where is the best place to buy a bench and some dumbbells

There is 20kg dumbbells available on Elverys site for anyone interested. Just picked up a set.

130€ and €25 delivery charge but with the promotional code (15% off) I got from boards, it came to €135.

liamtech wrote: »

Ordered some tri-Grips from this guy on friday last - hoping they arrive soon - any update on your purchases? im finding some of the guys on adverts are really charging extortionate prices for plates - offered 150 for 4 x 10KG yesterday 25mm - turned down asked for 180 - shocking stuff

I haven’t ordered from Polish site yet. I’ve emailed the Irish supplier and he called me back on phone. The plates were listed in stock on the website but he didn’t have them in stock. He is ringing me back to let me know if he can get them. If not, he’ll process a refund.

marklazarcovic wrote: »

There is a bench on elverys ,just ordered one,it will do me,150 delivered,not for Olympic weights

For anyone purchasing this, use this code for 15% off.

Elv3plus9798

Worked for me.

GY_1980 wrote: »

Hi all,

I’m new around here but I’ve been following these threads for the last few weeks hoping to find weights too.

I’ve come across this person on eBay.ie. The business is located in Poland. 2 x 10kg cast iron plates for €60. The delivery cost is €22 for this. It’s high relative to the prices before #covid19 but seems OK relative to prices today. I’ve not ordered from this seller yet but said I’d put the information up.* I cannot vouch for this seller so am merely providing information here.

* As I am a new user, I am prohibited from putting the link up. The seller is on eBay.ie and the store is sporti.pl

Also, I came across an Irish seller who seemed to have 25kg Standard plates in stock last week. I ordered two of these last Wednesday. So far, my money has transferred via PayPal. However, the order is still listed as “processing”. I’ve sent an email to seller asking about order. I won’t name the business until I can get a reply and see what’s happening. Simply, I don’t want to send anyone that way in case the orders can’t be fulfilled. I also don’t want to harm the business and deter people from using them in case it’s just a normal delay given current circumstances.

Hi all,

Just updating the forum on my order with this Irish supplier. The supplier is Pro Fitness Supplies from Wexford.

I made the order last Wednesday. While making the order, I opened an account with the supplier to track my order. The order was still "processing" on Saturday morning so I emailed to enquire about it. I received a call from Paul on Saturday evening.

Paul seemed very nice. He explained the product was not in stock but that he would be getting it soon and would contact me again Monday/Tuesday to update me. If he couldn't get the stock then, he would refund me. I was happy with the communication.

Having not been contacted, I decided to check into my account at the website this morning to view the order status. I could not get onto the website. It doesn't seem to be live. I've emailed and asked for a refund if the the order cannot be processed by Friday, 27th May.

It now seems clearer to me that Paul was accepting money for product that was not in stock. I find it troubling the website has gone offline. While the online shop was Profitness-supplies.com, the underlying company name is Irish Gym Concepts. Interestingly, I've found a website called irishstrenghtsupplies.ie. I never came across this website before, but it's live now and it's the same people - Irish Gym Concepts. It's seems to be an old online shop that has become live again.

My advice is to avoid this supplier.

robinbird wrote: »

Seems to be common practice these days. Fitness Equipment Ireland did the same thing. Took a load of orders for stock that they didn't have at jacked up prices. Then fobbed off or ignored those that asked for updates. However is their case there was a shipment on the way from China and they seem to have honoured the orders once it arrived. Part of the reason is they valued their website and brand and didn't want to ruin it.

More than likely this crowd took your money with no stock and no way of honouring it. However it is also probable that a shipment is on the way and you will probably get it at some stage. Maybe in July.
However the fact that they have taken down the website means they don't really have a brand to protect if they try to scam you.

I can't understand how these people think these are good business practices. I'm a person who is considering purchasing power racks, weights, benches, and some other gym equipment for home use once this health crisis is over.

I won't be using Fitness Equipment Ireland for those purchases and I won't be using Irish Gym Concepts either.

brianblaze wrote: »

Pro Fintess Supplies website and Facebook both seem live ot me?

Yes, it’s back live for me now too. I’ve also received a refund to my Paypal account too which was very fast considering I only emailed a couple of hours ago.

I’ve to be fair on the refund issue and say it was processed very fast and Paul did stand by his commitment to refund me.

I suppose on my earlier advice, I would update it to say if people are considering to use this supplier, don’t trust the website to tell you the product is in stock. Give a ring or an email first to make sure it is.

I still won’t be returning though. I wouldn’t like to be in such a position if I had purchased a large euro amount of stock and couldn’t access details on the order.

brianblaze wrote: »

I see fitness equipment Ireland have told a load of orders expected for mid June that they won't be in until late July...

I can’t see why anybody would want to do business with this crowd.

It was one of the sites I was looking at to order stuff but luckily I read the comments on the forums about them before I did.