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Body Shop men's "Face Protector"

  • 12-05-2009 04:42PM
    #1
    mambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭


    Body Shop men's "Face Protector" used to be around €12.50 last year. I had been using this product for 10 years or more.

    This product was then discontinued and replaced with "Maca Root Energetic Face Protector" at about €17 :mad: - a 30%+ price hike during the biggest recession in our history. Needless to say, the same product is just £10/€11 in the UK.

    I have stopped buying Body Shop's products and am trying out a range of other products instead.


Comments

  • #2
    hussey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,240 ✭✭✭hussey


    Tell them this, they might cop on ....


  • #3
    mambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭mambo


    hussey wrote: »
    Tell them this, they might cop on ....

    I did (contacted Body Shop UK customer care). Got the usual excuses. They say the Irish shops are a franchise which sets its own prices, but I don't know who runs the franchise. I call into their shop now and again to see if they've revised the prices, but no joy yet. And their shops seem awfully quiet these days.


  • #4
    O'Coonassa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭O'Coonassa


    Wear an ice hockey mask instead if you're worried about your face getting messed up.


  • #5
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    mambo wrote: »
    Body Shop men's "Face Protector" used to be around €12.50 last year. I had been using this product for 10 years or more.

    This product was then discontinued and replaced with "Maca Root Energetic Face Protector" at about €17 :mad: - a 30%+ price hike during the biggest recession in our history. Needless to say, the same product is just £10/€11 in the UK.

    I have stopped buying Body Shop's products and am trying out a range of other products instead.


    Man the fcuck up.
    Seriously,Face Protector...


  • #6
    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    Sanex is cheaper and just as good. Available in Dunnes (at least..)


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  • #7
    cfcj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭cfcj


    mambo wrote: »
    Body Shop men's "Face Protector" used to be around €12.50 last year. I had been using this product for 10 years or more.

    This product was then discontinued and replaced with "Maca Root Energetic Face Protector" at about €17 :mad: - a 30%+ price hike during the biggest recession in our history. Needless to say, the same product is just £10/€11 in the UK.

    I have stopped buying Body Shop's products and am trying out a range of other products instead.

    Irish franchise operator is: Aylwyn Investments Ltd, 82 Grafton Street Dublin 2. Tel: 01 671 3725. Dermot Kelly is the MD & Peter McDonald is the owner.


  • #8
    ToTheSea:
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭ToTheSea:


    €12.50 for some face cream is a rip off in itself!:eek:


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