New Ikea Store Edmonton Bargains

Mushy

I left at around 9.30pm before the chaos erupted. Glad I did now. Sorry to all those who got injured.

To those who were there....were the fireworks any good? How did the "chopping of the log" go?

g33za

edinburghlass wrote:

Was it not on the opening of an Ikea in an Asian country that people were trampled to death etc in the rush when they opened?

yes it was in saudi arabia see here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3618190.stm

redfox

In view of the fact this bargain is finished now and it seems to be more of a discussion on the events surrounding it, I'm moving it to It's Gone


There is also a thread on the unfortunate events at Ikea here in Discussion Time

JPS

rchddap1 wrote:

Mind you, they have gained quite a bit of good publicity from it all...

GOOD publicity??

biglugs

Of course it was good publicity - "look, our stores are so popular people will come out at midnight and crush each other just to get in".
Plastered the name of IKEA over every TV channel and people at work were talking about it today.
I bet their PR agency is having a great time today - "oh it's terrible, we never expected the store would be THIS popular, we never anticipated this much demand, we'll have to make sure we find better ways to manage the thousands of customers we get in our stores" etc. etc.
Probably had as much effect as a £5m TV advertising campaign - absolutely EVERYONE in London must now know that a new IKEA has opened in Edmonton, just off the North Circular.

poppy_the_cat

To those who were there....were the fireworks any good? How did the "chopping of the log" go?[/QUOTE]

I was there fireworks great but didn't see the log chopping

hammodt

Hey!! This post just made the national press!!

Radio 4 AS I WRITE THIS POST are interviewing Martin about MSE's part in the Ikea troubles. Didn't catch it all, but thats the gist of it!

Congrats posters - you're famous

David