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I honestly could write a book on my exploits trying to obtain home gym equipment since all the gyms we& #39;re closed in the UK over 2 weeks ago. It& #39;s a story that& #39;s taken me from Manchester to Thailand & has brought me in contact with some of the best & worst companies in the country
So far I& #39;ve managed to workout using the few weights that have been delivered cobbled together with an old metal chair leg i found in the loft as a makeshift dumbbell bar and that& #39;s it.
Joy of all joys actual real life dumbbell bars are due to arrive tomorrow. But i will put the festivities on hold until they are in my hands and i can see them with my own eyes. I& #39;ve been hurt before too many times by the delivery gods.
The weights set i ordered the day after the gyms closed never arrived. The seller UK Sport Imports aka RCD Retail Ltd pretended to ship the order but then over a week later finally admitted they never sent it because they didn& #39;t have the stock & a few days after that refunded me.
By this time everywhere online was pretty much out of stock of everything i needed. So i& #39;ve been spending countless hours googling and experiencing false dawns adding things to my basket on sites only to be told the minimum order is £1000 or they are actually closed etc. etc.
I even started to look further afield. Going into Europe & eventually all the way to Thailand. Each time facing some sort of roadblock. Such as needing an id number to order in Sweden to finding everything i needed in Thailand only to be told they have suspended UK deliveries.
But i persevered like a dog aimlessly humping it& #39;s owners leg & my luck started to change. I found dumbbell bars & some more weights here & there. A barbell bar & a curl bar. Some other weights. Currently i have 5 orders outstanding all due to arrive on various dates this month.
We& #39;re not out of the woods yet though dear reader. Not by a long chalk. In fact i& #39;ve started to wonder if gyms will be open again by the time everything arrives.
The weights bench i ordered was updated to delivered on the online tracking today despite nobody coming to my address all day. So i& #39;m now embroiled in yet another saga of did the seller send it or are the delivery company even real. We shall see when/if they respond to my emails.
I will keep this thread updated with further news. If you have had a similar experience to me trying to obtain gym equipment during the lock down i& #39;d love to hear your tales of woe. Or maybe everything has gone smoothly for you and you want to gloat. Either way comment below.
