M and M Direct

recyclops · 21-02-2017 6:58pm #1

Are having a 85% off sale at the moment some good bargains to be found

http://www.mandmdirect.ie/01/clear-out?hpmain

celticbhoy27 · 21-02-2017 8:15pm

recyclops wrote: »

Are having a 85% off sale at the moment some good bargains to be found

http://www.mandmdirect.ie/01/clear-out?hpmain

Tbh the site is much like sports direct as in there's always a sale. Take no note of the rrp quoted. Having said that, I find the site excellent in terms of price quality and delivery. Spend over 75 to get free delivery also

kindalen · 21-02-2017 9:30pm

Oh dear. I am now much poorer....

SachaJ · 22-02-2017 8:57am

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

Tbh the site is much like sports direct as in there's always a sale. Take no note of the rrp quoted. Having said that, I find the site excellent in terms of price quality and delivery. Spend over 75 to get free delivery also

I agree. It's like Harvey Norman. Every weekend is the "Big Big Sale"......

That said the clothes are cheap and good quality. Recently I was looking for some gear for work. Firetrap polo's for a tenner each and so on. Can't find stuff that cheap in any of the local shops.

LimerickCity · 22-02-2017 8:57am

Always order from the UK version of the website at www.mandmdirect.com if spending over £75.
Prices are cheaper than on the .ie version of the website.
Here is an example.
UK website £69.99 (€84)
http://www.mandmdirect.com/01/details/UJ966/Under-Armour-Mens-Charge-RC-2-Neutral-Running-Shoes-Black-Electric-Blue-Hi-Viz-Yellow
Irish website €90.95
http://www.mandmdirect.ie/01/details/UJ966/Under-Armour-Mens-Charge-RC-2-Neutral-Running-Shoes-Black-Electric-Blue-Hi-Viz-Yellow

SQLDBA · 22-02-2017 10:14am

^^^^^

The real Bargain Alert is in the comments.

cruhoortwunk · 22-02-2017 11:00am

LimerickCity wrote: »

Always order from the UK version of the website at www.mandmdirect.com if spending over £75.
Prices are cheaper than on the .ie version of the website.
Here is an example.
UK website £69.99 (€84)
http://www.mandmdirect.com/01/details/UJ966/Under-Armour-Mens-Charge-RC-2-Neutral-Running-Shoes-Black-Electric-Blue-Hi-Viz-Yellow
Irish website €90.95
http://www.mandmdirect.ie/01/details/UJ966/Under-Armour-Mens-Charge-RC-2-Neutral-Running-Shoes-Black-Electric-Blue-Hi-Viz-Yellow

Yep, and use revolut for the best exchange rate

cruhoortwunk · 22-02-2017 11:21am

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

Tbh the site is much like sports direct as in there's always a sale. Take no note of the rrp quoted. Having said that, I find the site excellent in terms of price quality and delivery. Spend over 75 to get free delivery also

It's better than sportsdirect though. The problem with sportsdirect/USC is they are Mike Ashley owned, so most of the stuff is the fallen brands that used to be decent, that they bought on the cheap (karrimor, firetrap, donnay, dunlop, lonsdale etc. )
At least Mandm has a better range of brands.

celticbhoy27 · 22-02-2017 11:33am

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

It's better than sportsdirect though. The problem with sportsdirect/USC is they are Mike Ashley owned, so most of the stuff is the fallen brands that used to be decent, that they bought on the cheap (karrimor, firetrap, donnay, dunlop, lonsdale etc. )
At least Mandm has a better range of brands.

I never said it was on a par with sports direct? I said it was like it in that there's always a sale. There's a sports direct thread in which their downfall is well documented.

fdevine · 22-02-2017 11:50am

Firetrap is a SportsDirect/Mike Ashley brand as well AFAIK (mostly junk with few exceptions). In my experience sizes & quality are way off the price they usually charge. There's a growing list of SD brands I'm wary of with some, most notably Firetrap, appearing on The Hut/Zavvi/IWOOT, M&MDirect & others.

Have bought from M&MDirect before and never had an issue with quality or delivery. I'd restrict myself to proper branded stuff. Worth noting that in a previous BA thread on M&MDirect there were complaints about some stuff being seconds but not experienced this personally.

Skerries · 22-02-2017 11:53am

the three sites I normally check are sportsdirect, mandm and getthelabel which sort me out for the year

theteal · 22-02-2017 11:54am

Do people really have good stories of M&M?

I used them once. A pair of football boots and a pair or runners in the one order. In both pairs, one shoe was notably bigger than the other. Also, one of the runners looked a little off shape.

That was enough to convince me they're peddling seconds, sent the order back and will have no dealings with them again.

SachaJ · 22-02-2017 12:00pm

fdevine wrote: »

Firetrap is a SportsDirect/Mike Ashley brand as well AFAIK (mostly junk with few exceptions). In my experience sizes & quality are way off the price they usually charge. There's a growing list of SD brands I'm wary of with some, most notably Firetrap, appearing on The Hut/Zavvi/IWOOT, M&MDirect & others.

Have bought from M&MDirect before and never had an issue with quality or delivery. I'd restrict myself to proper branded stuff. Worth noting that in a previous BA thread on M&MDirect there were complaints about some stuff being seconds but not experienced this personally.

Yeah I figured Firetrap was somehow a licensed brand or was bought out. Something like McKenzie but still their jocks are lovely!

stryker mcqueen · 22-02-2017 8:58pm

theteal wrote: »

Do people really have good stories of M&M?

I used them once. A pair of football boots and a pair or runners in the one order. In both pairs, one shoe was notably bigger than the other. Also, one of the runners looked a little off shape.

That was enough to convince me they're peddling seconds, sent the order back and will have no dealings with them again.

Only used them once for a pair of runners last November , no complaints , pair of adidas for 35e delivered

Deagol · 22-02-2017 9:48pm

3 of the official 2015 rugby world cup t-shirts for €7.50 (Canterbury), how could you go wrong!

Bought from them a few times now and no complaints. I got a beautiful Blazer for €42.50, came (mistakenly I'm sure) with a UK price tag on it from a well known shopping chain.. £265!

vicwatson · 22-02-2017 11:52pm

3 x IRFU baseball caps £1.50.

Careful with this crowd in case you made a mistake in ordering, they'll tell you that they can't amend it - even by notifying them within 5 minutes - as it has been processed. So they processed my 10 item order in 5 minutes - yeh right

stamjoe · 23-02-2017 9:40am

vicwatson wrote: »

3 x IRFU baseball caps £1.50.

Careful with this crowd in case you made a mistake in ordering, they'll tell you that they can't amend it - even by notifying them within 5 minutes - as it has been processed. So they processed my 10 item order in 5 minutes - yeh right

I was able to cancel an order 12 hours later yesterday no problem.

LimerickCity · 23-02-2017 10:46am

Skerries wrote: »

the three sites I normally check are sportsdirect, mandm and getthelabel which sort me out for the year

Ordered these yesterday from the website getthelabel. Received an Email stating that they had been picked. Checked this morning and the order had been cancelled but no communication from the website via Email. Rang them up and was advised that it was a mistake on their system and that my item was out of stock. It was my first time ordering so won't be doing so again.

vicwatson · 23-02-2017 10:46am

stamjoe wrote: »

I was able to cancel an order 12 hours later yesterday no problem.

Seriously, then they are taking the p, may be a difference between cancellation and an amendment

Delacent · 23-02-2017 10:53am

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

Tbh the site is much like sports direct as in there's always a sale. Take no note of the rrp quoted. Having said that, I find the site excellent in terms of price quality and delivery. Spend over 75 to get free delivery also

SachaJ wrote: »

I agree. It's like Harvey Norman. Every weekend is the "Big Big Sale"......
.

M&M Direct are a sale site - so they are totally up front on what they do.

They are now owned by Bestseller group (Jack & Jones, Vila, Only, Name It and others)

They buy up job lots of end of lines but just like TK Maxx & Sports Direct they also have their own "born again" brands.

BandMember · 23-02-2017 7:56pm

theteal wrote: »

Do people really have good stories of M&M?

Used them loads of times and never had any problems - everything was exactly as per the product description and all orders arrived on time, if not ahead of schedule. Would have no qualms about using them again or recommending them to anyone.

Spon Farmer · 04-12-2019 12:44pm

Do they ship from a warehouse in Ireland or in the UK? Which courier company?

GerardKeating · 04-12-2019 12:47pm

Spon Farmer wrote: »

Do they ship from a warehouse in Ireland or in the UK? Which courier company?

Our order last week, arrived via An Post.

Spon Farmer · 04-12-2019 12:50pm

GerardKeating wrote: »

Our order last week, arrived via An Post.

The .ie site claims two days delivery if ordered before 5pm. Was it that for you?

I assume they have a warehouse here. Did it come from Dublin?

elderberry · 09-12-2019 10:57am

Spon Farmer wrote: »

The .ie site claims two days delivery if ordered before 5pm. Was it that for you?

I assume they have a warehouse here. Did it come from Dublin?

The two days delivery is if you choose the 'Express Delivery' option which is e2 more than standard and I assume if your order is >e75 you do not get free delivery as you would with the standard option.

I 'd say all the stock is in their UK warehouse in Hereford (that is also the Returns address on .ie site) which would serve both markets. I recently placed an order on a Sunday evening using standard delivery option, received it the following Saturday morning in the West of Ireland. Door delivery was from An Post. Email messages regarding delivery status referenced a courier company called Hermes which backs up assumption delivery originates in UK.

Ush1 · 09-12-2019 11:43am

Link in the OP returns no results? Clearout finished I wonder.

jammiedodgers · 09-12-2019 11:47am

Ush1 wrote: »

Link in the OP returns no results? Clearout finished I wonder.

Well they've had almost 3 years now so I'd assume it's finished! :pac:

Dravokivich · 09-12-2019 11:48am

Ush1 wrote: »

Link in the OP returns no results? Clearout finished I wonder.

Check when it was posted :P

cr-07 · 09-12-2019 1:34pm

Anyone have any discount codes for MandM?

donnyvegas · 09-12-2019 2:40pm

cr-07 wrote: »

Anyone have any discount codes for MandM?

They don’t do discount codes.

cr-07 · 09-12-2019 2:59pm

donnyvegas wrote: »

They don’t do discount codes.

Realized that when I got to the checkout lol :P Thanks anyway!

Darc19 · 10-12-2019 12:26am

Spon Farmer wrote: »

Do they ship from a warehouse in Ireland or in the UK? Which courier company?

They use Dpd for many of their deliveries especially express delivery.
Dpd offer weekend collection to many large customers in the uk, so a Sunday order can be delivered Tuesday quite easily.

landmarkjohn · 21-01-2020 5:09pm

BE AWARE THERE IS NO FREE RETURN WITH THIS COMPANY.

RETURN AT YOUR OWN COST TO THE UK!

7 items, either didn't fit or rubbish :rolleyes:

Consider this a do not use alert from a disgruntled customer.

EDIT: Was not aware of returns option if using PayPal, thanks for that. But if I buy €70 of goods from a .ie domain and then find I have to pay €30 for tracked postage to return to the UK the "bargain" piece isn't really working for me.

alxmorgan · 21-01-2020 5:19pm

landmarkjohn wrote: »

BE AWARE THERE IS NO FREE RETURN WITH THIS COMPANY.

RETURN AT YOUR OWN COST TO THE UK!

7 items, either didn't fit or rubbish :rolleyes:

Consider this a do not use alert from a disgruntled customer.

If you use paypal you can use their free returns service

andrew1977 · 21-01-2020 5:21pm

landmarkjohn wrote: »

BE AWARE THERE IS NO FREE RETURN WITH THIS COMPANY.

RETURN AT YOUR OWN COST TO THE UK!

7 items, either didn't fit or rubbish :rolleyes:

Consider this a do not use alert from a disgruntled customer.

If you have paypal , sign up to their free returns programme, pay for the goods via paypal, and paypal will reimburse you the return shipping costs ( up to a set limit of returns per year)

digitaldr · 21-01-2020 5:24pm

Paypal allow up to 12 free international returns per year but you need to turn the option on in your account first. I recently got refunded for shipping a jacket back to Germany. There's a small bit of work involved as you need to send them a copy of shipping receipt etc - details here.

Beaten to it!

vectra · 21-01-2020 5:37pm

I have been buying T shirts and bits from M&M uk for years and never had an issue with them.
Also
Pay for annual shipping, Unlimited shipping for a year.

OmegaGene · 21-01-2020 5:54pm

landmarkjohn wrote: »

BE AWARE THERE IS NO FREE RETURN WITH THIS COMPANY.

RETURN AT YOUR OWN COST TO THE UK!

7 items, either didn't fit or rubbish :rolleyes:

Consider this a do not use alert from a disgruntled customer.

If you’re going to shop online then you should do your research, PayPal free returns has been covering returns for years now, they had my back 20 times last year to various companies without a problem

Btw what’s with all the capitals lol

Johnny Sausage · 21-01-2020 5:56pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Btw what’s with all the capitals lol

They are needed to express supreme outrage

Darc19 · 21-01-2020 5:57pm

landmarkjohn wrote: »

BE AWARE THERE IS NO FREE RETURN WITH THIS COMPANY.

RETURN AT YOUR OWN COST TO THE UK!

7 items, either didn't fit or rubbish :rolleyes:

Consider this a do not use alert from a disgruntled customer.

WHAT? CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER?

So YOU didn't check the returns policy and now want to blame the store.

Buy a mirror. Look in it.

That's who to blame.

OmegaGene · 21-01-2020 6:09pm

Johnny Sausage wrote: »

They are needed to express supreme outrage

Outraged at not being informed about returns policy and the PayPal option

BKWDR · 21-01-2020 7:14pm

vectra wrote: »

I have been buying T shirts and bits from M&M uk for years and never had an issue with them.
Also
Pay for annual shipping, Unlimited shipping for a year.

Up until the point of using the annual shipping i would rarely buy anything online let alone M and M. Bought runners, paid the annual charge and now i just order stuff for sh1ts and giggles. I nearly have to stop myself now from buying stuff. Never had a problem but never had to return anything
Dont know why other online shops dont offer a one charge per annum delivery charge.

torrevieja · 21-01-2020 11:17pm

Darc19 wrote: »

WHAT? CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER?

So YOU didn't check the returns policy and now want to blame the store.

Buy a mirror. Look in it.

That's who to blame.

Chill Folks who seriously even looks at that?

D13exile · 22-01-2020 3:56pm

Always found M&M to be reliable, fast shipping and good quality goods.

Now Sportsdirect on the other hand......., order held up for weeks, packages arrive torn open, missing items, lousy customer service and some of their offerings are sh1te quality and ridiculous sizing. I would of thought that 34 inch waist jeans was a standard size but the ones they once sent me would have allowed my ex to fit inside them too. Now if she would have done, maybe she wouldn't be my ex.......?

flexcon · 22-01-2020 5:03pm

Darc19 wrote: »

WHAT? CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER?

So YOU didn't check the returns policy and now want to blame the store.

Buy a mirror. Look in it.

That's who to blame.

Oh no. I think someone misread what was said.

I can't see any blame here? The poster is pointing something out that is important. I buy a lot online, and only M&M and Amazon are ones that charge for returns that I have encountered. The rest are free.

So the OP should be thanked for getting this noted. It might prevent someone from taking a risk on a size.

OmegaGene · 22-01-2020 5:13pm

flexcon wrote: »

Oh no. I think someone misread what was said.

I can't see any blame here? The poster is pointing something out that is important. I buy a lot online, and only M&M and Amazon are ones that charge for returns that I have encountered. The rest are free.

So the OP should be thanked for getting this noted. It might prevent someone from taking a risk on a size.

Plenty of companies don’t cover the price of returns if the item doesn’t fit, sports direct for one, nobody misread what was said the poster didn’t need to gove a WARNING it’s on the website and PayPal should be used to cover returns
Simple

corks finest · 22-01-2020 11:58pm

vectra wrote: »

I have been buying T shirts and bits from M&M uk for years and never had an issue with them.
Also
Pay for annual shipping, Unlimited shipping for a year.

same here no issues whatsoever

corks finest · 23-01-2020 12:00am

D13exile wrote: »

Always found M&M to be reliable, fast shipping and good quality goods.

Now Sportsdirect on the other hand......., order held up for weeks, packages arrive torn open, missing items, lousy customer service and some of their offerings are sh1te quality and ridiculous sizing. I would of thought that 34 inch waist jeans was a standard size but the ones they once sent me would have allowed my ex to fit inside them too. Now if she would have done, maybe she wouldn't be my ex.......?

Thoroughly agree ref SD gone to hell lately,won't ever use them again,unless the kid is really stuck for football boots

Ush1 · 23-01-2020 9:26am

corks finest wrote: »

Thoroughly agree ref SD gone to hell lately,won't ever use them again,unless the kid is really stuck for football boots

Same with JD Sports. The amount of times your order gets cancelled now after 4 or 5 days.

Why do they have stuff up that is out of stock?

Tuff Gong · 23-01-2020 9:32am

So no bargains today then...

ednwireland · 23-01-2020 12:16pm

asics goretex runners €65.95 bought a couple of weeks ago

bought load of stuff off them over the years

they even had ireland rugby stuff prior to the world cup cheap

M and M Direct

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