Ikea whats on sale

consultant31

HankMcSpank wrote:

I'd actually prefer having my kneecaps drilled rather than face going to Ikea...& I only live 3 miles away from one.

I find it astonishing people would travel 30 miles on buses & trains!

Give it a couple more years & we'll *all* have billy bookcases, birch bedroom wardobes & pictures of 1930s New York men eating sandwiches on girders hanging on our walls.

Hail Globalisation.

Lol, don't be such a misery. I went with my daughter yesterday (yes on a Saturday!!). It took us almost 30 mins to find a parking space. Once in the store, you had a job to move to the left or right cos people were shoulder to shoulder, manoeuvring a trolley was a nightmare. Then once at the till (and we picked the shortest) we were behind somebody who must have been furnishing an entire house, their bill came to £600+. Then you've got the added pain of getting the gear to the car, queuing for the lifts to the top level and struggling to get it in (though we have a Shogun, so we weren't short of room) while a male member of staff lurked about watching us with that look in his eye that said 'you're on your own ladies, don't ask me to help'.
On second thoughts Hank, bring on the drill!!!!:rotfl:

lara1983

Am I the only one who literally gets lost like a 3 year old child in there? Sometimes, I've turned to look at the latest 'drstovne' or other such fantasy word and my whole family have disappeared. At which point I cry like a baby and get the nice man to call my mum's name over the tannoy. It's an absolute labryinth, the one in Leeds is just unbearably large. It scares me.
I do like the weird room though where they shove all the stuff that's a bit broken and reduced, then you can go in and work out how you could make it a (kind of) serviceable piece of furniture. Happy days.

singlehouseholder

I find the best time to go to Ikea is about 9, know thats not possible for everyone, if ou have children that should be in bed and so on. Gateshead's my closest and have always found weeknights the best time to go. It can be a nightmare, loosing people, not to mention spending a blinkin fortune!!! All those, its only 4.99, 1.99's sharp add up. I did get a cracking bargain last year though, bought 2 triple wardrobes, sideboard, table 6 chairs, 'puter desk and chair, towels, picture frames, bookshelves... sold my 1bed flat moved into a 3bed house needed to fill it. When I got o the checkout the young lad looked pretty flustered and ended up not charging me for my table, whahey, scored for a £200 table- thus I love Ikea!! I've found the plants and pots to be very cheap too- compared to garden centres. I'm lucky, my bro is a delivery driver so he always comes in handy having the big merc type transit van!! I ALWAYS flick through catalogue and make a list, what I want, and what I'd like. Find it helps, but then again I have lists for everything!!

flower11

Was at ikea mk yesterday, not impressed with the sale items, grey rug, a coffee set, some plastic picture frames, one of those paper covered lamps but a selection of coffee tables. Didn't bother going right round so not sure what's going on with beds, sofas etc. Bargains in the marketplace and accessories area very thin on the ground.

wack_2

weekday evening is the time to go, the warrington shop is open until midnight:eek:

SamMoffatt28

I luuurrvvve Ikea!
Trouble is like someone else said, I end up feeling like a small child lost in a huge toy shop! I am so excited when I get there, until low and behold hubby's got bored and wandered off leaving me stranded amongst ten million unknown people sqaubbling over the last bargains. Now I love to have a mooch around and find all the hidden gems but as soon as hubby says those immortal words "lets get round here as quickly as possible" I know I've had it. I almost always leave with a raging headache and the biggest strop on known to man. But hey, light at the end of the Ikea tunnel .... MIL also loves Ikea and we are planning to go on our own next time - she's a bargain hunter like myself - and best of all I get to leave hubby at home with the kids!

Result!!!!

angiekane

The last two sales have been very poor ,went to edmonton which is 1 mile from my home on friday and what was in the sale was very poor, great big hairy white rugs odd looking picture frames.
We were among loads of people just walking thru the tills muttering "what a waste of time"
Had the same experience as the family above had four wardrobes on the trolly with two bathroom cabinets and some of those wire and plastic trays, paid thought "this sale is great " when we checked the bill only paid for two wardrobes none of the doors and only a few of the baskets and rails and yes it was very busy and she as rushing about like a blue !!!!!! fly:beer:

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am popping in today to my local as its only 10mins drive from my uni so will let you know if there anything descent in the sale in my store! (wednesbury)

^!£$&

Just got bk from Ikea Wednesbury few sale items to be had but nothing spectacular

Got a nice pair of silver "platsa"handles reduced to 99p from £2
Also got a funky "Kilan" double bed spread for £4
And an"Irma" throw for £2.00 they also has the matching small cushions for 50p each but they looked a bit cheap to me!!


Plus a few other bits and bobs! But def not worth making a special trip for the bargains cause there arent many!

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HankMcSpank wrote:

I'd actually prefer having my kneecaps drilled rather than face going to Ikea...& I only live 3 miles away from one.

I find it astonishing people would travel 30 miles on buses & trains!

Give it a couple more years & we'll *all* have billy bookcases, birch bedroom wardobes & pictures of 1930s New York men eating sandwiches on girders hanging on our walls.

Hail Globalisation.

Agree with you entirely even though I do spend quite a bit of money there. My nearest store is about 30 miles away and 95% of the staff tend to be complete muppets. But... for many things it's hard to find an equivalent item of the same quality elsewhere for anywhere near the price.