapest whey protein i can get is ON in the city centre ; E100 for 10 pounds, and i think the creatine is E50 for 4 pounds (roughly 3 weeks worth of it) (also ON)

joker77 · 20-10-2005 9:39am

Flex wrote:

cheapest whey protein i can get is ON in the city centre ; E100 for 10 pounds, and i think the creatine is E50 for 4 pounds (roughly 3 weeks worth of it) (also ON)

Same - I bought a 5Kg tub of Whey protein yesterday for 55 Euro on Capel St - if anyone knows a better place to buy let me know!

RonanC · 20-10-2005 11:19am

joker77 wrote:

Same - I bought a 5Kg tub of Whey protein yesterday for 55 Euro on Capel St - if anyone knows a better place to buy let me know!

Easygainer wrote:

You do know I sell most products a good 25% to 40% cheaper than FI?

Easygainer - is your site gone live yet?

Easygainer · 20-10-2005 4:16pm

Flex wrote:

cheapest whey protein i can get is ON in the city centre ; E100 for 10 pounds, and i think the creatine is E50 for 4 pounds (roughly 3 weeks worth of it) (also ON)

I do the 10lbs bag for E75 and the 4lbs creatine for E40...

Joker: 5kg for E55? Is that the nutrisport tub? If so, fairplay to you! Nutrisport whey is only concentrate and mixes like cement.... If it was a decent brand like ON or Designer I can't fathom that price.

Flex · 20-10-2005 5:37pm

joker77 wrote:

Same - I bought a 5Kg tub of Whey protein yesterday for 55 Euro on Capel St - if anyone knows a better place to buy let me know!

5Kg's for E55????? wow, thats excellent.

Easygainer- do you have a website or do you have a place in town or somewhere that you sell from?

Farls · 20-10-2005 7:55pm

Just want to recommend Easygainer here, got another order off him last week in top speed and perfect quality at fantastic prices.

Just PM him.

kstanl · 20-10-2005 7:58pm

Easygainer wrote:

You do know I sell most products a good 25% to 40% cheaper than FI?

I know, but it's a pain in the arse having to arrange to meet!

The one thing I do like about FI is the fact that they deliver to my office the next day. Didn't you say you were going to get a website and logistics sorted out? When you do, let us know the URL and we'll order from you instead

Farls · 20-10-2005 8:05pm

He posts to your door at very good rates man, i've never personally met the man.

joker77 · 21-10-2005 10:57am

Flex wrote:

5Kg's for E55????? wow, thats excellent.

I'm new to all this - this is what I bought but the site says it's 5lbs, not 5kg:

http://www.optimumnutrition.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ON&Product_Code=02315&Category_Code=PP

I got it in a place in Capel St, Nutrition Store or something, for 55.

Anyone any advice on this being a good/bad product? and what if any would be a better Whey Protein?

tribulus · 21-10-2005 11:52am

I'd also recommend easygainer if anyone's looking for good value supps. I used to order from FI myself until I realised there was way cheaper places to go.

Flex · 21-10-2005 12:02pm

joker77 wrote:

I'm new to all this - this is what I bought but the site says it's 5lbs, not 5kg:

http://www.optimumnutrition.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ON&Product_Code=02315&Category_Code=PP

I got it in a place in Capel St, Nutrition Store or something, for 55.

Anyone any advice on this being a good/bad product? and what if any would be a better Whey Protein?

oh, ok. i use that brand too, but i usually buy the 10lbs bag. i get it on Capel street too, at Nutrition Connection (is that where you get yours)?

i think its fine (the protein)

joker77 · 21-10-2005 1:31pm

Yea that's the place I got mine alright, name rings a bell now you say it

Easygainer · 21-10-2005 3:40pm

joker77 wrote:

Yea that's the place I got mine alright, name rings a bell now you say it

I don't like the guy who runs that place. He has two price lists - one for people in the know and one to rip you off. I sell the same 5lbs and 10lbs at E40 and E75 respectively. He sells them at E55 and 95 I think but if you know him (some people might know what and who I'm talking about) it's E40 and 80....

That said, as far as shops go in Dublin it ain't too bad.

joker77 · 21-10-2005 4:04pm

Easygainer wrote:

I don't like the guy who runs that place. He has two price lists - one for people in the know and one to rip you off. I sell the same 5lbs and 10lbs at E40 and E75 respectively. He sells them at E55 and 95 I think but if you know him (some people might know what and who I'm talking about) it's E40 and 80....

That said, as far as shops go in Dublin it ain't too bad.

Hey if I can get that off you for 40 bob next time, I will! I sent a mail to you about a price list, cheers

kstanl · 22-10-2005 11:00am

Easygainer wrote:

I don't like the guy who runs that place. He has two price lists - one for people in the know and one to rip you off.

It's the same with Workout World. They do that too... or at least they used to. Which kind of strengthens my argument that companies like these are ripping people off. The "one price for my gym mates and one for the suckers" attitude pisses me right off.

peterk19 · 22-10-2005 11:14am

kstanl wrote:

It's the same with Workout World. They do that too... or at least they used to. Which kind of strengthens my argument that companies like these are ripping people off. The "one price for my gym mates and one for the suckers" attitude pisses me right off.

No they still do they gave me a 20% vip discount card the otherday still nopt sure its worth using.

Unbelievable!

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