I ordered some vitamins & a couple of other items from Bulk last Friday night at 10.30pm.
They arrived today from the Netherlands, so a week (including the weekend).
😃 I don't use any protein powders plenty food on a table. But if I would, I probably follow your advice and buy a cow first.
Did you ever try to place an order from MyProtein's .de domain?
I've got as far as the checkout page but the only countries in the drop down list to select for delivery are Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, and Switzerland. Which is strange seeing as Irish customers' orders are now shipped from Germany anyway.
I'm wondering if I cheekily select UK as an over-ride, and then just type Republic of Ireland in one of the manual fields, if it would still find its way to me.
This kind of posts make me smile. How desperate people to get junk powder... unbelievable : )
After nearly three months missing, the order was returned to MyProtein. Some of the contents had been sent to me via Germany but a terrible experience all around dealing with them.
If everything works, they are great, if ANYTHING goes wrong, well you are on your own...
you have experienced so much pain?
Just my own experiences.
My Protein - ordered Oct 25th. Delivered October 29th via Germany. 2.5kg Protein.
Bulk - ordered Oct 25th. Delivered 3rd November via Netherlands. 1kg Intra-Workout.
I get the lemon & lime flavour. I think it's lovely, to the point that I much prefer it to water during a workout. Handy way to get my BCAAs in also too, but I'd be lying if I said the taste wasn't the main reason. I love it.
Some posters in https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2054989471/supplements/p228 have advised that BCAA's are pretty useless, if already getting sufficient protein.
I've found the quality of protein has gone way down with MyProtein. Been ordering the same flavour for years and this last batch just tastes completely off. Now I'm stuck with 5kg of blandness!
What flavour? I have stuck with Chocolate smooth lately and no issues. I have heard mixed report on mixability of Salted caramel and vanilla.
I go for vanilla and salted caramel from Myprotein, and haven't noticed any change to be honest, with the caveat is I don't mix them in shakes (porridge or yogurt). My vanilla stock may not be a new enough batch though.
Salted caramel. Tastes pretty bland and slightly vanilla-ey. Maybe they mislabelled my batch?
I mix mine in shakes and that's where I really notice it. It's fine in porridge as I don't really notice much of a flavour after I've mixed in berries, nuts and other bits for my breakfast.
Same as with the porridge. And with the yogurt it's normally a fruit salad. I'd regularly add flavour drops to the porridge as well to be fair, but that isn't new (just habit when I only used vanilla and wanted to mix it up - butter biscuit for the win!)!
I wonder if that's something to do with the product now being made in Poland or Germany, whereas before it was the UK. Ingredients appear the same on paper, but possibly different procedures for dairy products could be affecting the taste.
I just assumed it was a paper work thing that it was easier/ less paperwork to move more product in big batches to an EU distribution point to get around the 2kg limit, rather than move "manufacturing". But that's purely a guess.
Maybe I should drop a complaint. I had complained a few years ago about a damaged bag that I received and they sent me out a new one which was more than I expected given that it likely wasn't their fault. Although from reading some recent posts their customer service may have dipped recently!
Boots have Protein @ €15 per kg - seems decent value for a store - https://www.boots.ie/boots-whey-protein-chocolate-flavour-600g-10294740
If I ordered something from the MP UK website (over 2kg), would the order get sent or routed through EU first, or would it just get sent from the UK and likely blocked at customs? The product I want isn't available on the .ie site. I connected to MP chat but they didn't know and just advised to contact customs.
I would guess it would be the latter - just get sent from the UK and likely blocked at customs
And good deals on whey protein for Black Friday?
MP have 50% off advertised yet the impact whey still comes in at €17.50kg as they have hiked up the original price to €35kg
Eddie Hall's code "BEAST" gives 57% off - every little helps!
Has anybody elses MP orders been delayed? Tracking info from FedEx shows it leaving the Netherlands but nothing showing up on the Fastway website at all despite delivery originally scheduled for Tuesday-Wednesday
It won't show up on Fastway's tracking page until they receive it themselves and scan it onto their own database.
MyProtein finally doing a proper sale this morning for Cyber Monday. 5kg whey + Free Protein Bar + Free delivery for €58. That's great value!
MyProtein shipping seems to have gone slow again. I've two seperate orders from late November that are only now showing as clearing through customs in the Netherlands.
Pulled the trigger on the evening of Black Friday, arrived last Friday. I think that's Ok tbh - arriving with An Post these days (which is an added bonus)
I ordered on 28th November and it's been stuck at Netherlands customs since 2nd December. I figured due to Black Friday so I don't expect to get it until next week.
Curiously my previous 4 orders with MP have come from 4 different countries - UK early in the year, then Poland, then Germany, now Netherlands.
Since the issues and the genuine switch to EU distribution, they've been An Post iirc. Anyway, I'm the same ordering in advance, but got trigger happy going on this thread!
I used The Proteinworks for the first time last week, have found Bulk and Myprotein slow to deliver and the products aren't great lately.
I got eh vegan protein and in honesty it seems great, and the delivery was super quick, about 4 days, compared to the other two, it was FAST
